Naming Clips

Just upgraded from iMovie HD to iMovie '09. Is it possible to "name" clips so that they can be easily identified in the clips pane? Video taping sporting events can result in over 100 clips in a single event. By naming clips (iMovie HD), I could keep track of certain plays that I needed to use during the editing of a movie. And, over a whole sports season, I have to keep highlights from every game in order to put a full season DVD together. What a waste of time to have to search through so many clips to find just the one I need and all because there's no way to differentiate them from the others. The colored lines are not enough!

I have a similar problem...
Being new to iMovie, I thought things were going smoothly when I plugged in my new helmet cam and imported 40 clips of downhill biking. I went to the trouble to adjust the time/date stamp and even name all the clips.
Next I fired up iMovie... and preceded to get slightly ****** off. Those couple hours of work appear to have been in vain. iMovie appears to ignore all of that info. Is this correct?
And if so, how does a user go about identifying a particular clip amongst dozens that look nearly identical. In this scenario, they're all of the same race course so they don't look much different at first glance.
Is there anyway at all to see the file name or even better, the info that I typed into iPhoto? I'm really hoping so because otherwise using iMovie will be incredibly frusterating. There might as well be no preview or scrubbing at all. Imagine how difficult that would be. That's basically what i'm dealing with... in attempting to find a particular clip among many similar clips.

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Naming clip without altering the original clip name

Hi
I'm looking for a way to naming a clip without altering the original clip name.
For example:
I've got a clip called D066_140825_001_AA1663, which I need to preserve. But I would like to add an additonal name in a different box.
Ideally it would look something like this:
Name                                        Description
D066_140825_001_AA1663     Erica is moving the sofa
D066_140825_001_AA1664     Erica is driving
D066_140825_001_AA1665     Erica and John meets
etc.
I see that in the Premiere project window there's a row called Description. Are there a way for me to add a clip description from Prelude, or name the clips in any other way?

Hi SMOlsen,
Please check the below link and check if it helps.
http://helpx.adobe.com/prelude/using/prelude-logging-video.html#id_52195
Regards,
Vinay

Made a big mistake when re-naming clips

My HD learning curve is getting steeper by the minute...
Ok, I've spent the entire day capturing HD footage for the first time. Figured it out ok and everything imported fine as ProRes 422. So far so good.
I needed to change a some clip names to keep things as simple as possible and I read in a tutorial that I needed to rename the files on the scratch disc to keep everything the same. I re-named all the clips in the bin though, even the ones I didn't change and now those clips don't play and I get a general error box popping up.
Is there a way I can get this clips back? They are on the scratch disc, just not playing from the browser.
Thanks again
Adrian

brew guy wrote:
I needed to change a some clip names to keep things as simple as possible and I read in a tutorial that I needed to rename the files on the scratch disc to keep everything the same. I re-named all the clips in the bin though, even the ones I didn't change and now those clips don't play and I get a general error box popping up.
Adrian
Hi Adrian
Can you right click (or control click) on the clips in the browser and choose to rename the file to match the clip?
What version of FCP are you using?

Naming clips within a sequence

Help, I'm stuck! I've created a sequence from a subclip and would like to assign a different name to each clip within the sequence. Changing one clip affect all the others. I have tried all the options described in the editing workshop book by Tom Wolsky but have not been able to do it.
What am I doing wrong?
thanks

Thank you for your reply. This is what I was doing
1. Made the sequence
2. Clicked on the Sequence 1 icon on the browser and selected Make Sequence Clips Independent
3. Moved the sequence clips from the time line to the browser
4. Changed the name in one clip and they all changed including the master
After reading your reply,
1. Made the sequence
2. Highlighted the sequence in the time line
3. Selected make clips independent from the Sequence pull-down menu
4. Moved the sequence to the browser and was able to re-name them independently.
Obviously I misinterpreted the explanation in the book.
Thank you for taking the time to respond.

Naming clips or subclips

I have looked extensively through both the manuals and the posts but still need to get something clear in my mind.
I have been editing on other systems for many years. I tend to do a lot of my cutting and making clips on the timeline - it may not be text book but it works very well for me and the type of material I am working on. I want to put some of those clips back into bins in the browser and I want to rename them so that later in the edit I can reference them. This has never been a problem with other systems but I find that I cannot do this in FCP as it renames the whole clip.
I understand that I could work in the viewer and do this by creating a subclip or I could use markers but I really would like to carry on as I have in the past as I have developed a very fast and efficient editing workflow using this method.
I wonder if I have misunderstood the system.
I could make independent clips in the timeline or make a master clip in the browser and rename these but am not sure what the ramifications of doing this would be for the project further down the line.
Thank you for any help
Peter Snowdon

