Creating Subclips
When you mark footage with IN and OUT points, you can either save the entire clip along with the new marks, or you can create subclips based on the marks you set to break up longer master clips into smaller segments of selected footage.
This is similar to creating circle takes of all of your best footage before editing. Subclips do not directly reference the original media. Subclips remain linked to the master clips from which they are created, and the master clips, in turn, reference the captured media files located on your storage drives. As a result, none of the original footage is lost.
Subclips do not limit your access to the original, captured master clip material when trimming. Therefore, if you must trim beyond the marked IN to OUT points of the subclip to make it longer or shorter, your system accommodates the adjustments during the trim. For more information on trimming, see
Main Topics: Working in Trim Mode.
When subclips are created in 24p or 25p projects, they are always created as "hard" subclips. This means that you will not be able to trim past the edges of the subclip when adjusting transitions and edits. Hard subclips prevent film tracking information errors for editing and cut lists.
| Fast Menu button | | Make Subclip button |
You can create subclips directly from the marked section of material in the monitors using one of the following methods.
To use the Alt key (Windows) or the Option key (Macintosh) to create
a subclip:
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Press and hold the Alt key (Windows) or the Option key (Macintosh).
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Drag the picture from the monitor to the bin in which you want to store
the subclip.
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To use the Make Subclip button to create a subclip:
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Click the Fast Menu button under the monitor.
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The Tool palette appears.
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Click the Make Subclip button to create the subclip and place it into
the active bin by default.
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If you press the Alt key (Windows) or the Option key (Macintosh)
while you click the Make Subclip button, a dialog box allows you to
select the destination bin for the subclip.
The new subclip is listed in the bin, preceded by a subclip icon and identified with a numbered .Sub.n file name extension.
