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You can also create a snapshot of the entire project. Project snapshots are self-contained 
backup versions that include compound or multicam parent clips. Duplicating a project as a 
snapshot makes copies of the compound or multicam parent clips and embeds them in the 
project so that any changes to other instances of the clips do not affect the snapshot. For 
more information, see Duplicate projects and clips
 on page 64.
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The way clips are grouped within the compound clip depends on where you selected the clips:
 •If you selected clips in an event: Final Cut Pro creates a new compound clip in the event 
(in addition to the selected clips) and places duplicates of the selected clips in the new 
compound clip horizontally, in the order in which you selected them. (For further instructions 
on creating a compound clip in the Browser, see “Create an empty compound clip,” below.)
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 •If you selected clips in the Timeline: Final Cut Pro places the selected clips in the new compound 
clip exactly as they are laid out in the Timeline. The new compound clip inherits the frame size 
and frame rate of the current Timeline.
Selected clips in the Timeline 
New compound clip
Compound 
clip contents
Create an independent compound clip from an existing compound clip
 1 Select a compound clip in the Timeline.
 2 Choose Clip > Reference New Parent Clip.
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Create an empty compound clip
You can create new, empty compound clips and then add clips to them. Each compound clip can 
be considered a mini project, with its own distinct project properties.
 1 In a library, select an event to which you want to add the compound clip.
 2 Choose File > New Compound Clip.
In the window that appears, type a name for the compound clip in the Name field.
 3 Click Use Custom Settings to further customize settings for your compound clip....

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Manage compound clips
There are many ways to manage and edit compound clips. For example, you can open up 
compound clips (and edit their component parts) in a separate Timeline. You can easily navigate 
up and down a series of compound clip levels. And you can open and edit a compound clip from 
within an event.
Note:  When you edit the contents of a compound clip (for example, by trimming or adding 
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Navigate compound clip levels using menu commands and keyboard shortcuts
You can navigate up or down one or more levels of a compound clip.
 mTo move forward (down one level): Choose View > Timeline History Forward, or press Command–
Right Bracket (]).
 mTo move back (up one level): Choose View > T imeline History Back, or press Command–Left Bracket 
([).
Navigate compound clip levels using the arrow buttons
Do one of the following:
 mClick the left and right arrows in...

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To have the new clip material appear in your project, do one of the following to make room for 
the new material:
 mReduce the total duration of the other clips inside the compound clip. For example, you could 
trim one or more clips inside the compound clip.
 mClose the compound clip to navigate up one level, and extend the total duration of the parent 
clip (the “outside shell” of the compound clip) in the Timeline.
For more information, see  Trimming overview
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 •Trim clips: Use any of the standard trim edits in a storyline, including ripple, roll, slip, and slide. 
You can also trim or move clips within storylines by entering timecode values.
 •Create split edits: Set separate video and audio start and end points in an individual clip to 
create split edits (L-cuts and J-cuts) in a storyline.
Create or break apart storylines
You can quickly create storylines from existing connected clips.
 1 In the Timeline, select two or...

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You can also create a storyline by holding down the G key as you drag a clip to a connected clip 
so that their edges touch:
Hold down the G key as you drag a clip to a connected clip.
 3 To convert a storyline back to its component clips, do one of the following:
 •Select the storyline (by clicking the gray border), and choose Clip > Break Apart Clip Items (or 
press Shift-Command-G). 
 •Drag the storyline into the primary storyline.
Select and move storylines
You can...

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Fine-tune edits with the Precision Editor
You can fine-tune the edit point between two clips in the Timeline using the Precision Editor, 
which provides an expanded view of the clips on either side of the edit point as well as the 
unused portions of each clip. You can trim or extend the end of one clip and the beginning of 
the next, either separately or together. As you make changes, you can instantly see how your 
edits affect the cut or transition from one clip to...