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I used to be able to import part of a clip in the Media Import timeline. That used to help in sorting out the rubbish. Now I seem to only be able to import the whole clip, no matter what the camera format is. MP4, MOV, and MTS no longer give me the option of specifying "In" and "Out" points. Am I missing something? The files being imported are now far too large. Using OS 10.14.6
You have the option to leave your media in place. "Importing" media into FCPX costs as much as a text description (XML) about the media and that's it. The media is always external to the application whether it is in its original location or moved into the Library (which is basically just a fancy folder). Moving media into the Library duplicates the original and therefore doubles the amount of disk space used.
FCPX has a feature whereby you can "Reject" portions of clips and they won't show up in your Events. Select the range you want to hide and type the Delete Key. FCPX puts a nice red bar at the top of the selected range. Set the Event Browser to Hide Rejected (Control-H) and all rejected portions or removed from availability/visibility. If rejected ranges are inside acceptable ranges, FCPX will split the clip in the Event browser making two or more distinct clips. The up side is: you still have *all* your original footage if you need to put it back.
Selective importing is only available for media that’s on a camera card or archive. You could try VirtualCamCard from spherico.com.
Thanks for your help and jogging my memory. I should no doubt have used the Create Archive button rather than importing direct from an external HDD of camera footage.
Importing part of a clip in FCPX
