[Bob Flood]

Rob

thanx for the tip! I use to do that all the time with MEdia100!

just cuz i am kind of an old geezer, and my memeory aint what it used to be, i do this:

1. when a section of my timeline starts to get kinda layer heavy, like i am comping 5 or 6 video clips in varying shapes and sizes, i select all the relevent clips and make a nest.

BUT

I export the nest native qt (command e) to a folder inside my capture scratch called “renders animations”
or “Non TC Media” or something kind obvious like that, and then import it and put it in my sequence in place of the nest result.

doenst take a lot more time than “bouncing renders” and it keeps it all to-gether!

hope this helps

“I like video because its so fast!”

Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.

[Bob Flood]

Hey

a having made a few of those slates myself, i was always impressed with the ones that had color gardients on the slate that spelled out the name of the post house on the vectorscope

“I like video because its so fast!”

Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.

[Bob Flood]

yeah

the in/out in the bin refers to a marked inpoint and marked outpoint within the clip. since the bin is a listing of media files to be editied into a sequence, it simply has no way to list where the media clips appear in your master timeline. just the nature of the beast.

to get to where you want to be what most people are using is some form of video asset management program. Imagine products makes something like that, i think its called LogHD. there is a product (from the UK?) called CatDV which does the same.

In short, these programs take EDLS or Text files or XML files and convert them to a more usable format.
They aslo allow key word indexing, multiple search parameters, capture and compress (for browsing) and many other functions to allow you rapid access and easy inventory of stills, video clips, tapes, sound files, music, whatever media you desire

if you are going to be doing this a lot, its a worthwhile investment,

also, maybe someone on this forum (unfortunately not me) has a one of these programs and would be willing to translate your edl into a more compatible text file?

good luck, and hope this helps

“I like video because its so fast!”

Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.

[Bob Flood]

Robert

I think you still may be able to do this.

Follow the procedure Andreas and I Outlined for importing the EDL inot FCP. When prompted to choose recapture or reconnect, choose recapture, and set handle length to zero ie no handle.

when you import the edl, the media start and media end in the “master clips” bin will be the same as the edl, and the duration will be accurate. you wont know the position in the show, ie your master, but you will have everything else

hope this helps

“I like video because its so fast!”

Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.

[Bob Flood]

Robert

I guess I misunderstood your post. I thought you wanted to make a database or extensive logging info on the stuff you used in the show, as such i did not think the actual ins and outs on the master, or what you are calling the “programme” (luv non american terminology!) were necessary, so it would be my bad

As this is the way the bins function, Importing an EDL into FCP would not give you the master times in the bin, what you will get are media start and media end times, and they would all be inclusive of any “handle” you specified on import. (forgot to mention you should import that EDL with NO handle, sorry)

I hope andreas can help you

“I like video because its so fast!”

Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.

[Bob Flood]

Robert

Good Name!

Does the edl have “notes” ie comments or text under or over each edit?

If so, excel wont work for you because the notes dont break the same as the edits, so you get peices of each note across several columns. The way
an EDL is written it uses tabs for the column breaks on each edit THEN a carriage return for the note, and I do not know of any spreadsheet programs that can deal with that.

All IS Not Lost, However:

One thing you can try is to import the EDL into FCP

Open a New Project. Settings dont matter, Import the EDL into that project. it should import as a Sequence and a bin full of clips. Now you can do a Batch List export of the bin, which WILL give you a file that has everything in columns.

Heck, why not do this logging in FCP one you import the edl?

hope this helps

“I like video because its so fast!”

Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.

[Bob Flood]

Shane

And i thought i was cynical! 🙂

Where Is Your (insert commercialized holiday here) Spirit?

gee, If I write a letter like that to Bill Gates, do you think he might send me a free copy of Microsoft Office?

bee eph

“I like video because its so fast!”

Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.

[Bob Flood]

Hi

I actually find it faster to capture it all using capture now with no logging, then go back and start binning and subclipping. And part of the reason is that I am using a Sony M10U DV HDV Deck which has the Speedy response of a city bus, so I need to have the footage in the system just to be able to shuttle it around!

(I know at least one weekly TV show that does it this way, with nary a problem)

And for all of those nay sayers who tell you not to capture now becuz of TC breaks, my answer is: Dont plan to recap (unless you have to due to a catastrophic failure), and capture it all at a high enough resolution so you can just finish!

btw cant you drop markers in while you capture?

hope this helps

“I like video because its so fast!”

Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.

[Bob Flood]

Hello All

Just to be the annoying guy in the back of the room, let me just say that most all plasma, lcd, and whatever else kinda tv monitors that takes Component uses the SMPTE standard of Component, which is different than the Beta standard
(thanx again, SMPTE, for makin those standards standard!)

In the Kona control panel, you have the choice under the “analog out” tab which component to use. In some higher end monitors, you have the same choice. Just make sure they are all the same.

Of course, if you already know this, please go on about your business….nothing to see here…..move along, move along…

bee eph

“I like video because its so fast!”

Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.

[Bob Flood]

Ian

I treat NL editing pretty much the same way i treated linear offline editing: if you want to pull something up, or push it down, make a copy and “dub over” the previous version, making the edits as you go.

in other words. cut and paste from a previous version to your newest version selectively. you get in less sync trouble, and you always have a copy of the way it used to be. (you also dont have to get to involved in the whole trimming thing)

when i want to do anything to one track, and not the whole timeline aka sequence, I do an “option click” where i hold down the option key whil clicking on the locks, the enables, or the mutes. (and if you want to pull up or push down one vidoe track out of many, you need to lock the other tracks. that goes for audio as well, but Shift f4 locks all video and Shift f5 locks all audio.

to pick up the shortcuts you can leave the keyboard layout window open
somewhere on the desktop, for around 40 bucks US you can get a lminated layout guide from these guys:

https://keyguides-2.home.mindspring.com/Pages/kg_edit.html

and here is a free guide:

https://www.nobledesktop.com/shortcuts-finalcutpro5-mac.html

happy crunchin’!

“I like video because its so fast!”

Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.