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Help With Markers
Hello, I was hoping that someone could help me with a problem I have. I am a long time user of FCP and I am familiar with versions 4 through 6. I use the lastest version 5 at work. My boss1 wants to create markers on the entire video sequence so that boss2 can mark where to make changes. However, timeline markers dont move with the video when doing ripple deletes, so it is easy to get lost. So we tried something wierd, I made a nested slug in the audio and ran it the entire length of the clip for the purpose of marking. But this didn’t work because if that nested slug was used in another video, those markers would be in the slug. Clip markers didn’t work because we can have up to 8 video tracks in one project, and all the tracks would get marked.
So my question is this: Is there a way to mark the entire video(which could be 30min to 1hr) with out using timeline markers, yet still having the markers move with the edits?
P.S. Boss1 suggested taking a color bar, copying it along the length of the sequence and nesting it. We would make the track invisible so it would not be seen. It makes sense, but there has got to be an easier way.I hope this makes sense, if it dosen’t just ask and I will try my best to describe more.
-Matt
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7 Replies
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To solve that problem, I would make a timecoded window dub DVD for the person to make notes on and go from that.
any other method just seems complicated by comparison imo.
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How about placing markers on the “individual clips” instead of the timeline.
Just click a clip and press the M key. This way you can edit the sequence in the timeline and the markers stay with the clip/frame.
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Hmm…I suggested making a TC Burn-in. The idea was rejected. Thanks though.
-Matt
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Spherico has something called TCR Plus which combines XML with a timecode reader like pluging to allow collaborative commenting. The filter is on the clip, and some clip information (master comment, description, etc) can be automatically inserted into the timecode display.
If the comments were placed in a clilp field, this might work for you.
https://www.spherico.com/filmtools/
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Thanks for info, I’ll be sure to look it up later.
-Matt
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[Borjis] “I would make a timecoded window dub DVD for the person to make notes on and go from that.”
Which would have the same problem as using timeline markers. Once you make a change to the 1st one, all of your TC references are no longer valid.
The simplest thing is to work backwards. Have boss #1 mark up the timeline, then have boss #2 work from the last mark to the 1st mark.
Arnie
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[Arniepix] “Which would have the same problem as using timeline markers. Once you make a change to the 1st one, all of your TC references are no longer valid.”
A revised timecode dvd is what would come after that where I come from, or a client supervised session where they approve it and make some other changes.
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