suggestions on workflow RE: timecode

epirb wrote on 5/15/2004, 8:51 AM
I'm wondering how you guys would normaly do this:
I'm editing an interview, and I applied the timecode effect to the event so I can kinda watch the sections and see about where want to cut out sections either by placing markers or whatever.
the problem I notice is that if I then split the event into the sections I want to keep , the time code effect cannot be removed.
Should I create another track above with the timecode burn?
How do you guys do it?
I hope I'm explaining myself enough.
Eric

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FuTz wrote on 5/15/2004, 9:00 AM

In this situation, I'd use Regions.
Right click the clip / trimmer
it now opens in Trimmer...
you then select like you'd do on the timeline (click+scrub)
you hit "R" when you gopt the part you want and you do it again as many times as you want in the same clip. Region numbers will set automatically, or if you want you type a name for the region.
Timecode becomes useless then; all you have to do is remember the Region number/name.
Spot|DSE wrote on 5/15/2004, 9:00 AM
I'm confused...The only way you couldn't remove the timecode filter is if you had rendered.
Just right click and select the event FX, and delete the timecode filter. If you have the FX button visible, click that, and then delete the timecode filter.
Does that help?
Creating Regions is a more efficient method, either in Trimmer or on the timeline. I prefer the Trimmer for this sort of thing.
epirb wrote on 5/15/2004, 9:11 AM
fUtZ thanks for the sugestion , Spot your right, I dont know what happened I went back and performed the same thing on a different clip ,added to time line, added timecode burn, split the clip onto 3 clips, then the same thing i tried to earlier : using tsunami, was using the remove all effects script.
worked this time like a charm, musta been a hardware(my brain) malfunction.
GaryKleiner wrote on 5/15/2004, 9:24 AM
Eric,

I think you are just adding steps and making extra work for yourself.

You should just cut out the junk as you go.
If you need to classify segments as good, better, and best, just make different tracks and move each segment to the appropriate one.

Gary
epirb wrote on 5/15/2004, 9:33 AM
Good suggestion Gary I am going to try that approach right now.
Thanks, and I'll see you at the Orlando,VASST Seminar !
you can give me the old Three Stooges Slap in the back of the head. for that one. Being a relative newbie the last thing I need to do is create more steps/timewasters in my workflow.
Thank all again.
Eric