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Abigail Ball
November 23, 2012 at 10:03 am in reply to: Is there a keyboard shortcut to add slug into the viewer?

I haven’t heard of/used QuicKeys before. Definitely need to check it out. Thanks.
Abigail Ball
November 22, 2012 at 7:24 am in reply to: Is there a keyboard shortcut to add slug into the viewer?

Thanks Nick! That’s what I’m looking for. When I read your post something clicked – I think I did know that back in the day (I’ve been on leave for a year and a half and now am having to rediscover some of the shortcuts).

Much appreciated.
Abigail Ball
November 21, 2012 at 7:35 am in reply to: Is there a keyboard shortcut to add slug into the viewer?

I’m still using 7.0.3. One of the first things I did was look in the keyboard layout. When I type in “slug” or “viewer” in the search box it doesn’t give me the shortcut I’m looking for. Am I missing it?
Abigail Ball
November 20, 2012 at 7:34 am in reply to: Is there a keyboard shortcut to add slug into the viewer?

Hi Sascha, unfortunately that’s not the answer I’m looking for. There are times where I’d like to clear the monitor (i.e. I don’t want the client to see footage there) or want to insert slug where there isn’t a space. To reiterate, it’d be convenient to have a hotkey to do this. Sadly, I think the answer is that there isn’t a keyboard shortcut.
Abigail Ball
November 12, 2012 at 12:32 pm in reply to: Sequence and Project Naming Conventions

I’ve improved my file naming conventions with all the suggestions listed above, many thanks. However, I have a question regarding edit versions and client viewing versions.

I work mainly in commercials where the clients generate many versions with all their changes (I suppose which client doesn’t?). I duplicate my current edit and put the copy in a sub folder called “*Client” within my “00_Edits” folder. I add the same colour label to both so, along with the version number, I’m reminded that they’re the same edit. I usually also change the ‘roughcut/fine…’ part to ‘client’. E.g. “MD_roughcut_v03_20121109” becomes “MD_client_v03_20121109”.

So, with that practice, I have a separate list of what my client has viewed without trawling through all my edits (and without just relying on a colour label to show which edits they’ve viewed). And my edit list has a complete version set if I want to go back quickly to a previous version.

This is perhaps a little fussy? What works for you when keeping track of what your client has viewed? Anything other than just appending “_client” to your edits?