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Creating offline media in multiclip mode
Since I come from the AVID side of the Force (and I won’t tell if it is the dark side or the bright one :-))I am a little bit puzzled with Media Management in FCP 5. So here is my problem:
I will have to edit a near 2 hours concert in multiclip mode. I did tests to ensure everything will run smoothly in FCP5. So far so good everything went as I expected. Until I wanted to Decompose (Avid term here) my sequence to batch digitize it in HiRes (so far I worked with offline resolution to save space). So when I used Media Manager to Create Offline my sequence in a new project with brand new clips, FCP5 creates master clips that contain the full length of each cam. An example is needed here:
Say I have 4 cams in a one minute show with a multitude of edits and cam 3 is only used once for 5 secondes only. I would expect to have in my new offline master clip list a bunch of clips of different timmings and one for cam 3 with a duration of 5 seconds. But instead FCP5 gives me 4 master clips of one minute each.
I tried a lot of options in Media Manager but nothing seems to work. What do I have to do to make that new multiclip sequence lean and mean?
Thanks
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3 Replies
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If I get you right you want to batch digi, in hi-res, your offline test clips. If that’s right you should use media manager to delete any media you did not use, set up the rest of media manager as you need to and then create an edl list which you will use to batch digi the clips you need.
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Do I really have to export an EDL and import it back to do what I need?
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In the browser you can delete the master clips and then highlight the subclips you want to keep. Open media manager and use the “use existing” selection. Select delete unused media from selected clips. choose,”Clip Names”,
make sure the “Duplicate selected clips and place into a new project” checkbox is not selected. click ok. This will erase all media you do not want. Then you should be able to open the capture window, select the clips you want to recapture, reset the capture settings and you’re on your way. Thats the quick way to get your clips. A slow way is to create a new bin, drag each of your clips into the browser creating a new master clip, then open the capture window, select the clips and batch capture at your new settings.
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