video numbering on 3 canon cameras

[Andy Neil]

Don’t bother with automator unless you already know how to use it. You could be finished with the task before you know how built the automator script. Download a program called Name Changer (it’s free). It can bulk change file names at the finder level, it’s intuitive to use and you can see a preview of the changes as you do it. And it’s damn near instantaneous.

Andy

https://plus.google.com/u/0/107277729326633563425/videos

[Robin S. kurz]

Mind you that clip is rather old, so a few things have changed. But the gist of the matter remains.

[Anita Sancha]

Thanks Robin……GOD i love those guys,…. my heroes…. XXXX

Thats what I need …. I watch loads of this series, but didn’t see that one.

Yipppppeeeee. !!!

Thanks for all your help
Anita Sancha.

http://www.anitasancha.co.uk

[Robin S. kurz]

[Andy Neil] “Don’t bother with automator unless you already know how to use it.”

Really?

Start it, choose “Application”, add “Rename Finder Items” from “Files & Folders”, select “Show this action when the workflow runs” from the options, and save… DONE. After that you simply drag any files you want to rename onto the app, wherever you saved it. Create a “Service” and you even have it under your right-click in the Finder. Don’t think others offer that.

Not sure what’s complicated about it.

[Andy Neil]

And how long does it take to do that if you’ve never opened the app before? I’m sure you’ve played around with Automator and can do this sort of thing quickly, but not everybody has.

I didn’t say it was complicated or difficult, once you know how to use Automator. I’m just saying that if all you want to do is rename Finder files, downloading a free app that’s intuitive to use is less trouble that trying to figure out how automator works.

Andy

https://plus.google.com/u/0/107277729326633563425/videos

[Anita Sancha]

What with Mark and Steves videos and “name changer” app … which is so easy to use. its all solved

thanks guys. XXX

Thanks for all your help
Anita Sancha.

http://www.anitasancha.co.uk

[Bill Davis]

[Robin S. Kurz] “I find this whole renaming thing is rather ironic actually, since FCP only now with version 10.1.2 retains the actual clip names from the camera, as opposed to renaming them with a time and day stamp as it did previously, which – again, ironically – was originally done for this exact reason. But lots were apparently miffed over the whole concept (no idea why), to the point that they now have chosen to take this route.
“

My suspicion is now that X is making it’s way into ever higher dollar workflows like on movie and TV sets where there are dedicated data wranglers who set Camera Metadata with intent – it simply makes sense to honor whatever arrives downstream from the camera naming system.

Unfortunately, for those with rigs closer to consumer level – who seldom bother to (or can’t!) create custom naming in the field – you just get stuck with the silly MOV_0001 stuff that drives everyone nuts.

Metadata (including file names) is a new world today. Train yourself to control it or accept being constantly frustrated as the flood of digital files in your life increase.

My 2 cents.

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[Anita Sancha]

We’ll..

the name changer app mentioned sorts all my issue out and also knowing that the spreadsheet can be adapted by all the mentioned systems as in the video listed above, though an old tutorial…. it seems not to have changed in later FCPX updates.

Thanks all. All sorted !!!

Thanks for all your help
Anita Sancha.

http://www.anitasancha.co.uk

[Craig Alan]

You nailed it Bill. Didn’t know they changed that with 10.1.2 since I am now sitting on my first two cards that need importing since the update. Just thought that if you are careful with a card copy in the finder (or yes you can have FC create a camera card archive), FC takes care of the rest with a time date stamp, which is part of the metadata generated by the camera. You can definitely set custom names for your clips with our cams but since until now (further irony?) the card copies were not read by FC until it was rewrapped. So until FC renamed them with time and date, I couldn’t really see the clips. Now, however, FC can read P2 clips natively with no rewrapping. And yeah, if I open the import window, I can see the original names along with the rest of the cam-generated metadata. No question anyone who complained about FC auto renaming did so because they made the effort to set up names on their clips in cam. The original names are pretty useless if not custom set.

My take on why people would want to name the clips on the cards themselves instead of just allowing FC to do it, since it’s way easier on a computer than with a camera, is that they want to keep archive copies of these card clips just as they are, so that they can use them in any program going forward. And they want that naming to be consistent in all copies of that media. Or maybe on sets where they shoot on a lot of cards they need to do this for organizational puposes. Maybe they even use third party programs to initially log in these cards. Panasonic has one. CAT DV does this. If you already had it logged and named, it would be double work to have to do it again in FC.

Mac Pro, macbook pro, Imacs (i7); Canon 5D Mark III/70D, Panasonic AG-HPX170/AG-HPX250P, Canon HV40, Sony Z7U/VX2000/PD170; FCP 6 certified; FCP X write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.