Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 629)

There are two choices for timecode synchronization:
• Use Starting Timecode/Starting timecode delta: This option allows you to set a specific
timecode offset value when your clips are grouped together as multiclip angles. For
example, if you enter 1:00 in the “Starting timecode delta” field and then click Update,
the following clips would be grouped together in a multiclip: clip A (01:00:10:00),
clip B (01:00:09:00), and clip C (01:00:11:00). Any clips that fall within this +/–1:00
range would also be grouped together, such as clip D (01:00:10:15) and clip E
(01:00:09:06).
• Use Overlapping Timecode/Minimum overlap: This option allows you to choose how
much clips’ timecode numbers must overlap to be grouped together into a multiclip.
The lower you set this percentage, the less clips’ timecode must overlap to be grouped
together. For example, if you enter 100% in the “Minimum overlap” field, multiclips
are only created with clips that have the same exact starting and ending timecode
numbers. For more information, see
“Choosing a Timecode Synchronization Option.”
• Update button: Click here to update the current multiclip grouping based on the value
in the “Starting timecode delta” field. This button only appears when you select Use
Starting Timecode from the Timecode Synchronization pop-up menu.
• Automatically edit new multiclip(s) into a new sequence: If you select this option, a new
sequence with settings that match your multiclips is created. The new sequence contains
each multiclip in chronological order. This effectively re-creates the entire live event
as a sequence of multiclips.
• Include Angle checkbox: Deselect the checkbox for a clip if you don’t want to include
the clip in the multiclip you create.
• Multiclip grouping area: Your selected clips are displayed as one or more multiclips,
sorted and grouped based on the timecode of each clip. By default, if the starting
timecode numbers of two or more clips are the same, they are grouped together into
a multiclip. If a clip has a unique starting timecode number, it is grouped as its own
multiclip.
Note: You can adjust the timecode synchronization offset to group multiclips differently.
• Media Alignment column: This column shows how each clip is synchronized within the
multiclip.
• Sync Time column: This column shows the starting timecode number of each clip.
Choosing a Timecode Synchronization Option
The Make Multiclip Sequence dialog has several options, one of which is the type of
timecode synchronization you want for the sequence. For example, you have the following
two clips:
629 Chapter 42 Working with Multiclips