Renaming Individual Clips

Hello, everyone. I have no idea how this happened, but whereas before I would be able to cut up a clip and rename each segment individually, now when I name one segment, ALL of them are changing to that name. It's driving me up the wall. How can I get FCP to NOT rename each video clip to the new name I place on another clip? BTW, this is only happening to the video clips. The audio clips are retaining the different names put on them.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much,
Javier Calderon

Thank you both Jerry and Nick. Making a subclip is definitely a way to do it, and I remember now. I tell you what, however: I was previously simply control clicking on the clip in the timeline and going to Item Properties and renaming the clip right there . . . and it was working just fine before . . . It's not anymore . . . It seemed sooo easy to do it that way. The subclip method does indeed work, but since I'm renaming quite a few clips, it would be great if I could make it as streamlined a possible.
Thanks!

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So here's what I'm trying to do: put a mess of clips in a row on the timeline, use the blade tool to pick out the bits I want, then take those bits and get the individual clips to export through compressor, and to do this by making as few duplicates as possible (I would like to media manage the project or save space in any way possible). Again, I don't want the timeline as an edited sequence, I am trying to pull individual clips. Also, I need to be able to name them differently (which I can't seem to do by simply pulling the clips into a bin-I rename one and all the ones like it get renamed as well). What is the best way to do this?

1.) Then don't use sequences for this type of work.
2.) Then adjust your In & Out points to create handles.
From the Manual, what is a subclip:
A clip created to represent a limited portion of a media file. By artificially
limiting the duration of a media file, a subclip allows you to work with smaller
sections of a media file. These subclip limits can be removed at any time so you can
work with the whole clip. For example, if an original media file is 10 minutes long, the
Browser clip is also 10 minutes long. You can make a 1-minute subclip and work with
the subclip as if the media were only 1 minute long. For more information, see
Chapter 2, “Creating Subclips,” on page 35.

Saving Individual Clips in Premiere Elements 11

Hi all -
In Adobe Premiere Elements 11, after cutting a large video clip into many smaller clips and then renaming them, how do you go about saving each individual clip, so I can easily edit them? I feel like I've looked everywhere and can't seem to figure it out.
Thanks!!
Jerry

Jerry
My first impression is cannot do. But, let me think about this.
Two major tasks...
a. Even if we could get the "grouped" video/audio into Project Assets with a copy/paste insert with ClipMate
then the next challenge would be
b. How do we get the Preview Window with the Set In and Set Out points to deal with a grouped rather than linked video audio. It will not do that when the grouped video and audio are on the Timeline....we could do non Preview Window trimming at the Timeline level
Think it worthwhile to download ClipMate to see how far we would get for this purpose of
a. generating segments of grouped video and audio?
b. pasting them into Project Assets where they would function as source media in or out of folders there?
I suspect this is going to go the old fashion way of exporting the segments to a file saved to the computer hard drive and then bringing those segments back into a grand project for the final export..
ClipMate, I believe, is a Windows only program. What computer operating system are you running your Premiere Elements 11 on?
More later.
ATR

How do I rename each clip in a new smart keyword colletion (subclips)?

I sometimes have multiple intviews, and I want to be able to pull multiple sound bites from one clip as subclips so I can browse through them as I edit. If you take a clip, command k, create a smart collection, and put multiple clips from the same source clip, if you rename one of these clips it renames all of them, making it impossible to rename the individual clips, thus making it just a shade better than just scrubbing through the original each time. Is there a way to name or tag each clip so that I quickly find an individual clip coming from a group of bites from the same source?
Thanks!

If you take a clip, command k, create a smart collection,
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How to name individual clips without changing the name of the original file...?

Hi,
Theres likely to be a really simple solution to this, but i can't find it! I've done my in & out points, i've created a new clip and i'd like to give it a unique name. When i rename the clip the original file name also changes. How can i rename the new clip without changing the original file name?
Please help,
Thanks
Ed

Either make the clip a subclip or convert it to a new master clip. Both can be done in the Modify menu.

If I rename a clip in PPro, is there a command to change the actual file name like in FCP7?

