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  • Regular programme – same weekly titles

    Posted by Wayne Garton on January 31, 2012 at 7:54 am

    Can anyone think of the easiest way of making a project that can be used again and again for a weekly show where the “motion titles” and the open and closing themes remain in approximately the same place each week.

    Each week a “talking head” is edited for content and time, but the lower thirds remain in much the same places each week. They are approximately every minute, but the exact timing has to be altered slightly depending on what the “talking head” is doing or saying.

    On version 7, I would have the titles on a track which was locked. If I needed to nudge a title’s position to the left or right, I would unlock, move it, then lock again. Very quick to achieve.

    In X it seems harder, but I am probably missing an easy way.

    By the way, putting the lower thirds in a compound clip is awful. (You can’t see the results easily and the timeline loses its place when entering the compound to slip the lower third along to the left or right)

    Cheers
    Wayne
    New Zealand

    Wayne Garton replied 14 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 7 Replies
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  • Jeff Kirkland

    January 31, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    I’d consider setting the project up as a compound clip in the event browser. Each week edit the compound clip into a project and then break apart the clip items. It won’t be locked but it will give you a base project to start with each time.

    Jeff Kirkland | Southern Creative Media
    video * audio * post * production
    Melbourne, Australia

  • Michael Sanders

    January 31, 2012 at 6:29 pm

    Edit the base project with titles etc in the right place with a dummy interview in place.

    Edit the new talking head in a compound clip (as per what the guys at Ripple suggest)

    Drop the talking head compound clip over the dummy interview and do a replace edit – should work :-))

    Michael Sanders
    London Based DP/Editor

  • Wayne Garton

    January 31, 2012 at 7:40 pm

    Thanks, I’ll give it a go.

    >> clip (as per what the guys at Ripple suggest)

    Can you point me to this Ripple tutorial?

    Cheers
    Wayne
    New Zealand

  • Michael Sanders

    January 31, 2012 at 8:56 pm

    Sorry – its Mac Break studio but I think its the guys from Ripple.

    It’s on youtube here: https://youtu.be/7ndfRSWRw2M

    Enjoy.

    Michael Sanders
    London Based DP/Editor

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  • Wayne Garton

    February 1, 2012 at 7:40 am

    Hey Jeff
    Could you clarify what you mean by …. then break apart the clip items

    Cheers
    Wayne
    New Zealand

  • Wayne Garton

    February 1, 2012 at 7:41 am

    Thanks Michael. Very useful tutorial.

    Cheers
    Wayne
    New Zealand

  • Wayne Garton

    February 2, 2012 at 3:43 pm

    I found the answer …. courtesy of Larry Jordan

    If you need to revert back to the original components of the compound clip – say to apply a different effect, change the text of a title, or add a new piece of video – simply select the compound clip and choose Clip > Break Apart Clip Items.

    Break Apart Clip Items

    Cheers
    Wayne
    New Zealand

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