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Problematic – A Nested Edit
I have an editor’s rough cut that is built from our extensive amount of tape assemblies.
This means, each tape was laid down on a timeline. Traditionally, the editors have placed IN/OUT-COPY-PASTE, or used match frame. This editor chose to nest the tape assemblies into their edit, and cut with it. Creating a massive cut, built entirely out of nested timelines.
The editor is now suffering from crashes and an unconventional and inefficient way of editing… Not to mention potential problems for consolidation and online.
Is there a quick and painless way of turning this massive nested edit into an ‘independent’ edit?
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5 Replies
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This is a very poor workflow. I cannot stress how bad this is. The editor has used nesting in the worse possible way. Please don’t make it worse by now trying to export these nests as self contained QT files as they will have ZERO reference to the original media, and if you suffer a drive failure, you are hosed.
Working from assemblies is fine, I am doing this now. But you need to make sure that when you put the assemblies into the VIEWER, that you INSERT EDIT WITH CONTENT or OVERWRITE WITH CONTENT…meaning to cut in the original footage, not as a nest. Either press COMMAND when you press F10 or map this as a function of F10.
You have to get out of these nests ASAP.
Shane
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I understand that. 100%.
But is there a way that I can… ‘convert’ this nested timeline so that it reflects the source clips.
The only method I’ve found, is, in the edit, place the playback-head at the start of a clip, double click (which brings up the tape assembly), match frame, place an IN.
Go back to the edit, place ‘x’ (IN/OUT) on that clip and ‘F10’ (overwrite).
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That is about the best you can do…as far as I know. I haven’t been in this mess. Stopped before I went to far.
Shane
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Well. Thanks either way. 🙂
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Try this:
Make a new sequence. Open the 1st nest in the “sequence from hell” (SFH). Select all, copy, past in new sequence. Wash, rinse, repeat.Better still, have the offending editor who created the SFH do this.
Arnie
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