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Finding Timecode
I just got a project that has about 800 gigs worth of footage on the hard drive. My client wants me to log all the footage by timecode in the sequence. They already sub clipped the footage into folders. How can I log the clips by timecode if they are in different files? Should I just do it by the clips on the harddrive? How long do you think this process will take. I’m def not looking forward to it. Thank you in advance.
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Export an EDL. It will show you what clips you have in the sequence, where in the sequence, and what timecode of the clip is used in the sequence. CMX3600.
Shane
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What Shane says, or you can media manage the sequence, then export a batch list from that which can open in Excel or similar.
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Could you please elaborate more on “media manage the sequence, then export a batch list” Thank you guys for all your help.
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[Ben Northenor] “”media manage the sequence, then export a batch list” “
You can create an ‘offline’ version of your timeline (which is really used to do the online, confusing I know) with handles or not. The results of that is a new project that has a bin with all of the footage that you used and a sequence. You can then delete anything out that bin that is not media (such as text and such) and right click on the bin and choose Export > Batch List.
You might be able to do this without the media manager by making a new bin in your current project, select all the clips in your timeline, then drag all the clips in to a new bin. Then export a batch list by the steps outlines above (right click..etc).
Jeremy
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I’m sorry if I confused everyone. I need to log EVERY BIT OF FOOTAGE I HAVE by timecode. It not an edit I have, I need to to log EVERY clip by timecode. How would I do this.
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What do you mean by log? It’s already logged in your project. You don’t need just your finished timeline?
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Well, Its a Doc that is going to the BBC and they asked that I log all the footage by timeline. I have to go through all the footage by timecode and write down all the dialogue. Yeah, sounds like fun, right. But the footage isn’t in the correct order on the harddrive and it’s in different folders in the project.
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[Ben Northenor] “Well, Its a Doc that is going to the BBC and they asked that I log all the footage by timeline.”
By timeline, you mean by date?
[Ben Northenor] “I have to go through all the footage by timecode and write down all the dialogue.”
Why not just send out for transcripts? Don’t you have transcripts already?
[Ben Northenor] “But the footage isn’t in the correct order on the harddrive and it’s in different folders in the project. “
Then I guess it’s up to you to sort it. FCP has many ways to sort your footage, including by reel, which will probably help you in this case.
What exactly are you supposed to deliver to them?
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I’m sorry, I didn’t mean timeline, I meant timecode.
I just got a call last night asking if I could log all the shots and dialogue by timecode. So 00:00:00;00 – 00:00:15;00 they say blah blah blah and from 00:00:15;00 – 00:00:37:13 they say blah blah blah ect…. I don’t know the best way to do that. I really appreciate you helping me out, brother. Thank you!
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[Ben Northenor] “I really appreciate you helping me out, brother.”
I think we are getting somewhere.
OK, now is this for all of the dialogue in your entire project, or just the finished timeline?
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