Clip Markers with editing notes that move with clip?

[Todd Kopriva]

If you’d like to make a feature request about clip markers, please do so here.

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[Alex Udell]

Can’t you double click a clip from the sequence to load it into the source viewer and add markers to it there? you should then be able to add comments to those markers as well.

These should then be clip markers that will move with the clip, as opposed to sequence markers which are based solely and locked in sequence time.

Alex

[Alex Udell]

Hiya…

I stand corrected.

While you can add clip markers, there is no comment function, on the clip side.

A yucky workaround is to nest the clip.
Add marks and comments in the nested sequence as sequence markers.
In the main timeline this will then appear as a “clip mark” and appear within and move with the clip.
However, you will have to enter the nest to review the comments.

It’s stinky, but it’s better than no option at all.
I would suggest making that feature request, my guess is that is an easy one to implement.

Alex

[Adam Shamoon]

Any luck with this David? I’m looking for this exact feature as well.

Adam

[Matt Hale]

I’ve made a feature request for this, and I hope more people do as well.

I’m one of the many FCP editors looking into switching to PPro since FCPX came out and so far I’ve been extremely impressed. The lack of editable clip markers is the very first thing that has given me pause.

It may seem like a little thing but in FCP I use this feature constantly. The very first thing I do when I’m starting a new project (well, after importing the footage and setting up some bins) is go through and watch all my clips and mark them up extensively. I end up with a huge collection of markers (each with tons of comments about performance, technical issues, etc.) long before I add anything at all to my first sequence.

I can’t even imagine doing a major project without this step. I’d just be lost.

Have any PPro editors out there come up with a work-around other than–possibly hundreds!–of nested sequences (very, very messy)? Any alternate way to accommodate/approximate this workflow?

I know Adobe people read this forum (which, as others have mentioned, is very nice to know!) so I thought I’d resurrect this old thread just to say that I’m loving PPro so far and I can foresee switching being quite painless save this one catch.

Matt

[Richard Van den boogaard]

I really, really need this feature (and yes, Todd, I have put in a request). Hopefully this will be offered with the upcoming next edition.

The sequence markers are just cumbersome, because they stick to the position of the clip. You just want to be able to move/rearrange clips on the timeline after you’ve sync’d up the audio and added commentary to them.

Richard van den Boogaard
Freelance cameraman • Glidecam Operator • Editor • YouTube expert

[John Ricca]

Ditto

[Brett Hansen]

Has this feature request been implemented yet into Premiere Pro CC? I realize this is an old thread but I have finally migrated to PPCC and would really like a clean way to make technical notes/comments to my clips in the timeline as I organize and edit a large project.

[Andy Lewis]

Prelude will do a very good job of this. Unfortunately, nearly every project I work on starts with audio sync in Pluraleyes and you can’t bring an xml into Prelude.

I still sometimes log interviews in Prelude using just the camera audio (if you bring clips into Prelude while the Premiere sequence is open you can watch the comments appear in Premiere – you don’t even need to save / import).

Like a lot of things adobe – works great, seems designed for limited use cases.

[Terry Syndergaard]

PREMIERE PRO Hit M to Mark clip selected (No clip selected adds a Sequence Marker which does not move with clips when ripple edited.) ALT-Click Marker in SOURCE Panel to drag it out. Dbl-click to add NAME and COMMENTS that DO move with the clip. – YES, COMMENTS — Comments that move with the clip rather than stay stuck to the timeline. Dbl-click in Source Panel to edit. The comments also show when hovering over the Marker in Source panel – AND Timeline, too!