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Possible to change the duration of several logged clips at once?
I have almost 700 clips that have been logged too “tight” (I need to have a few seconds more for every single clip before I start batch capturing or editing will be almost impossible). Is it possible to add two seconds (for instance) in front and back of each clip in an effective way without having to change the in and out points of every single clip (which would take an enormous amount of time)?
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3 Replies
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yep…
lassoo the whole lot and alt drag to the seq monitor to build a seq of all clips, then decompose with handles whilst ensuring you tick the ‘allow extend beyond master clip edges’…something like that, not in front of machine at present, then batch digitise the decomposed clips instead of the origional log
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You might also want to try highlighting all the clips and going to “Modify” under the clip menu and setting a new timecode by adding or subtracting frames to the START or END and needed.
Michael
anything 24fps
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Unless I’m mistaken the problem with the modify method is that the durations stay the same! ie. Any adjustment to an in point is compensated for at the outpoint.
This is great for creating offsets etc, eg compensating for delays if loading via a synchroniser or arc etc but won’t allow you to add handles at both ends!
If you consider the logic it makes sense, even with unlinked media Avid recignise that a chunk of media must have a finite duration which cannot be changed!
Unless you have access to an application such as phoenix, or are familiar with excel I’d stick to plan A!
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