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Problems with fixing timeline edited in wrong sequence
Hi everyone,
I’ve tried a few fixes on the forum to this problem, but no luck. Hoping you’ll all be able to help!
Here’s the situation:
Directed a 15 minute short on the Panasonic HMC-150, HD, 24p. Footage was transcoded to Apple Prores.
The editor accidentally edited the footage on a SD, 720×480, 29.97 time-line.
Last night I created a new time-line in the proper format (dragged an original clip onto the new time-line and chose “yes” so the sequence setting is correct at 1280 x 720 (HDTV 720p (16:9), square, 23.98, Apple ProRes).
I then pasted the incorrect sequence onto the correct time-line, selected all and used Remove Attributes (Basic Motion and Distort) and this is where it gets weird.
About 50% of the time-line is now correct and easy to tweak with minor Slip adjustments. However, the clips on the rest of the time-line are either completely in the wrong place on the clip, or, the footage is “frozen” and seems to have become a still frame.
When we double-click on any “frozen” clip on the time-line to bring it up in the Viewer, it has motion at the beginning and then does freeze. When we bring up the original clip from the bin, it’s fine and we can replace the frozen one on the time-line with the original one, but obviously we’d rather not have to do that for ALL those clips.
I know there are tweaks when doing this kind of fix, but this seems very strange to me.
Help us, Obi-Cows, you’re our only hope! 🙂
Many thanks in advance and Happy Holidays to all you fellow editors, producers and creatives out there!
Best,
Daniel ScherlDaniel F. Scherl
President / CEO, Group 8 Productions, LLC
Los Angeles Boston Cleveland
(818) 808-0022
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3 Replies
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Try making a new sequence with correct settings & copy/paste just the frozen clips (from the incorrect sequence) but one at a time. If these clips play out correctly in the fresh sequence at least you know its an error with the change of sequence settings & not some unholy mess that cant be fixed & has to be only redone.
Then you could change the clips from the incorrect sequence but maybe 4-5 at a time.
Best of Luck
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You’ve found the fix, perform a match frame, and replace edit on each cut… don’t think there’s a better way to do this. I think it’s the frame rate changes that cause the problem you’re seeing.
Jerry
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Thank to all. We got it fixed and not too much time wasted.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Daniel
Daniel F. Scherl
President / CEO, Group 8 Productions, LLC
Los Angeles Boston Cleveland
(818) 808-0022
http://www.group8productions.com
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