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  Matching Project cursor from timeline to Keyframe timeline

  Posted by De Daneh on November 27, 2009 at 6:15 am

  I need help to match my cursor’s position on the project’s timeline to match the timeline in the Keyframe time line of a media clip.

  I’m trying to color correct in the keyframe, but my project time line has a count of 30 mintues, but the clip is only 3 minutes long.

  I want to color correct around 16 minutes in project timeline, but I can not tell where this corresponds to the exact clip’s time from 0 to 3 minutes.

  I am sure there is a way, but I just can not figure it out.

  Another words, how can I keyframe a clip, when I don’t know how to match my project’s cursor absolute position in comparison to just the clip’s length, which is floating.

  I hope I explained it clearly.

  Thanks for your help.

  De Daneh replied 16 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Theo Van laar

  November 27, 2009 at 5:42 pm

  Did you add the color correction FX to the event or to the whole track?

  Below the timeline in the FX window is a small LOCK button. Activation of this button synchronizes both timelines. Did you activate this one?

  Theo
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  De Daneh

  November 27, 2009 at 6:14 pm

  Theo,

  Thanks that is a solution. It does work.

  However, I still have another problem.

  As you mentioned, I am applying it to the track and clip, but when I tried this in applying the fx to the Project Media, obviously it is not synched together.

  The problem that I have is that I can not preview the fx as I apply it to the project media in multicam editing.

  So I tried to trick Vegas by adding the project media clips to another track that will not be used for MultiCam editing. By watching it in these new tracks I can see the preview.

  Here is what I have, before and after multicam:

  ORiginal tracks:

  Track 1, Cam 1: clip 1, clip 2, clip 3

  Track 2, Cam 2: Clip 4, clip 5, Clip 6

  Track 3, Cam 1: PM Clip 1, PM Clip 2, PM Clip 3
  (PM Project Media)

  Track 4, Cam 2: PM Clip 4, PM Clip 5, PM Clip 6

  After MultiCam editing:

  Track 1, Cam 1,2: MC Clip 1,4; MC 2,5; MC 3,6;

  Track 3, Cam 1: PM Clip 1, PM Clip 2, PM Clip 3

  Track 4, Cam 2: PM Clip 4, PM Clip 5, PM Clip 6

  I now can see the Media clip FX in Tracks 3 and 4, when I apply the FX color correction.

  But, applying the FX to PM Clip 1, the unlock button cursor sync button for keyframe timeline for the Project media is grayed out.

  There is no way of seeing what my cursor’s position is in Track 3, in FX timeline, since it is being at the media level and not at the track level.

  This issue stems from the fact that I can not see the actual FX preview in the monitor when I’m applying the FX and I need to keyframe it so that I can match second camera’s color to the first as I MultiCam Edit. Otherwise, I have to edit separately and color correct after multicam which will be a huge problem, with small cuts and all.

  I’d followed other threads on this site about adding FX to the media level, but I still have this small cursor synch problem so I know exactly where to apply the keyframe.

  If you have any suggestions, I’d appreciate getting it.

  Thanks again.

  Warmly,

  Shamil

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