Resizing clips in a Sequence

This is one of those "this should be easy" I want to resize and move all the clips in a Sequence. And I would rather not do them each.
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Thanks. I finally figured out. Option>V not Command
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2.35:1 masking and resized clips

Hi
We're working in FCS2, with a 1080i HD sequence which has some 720x480 DV clips in it.
The DV pieces were shot anamorphic 4:3, so we need to resize them. That can be done without too much trouble with the distort and scale tools.
However, we want to place a 2.35:1 mask over the whole sequence, which we've done using the Widescreen Mask video filter on all clips. However, the mask behaves differently on the DV clips, because they've been resized.
Is there a way (other than creating a new video layer and placing a TIFF mask with an alpha channel) of placing a mask on the sequence that behaves consistently across the whole sequence?
Thanks!
Matt
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The old-school technique is to nest your current sequence and place the Widesceen Matte on the nest. Since the Matte acts on the 1080i sequence (at 100% size), you should encounter issues with your resized clips.
However, if you're sure about the composition of your clips - after placing the Scope matte, you don't need to position content up/down - I'd add the Letterbox matte (under Filters) in Compressor 3, especially if you're going to encode for DVD or transcode for output to SD tape.
If you're going back to HD tape, I suppose the old-school method works best.

Need to put HD clips in SD sequence without aliasing, any way to do this without converting clips to ProRes?

Editing a 1080p project shot with Canon 5DMkii.
Have a 1080p H.264 sequence that I planned to change to ProRes when all finished, before exporting to make a DVD.
Many shots have problems, and the only way to get around them is to reframe.
I figured, no problem, DVD video is SD, so I have 600+ pixels of frame-height to play with.
Now I have a rough cut and I have put some clips into a sequence preset to 720x405.
Unfortunately, when the original clips are anything other than 100% of their 1920x1080 size, it’s aliased as heck.
EXCEPT when you convert the original clip to ProRes.
I didn’t convert to ProRes before editing because it quintuples the size (the project has 45GB of footage and my internal 1TB HD has limited space), plus on this project the small difference in final-product quality that converting before editing brings wouldn’t matter.
I really do need to reframe many of the shots, and I wouldn’t terribly terribly mind converting to ProRes now, except that when you do, Compressor adds “ProRes…” to the new clip name, so you couldn’t just reconnect the already-edited sequence with the newly converted clips (or could you)?
So,
Can the downsizing of HD clips in an SD sequence be done without aliasing?
If not, can a whole sequence (15 minutes) be reconnected to clips to clips that
have the “Apple prores 444 hq” added to their name? (I tried and the converted clip is grayed out, can’t select it)
3. If not, can the whole 45GB of footage be converted to ProRes, but keep original names unchanged?
If none of the above is possible, any other solution?
Thank you very much

That is a non-standard sequence setting. SD in NTSC land isn't 16:9. It is 4:3 anamorphic. 720x486...anamorphic (squeezed).
Editing H.264 straight from the camera is wrought with errors. Besides the sluggishness of it, the non-RT playback...exporting has all sorts of issues. Not exporting proper sections of footage, not exporting the full sequence (the tail might get cut off), loss of sync upon export...much more. All of those issues have been mentioned on various FCP forums. H.264 is not a codec FCP 7 deals with well at all.
Converting to ProRes before editing is your only way to ensure vary little issues. And converting to ProRes 422 is recommended. Not HQ...not 4444. Your footage will not see any benefit from those formats, even though they sound more impressive. All you will get is larger files. Heck, since you are going to DVD, ProRes LT would be the optimal choice. Even if you went to BluRay, ProRes LT would be fine for that format. H.264 is an 8-bit format...ProRes LT or 422 will get it to 10-bit, and allow for better grading. But ZERO benefit will be had with HQ or 4444...those are for other uses...with higher end formats.
Not enough space? Get another drive. Internal SATA, if you have a MacPro...are 2TB for under $150. You can get an external 2TB for $200-$300.
3. Yes...use MPEG STREAMCLIP to convert the footage to ProRes. 422 or LT are recommended. Then you can reconnect, but you will need to make a new sequence that is ProRes...not H.264.

How do I transfer multiple clips to my sequence, Video only, I don't want the Audio.

