A way to color the clips on the timeline?

Hi guys,
so now I would like to know of a way to color the clips on the time line.. or set up markers somehow so I know which parts of the time line I need to have my attention on later.
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Is there a way to collapse the timeline?

I've been doing a lot of grading in DaVinci Resolve lately, and I really love the way it allows you to collapse the timeline and show only the monitor and your grading controls. Is there any way to do this in Speedgrade?
It's kind of silly that you can resize the grading area at the expense of monitor real-estate, but you can't get rid of the timeline!!! I don't want to see the seven layers of video that I have. I want to see what I'm working on!!!

I've also "skipped over" and put in a request for a curves control. I want that as THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGE TO SPEEDGRADE for me ... and yes, I'm shouting alright!
When I first started working in Sg, I thought those wheels were RAD-COOL-MARVY! Even went right out and got a good trackball so I can use the spinning wheel to do the luminosity and the ball for color changes. Yea, this was awesome!
But then ... saw a few tutorials where the teach was using programs with curves options ... and um ... tried that within AE.
Cool as the wheels are, working with a good-sized curve, one gets an amazing visual-feedback loop on what you're doing, and ... what you do, does. In fact, I was able to start predicting what any change I'd do would make, far above the ability I yet have working the wheels. There are times I've taken things to AE to do the color grade, simply because it was difficult footage and I'd do it better and faster using the curves controls. Even given the um ... less than perfect? ... application of scopes in AE.
Now, back to the original topic ... yea, I think I'd better put in a request for a way to show/hide the timeline also ... much of the time, I don't have TIME to worry about the timeline! (yea, quoting Ms. Troi there). Having a larger monitor would be fantastic ... and no, I don't have the dollar bills sitting around right now to just go out and buy a nice 24" or better high-end monitor ... oh, yea, and a few hundred more for the nifty Nvidia graphics card Adobe insists we buy to do it with also ... sigh ...
Neil

Is there a way to autoscroll the timeline?

Whenever the playhead reaches the right hand side of the timeline, the only way to keep it on screen is to manually drag the timeline to the left. I find this very annoying. Am I missing something here? Alternatively can I keep the playhead stationary and move the timeline under it?

I use a logitech mouse with a mouse wheel that responds to "wheel tilt" left or right. When I bump the wheel, the timeline scrolls if the mouse cursor is over the timeline (even if FCPX is not the "active" application!) It's a little tricky with actual playback keeping the playhead in view, but you get a feel for it after awhile and I'm not trying to click-drag-follow.
If you hold down the shift key and the right or left arrow keys, the timeline will autoscroll, but it's not actually playing, just skipping frames 10 at a time. It's a good way to "scan" through if you're looking for something specific.
J,K, and L work pretty well too, if you're not all that concerned with focusing on the timeline. The playhead always comes back into view when Play, FF, or Rewind stop.

How do I see every frame of a clip on the timeline in Premier ?

There are of course times when I need to see every frame of a clip to synchronize two clips. Imagine for example that you have a two camera shoot and both cameras were looking at a clapstick, or at a strobe. I want to put both clips on the timeline and zoom in to see every frame. Now I can align the two clips fo that one specific frame of each clip is over/under each other. However, when I have zoomed into the timeline it seems I can never zoom quite enough to see every frame What do I do to be able to zoome all the way in to the timeline so I can see every frame of the clips ? I haven't actually tried this yet with CC, but did with CS6 and it wouldn't do it.

