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Is there a more efficent workflow?
Hi
I have recently started editing using FCP and have encountered a problem I was hoping someone on here could solve.
Namely I am being given dub sheets to work from that list edit points that I need to type into the viewer window and then use the in and out points to mark them before placing them onto the timeline. However this leads to the problem that if I’m interrupted I can sometimes forget which edit i’m on. Or at the end when I goto check my edit points back and some don’t look right I then have to type in and check the in and out points into the viewer to make sure I got the correct timecode. Which seems a quite loborious task.
Is there any way this process can be speeded up by having a window where I can type all of the edit points in at once and then I can quickly scan them to make sure the timecodes are correct before entering them in one go. A sort of EDL but without having to export it into FCP first.
Thanks
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4 Replies
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go into final cut pro, into another project with just a few clips captured that you already have done.
select the clips and do an export of a batch list.
open that batch list in excel.
you can clearly see where clip names and in and out points reside.
get those documents with your timecodes as files you can open and copy and paste from, into the batch list.
save it.
import that batch list in final cut pro, your logging is done.
Thats the only way I deal with situations like that.
doing it by hand is a waste of time and can potentially introduce more errors. -
Thanks alot for your answer.
Actually an on air problem has just occured because of the way we were working before. Namely I was working from a dub sheet and forgot to press enter after marking an inpoint and then laid the section down to the timeline and it used the previous in point. When the programme TX’d it included a section of repeated footage and also a bit of black. Not good and so easy to make a mistake using our method.
Hopefully we can duplicate your method and avoid these problems again.
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I had that same exact problem when I was getting
used to final cut pro from a discreet smoke* (I prefer fcp!)The only thing to watch out for is the : & ; to ensure
drop frame or non drop in the timecodes. -
Our workflow has now been revised. When we do the dubs the edit points can be cross referenced with the document by clicking the cursor to the beginning of the timeline and using the Next Time button to jump to the edit points. The original timecode is then displayed on the canvas window and you can use the previous and next frame to check the in and out points. Apparently this was known by one of the editors but he had failed to pass it on to me (a Transmission Controller who just does a few dubs every now and then when they are snowed under). Also we now have to spool through the entire dub when they’re completed to make sure theres no black sections.
One of the editors is going to take a look at your method on Monday.
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