In FCP7 I could rename a clip in FCP and then use a menu command to change the actual file name to match:
Can I do this in PPro or Prelude?
Thanks!
MtD

This option is only available in the Project Manager.
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Hello,
I'm just starting to use Prelude. I recorded an interview for my daughter for a school project last week. The interview went well, but I want to mark as "sub-clips" all of the video interview's question/answer combos (e.g. "What is your name? My name is John Doe.") and then save them out to individual clips rather than have to manage the full size files (about 40GB in all from my Panasonic GH3, 50mbps, IPB MOV) with clip markers. I'll keep the originals as backups, but would really rather work with the individual clip files.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated! I would think this would be a very simple and common function. Basically, just dividing up the original video into multiple, standalone video clips with the same bit-rate, encoding, etc., but with new headers/EOF markers. Just chopping the original files up into chunks with no changes or reencoding necessary. If I can do it the way I imagine it, it should be a very quick process, at least compared to transcoding the files.
Best regards,
Scott

Hi -
Meg The Dog's suggestion will work if you don't intend to bring in all of your media off the card. The Partial Ingest method will allow you to selectively create subclips during ingest and not transfer the full original clips.
However, you do state you plan to keep all your media - not just the parts you want to subclip. So here's my suggestion for the workflow:
1. Ingest all your media from your cameras (the entire clips - not the partial clip method)
2. Open each clip from the Prelude Project Panel and create your Subclip Markers using Prelude logging tools.
3. In the Project Panel you will find new entries will appear for each SUBCLIP Marker you add to your master clips.
4. You can organize you subclips into BINS as needed to keep track of the segments of your video
5. When you're ready to create your timeline of subclips you can either
   5a. EXPORT all the SUBCLIPS into their own files (select all subclips you want to export and use the FILE->EXPORT->MEDIA menu command)
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   5b. Drag-Drop your subclips into a ROUGHCUT in Prelude to order your story. Then use the SEND TO PREMIERE PRO feature to send the Rough Cut into Premiere pro where you can finish your edit. All the media will come along for the ride into Premiere Pro (including your Subclips). You can then add titles and any effects easily enough in Premiere Pro).
There are some other options here you can also try out which might be interesting. For example, you can add transitions and any additional audio tracks to your ROUGH CUT directly in Prelude and then EXPORT the Rough Cut as a final movie - and not need to move to Premiere Pro unless you have wider editing needs.
Hope this helps!
Regards,
Michael

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Thank you both for the suggestions. My apologies for not explaining the process. I have tried renaming individual bookmarks both by opening "Show All Bookmarks," locating the specific bookmark, and entering the desired name under "Name" (which is located right above "Location"). I have also, as suggested above, sought to rename the bookmark through the window that opens when the Bookmark star is clicked.
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Ideally I'd like to archive individual clips in this same manner. Typically my camera will have clips from several unrelated events I need to archive. I'd like to archive the clips from each event into separate archives. However it seems like the only option is "Archive All", which puts everything on the camera into a single archive. If I immediately imported the video from my camera after each event I shot this wouldn't be such a problem. But sometimes I forget or shoot multiple events in one day, so this functionality would be useful.
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Sometimes it's easy to make somebodys day
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Prelude does not rename .mxf-clips

I know Prelude will not rename the files of a complex folder structure like .mxf-recordings from Canon C300 or XF305. However, It's supposed to enter the chosen name in the "Dublin Core->Title" metadata field. On my Prelude v.2.2. this does not work. (I have tested on 3 different Mac's)
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I'd like to confirm my understanding about this issue, please kindly answer my questions below.
1. There is no XMP-file in the original clip folder, right?
2. Are you using the "Rename" function to do the rename or are you trying to rename the clip by entering the name in the filed "Dublin Core->Title" in the metadata panel directly?
3. Does the "On my Prelude v.2.2. this does not work" mean the rename is ignored, or you can see some error dialog popped-up? or some error message in the event panel?
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If my finding is not your issue, it would be very helpful if you could send your sample medias to us. Please reach me at [email protected] to get our ftp server information.
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