I'm not knocking the idea of using the program monitor to place markers on sync points and using that to synchronize clips. It should be a very good solution.
What I am saying is that there are times when it would be advantageous to be able to see every frame of multiple clips on the timeline. When i first tried to do that I zoomed in and it looked as if it would display all the frames. I was dissappointed to find it wouldn't. As an editor who has done a lot of resynchronizing multiple camera shoots where there is no intentional visual sync cue, i can tell you it can be a big help to be able to see the frames as if we had a strip of film on each timeline. Sometimes we need to see several frames of each clip at the same time to make a decision about which frame represents the sync point, or to make the quickest possible decision about where to start and end a dissolve, or to chose which camera to use. In a scene shot with only one camera, there is no actual sync point. The action may have progressed slightly differently between shots. Being able to see 10 or 15 frames from each shot can help to make the quickest decision about how to line up the shots and where to do the transition. Would anyone out there say it would be a bad thing if Premier Pro could display every frame when we zoom all the way in ? It seems to me that it could only help. So i request Adobe consider it as a possible future improvement.
Here is an example, the last time i tried to see every frame in Premier. I had a scene I used Maya to create, series of Tiffs. This scene shows an object appearing as if arriving through a time or dimensional portal. The scene includes plasma popping and flashing. There are two different shots of the same moment in time. The shots are frame numbered. So if I could see the frame numbers from the original tiffs on the timeline I could align the shots that way. But of course I lose the frame numbers. The overall scene is too long, and rendering time too long, especially for 3-D 1080, to render each shot from the beginning of the scene, which would make synchronizing very easy. So i needed to sync to the flashing plasma in the scene. I though I had the shots lined up using a flash. It turned out they were not the same flash. So if i did a slow dissolve between shots, the flashes form each shot would not line up in time. What I needed to do is line up several flashes happening over a couple of seconds, so I coud verify the flashes were the same flashes. There are different numbers of frames between each flash, so if I got three to line up they would have to be the same flashes. I spent a lot of time trying to get these shots lined up. If I could zoom into the time line and see evry frame I could synchronize several clips by lining up the flashes, in just a couple of minutes. To do this with markers, marking say five flashes from each of four shots, it would take several minutes to do it before being ready to do the synchronizing. It's a workable solution, but is not ideal, a compromise.

Is there a way to expand the number of layers shown in a timeline?

Hi,
Right now it seems I can only get two layers to show in the timeline at any given time. I don't see any way to resize the timeline so that when applying more grading layers, I can see all the layers at once without having to scroll the timeline view. Is there a keyboard short-cut I'm missing, or some widget on-screen that can let me do this?
Thanks,
Jason

Hi Patrick,
I'm working on a 30" monitor, so it's effectively 2560x1600. It only seems to be showing 2 tracks at a time, unless there is a preference or setting I'm missing that I can't seem to find in the documentation. Here is a screenshot:
I don't see any areas for expanding the timeline. I can scroll vertically in the timeline, but I can't seem to actually get a larger static vertical area for showing more tracks at once. The only vertical resizing widget is to expand the bottom or top panels, not the timeline.
Thanks,
Jason

Stupid question about the timeline

Hey all,
Having a Monday morning brain cramp and can't find this anywhere, but does anyone know if there is a way to stop the timeline from doing a continuous playback...so that when it gets to the end it just stops and doesn't go back to the beginning?
Thanks,
Jonathan

D'oh! The one place I didn't check...the "view" menu. Looked in the preferences, tried the manual (guess I didn't enter the right keywords). Points on a first-post basis.
Dee dee dee!
Jonathan

Can i make the timeline scroll along in real time?

as in the playhead remains in the middle and the tracks move past...
i thought you could but i can't find the option..
cheers
hugh

There is a simple (though not automatic) way to have the timeline scroll.
Put the cursor at the bottom of the timeline, in the bar area where you set the area to be viewed and use the scroll wheel of the mouse.
Also, some mice have the ability to control left/right window movement by pushing on the sides of the scroll wheel (e.g. the logitech mx series).
If Apple ever institutes this 'feature' I'd hope they set it as a toggle. There are many times when I do not want the timeline to move.
Cheers,
x

Cutting space out of the timeline

I have made a 9-second animation but, somewhere along the line, the timeline has acquired another 15 seconds of blank space. Is there any way to cut the timeline back to the 9-second mark?

you can just move your trigger/action/assets by selecting and moving them..
i don't think there's an option to remove time.. only add.

