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Scripting / Automating bulk clip renames
Is there any way in FCP to batch rename clips etc. ?
I used to help manage a render farm for a VFX company and we had a load of shake scripts for renaming, so if you wanted to change:
Whatever_Here_001_v3.dpx
to
whatever_here_001_v3.dpx
you’d input filename in, filename out with a $$$ over the sequence numbers.
What I’d really like to be able to do is change:
Some Random Mess Cam 003 – 010110
and
Some Other Random Mess 3 – 010110to
My Actual Name Cam 003 – 010110
so I need some sort of find / replace. I can’t see any way of getting scripting into FCP. Can I export XML and play with it in filemaker without breaking it?
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3 Replies
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Are you meaning clips inside of FCP? or the files that FCP is managing.
If it’s the files outside of FCP, I love name mangler.If it’s the files inside – I’d have to think about that. Yes, there might be an XML way.
Best,
Jeff G
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I suppose what I’m really after is a better way of managing clip names in FCP. Is it possible to trawl through the XML and do Find + Replace without breaking it? That way I could then use Rename>File as Clip Name
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Dicey.
The issue is that you’d want to change the internal name in FCP and leave the source alone. Tough; I’d test it with the XML and a decent text grep search/replace. Easier to do it at the finder level and reimport from scratch.
Best,
Jeff G
Apple Master Trainer
Avid Cert. Instructor DS/MC
Avid & Color Videos Vasst.com
Compressor Essentials Lynda.com
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