I used Ctrl + A in my bin to select all clips, I drag it to my sequence but it puts both audio and video, all I want is the video, and the Source Track Selection only shows when selecting one clip.

Double-click the Desert Footage bin to open it. There are a series of short shots in this bin.
1. Click the Icon View button on the bin to see thumbnails for the clips.
2. Drag and drop the thumbnails in the bin to position them in the order you would like them to appear in the sequence.
3. Make sure the Desert Footage bin is selected. Select all of the clips in the bin by pressing Control + A (Windows) or Command + A (Mac OS).
4. Drag and drop the clips into the sequence, positioning them on the Video 1 track right at the beginning of the Timeline, above the music clip.
Adobe Creative Team (2013-07-01). Adobe Premiere Pro CC Classroom in a Book (p. 114). Pearson Education. Kindle Edition.
What do you think its trying to say? When i follow the instructions, it overwrites the audio.

Project renames sequence and all clips in the sequence when a clip is added

My project is renaming my sequences and the clips in those sequences whenever I add a clip. For example, I have a sequence called "dance section 2", which contains 20 some-odd clips with various names. When I add a clip named "drop from above", the name of the sequence is changed to "drop from above", and the name of every other clip in the sequence is also changed to "drop from above" (video, audio, stills, everything). When I add a clip named "spins", all the names are changed to "spins".
The name of the sequence is changed in both the timeline and the browser, but the names of the other clips are changed only in the timeline. In the browser, they keep their old names. The exception to this is the last clip added before the name changer. For example, if I add "drop from above" to the sequence, and then add "spins", the clip named "drop from above" is renamed "spins" in the browser as well as in the timeline, but the other clips are renamed only in the timeline.
The clips in the sequence also keep their original content - so the sequence looks the same as it did before, but all the names of the clips are changed.
This is only happening in one project. All of my other projects are working fine.
I've tried restarting and deleting preferences. I've also looked at the autosave vault for the project. The backup projects saved after a certain time all behave the same way, and the projects before that time all behave normally. I can't imagine what would have caused this, though, since I've been working on this project all day and nothing's happened to my computer or hard drive or anything.
Also, there are no freeze frames at the beginnings of my sequences (I read another thread with a somewhat similar issue and getting rid of freeze frames seemed to help that person).
I'm in FCP 7.0 on a Macbook Pro.
Thanks in advance for your help!

Welcome to the discussions...
I've had this happen. My guess is that it's related to round-tripping to/from Color, but I can't be sure. IMHO, the sequence is corrupted. I just dealt with it for a while, then rebuilt it by making changes from an earlier version.
Sorry I don't have a better solution, but at least you know you're not alone.
Patrick

Exporting multiple clips from one sequence as separate files.

Hello fellow editors!
I have about 100+ video files that I want to cut into shorter clips, edit a bit and then export in a Final Cut friendly format (currently they are AVCHD mts files) to send it to my friend, who is putting the whole movie together.
I dont want to use Final Cut for this ( I cannot, I have a windows machine) and I was hoping to work with premier CC and media encoder CC.
There is a way of putting all clips in one sequence and then nesting each one, then you can send them to Encoder CC and it will render them as separate files - thats is just not very productive, nesting clips one by one and it takes forever for Encoder to import sequences.
I was wondering if there is a better workflow? I heard that Final Cut has shortcuts to do this very easily, you just click on all those clips in sequence and "batch export" them, which puts them in some place as separate, already cut files.?
Anything? I love premier, let my feelings be justified!)

Kevin Monahan ...
Lucid George is right ... select one trimmed clip, File->Export->Media, you can choose whether in-out or entire clip.
Select MORE than one clip, you get a completely different export box ...
These two selections were "exported" from that bin created by dragging the trimmed clips from the timeline to a new bin ... I don't know what else one is supposed to do. You can't even select multiples clips and batch sub-clipping, which would at least cut the steps down.
Neil

I am having problems copying and pasting clips from one project timeline to another. When I do this they often alter in length. Sometimes by two frames. Other times they lose a chunk off the end of the last clip in the sequence. Has anyone else found

I am having problems copying and pasting clips from one project timeline to another. When I do this they often alter in length. Sometimes by two frames. Other times they lose a chunk off the end of the last clip in the sequence. Has anyone else found this?