Whats the best way to import video clips from FCP into a personal template

Hey all, I'm doing some tests. I see some color shifting going on when I export out of FCP using QT conversion (same settings as sequence), Importing into Motion, then adding lower third graphics, then exporting out of Motion .... and finally back to FCP. I put the new graphic added layer on top and have the original on bottom. I toggle the monitor on both layers and see a slight saturation drop on the graphic layer. Has anyone noticed that ?
The reason Im doing this is because lets say I have lower thirds that I want to place throughout a hour show. I want to set-up a basic lower third template and just plug in the video clips for the areas that I need those graphics. It would be way to difficult to export out of the timeline in FCP
and rebuild those lower thirds everytime in Motion. Does anyone know of a better way or does everyone have to export out to the desktop and then into Motion every time they want to use a Motion template.
Thanks to any replies.

Try roundtripping from FCP to Motion and back using Send to Motion. In FCP, Control Click your clip>Send To>Motion Project. The clip will open in Motion with the proper project properties. Make your edits there, press Save, and then render back in FCP. No exporting necessary, although you might see a gamma shift. Much easier.
To do this with an existing Motion template, I'd try copying and pasting in that template's contents once you've sent to Motion from FCP.

Is there a way to visually see what clips are used in the timeline?

In FCP, is there a way to see in the browser all the clips that are being used in the timeline?
What I am looking for is a column that has a check mark in it if the clip is being used in the timeline.
In a big project, it would be good to visually see what clips have yet to be used.
Just wondering.
Ian

This probably isn't exactly what you're looking for, but you can turn on show duplicate frames in your timeline.
There is an option in the sequence>timeline settings that when turned on will put a red line under any footage that is duplicated in your sequence.
However there must be a reel number assigned to the clip and the timecode must be unique in order for it to work properly.
Another work around might be to color code each clip as you use it in your browser.

Can i label clips by colors in the timeline

Just as above, I am editing a music video and I would like to lable the clips that I defintely want to keep, in the timeline, by colors. Is there a way? I cant figure it out. Help is much appreciated. Thanks!

I don't think you can use colors but there are lots of other ways to organize. There is a great tutorial video you should check out: http://www.izzyvideo.com/final-cut-pro-x-tutorial/3-keywords-and-ratings-in-fina l-cut-pro-x/
Worth a look. Good luck!

Is there a way to see all my compound clips created on the timeline, in the browser as an accessible thumbnail list....?

I am facing a problem that
due to big footage I first extracted the seemingly fine clips in chunks in one timeline in various layers which is still enormous for my RAM
now I have to take out smaller and more appropriate bits from this timeline
I have opened another timeline where I just copy paste the best shots from my previous enormous timeline and this works fine due to less media for 6gb RAM mac pro
but it is really tedious to go back and forth to copy paste
it would be so wonderful if I could extract those bits from the clips just like we do with any other new footage from the browser window with all the clips visible
I think one way can be to export these compound clips seperately and import them as events into the browser but that would be a generation loss
is there any other way.....? to view these compound clips infront of my eyes all at once or keeping all that footage on the timeline besides the finalising layer is the only option...?
I am facing this rare problem because I'm editing a music video and no shot is more than 2 seconds and that too from several groups of footage that has to be mixed.....so all the data has to be visible to decide if a bit of guitar piece would look good here or drums or close up or long shot.....so everything has to be seen....can you suggest me a smarter workaround please ?