Thank you. That is very encouraging.
I now have the option of making them independent clips in the timeline or copying them to the browser and making them into master clips.
Would you know what the difference is?
I really have tried to understand all this master clip, affiliate clip, independent clip stuff but it just doesn't sink in.
However I have found that once I have done this I can re-name my clips independently without changing the name of every clip linked ot it.
Peter

Re-naming clips/reconnection

Hi there,
I've got an incredibly important project and I'm getting into a bit of a muddle and stressed about backing everything up and sorting out the files.
Bit of background of what I'm doing....shooting in AVCHD, ingesting into FCP through Log & Transfer, and through Compressor I'm converting the clips to DV to work with in the edit.
I have a DV folder with all the converted clips which I bring into FCP and work away with. My question really is that I was going to use the 'rename - file to match clip' setting to change all the file names because there are a couple of Clip 1's and Clip 2's etc which I don't want confused. For ease of use I thought it best to change the names.
I've researched and seen there is some horror stories with reconnection issues changing names of files. I've got a back of the original cards on one drive. I've got a main project drive with everything on it and another back-up project drive which is a clone of the main one.
My question is this really, if something went horribly wrong where both the main drive and back-up drive died on me, and I only had the original cards left with a project file - surely there would be problems reconnecting? The ingesting and conversion process I'm sure would mean different file names......and if I had do go ahead and change the file names in this project how would it be able to reconnect properly? For example, if Clip No.1 was changed to 'Tom in Car' and I had to go through the ingesting/conversion process again, I would then have to find the relevant Clip No 1 and change the name again to 'Tom in Car' and do this similarly for every clip in the project??? And that would reconnect again? Is that right?
Sorry I'm beginning to confuse myself.
I'm basically trying as hard as possible to not mess this up, so if anyone could offer some advice or if I'm doing anything incredibly idiotic then feel free to correct my stupidity.
Thanks guys

That's a good suggestion, I'll start doing that.
One thing though, with ingesting often I'll have a couple of Clip 1's, 2's, etc - a Log Note or Label Note won't help differentiate the files if reconnecting though would it?? How will it know which file it's supposed to be reconnecting to..
There are a lot of files on this project thus far and so I just log and transfer them all in and then sort them out when they're in FCP....unfortunately this means a lot of duplicate filenames. Really bad practice methinks, I'll need to read up a bit more on this process.

Batch naming clips on ingest

Is there a way to batch name clips as they are ingested using either CS6 or CC? When I log and transfer using FCP7 I can set the name of the selected clips and number them sequentially while they are ingested. I do not like having zillions of clips labeled _001... even if the folder is labeled. It makes the project file list and timeline clip labels unhelpful as well.

There is no way to do this in any version of PP...however you can batch ingest and rename files in Prelude CC. Prelude CC is just the tool to review media, ingest, and rename clips. In addition you can use Prelude CC to combine multiple clips into one clip, add mutliple trasnfer destinations and transcode settings.

Naming clips ALREADY on stage dynamically

I have a design with a group of lights already on the
stage...there are a LOT of them so giving them all an instance name
would take to long, how do I dynamically give a group of movie
clips instance names if they are already on the stage? I am trying
to create a type of twinkle effect but I need to be able to layout
everything on the stage the way I want it instead of using one of
the many tutorials I have found where someone creates the movie
clips and the stars(lights) dynamically.
Thanks!

If you did not already give them instance names in the
authoring environment, Flash assigns them names for you.
Nedwebs script will trace what those names are put you can
either rename each clip dynamically or simply push the default
names in an array and and then manipulate them dynamically.

Naming clips so that events are sorted by clip dates

I have some dv-avi clips that I've imported using my old PC. I now import those clips in iM. To get the events sorted correctly by date/time I change the name to a format that iM interprets as date/time stamp (e.g. clip-2007-12-24 12;00;00.dv). iM then sorts the clip correctly by date and time.
The problem is, I have to change the extension also, from avi to dv. For some reason the clip won't play any more after that. If I retain the old extension, the clip plays fine but is not sorted correctly under iM events.
Any workaround?

If I change the extension to .mov, iM does not allow me to even try to import the clip (it is grayed). Strange.
If I change the extension to .dv, iM does allow me to import the clip, but the video does not play. I am almost certain this method has worked before. Maybe something has changed with the updates of OS X or iM.
I guess I could use MPEG Streamclip to export the clips as DV. I just wonder if it somehow converts the clips too (so I loose quality).

Naming clips in browser:

I'm attempting to take one long clip and break it up in the timeline into smaller ones. The only issue is that when I'm dragging and dropping the new clips into the browser or the bin in the browser, they all automatically take on one name.
If I attempt to rename one clip it changes the names of all the other clips.
Another question, how do i get films in 'sequence' in the browser.
Thanks.

