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CS4 sorting P2 Metadata
Hi All…
Normally when digitizing from tape it is possible to sort clips by timecode in order to see the order in which they occur on a given reel.
I noticed in working with P2 footage that when imported as files, all clips start at TC 00:00:00:00. So this sort ability goes away.
I did see that in the Media Browser panel you can sort by creation date prior to importing….
But I don’t see this as an available meta data field in the project window.
Is there a way to sort things so that they are in the order in which they were shot?
Thanks,
Alex
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5 Replies
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If you are looking at the MXF files and all the Media Start column say 00;00;00;00 for all of them, then you should change the timecode setting on your camera to time of day, that way you have a continuous, incremental timecode.
But, you can also display a “date created” column. You have to go into the context menu (top right of the project panel), choose metadata display > Basic > Date created.
Cheers,
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
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Hey Vince…
that’s perfect….Thank you..
On the same topic…as I recall a lot of cameras still have a “tape emulation mode” so you could control and digitize from them in a traditional manner. In this case wouldn’t the clips have some sort of Rec Run time code?
I only mention this, as some might choose to capture rather than import so they can transcode to friendly codecs on the way into the system….
Alex
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Freerun would probably what you would use for tape, and that would work fine for P2 as well. I like Time of Day since I don’t have to worry about timecode break unlike tape based system. Anything that doesn’t reset timecode to 0 🙂
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area -
Hi realise this is an old post I have picked up on but hope someone can help. Looking for an answer to the same question that had been posted by Alex back in June 09. Found Vince’s reply and found option”Date created”. Great.
My issue from this is that I would have thought by clicking on heading “Date Created” would put clips in order they were created, either from earliest first to latest or vice versa When I click on “Date Created” it doeas not change order just freezes programme for about 20 secs. Should I be able to change order by doing this (As you are able to of you click on say “Video Usage”)
Thanks
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I have also come across this issue in PP with .MOV files created by Final Cut in the FCP capture scratch. PP does not seem to see all the metadata for these converted files. The answer for me was to go my P2 archive and work from the source film in PP, all metadata seems to be readily accessible.
Still on the PP learning curve, but I feel it is worth persevering with…
Andy Johnstone
Wild Dog Limited
film & multimedia production
http://www.wilddogworld.com
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