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How can I add ‘tags’ to my large video clip to mark interesting points?
Hi – I hope someone can help me?
I’m fairly new to using Vegas Movie Studio (I’ve got HD Platunum 10.0) and am struggling with editing large video clips. I’m using a waterproof camera to record large clips (maybe 50 minutes each) which I then review and make a note of the timecode when something of interest happens.
Then I load the clip into Vegas and start editing, but I can only find the interesting parts by referring to the original time code so the clip has to start at 0 and I can’t remove earlier parts.
Is there a way to add ‘tags’ or insert ‘markers’ to the large video clips so that I can subsequently go back and find the interesting parts without having to always count forward from the start of the 50 minute clip?
I’m sure I used to be able to do this with Adobe Premiere?
Or is there a better way to edit out the interesting parts, rename them, and then add them to the timeline?
Thanks,
Andy.
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5 Replies
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Yes, absolutely.
When you are at the interest point, hit the ‘M’ key on the keyboard. That’ll ‘Insert Marker’, which you can name.Cheers for now,
Tom Pauncz
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Hi Tom,
Thanks for your comment but this Marker is attached to the Timeline not to the clip itself, so as soon as I move the edited clip I lose the association between the clip and the marker and the edited clip becomes one of many with the same name (ie. the name of the original 50 minute clip).
I’m really looking for a way to mark/tag the clip not the timeline.
Thanks,
Andy.
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Open the clip you want to review and mark into the trimmer window. Play it from there, and insert markers by pressing M (and optionally typing a description) at any important points.
Then when you drag that clip to the timeline it will have the markers in the newly created event. The media markers will be in the media rather than part of the timeline, so they will move with the event. You can still snap the timeline cursor to these media markers in the same way as timeline markers.
Look up “media markers” in the online help for details.
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Not sure if Vegas Movie Studio has this feature, that’s what the OP has. But in Vegas Pro you will also need to click the “Save Markers/Regions” button to save the markers. Then you can also use the “Promote Media Markers” script to bring the embedded media markers to the timeline.
-Jim.
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I also use Movie Studio HD 10 Platinum so I know it works. Good you mentioned “save markers” though – I noticed that I have “Auto-save trimmer markers” enabled, and I guess that’s probably the default setting since I haven’t changed it.
In Movie Studio you can add markers and regions to media in the trimmer, and you can see those media markers in the media on timeline, but you cannot promote them to normal timeline markers since there’s no scripting support.
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