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Editing Column Headings
I’m trying to edit the column headings in my bin. This seems a simple task at first and am hoping for a simple solution…
1. so I’ve edited the “master comment” heading to be “location”.
2. I’ve saved my layout as “test1”.
3. Opened a new project.
4. changed my layout to custom “test1”.
“master comment” heading is “master comment”.
What I was hoping for and expecting was “master comment” would be “location”.As long as I stay in the project where I edited the column heading the custom layout will show the edited name but new projects go back to the default names.
What I am trying to do is be able to use our FCP logging info for a Digital Asset Manager. I know I can only edit 6 column headings but I think between those and the rest of the meta data that FCP tracks I’ll get enough info. We haven’t purchased a D.A.M. yet but I don’t want to have to go back a year from now and re-log. We have 4-6 people logging and it would be very convenient if everyone was using the same column structure and not having to use a matrix of “comment 1” is subject, “comment 2” is copyright etc. but that will be our last resort.
Thanks in advance,
Bill
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2 Replies
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Youre probably sol, but a workarounds would be to create a empty project with the structure you want. Then, the first thing anyone does before logging is duplicate that project and start logging. If the headings are saved in project prefs, then it should work as desired.
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I’ve thought that the current implementation of the columns has been a weakness in FCP for quite sometime. It wouldn’t take much to change it to be rocking!
For you, the idea of having a project template that has those columns already changed sounds like a great idea and good solution for now.
-Russ
Russell Lasson
Kaleidoscope Pictures
Provo, UT
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