Tuesday Tips: Counting Clips

Here’s an easy way to count the number of audio or video clips in a sequence:

1. Create a new bin.
2. Select all the audio or video clips in the sequence and drag them to the bin.
3. Select the bin and choose File > Export > XML (Ensuring that “include master clips outside selection” is deselected).

4. The number of clips in the bin is displayed at the top of the XML Export window.
5. Press Cancel and delete the bin.

Martin Baker is the founder of Avid2FCP/Digital Heaven and an Apple Certified Trainer for FCP. During his 13 year editing career, as a freelance and at the BBC, he worked on a wide variety of edit systems including linear, Lightworks, Avid DS and Avid Symphony before switching to FCP in 2003.