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Applying markers to clips in timeline without having to select each individual clip
So, I’m pretty sure this isn’t possible, and I’ve made a feature request… and to be honest I’m just kinda hoping others will chime in that they want this feature too in the hopes Adobe will take note.
Like a lot of folks, I was a FCP7 user, and became very accustomed to using a technique based off an old physical film editing method. That is to initially review footage by laying a long sequence of clips down on a timeline and hitting play– then simply applying a marker on the fly to the footage whenever something I liked happened (in FCP7, you simply selected all the clips on the timeline prior to hitting play/markering). This is an incredibly efficient way to get your edit going because after just one playthrough, you have simple visual indicators of which takes/moments are good, without necessarily having to deal with taking notes.
So, in Premiere CS6 (which I’m very impressed by, so far, btw) you indeed can apply markers on the fly to clips on a timeline after a little tweaking of settings… but only if a single clip is selected. If multiple clips are selected, then you cannot apply markers. Which means that a process that took place in the realtime duration of your total footage now takes a lot longer, not to mention kinda ruining your rhythm, particularly in mentally comparing the pacing of takes of the same shot.
Adobe folks, if you’re reading, please oh please implement this feature. And of course, if anyone has a workaround, I’d appreciate any suggestions. Thanks.
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Also, the ability to change the color of markers (as with folders) would be very helpful. Thanks.
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https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
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Thanks for the link, but I already submitted one.
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Agreed. It would also be nice if that (excellent) marker viewer could display all of the clip markers in the timeline.
Like FCP, it seems that PPro treats clip markers as secondary in importance to timeline markers (In FCP you can’t view clip markers during playback for example).
Maybe this is because if you do everything in timelines (as I do) you are not using the software “properly”. The proper way is 3-point editing so organisation is done in the browser/project area and timelines are just for final assembly.I want to annotate clips in timelines and have that information follow the clip. It seems like no NLE is really enthusiastic about me working that way.
How many out there are timeline editors? Are we a small minority?
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Another thing to do is use the shortcut “D” key to select the clip under the playhead before applying a clip marker.
This, to me anyways, seems like a new shortcut. I know marking clips in the timeline has been a consistent issue.
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Thanks Angelo, that would be a good workaround, but it seems to be a new feature with CC, and I’m still on CS6… I’m using a slightly older version of OS X that technically isn’t supported by CC. Horse-changing / midstream, blah blah. Thanks though.
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