Hi -
Here is a suggestion to make breaking up a long clip into smaller clips easier.
Load the long clip in the Viewer. Mark and In and an Out where you want the smaller (sub) clip to start and end. When you have the in and out set, type Command + U and FCP will make a subclip of your marked material in the bin. Note that name is highlighted when you do. You can either do nothing and let FCP number the subclips incrementally after the first one, or you can type a new name to remind you of the contents. Keep repeating this process until you have the long clip broken down into all the subclips that you want.
When you mark your in and out point, leave a second or two extra at the start and end so that there is some wiggle room when you start to edit your clips to the timeline.
MtD

Editing long clips into short clips and naming them differently

I've got a long clip that I'm trying to break up into lots of shorter clips and give different names to. So I loaded the clip into the timeline, press Control-V where I want to cut, and then drag that clip back into the Browser. But every time I drag a new one to the Browser and rename it, the names of the other clips change to be the same as the just-named clip.
What am I doing wrong? What's the easiest way to do what I'm trying to do?
TIA
G5 Quad @ 2.5gHz - 4.5g RAM Mac OS X (10.3.7)

RE: timecode when capturing.
Timecode is always captured (DV in this case) as long as you do not use 'non-controllable device' as the capture protocol. When you use 'non-controllable device' no timecode is delivered even if it did exist on the tape.
Put another way, if there is TC on the tape, Capture Now will bring it in as long as you have 'Firewire' or 'Firewire Basic' (whichever is appropriate for your capture device) selected.
There is one other way to capture full tapes and still get individual editable clips (and I HATE subclips ...). Squarebox makes a simple app called Live Capture Plus that will capture a complete tape in one pass then break the resulting large file into individual clips based on start/stop detection. It works quite handily and will allow you save your drive mechanism if you are using your camera as a deck (and Canons are not known for robust tape subsystems). If you combine LCP with CatDV you have a robust cataloging system as well.
Good luck.
x

Sorting Clips in Thumbnail View ????????

I think on this one I MUUUUUST be missing the obvious...
I cannot find any way to sort my clips once I enter thumbnail/icon view ???
I can sort in list view but not in icon view ????

They could just hit "Storyboard" and that would re-arrange the icons back to the way the user had 'em...
Seems to me as if this whole forum is crowded by folks who like to waste their time.
I have been using PPRO since a long time and while all the idiots complained about FCPx (I did too initially) I bought it and got to know it.
What I used to consider iMovie Pro -- is the most advanced and intuitive software that has face a computer the past decade.
Some of you may laugh. But that is because you have not gotten to know it.
I am very fast in editing and use nothign but short keys. Normallly in PPRO I would spend a day sorting and naming clips etc... Then Cut and Master.
2-3 days for a medium sized project. Those medium sized projects TODAY in FCPx I in HALF A DAY.... Yeah, you read it right... 1/2 a day.
Sorting and tagging more or less becomes void in FCPx - you JUST DONT WORK LIKE THAT NO MORE... Too old and too slow.
In a medium session I am facing about 100GB of H.264 material making up between 100 & 400 clips. I sort, group and arr. those in a matter of minutes.
Keyworking and metataggin is so advanced I cannot even begin to describe it...
Then comes along... motion... In motion you can SAVE your workflow as a FCPx plug-in... and load that up in FCPx.. That would be like having After Effects inside of PPRO.
I dont even leave FCPx when color grading...
I would have NEVER thought this app to be so advanced after spending a few days with it.. I hated it.. But ONLY because I was USED to working the OLD way..
Or should I say... The OLD Randy Ubilos (Premiere Pro Creator) way.... Well. PPRO reflects Randy's young, green and naive days. FCPx reflects Randy's MATURE days.
Premiere Pro is surrounded by programmers thinking "What would Randy do here" instead of hiring someone who had vision.
Premiere Pro is great old software that cant even sort 20 Icons according to the wish of a user... By those standards I am surprised it even plays back a movie...
Oh... I forgot.. It doesn't - at least 50% of the time when the Program Monitor just goes black ;-)))
Adobe, ALL it takes is a copy of FCPx -- Check it out and copy the good stuff.
PS --- My mom - who is 75 years still thinks it is faster to write me a letter and send it via post. No doubt, for her it seems that way.
THAT does NOT delimit the FACT that an email reaches australia a litte faster than the US post.
Embrace the future - even though you dont grasp it at first..Get to know IT !!!!

