Workflow question

slacy wrote on 8/1/2005, 10:21 PM
I've got a workflow dilemma. When I recently captured a one-hour tape for a project I'm working on, I used scene detection. So now I have 50 or so clips.

Here's the problem. I've been given a cut list with edits based on the continuous time code of the entire tape. If I had captured the tape as one giant scene file, I could drag that file to the trimmer and then systematically highlight and drag the needed time regions to the timeline. As it is, given that my media is separated into scene files, that doesn't appear to be possible.

Can anyone make any recommendations for how best to handle this scenario--short of 1) recapturing the tape again, and 2) rendering out the scene files into one AVI (I don't have the disk space)?

thanks,
scott

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Spot|DSE wrote on 8/1/2005, 10:28 PM
Drop the media on the timeline in order, and put the timecode filter on the track. As long as you've deleted nothing, the T/C should match the cutlist you have.
Another option would be to add the T/C filter in the media pool, then the T/C would be the same as the tape. Then remove it using a script.
FrigidNDEditing wrote on 8/1/2005, 10:30 PM
can't you just sequentially add all of them to the timeline by selecting them all and then adding with one drag/drop - then add timecode

then do all the "cuts" from that single track?

Dave

(Sure spot - just beat me to it why don't you :P )
slacy wrote on 8/1/2005, 10:43 PM
Thanks for the quick replies....

I've already pulled the clips to the timeline in order. Problem is, the cuts are not sequential. In other words, the script says "Cut 1, 30:38-39:12, Cut 2, 4:19-4:32". So I not only have to select the correct regions, I have to resequence them too. Of course, this would be no big deal if I could just drag the regions to a new track below. But I can't seem to figure out how to drag the clip and get video AND audio to make the trip. I only get the video portion (unless I ctrl-click the audio portion too, which gets tedious). I imagine there's a setting somewhere to address this ... where it is, I have no idea.

I'm just fishing around for a better way to skin this cat....
slacy wrote on 8/1/2005, 10:50 PM
I think I just stumbled onto my own answer. You create a region, double-click the region bar, then hit "S", and then the audio and video will move together.

I'm sure this is old news to everyone else. But I'm sure glad to discover it for myself.
Spot|DSE wrote on 8/1/2005, 10:51 PM
Why not just create regions, and delete anything that isn't a region? There are a few scripts that can do this. So, make selections via region, then run script to delete everything else.
slacy wrote on 8/1/2005, 10:57 PM
But how do you handle the resultant space between clips, not to mention the need to resequence the clips?

Seems like I'll ultimately need to drag these clips onto a new track no matter which method I use.
johnmeyer wrote on 8/2/2005, 11:08 AM
Can you simply render to a new AVI file? If you do this to a separate hard disk, it should only take 1/2 to 1/3 the time it would take to re-capture the tape without scene detection.
slacy wrote on 8/2/2005, 11:21 AM
I could, but I don't have 13 gig of free space. Time to add another drive. ;)
BrianStanding wrote on 8/2/2005, 1:27 PM
If you drop the "timecode" filter on the events in the Media Pool/Project Media window, I think it shows camera-original timecode rather than timeline timecode. You can than use this to match to your cut list.

Then just remember to remove the filter for the final project.
slacy wrote on 8/2/2005, 5:27 PM
How do you drop a filter on the media bin?
rs170a wrote on 8/2/2005, 7:07 PM
How do you drop a filter on the media bin?

Right-click on the clip while it's still in the Media Pool, selelct MediaFX and choose which one(s) you want to add, in this case time code. Then drag the clip to the timeline and you'll see the original time code displayed as opposed to project time code.

Mike