Is your timeline stacked with oodles of elements? Have lots of complex creations you want to re-use? There’s a feature for that.
A messy timeline can impact your productivity. Having a simple way of grouping elements can improve your workflow, and keep you organized.
The Compound Clip feature is a great way to nest clips together so that you can apply effects, transitions, or a grade to multiple stacked clips.
In this video from MrAlexTech, you’ll learn:
- 00:35 WHAT is it?!
- 01:52 EDITING it
- 02:55 What can you do with it?!
- 03:36 Getting RID of it
- 04:15 TIDY Timeline
- 05:45 SQUARESPACE
- 06:30 FACECAM
- 08:15 ANIMATE MULTIPLE
- 09:19 POLAROID
- 10:39 SPEED UP YO
- 11:19 STACKED Transitions
- 12:26 The NEGATIVE!

Gedaly is the Managing Editor of DVresolve.com. He is a professional editor, having cut national commercials for major companies, and does color & VFX for indie films at Mask & Feather. He’s also a filmmaker, writing and directing shorts & features. Gedaly is the co-founder of Working.Actor and former marketing strategist for large brands.