• Apple Final Cut Pro

  Custom Clip Naming gets order wrong

  Posted by Michael Garber on April 20, 2012 at 4:29 am

  Hi all,

  Someone posted this a while back and there was no answer to it. So, I am assuming this should be filed under bugs to be fixed.

  That said, if anyone has any info on a workaround for this, please let me know.

  I have a bunch of clips and want to give them a custom name based on reel name and clip number in order of date created. Pretty normal stuff. But FCP renames them out of order.

  I haven’t yet been able to figure out what metadata FCP is using in the way it orders the numbers of the clips. Maybe that’s the culprit.

  In any case, a trouble ticket has been sent. Look forward to someone’s response. Thanks!

  Michael Garber
  5th Wall – a post production company

  Michael Garber replied 14 years ago 5 Members · 5 Replies
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  Frank Valtellina

  April 20, 2012 at 5:11 am

  I have the same problem. Sometimes I use a simple “Rename” program to change the files name in Scratch “Original Media” folder. If someone knows another way…
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  Jeremy Garchow

  April 20, 2012 at 1:53 pm

  I’d like to try and help, but can you give me your exact steps?

  Jeremy
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  T. Payton

  April 20, 2012 at 2:30 pm

  This appears to be a known bug. I have reported it to Apple, but it would be great to share your feedback to because “the squeaky wheel gets the grease.”

  https://www.apple.com/feedback/finalcutpro.html

  BTW. It is no joke when Apple says they read all the comments to that form. They really do read all the feedback.

  ——
  T. Payton
  OneCreative, Albuquerque
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  Tony Sarafoski

  April 20, 2012 at 3:53 pm

  I had this same problem when I updated .3 to .4, however I decided to re-format my OS (don’t ask) and downloaded a fresh 10.0.4 directly from the app store.

  Problem is now gone..!

  Try this for curiosity, create a new user account, open applications, click on FCPX & allow it to install, then import some material and try batch renaming.

  Let’s us know how you go?
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  Michael Garber

  April 22, 2012 at 7:35 pm

  [Tony Sarafoski] “Try this for curiosity, create a new user account, open applications, click on FCPX & allow it to install, then import some material and try batch renaming.”

  Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, didn’t work for me. Will try re-downloading the app and let you know.

  Michael Garber
  5th Wall – a post production company

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