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Set Poster Frame
Hello all,
I hope this isn’t too obvious a question,. I’ve looked around for an answer and ws unable to find one – maybe I am just using the wrong terminolog.
Anyway, is there any way to easily set the “poster frame” for a clip to the LAST frame? By poster frame I mean the icon that you see in the project bin when you select a clip. I have been doing some simple edits of sports, where speed is more important than fanciness (as far as the edit is concerned). To help myself, every time there is a good play, I cover the lens of hte camera for a few seconds so I can find the clip easily later on.
BUT, it would be even easier if I could just capture the entire tape, making a new clip at every camera stop/start, then be able to see that last frame in the bin – if it has my hand, I use it, if not, I don;t. As it is now I have to skim through each clip to the end to see if my hand is there.
Hope this is clear… any way to do it? Thanks,
Scott
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3 Replies
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You have to do it manually. Just set the poster frame at the top of the Project panel. You can drag to the end but then you will have to back off a little to see that last frame or so. Not a perfect solution for you, but the best Premiere Pro can offer.
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It is a manual thing, but this is probably the quickest way to do it.
1. Capture the whole tape if you like.
2. Watch the whole clip in ffwd to scan when your hand covers the lens.
4. Marker the spots with the asterix/marker key while playing in ffwd (L twice or more to go faster). Do that for the whole capture.
5. Snap back to the first marker (home key, shift+ctl+right arrow to snap fwd/left arrow to snap back)
6. Set an in and out point for the ‘play’ clip. (allow some handles either side)
7. Make a subclip (right click the clip or drag it to the project panel)
8. Name the subclip as the ‘play’ and maybe a number
9. Move on to the next marker, in out make subclip etc.When you’re done and you know you don’t need the main clip anymore. delete it. the subclips will remain. Continue to edit.
As far as setting the clips poster frame:
1. Select the clip
2. Scan through the small timeline above it in the top left of the project panel.
3. Hit the camera icon above the play button.That’s your new poster frame. it will show up as your frame in icon mode too.
Hope this helps.
– Jon Barrie (moo)
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Thanks for the info, guys. I was afraid that might be the answer – if I have to do it manually I may as well just not do it at all. We’re talking simple edits here, cuts only, just getting the hi-lights, so once I’ve skimmed through it once and found out it has “a hand”, I already know I want it in the timeline. Oh well it was worth a shot – thanks again.
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