Michael Phillips
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How was the clip created in the first place? And was it done via an ALE import and link to media?
Michael
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That is an interesting differentiation – but one cannot buy a car now that does not have the software or be able to run without it so in the end, different wording, same end user result. NPR had a similar story on this as seen in this article with John Deere: https://www.agweb.com/blog/janzen-ag-law-blog/does-john-deere-really-own-your-tractor/
Michael
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Batch importing into the original clips and not the duplicate clips “should” not be an issue, but ideally you would batch import into the master clip that is directly related to the subclip.
I also question why you would have 120 media still around if you deleted the media and not the master clip when batch importing the camera originals. Duplicating clips only make a duplicate of the master clip (pointer) and not the media itself.
Michael
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Did you duplicate or copy clips? There is a difference for some operations, but it should not matter in this case. If you select your sync subclip and do a Media Relatives check from the menu at the bottom left of the bin it will highlight all the clips it thinks makes up at that clip. Have you tried highlighting your sync clip and doing a relink? I think the top setting should work to “wake it up” for whatever media is online.
Michael
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As you mention, I doubt you will see a difference in trancoding your .sync clip as 180 from the 120 clips, so that might be a way to go. Try it on a few clips and see if you are happy with the results.
On the other hand, if you did import and not AMA linked the files, you can always go to the original master clips, delete the media only, and do a batch import from the camera originals as 180. This will preserve all syncing and edits done so far without the need to redo them.
Michael
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I hear ya! It can be a tedious process and should be a paid position! But for the person who does do it, they are intimately familiar with the footage. 🙂
Michael
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And the Spotify model… you csn download songs for offline usage as long as you keep a premium subscription. Stop paying, those stop playing. You didn’t really own them, just a license to them for the duration of the paid subscription.
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Script Based Editing has been in the product since 1996 and still is, and is still “free” and continues to work
ScriptSync with phonetic alignment was included in 2007 (free) when released, then became a paid option.
Currently ScriptSync is not available for purchase and existing ScriptSync will not work past 7.x. -
If you don’t have time or money, you put out one of those Craiglist ads we see too often offering experience, credit, and entry into the exciting world of film and television and have someone come in and manually sync the clips to the script. 😉
I taught an MC and creative editing class a few years back at a community college and one of the students just got hired on a studio film shooting in town as an apprentice and that is what she is doing. Syncing clips to the script. $908/week (union). Now in this case they have ScriptSync, but there’s additional work in clips that have pickup, restarts, ad libs and such – seeing as it is a comedy, there’s a lot of that.
Michael
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You can drag group clips on a script, but I don’t think you can use multi-group. I least I remember demo’ing it with group clips years ago so I know it worked. I’ll have to check that again to make sure.
As far as price, time is money, so if you have lots of media, it’s well worth the price. If you have the time – then manual is the way to go!