subclip > markers: not the otherway round.

[Tom Wolsky]

Afraid not. Subclips are master clips and bear no direct relationship to the clips they came from, other than shared media.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Tom Wolsky]

But you could just run DV Start/Stop Detect on the original clip again and get the markers back.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Riccardo Zito]

Sorry I think I expressed myself using the wrong terms.
They are not subclips as such rather just clips extracted from the original media file.
When I view them in the viewer I see the in and out information relating it to the original media file.
The question is: Is it possible to turn these in and out points into markers on the original media file.
i.e. I take the media file into a new sequence and somehow by magic land the in and out points of the clip originally extracted from it.

I hope I am not being confusing… though probably am.

Thanks Tom,

Riccardo

[Tom Wolsky]

You keep saying markers. Do you really mean markers? There is a function in FCP for markers. Is that what you mean? But no, there is no way to add markers to a clip using the I/O of another clip. OTOH, if you match frame from a clip in a sequence the browser clip that loads in the viewer will have the same I/O as the sequence clip. Is that what you mean?

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Riccardo Zito]

” if you match frame from a clip in a sequence the browser clip that loads in the viewer will have the same I/O as the sequence clip. Is that what you mean?”

Yes, but the next step I am trying to get to is to view those I/O points on the original media file.
i.e. I have a lot of clips all originating from the same media file. I want to have the whole uncut media file in a sequence with something ( a marker? ) telling me where the I and O points of all those clips are.

I mean-I could do it manually… if I load a clip in the viewer… is there a way of matching frame from the viewer to a sequence with the original media in it.. essentiall the inverse process of your question for me above..

Sorry I am being a hard nut to crack..

Many Thanks…

[Tom Wolsky]

You have to do it manually. No, there isn’t.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Boyd Mccollum]

[riccardo zito] “i.e. I have a lot of clips all originating from the same media file. I want to have the whole uncut media file in a sequence with something ( a marker? ) telling me where the I and O points of all those clips are.”

Here’s a possible solution for what you want to do:

1. In the Browser, select the sequence you are working on
2. Do a Find (Cmd+F or Edit>Find)
3. In the Find window set the following critera:
a. Search: Project: Find Results;
b. For: Used Media – check “in selected sequences”
c. Results: Replace Find Results
4. Click “Find All”

You’ll get a Find Results window with all the clips being used in your sequence, with in and out points (actually with all the information that is available for those clips, the same as you’d see in your browser window)

You can then create and open a new sequence in the Timeline. Select all the clips in the Find Results window and drag them down at the same time onto the timeline.

Another, possibly better way, depending on what you are trying to do (I imagine get an idea of what you’ve already used) is to do the Find but look for UNUSED MEDIA in the selected sequence. This will help you determine what is still available for you to use.

These are Just a couple of suggestions. Not sure what you are trying to get at, as it’s rather an unorthodox workflow to do what you are asking. Again, I’m thinking that you really want to know what media is left that you can use, and searching for unused media would be the way to go.