Thank you.Ok say for e.g.
500 video files imported in fcpx
800 clips extracted from these obviously on the timeline and joined/compounded according to their content in say 15 layers according to 15 instruments used ,so now just to see the entire usable footage ....
now one 7 minute song sequence has to be made where bits would be simultaneously taken from these 15 layers as all instruments are playing simultaneously
these shots are not more than 2 secs each according to the beat........
when I try to work with these 15 layers as well as the Final primary layer that I'm making in the same timeline my fcpx becomes slow
but when I drag individual layer to individual timelines it is fine so that is the only option
but now for every 2 second bit I have to go back to the 15 layered timeline and find one single suitable shot
So I was wondering is there a way to be able to see these layers and clips on the timeline in the browser in a systematic fashion like the way we get with keywords ?
and keywords can only be used in the imported clips already in the browser ,and not after we drag it on the timeline.....
Till now I think exporting and importing back is the only option ...but is there another work around ?

Is there a way to allow the end user to change the font color in a text field?

I didn't know LiveCycle existed yesterday so I have been using the Google a bunch.
I am building a request form and was asked if there was a way to change the color of font within a text field. (EXAMPLE: Original content is black. Notes are red)
I have 2 thoughts on this, one is to type it out and highlight then click a button to turn it red. The other way I am more partial to. Have a radial button that when off, types black. When on, types red. What is the best way to do this or is it even possible?

Figured it out. Change "plain text" to "rich text" and have user press ctr+e. Seems odd to me but it works.

Is there a way to track the time within the clip (not sequence) that you're in?

Let me try to explain this as best I can and make sense.
I watched a video clip and I liked everything from, let's say the :30 mark to the minute mark. So, I import it into Premiere.
However, when I put it at the end of the next clip, it shows the time for the whole sequence. Now, I know that I can do the math, but is there a way to show where the 30 second mark (in this example) is by avoiding doing the calculation? It's do-able, but seems a little tedious.
Would like to "reset the clock" so to speak when working on individual clips within the timeline.

Choose the edit points in the Source Monitor before inserting to the Sequence.
You can see the duration of the In and Outs in the Monitor .

Is there a way to copy & paste a clip from the timeline in one project in to another project?

Hello Popular Premiere Pontificaters,
I am using Premiere 6 on a Windows 7 machine.
Is there a way to copy and paste a clip from the timeline in one project in to another project?... I can copy my clip, but when I open the other project, it will not allow me to paste it in there... but I am able to copy and paste a clip within a single project. I tried everything... pasting in to a new video track and pasting in to an existing video track in the second project, but the paste option simply isn't there when I open the second project.
And if Premiere itself will not allow me to do this in any way, will a copy-paste clipboard type of accessory app allow me to do this?... if so, which is the best, trustworthy copy-paste app that is malware free?
Thanks,
digi

Hi Bill Hunt,
I just read the page that you provided about "Handles"... thanks allot for that ARTICLE. In your article and the subsequent article HANDLES, "Transitions Overview: applying transitions" linked from your article, it indicates (in PrE and PrPro anyway - I'm in Premiere 6) that transitions can be applied to non-Video 1 tracks... the paragraph below is a quote from that "Transitions Overview: applying transitions" article...
"Whatever is below the transition in a Timeline panel appears in the transparent portion of the transition (the portion of the effect that would display frames from the adjacent clip in a two-sided transition). If the clip is on Video 1 or has no clips beneath it, the transparent portions display black. If the clip is on a track above another clip, the lower clip is shown through the transition, making it look like a double-sided transition."
So this indicates that transitions can be applied to non-Video 1 tracks since it is referring to content in tracks beneath a transparent fade that would show through... and only non-Video 1 tracks can be transparent and have other clips "beneath" them in the timeline, right?
In the screenshot sample in your article at this LINK, I see the handles (referred to as B and E) and I can see in my monitor window how those handles would be represented by the two little bracket symbols { } ... you can see how they appear in my monitor window in Premiere 6 in this screenshot, and below, from a different thread that isn't related to this topic.
But I'm still trying to figure out how the handles can be applied in the non-Video 1 tracks in the timeline to insert a transition (cross-dissolve) between two clips.
Can you advise me on this?... I posted a separate thread HERE on this topic, but I haven't got any further with finding an answer.
Thanks so much for your article,
digi

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