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Find out settings for existing sequences?
Hi brainy types,
I inherited an FCP project that has sequences with a vast array of source material – from HD to SD to compressed web videos, etc. I’m a novice FCP editor at best and this is the first time I’ve encountered this situation, so excuse me if this question is a little TOO basic…
Is there a quick, dirty way for me to identify the capture settings for each clip, and the sequence settings for each existing sequence? Is there something akin to Quicktime Pro’s “info” window that I can keep open as I check out different clips? It seems tedious to continuously control-click and choose item properties/format.
Googled and did a cursory search of the forums and could not find an answer that told me something I didn’t already know, so thank you greatly in advance if you can streamline my workflow.
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If you scroll your bins over (in list view) you will see columns with Frame rate/codec/field order and so on.
this gives you a way to see how different everything is, even the sequences at the same time.Right clicking on a clip and going to Item Properties will give a clear view of that that clip is.
You should really take some time looking at the FCP interface that is in the manual.
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Hello Michael:
The easiest way to glance at the sequence settings and the clip formats is to use the Browser window in Final Cut Pro. If you scroll through the Browser window, you can see columns with headings like “Frame Size”, “Compressor” (the codec type), “Vid Rate” (fps), and “Pixel Aspect”.Perhaps that’s too basic an answer. Hope it helps.
This might be useful to you also…
Outside of Final Cut Pro, I often use a free application called MediaInfo (https://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en) to help identify compression profiles for my clips. This helps when someone gives me a video file to work with and I don’t know how it was encoded or what bitrates were used.Adam Carrier
Digital Media Technician
acarrier{at}marinersmuseum{dot}org
The Mariners’ Museum
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Thanks Adam. I guess I knew that, but my screen space is already so limited I wish Apple would let us customize the columns of information, so we could select which we wanted to see directly next to the clip title. I certainly don’t need to know my clip durations, in and out points, etc. Wish I could have the frame size and compressor RIGHT NEXT to the Clip Titles.
Thanks for the tip on mediainfo… very helpful!
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You can reorder order of the columns, once again a quick look at the manual would be very helpful.
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