Scene Detection

[Omer Aydin]

Anything that causes a peak in data rate will cause a false detection, like fast panning, fast zooming, flashing etc. so it wouldn’t be a good idea to use a scene detection automation on such footage.

But it will work properly with footage where peaks are due to cut transitions only.

BTW I have found an app called HandySaw DS that does it. It creates an EDL file for the video and splits the scenes into video events in timeline.

[Arthur Bueno]

I use handysaw all the time. Very good software, saves a lot of time if you need to re-edit archived films