PP CC Running Very Slow Once Clips Assembled

Here is a description of my problem, any guidance would be greatly appriciated.
I imported about 20 GB of 1024p, 24fps video from a Canon T3i, and about 1 GB of Audio from an H4N zoom mic for my current project. Everything ran smoothly when I was naming clips and synching audio. But once I chose the clips I wanted, and assembled them into scenes on the timeline (I'm making a 5 minute short with 6 scenes), playback became extreemly slow, and now it has now come to a virtual stop, as when I start the program, 5 minutes later, I still have a black project viewer.
I have had a similar problem with another project that had an hour of footage (from one clip) cut down to about 3 minutes.
My System:
Mac OS X 10.8 (dual-booted, running Mac)
3.1 Ghz Intel Core i5
4GB 1333 Mhz DDR3 Ram (expandable to 16GB)
AMD Radeon HD 6970M 1024 MB
1TB SATA Hardrive (Partitioned; Mac: 702 GB total, 120 GB free / Windows: 297 GB total, 235 GB free)
I suspect the problem might be my small ammount of RAM, but I wanted to check with some people online before I jumped and expanded my ram. Or I also suspect that the problem might be the free storage space / total space ratio might be a little low on my Mac Partition (120 / 702). As I said before, any guidance would be greatly appriciated. Thanks.

Your processor is fine. True, I would not build a system with less than i7 with 4-core/8-threads, but it seems the biggest bottleneck in your case is your lack of hard drive separation (but even that shouldn't cause the issue you've described). Many will advocate all kinds of crazy hard drive configurations, but at the miniumum, when money is tight, you should have:
HDD1 (7200rpm or faster) running: System (Mac and Windows), Project Files
HDD2 (7200rpm or faster) running: All Media Files (audio and video as well as rendered temp files, conform files, disk cache, etc)
So the very next thing I would purchase, in your situation, is an external 7200rpm drive with the fastest interface you can get (USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt). Make SURE it's 7200rpm, mfgs like WD don't really tell you what's inside the casing. I personally like external hard drive docks best. The docks aren't so expensive, and the drives are much less expensive. Plus you know exactly what drive you're getting when you purchase an "internal" drive and place it in your external dock. Make sure to get a second drive for backing up your footage and projects.
Some will argue that 4GB of RAM is a huge bottleneck, and they're right. Just keep in mind that Windows users like myself only get 4GB of performance (even in a 32GB system) when dealing with most Quicktime files (such as the T3i). 4GB RAM kind of sucks on big projects, but it's much more bearable than editing on your system drive. Also, most of us were editing 5D mkII footage on dual-core systems well before the i5 came along (dual or quad).
One final thing: Do you have hardware acceleration turned on? The problem you describe doesn't sound right at all. Also, do you have any Warp Stabilization applied to any/many clips?

P2 File Naming Workflow (Shane?)

I have a few questions about the different approaches to naming clips in FCP. I have been using the following process. I rename the clip and set in & out points in log & transfer using the following structure. Open Lot Pan I-001ABCD, Open Lot Pan II-002EFGH so on and so forth. I have been leaving the clip name at the tail end as per Shane's recommendation. I then add the clip to the queue and send it on to the appropriate logging bin. My question is, should I not be naming the clip while logging them and wait to do that until after the clips have been imported? I am wondering if by using the naming scheme that am using am I setting myself up for a disaster. I am just about to finish up my first video project and want to make sure I am setting up a good workflow.

Mr. Death is on your licenses? Huh.
So I have been able to repeat your deleted clip Batch Capture steps and it worked for me also.
I had a reel (a folder with a mxf contents folder and lastclip text file) on my hard disc. I had previously imported (log and transfer) the files from that reel and renamed all the files in the Log and Transfer window.
I deleted one of the clips from the capture scratch folder and then opened Final Cut. The clip was listed as off-line. I then tried to re-link the file and FC said it could not find the clip named "LS car 01".
I then tried to batch capture (recapture) that clip from the bin. The Log and Transfer window opened, located the reel and highlighted the clip (which was still listed with the new name I gave it "LS car 01"). The dialog box, that also opened, asked if I wanted to import the clip (there is a pulldown with choices).
I said yes, and it started the transfers process. When it was done the Log and Transfer window closed and the clip was now on-line in the bin and it retained the new name I had given it.
So this is all great news but it leaves me with a new question. Where is the information that Final Cut is using to remember the things done in the Log and Transfer window?
Is it in the Project file? And if its not, how do we go about backing that information up. Because that is some key info to hang on to.
This also means you can put MXF files from cards (or Firestore) into unique folders (reels) and back that up instead of the capture scratch files if you choose to.
TonyTony

Reference to namless clip

Hi,
how can I reference a namless clip in as3? In the debugger I
only can
see my named clips but I don't see where the other clips are.
I try work
without names to easily copy them without creating a new name
for every
new clip.
TIA

Use its child index value to target it.

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