Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 657)

• Control-click one of the selected multiclips in the Timeline, then choose Collapse
Multiclip(s) from the shortcut menu.
The selected multiclips are collapsed to the clips of their active angles.
To expand one or more multiclips in the Timeline
1 Select the multiclips you want to expand in the Timeline.
2 Do one of the following:
• Choose Modify > Uncollapse Multiclip(s).
• Control-click one of the selected multiclips in the Timeline, then choose Uncollapse
Multiclip(s) from the shortcut menu.
The selected multiclips are expanded to the clips of their active angles.
Working with Multiclip Master-Affiliate Relationships
Multiclips have two levels of master-affiliate clip relationships:
• The relationship of each multiclip angle’s clip to its master clip
• The relationship of one or more multiclips to a master multiclip
About Angle Master-Affiliate Relationships
When you select several clips and create a multiclip, each selected clip is copied and
placed in one of the multiclip’s angles. Because each clip is copied, each is an affiliate
clip, which means the angle’s clip shares most of its properties with a master clip stored
in your project. You can reveal the master clip of the active multiclip angle by choosing
View > Reveal Master Clip, just as you would reveal the master clip of any other clip. If
you change the name of a master clip, the names of the affiliate clips within any multiclips
also change.
To reveal the master clip for the active multiclip angle
1 Select the multiclip in the Timeline or Browser, or place the Timeline playhead over the
multiclip.
2 Choose View > Reveal Master Clip (or press Shift-F).
The master clip for the active angle’s clip is selected in the Browser. If this master clip
happens to be within a multiclip, the multiclip is selected.
About Multiclip Master-Affiliate Relationships
When you create a multiclip, it is called a master multiclip. When you edit, dragging the
master multiclip to the Canvas or Timeline, a copy of the multiclip is made that shares
properties with the master multiclip. The copied clip is called an affiliate multiclip.
657 Chapter 42 Working with Multiclips