Merging video clips -- join through edit

I was trying to solidify a video that is composed of numerous smaller parts by using the "Join through edit" feature. I am able to do it from time to time, but generally it is grayed out. Does this have anything to do with the way that the files are accessed, or the nature of the video itself?
Not sure why I can do it sometimes and not others. Working with 20 short clips was fine when I wanted to edit them one by one, but now that I'm done I wanted to merge them into a single longer clip.

Are you sure you want to "join through edit"? Perhaps you are wanting to nest your clips?
A through edit is an edit added to a continuous piece of media. By default, FCP will display red triangles on either side of the edit. When you select the edit point (not the clip), you can select "join through edit" (KB shortcut = delete). If the option does not show up (is grayed out), then the two adjoining clips are not part of continuous timecode within the same master clip.
But it sounds like you want to create one long "clip" in your timeline from all the little clips. Select all the clips you want to include and Sequence -> Nest Items (shortcut = opt-C)

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Joining Through Edits In Premiere Pro

SOrry, this is more of a tech question, but does anyone know how to join 2 clips that have been split with the razor? ie when its a thru edit in FCP you can just delete the cut between them and it joins the 2 together again.
And the other question, is it possible to select more than one layer stacked vertically and move them all at the same time? ie moving multible video layers/tracks or scaling multiple tracks..?

Right Steven,
You can now join through edits in your clips using the new Join Through Edits feature.
In the Timeline panel, select the edit points in your clip that you want to join. Then, right-click (Win) or Ctrl-click (Mac) the selected edit points and select Join Through Edits from the context menu.
Through edit indicators are displayed on extraneous edits that do not cause a break in the original frame sequence of the clip. When you use Join Through Edits for a through edit, Premiere Pro heals the cut and recreates a longer clip from the contiguous parts.
This from: http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/whats-new.html
Thanks,
Kevin

Merge video clips?

Is it possible to merge video clips before or while exporting? Or is a separate program need?
John

Nope, that's still one for another program at the moment.
As it may not make the final release, might I suggest adding it as a suggestion on the Feature Request forum http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family where it can easily be tracked? If you post the link to your request here, others can also vote on your request.

Merging video clip separated into two clips in camera

Working with a Canon 5D mk3 and a single clip was separated into two clips by the camera. Trying to merge them back into a single clip so that I can then merge into a multiclip arrangment with footage from second camera and off camera audio. Have followed the following process from support:
http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=29%2 6section=4%26tasks=true
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The only way for FCP to stitch separate shots is if it is shot in a format that is supported by the Log and Transfer function, and if the camera is designed to merge the clips into one shot via the metadata. For example, P2 breaks up the footage into 4GB chunks, due to the P2 card format's 4GB file size limit. AVCHD will do the same thing, as will XDCAM. But the metadata recorded by the camera informs the NLE that they are essentially one clip, so when you convert via Log and Transfer, FCP (And Avid, and Adobe) will stitch them together.
But this only works with supported formats. H.264 from DSLRs...not supported...by any NLE. Even though you can L&T Canon 5D Mark 2 footage (Mark 3 is unsupported, as it is a newer camera, and FCP was discontinued before it came out), it still keeps the media separate. Sorry...that's the drawback to shooting DSLRs. The ones that shoot AVCHD...will be stitched, because they have advanced metadata support.
FCP-X will multiclip these separate files, however. Because it doesn't have issue with broken clips. It's the best multicam function of any NLE.

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I have a Sony DCR-TRV11 from 2000 and a bunch of old miniDV tapes of great memories. After transferring my tapes using iMovie's Import From Camera function through FireWire, the videos were organized by date under different iMovie events.
I double clicked each iMovie event name and changed it to match the subject of the clips inside the event. Also, there were some spots where I accidentally recorded a blank wall for several minutes, which I cropped out from within in the event library window, not the iMovie project window.
I know that iMovie imports DV video at full resolution and saves the videos with a .dv extension. And I realized that doing edits and exporting means that there will be quality loss due to compression (I'm not a pro at this). However, by changing just the event names, and cropping out blank video from within the event library window and not the project window, does that affect the lossless .dv files imported? And does simply viewing the videos in iMovie do anything to degrade quality? I want to make sure everything is lossless, exactly as the videos were on tape.
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Hi
A. iMovie'08 to 11
- imports .dv OK - as I read it
B. Moving a clip from Event's to Project't
- the Project will lose - every second line in the picture - to me a severe loss
C. Still original material in iMovie Event's should be un-harmed
D. If You want a DVD with best possibly quality (still DVDs are compressed as standard)
- Either import directly from Camera to iDVD - MagicDVD or OneStepDVD
- Use iMovie HD6 or FinalCut any version - as they can handle interlaced Video as is on Your miniDV tapes
My penny to this - Bengt W

How to merge video clips?

