Rearranging clips is a fact of life for an editor. As we've seen, the Magnetic Timeline can take a lot of the pain out of the process. But, what if your clips have b-roll and cutaways? Making sure these shots moved along with clips you were trying to rearrange used to take a lot of focus, but no longer. In their quest to reinvent the way you edit, Apple came up with the idea of Connected Clips, a feature that automatically tethers clips outside of the primary storyline to clips inside.
1. Place your playhead anywhere over the first clip in the timeline, as shown in the following screenshot:
2. Up in your Event Browser, find the clip you want to use as b-roll or a cutaway and select a range or the entire clip.
3. Click on the Connect the selected clip to the primary storyline button in the toolbar or hit Q on your keyboard:
4. The clip appears above the clip in the primary storyline...