Rename Tool in FCP6

[Shane Ross]

[Russell Lasson] “That’s a neat little trick!”

Yet VERY dangerous if you are on a network sharing media with other editors. Certainly hope this option is something you can disable too.

Shane

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[Russell Lasson]

Ohhh… yes.. what a double edge sword that could be.

-Russ

[Sean Oneil]

[Shane Ross] “Yet VERY dangerous if you are on a network sharing media with other editors. Certainly hope this option is something you can disable too.”

I don’t see how it’s any more dangerous in that regard than “Modify>Timecode”, “Make Offline”, or “Open in Editor”. And of course there’s never been anyone stopping an editor from changing the media name from the Finder.

Giving editors permission to alter media files from within FCP is hardly anything new.

I think this feature is great. Sometimes you want to change the name of something after you capture it. This feature eliminates one of the steps to doing that.

[Soreyrith Um]

This feature is great, especially if you’re importing files from a Firestore device (the files are named with timestamps).

[Mark Raudonis]

[Sean ONeil] “I think this feature is great. Sometimes you want to change the name of something after you capture it. This feature eliminates one of the steps to doing that.
“

Sean,

In a networked environment, you must take into consideration OTHER people. Your renaming of a clip may totally flummox another editor’s efforts to find that clip. That’s why we do NOT use names like “WS PAN LEFT TIM LEAVES ROOM”, and instead use “727A03-1”. If you want to rename something, do it in comments. Our team counts on a logical, organized naming scheme that everyone must follow. While the ability to rename is helpful on an individual basis, it can create total chaos in a workgroup environment.

Mark

[Jerry Hofmann]

So if you’re in a shared media environmnet, you know it, and you won’t be using the command without some serious thought, right?

Jerry

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[Rj Miles]

If your digitizing “wild” with 2GB file size limits or camera edit file limts, does this renaming feature rename the main file and ALL of it’s linked sub files?

I agree this is a great feature, something I have wished for on numerous occasions, not believing it wasn’t included. 🙂

My upgrade is supposed to arrive Tuesday. I’m looking forward to working with the new software.

[Sean Oneil]

[Mark Raudonis] ”
In a networked environment, you must take into consideration OTHER people. Your renaming of a clip may totally flummox another editor’s efforts to find that clip. That’s why we do NOT use names like “WS PAN LEFT TIM LEAVES ROOM”, and instead use “727A03-1″. If you want to rename something, do it in comments. Our team counts on a logical, organized naming scheme that everyone must follow. While the ability to rename is helpful on an individual basis, it can create total chaos in a workgroup environment.”

You missed my point. Yes, we all know that when people are sharing projects and media, they have to be careful about renaming things. The point I was making is that this new feature does not allow editors to do something they couldn’t already do. So to suggest this new feature is somehow dangerous is a moot point.

Sean

[Shane Ross]

[Sean ONeil] “The point I was making is that this new feature does not allow editors to do something they couldn’t already do. So to suggest this new feature is somehow dangerous is a moot point.”

No…this is a NEW feature. Currently if you rename a clip in the Browser, the captured clip on your Media drive stays the same. So if it was captured as UNTITLED-1, and you rename it WIDE-MAN CROSSES STREET…the Quicktime media remains UNTITLED-1.

BUT, with the new feature, if you gave the clip the same name, the Quicktime clip on the media drive would also change to WIDE-MAN CROSSES STREET. This can be dangerous as 6 people access that clip, and if the name changes on one, the other 5 lose the connection and cannot reconnect, as they don’t know the new name.

Shane

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http://www.lfhd.net

[Arnie Schlissel]

I can see many an unwary P2 or XDCam (or any tapeless) user really screwing themselves with this feature. All I can say is use it with caution!

Arnie
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