I have a video that is broken into two files (the memory card had a 4gb file limit so it has two files under that size). I imported the two of them into FCPX no problem but I want to treat the both of them as one clip in the event browser. Is there a way to do this?

Karsten Schlüter wrote:
aapl.crox wrote:
… For example I can't mark a favourite that spans from the end of the first clip to the second.
... ehm? you can select two clips and hit F = both marked.
or, if you want to mark just parts of both clips, in-to-end clip#1, begin-to-out on clip#2 ...
ok, this is two clicks, instead of one ... big thing
I would avoid compounds as much as possible.
And esp.just for organizing, the 'data base tool' FCPX offers with its tags, keywords, favorites, meta-info, search filters, smart collections etc etc etc MUCH more 'powerful' tools than just bins of single solid clips.
…Not meant as a personal offence, but I really recommend to get familiar with the NEW way, how FCPX handles 'sources'… just for organizing, compounds is really the wrong turn.... my 5¢.-
No I can't mark from one clip into another because they have different time stamps. I guess the camera marks the clips based on the start time. And there are clips in between these two clips.
Why is there no way to join clips?

Merging Video Clips

I'm putting together a DVD for my daughter's cheer leading team. Here's the issue I'm having and I'll break it down, to hopefully give you a good understanding of what's going on.
When I select "Games" from the main menu, it opens the next menu (no problems here), that has a break down of "October's Games", "November's Games", etc.
When I choose "October's Games" (no problems here either), it shows the four games they cheered at.
My problem starts here. When I play "Week 1" it runs through with no problem, but at the end, it goes back to the "October's Games" menu and I have to manually select "Week 2", to watch it.
While playing "Week One", if I try to skip to "Week 3", it takes me back to the "October's Games" menu again and I have to manually select it.
What I'd like it to do, is play straight through all four weeks and have the ability to toggle back and forth, without taking me back to the main menu each time.
Can somebody help me out here? Thanks for your time.
Message was edited by: emac800

Hi
What I'd like it to do, is play straight through all four weeks and have the ability to toggle back and forth, without taking me back to the main menu each time.
I would make one chronological movie
• add chapters in each partition (NO Chapter Mark at the very beginning
- iDVD don't like this - it will do it by it self)
Then when playing on a DVD-player - use the remote and the right and left arrow key - move
to next or previous Chapter.
If You want them to play individually and go back to menu - You have to add them as individual movies.
(and that minimize the amount that can be stored on the DVD to 50%)
Yours Bengt W

Join (not) Through Edit

I used the 'Range Selection Tool to cut out a piece of a clip and now I have a bisected clip which I'd like to join together again.
I see that if I used the Blade tool to do a through edit I could control click on the edit point and choose 'Join Through Edit.'
Is there an equivalent method for rejoining clips cut in ways other than straight through?
Thanks.

I don't know of a way to select multiple edit points simultaneously, but a faster way of "joining through" and edit point is to use the keyboard instead of the mouse.
Option-click the Auto-Select box on the video track where you want to remove edit points, this should deselect all other video Auto-Selects. Then starting from the beginning of your timeline, press the down arrow key until you get to your first edit point you want to remove, press V (Select Edit), then Delete to remove the edit point.

How can I blend two video clips where they join side by side in one movie?

Hello Marvelous Movie Making Minds,
I am working with Adobe Premiere 6 on a Windows 7 machine.
How can I blend two video clips where they join side by side in one movie?
I know how to place two or more video clips together in the same movie, but how can I give them a bit of a blend just where they join?
I have a PDF instruction manual and the built-in web browser instructions. In the instruction manual in "Chapter 7: Superimposing and Compositing" it talks about the transparency of any video clip, and I understand that... but I don't want to make one or the other video clip transparent anyplace except where the two video clips join together with perhaps a bit of overlap.
I'd like to make a little blur just where the two videos join in the middle... is this possible?
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digi

Aha that kind of blending.
Have not used 6.5 in a loooooooong time.
So this is from memory, hope i get this right.
Set the two clip on top of each other
Make a matte in Photoshop and superimpose this over the two clips.
Go to the Transparancy Settings and set the top clip in video 2 to Alpha key.
Screendump for matte:
The right side is made black just for the forum but should be transparant.

Join all through edits

Can this feature be de-activated? Sometimes hit accidentally intending to hit 'join through edit."

Hi -
Instead of using the drop down menu, just select the through edit point and hit delete.
Hope this helps.

Undoing a through edit.

