Possible to copy favorites data from one clip to another?

[Eric Santiago]

Would like to revisit this topic.
For me, its Synced clips after original were used in a lengthy fight scene.
Basically, it was assembled with no audio and a different frame rate to boot.
I could sit there and go over each one again using timecode but would be faster if I just select the clip in project, reveal in browser, mark favorite.

Any tips on this quagmire?

[Joe Marler]

[Eric Santiago] “For me, its Synced clips after original were used in a lengthy fight scene. Basically, it was assembled with no audio and a different frame rate to boot.”

To my knowledge there is no easy solution. I suggest (1) Using multicam clips not synced clips, which permits the timeline MC ranges to inherit changes made in the parent MC clip, and (2) Do not allow editors to use original “parent” single-cam clips.

One way to achieve that is whoever preps the data and makes the multicams, flag all constituent parent clips as rejected, and tell the editor to always run the browser in “hide rejected”.

If that doesn’t work, arrange a screen sharing session and let the editor sit in for an approx 4 hr non-stop session of frame-matching and clip replacement.

Another issue is changed frame rate. You cannot reliably change frame rate of an already-edited project without risking re-editing the entire timeline.

You can copy/paste the timeline to a new timeline with a different frame rate but due to per-clip rate conforming issues, gaps and overlaps may appear at clip boundaries. This requires meticulously going through the entire timeline and closely inspecting each edit, and likely adjusting some edit points.

This is more likely if the original clips have mixed frame rates, e.g, 23.98 and 29.97, and if a complex timeline with many connected clips. However the mere possibility means no matter what the timeline composition, it must be stringently inspected by someone with knowledge of the original intent of each edit point.

[Nick Kovacic]

I was searching for the answer to this problem this afternoon after creating favorites for sound bites within a clip for a single camera clip. I’m working off PR LT transcode from r3d that’s uploaded remotely and subsequently downloaded here. The day after I favorite the single camera clip I learn there was a b cam (red as well) darn if I multicam the A / B together I lose all my favorites for the sound bites. So here is my solution using Sync n Link to retain my metadata.

Choose my Acam (favorites) & Bcam export -> XML
import XML into Sync n Link
name Synchronized clip using “video”
add “Video” metadata to synchronized clip
no trim
enable make Multicams “instead of” Synchronized clips.
then “Sync Clips…”

Imported to FCPX and perfect! all favorites “metadata” intact.

Imagine this could work with Frame.io imported notes as well. I think you could drag your Frame.io notes into your project and then highlight your notes and corresponding clip do the same thing and create one synchronized clip. I haven’t tested this out yet, but typically I would create a multicam interview with two angles and then add another blank angle and insert the Frame.io captions in there and make the favorite for the multicam that way by copying and pasting.