How can I build a database

[Alex Udell]

How about Cat DV?

Alex Udell
Editing, Motion Graphics, and Visual FX

[Art Thomas]

Cat DV might work if it could somehow take the clips out of Pemiere and insert them into Cat Dv without having to export them first from Premiere. From what I have read, things can be taken into Premiere, ie. imported, but not go out unless again, they are exported. So it has the same limitations as I described before. If someone knows better, then please let us know.

Great suggestion, thanks.

[Alex Udell]

Hi Art…

What ultimately are you trying to accomplish?

If I understand that, then maybe I can be of more help.

Thanks…

Alex

[Art Thomas]

Hi Alex,
I want to be able to do two things.

The first is to be able to search the clips for tags that describe different attributes of the clip. There are many different tags that can select just one clip. This is the database aspect. Maybe 2 or maybe 10 clips will come up for review for one or multiple tag words.

The second is to be able to scroll/ view through the selected clips to see if a particular one satisfies the requirement for selection. Premiere cs6 does a nice job of letting you do this, but has no data base ( ie. search capability using tags).

It stands to reason that Premiere would have to export a clip to generate an actual clip file that can then be used in many different programs because Premiere maintains source file integrity. But, exporting, then importing into another program and trying to keep up with new clips, and deleted or modified clips will become unwieldy very quickly and create a nightmarish sync problem. My hope was there is some way of using Premieres virtual clips directly.

I guess I would like to know how commercial studios catalog their massive amount of clips for easy retrieval.

Thanks for listening. I hope I was able to provide some clarity of my objectives.

[Art Thomas]

Forgot to mention. The clips are not project oriented. They are standalone , that’s why a database type program is needed.

[Alex Udell]

Hi….

OK….let me try to clear up some confusion I have…

When you say you have thousands of “clips”
Are you referring to clips in the project panel of Premiere Pro?
Are all these in one massive project?

Or do you mean you’ve got a thousands of media files on your hard drive?

Or do you mean that you have thousands of media files on your hard drive. You’ve brought them into Premiere Pro and marked them with IN and out? And perhaps made multiple “clips” from the same underlying source media?

Alex Udell
Editing, Motion Graphics, and Visual FX

[Art Thomas]

Hi Alex,
Sorry about the confusion.

The last one. Source files with sub clips. In and out selections.

Hope that helps.

[Alex Udell]

Hi Art…

I still think CatDV is the right tool for you….

I’ve asked….

https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/278/2668

Let’s see what we find out.

Alex Udell
Editing, Motion Graphics, and Visual FX

[Art Thomas]

Great! Thanks.

I was also looking at Adolbe Bridge. Can’t get the Premiere clips (I call them virtual clips) into that either I guess.

[Gabriel Sanchez]

Adobe Bridge lets you add tags to all the clips, but don´t import them from Premiere Proyect pannel, but from your hard disks.
Have you tried to do it (in/out and tagged) in Prelude?
Regards