Greetings.
This is probably the most basic ?, but I can't get it to work.
FCE 3.5.1
I am trying to delete an edit that I made with the razor blade tool. With the select (pointer) tool, I select the edit that I want to remove, and then right click (control) and I see that "Join through edit" is grayed out. I've looked through the manual Page 426. There is something about "Auto Select".
The odd thing is, I got the above to work one time, but I can't remember what I did. I think I did the same thing, but it just won't let me remove the edit. Going crazy.
Your help appreciated as ussual.
Jonathan

Tom,
Thanks. I was trying to remove a non-contiguous cut. Is there a way to "join" a series of edits so that a series of clips (contigous, or not) can be handled as a group.
Actually I think my question should be: can I "lock" a group of clips (sequentially) together? i.e. a short sequence of say six clips. If you click on any one of them in timeline, it would select all six? Does this make sense?
I looked under Arrange in the View menu and it looks like there is not an option for this.
Thanks again.
Jonathan

Just got fcp, how do mute the sound on the video clip so it does not come through the audio track?

just got fcp, how do mute the sound on the video clip so it does not come through the audio track?
Please help

Don't edit the audio into the timeline. Or pull the audio level down to zero in the inspector or on the audio waveform in the timeline.

How to edit and splice video clips

I have 3 video clips that I wish to edit and join together.

Use Premiere Elements, not Photoshop Elements:
Adobe Premiere Elements Help | Help and tutorials

Trimming video clips before editing.

Hi everyone,
I have searched around and can't seem to find what I'm looking for.
My computer was running very slow and running out of memory to export movies.
After speaking to a friend, he suggested trimming down the clips to the relevant sections then export them as much smaller clips ready for the real edit.
Is there a set procedure for trimming down clips or do you use the raw files to edit with?
I hope this all makes sense.
My PC setup is:
4GB RAM
Quad AMD
Onboard graphics card (next upgrade)
Win XP
I'm using Abobe Premiere Pro CS3.
Thanks in advance for your help.

you should do everything humanly possible to make the pc you now have as fast and "lean" as possible for editing. check out hardware section and browse subjects about hard drives and settings and so on.
I have a mousey computer but added an internal hard drive ( 2 internal now ) so programs are on C and media cache is on the other internal. Then I also got an external graid (firewire 800 for me, but if you can use esata thats even better ) and I now use that for my source files..
the thing is, the more you spread the load around the faster it is ( indexing off on all drives )..
check out the threads on hardware and 'best setups' for editing ...there are hundreds of threads...but you do that and it will help you a lot. just have to do some reading and note taking and then work on the computer to do what you've learned.
after that...if you are still slow and having probs... you can load clips onto timeline one at a time.. and cut ( not trim but cut ) out what you want to use for editing and move those cuts up one video level ( you can cut and then copy paste so your original video clip stays complete in terms of having all the clip there )
use a new sequence for each LARGE CLIP ( eg. one hour clip from tape ?? )..and keep track of everything by naming the sequences well etc...
Then you can create a "final" sequence and move all your CUTS into that... into say for example video 2...
now scrub through stuff and bring what you want down to video level 1 which will be your final edit...
turn off all video and sound in sequences you're not currently using ( after you get done with cuts there ).
I only edit SD as I cant do more than a few minutes of HD before this mouse starts to gasp....fact of life... so if you have to , downscale your hd stuff to SD ( 16: 9 ) and edit THAT instead of HD.
hope this helps...

A first step: Editing video clips before using them in a longer video?

I am an absolute beginner. I have purchased Premiere Elements 7 and I bought the Premiere Bible and am reading that.
My question is, Premiere seems to be software designed primarily to help you make a video production by joining together video clips, sound clips, and photos. Is there a step before this, though, namely editing the clips as they come out of your camera?
I've been using PhotoShop for years, and typically when I take a still photo I open it in PhotoShop and adjust saturation, brightness, sharpness, maybe white balance, rotate if needed, etc.
Is there another piece of software designed to help do this kind of basic editing to a single video clip? For example, if the clip came out too dark, is there a way to brighten things up?
I'd really appreciate any answers, and if there is a book or article you could suggest about editing video clips I would appreciate the recommendation!

Stephen,
First, welcome to the forum.
Next, and this does depend on your camera, you Capture your video from the camera, using a Preset for your Project, that matches the material from your camera.
Now comes the "RAW conversion," though I am using that term VERY loosely. Many people will do basically a pre-edit, by Dbl-clicking the Captured Video in the Project Panel. This opens it in the Source Monitor, where one sets the In and Out Points, basically doing a loose edit of the scenes. The Clip in the Source Monitor can then be dragged to the Timeline. Each is done this way, until they all appear, in the order that you want, on the Timeline. Note: you can drag from the Project Panel, and do this in the Timeline too. Also note: when you play the Timeline, you are now looking at the Program Monitor.
At this stage, one touches up the edits, and adds any desired Effects.
Usually last is any Audio work, like adjusting the Clip's Audio, or adding Narration, and/or Soundtrack.
Export/Share is the final step and one can choose their delivery format.
The exact workflow is a bit different than processing an image in PS, but not totally alien.
Good luck,
Hunt

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