Applying filters to timeline clips

[Sebas]

if you will use mattes method you could first label the master clip (select it and press cmd-alt-2 for example). every instance of that clip will be painted in yellow in the timeline. that way you can easily spot the talking-head shots in the crowd.

[Sebas]

… but you’ll have to render the whole hour. my guess is that the other method is faster.

[Martin Baker]

Here’s what you do, assuming that the camera in question has a different clip name to the other cameras:

1. Find the first clip of the camera on the timeline, double click it to open up in the Viewer and apply the desired filter.
2. Now select the Timeline window and press Cmd-F
3. In the Find field, enter some unique part of the camera clip name (e.g. if the clip was called “Cam 2B” then enter “2B”) and click the “Find All” button. All the matching clips will be selected in the Timeline.
4. Drag the filter from the Viewer to any of the selected clips and it will be added to all of them.
5. Remember to delete the second instance of the filter in the clip opened in the Viewer so it doesn’t get applied twice.

Martin
Digital Heaven, London UK
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[Chris Poisson]

Matte,

I’ve been doing this naming-renaming clip thing for quite some time, especially with Live Type and other graphics, so all I have to do is reconnect the media. I call it the “fake out” trick, works great. And it’s said “what’s in a name?” Ha!

Have a wonderful day.