You need to give a lot more information about the media specifications and the project properties you're using in the different projects.

How to change clip speed w/o moving all the other clips in a sequence?

when I have many clips in a sequence and try to change the speed of a clip (which changes the length) FCE automatically shifts all the following clips. is there a way to turn this feature off?

Not in FCE. FCP 7 has that feature.
Think about it; when you speed up a clip, the duration is shorter, therefore the clip is shorter. When you slow down a clip, the duration lengthens, therefore the clip is longer. How would FCE know that you don't want the clip to remain the same duration?
You'll need to trim the clip accordingly based on the amount of speed adjustment you want.
-DH

How can I reinsert the deleted audio from clips in my sequence?

How can I reinsert the deleted audio from clips in my sequence?

I can tell you a work around to get you going in the meantime, just may be time consuming if you have a lot of clips in the timeline.
double click a clip missing audio
press the go to in point and copy the timecode to notepad
press the go to end point and copy timecode
right click clip, and reveal in project
double click the original in project
paste in timecode and set in & out points again
drag audio
As I said not the quickest way, but it works, and won't actually take as long as you'd think, 30 secs or so per clip, i just hope you don't have over 100 clips without audio
Troy

Custom counter not labeling clips in correct sequence

Anyone know why my custom counter feature is no longer assigning numbers to my clips in the right order? I have a series of clips -- say an interview -- I select them all in sequence, and then using custom name and counter I expect to see them numbered sequentially. Instead what I get seems random. It has the right range of numbers associated with the clips but the sequence is all screwy. When I apply the original camera names to the clips, however, it puts them in the right sequence. Could have started when I upgraded to 10.0.3. SUggestions???

Yeah, the problem is still there. I did get a call into Apple last week and had a fairly lengthy and encouraging conversation. They were apparently unaware of this problem but were again able to reproduce the problem on their end. The dude was quite empathetic regarding my frustration that 2 updates later the problem still exists. So... I'm keeping my fingers crossed for 10.0.6, or better yet 10.0.5b.

Easiest was to copy clips from one sequence to another?

Hi,
Instead of copy/paste is their a different, quicker way to move clips from one sequence to another?
Thanks

Hi Patrick, Your always ready to help
No that's not what I'm looking to do. (or maybe I just didn't understand what you wrote.)
What I mean is if I have 4 sequences open and I wanted to move a clip from sequence 2 to sequence 4. What I do now is copy the clip in sequence 2 and go to sequence 4 and paste it.
Is there a easier way?
Thanks
-marco

Resizing clips in drop zones with motion 5.04

Can someone please help me resize clips in the dropzones. When I drag the clip into the dropzone it show as too high up causing the head of my subject to be cut off as an example. I do not see anywhere that shows a "fit" option in the inspector or anywhere else. I purchase templates with dropzones in place. Also when I try to resiize the handles that are showing, the complete drop zones resizes.
Is there some parameters I am supposed to using with the clip itself?

The "Adjust Item" tool is contextual, and will only help you move the image around inside of a Drop Zone.
If you need to "resize" the content of a Drop Zone, use the Scale parameter in the Inspector's "Image" section.
I happen to be doing this at the moment myself.

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.

Transparency frame of moving, resizing clip in 6.5

In Premiere 6.5, I'm trying to move and resize a transparent clip. That works, however, the result only shows the background that is that size of the resized clip area. That is, the frame of the clip (the green screen area, that is chroma'd into transparency) becomes the only part of the composite that I can see. The clip moves and shrinks, and the viewable area of the background moves and shrinks along with it.
I can make the frame of the clip huge, so that as it shrinks it always includes the background, however, this seems like a kludge, and requires specially sizing the part of the clip that I want to show.
How might I more effectively move and resize a clip without it effectively "matte-ing" out the background?
Any help with this would be appreciated.
Thanks!

Let me try another explanation, on a hypothetical example (similar to my real project)
Say I've got a picture of a sidewalk as the background.
I've got a picture of a ball as the foreground.
I put the picture of the ball on a "green screen"
I put the ball on Video Track 2, the sidewalk on Video Track 1
In the Transparency Effect for the ball, I select chroma, and select the green backcolor
In the Motion effect for the ball, I have it move from top to bottom, and as it moves down, it decresases in size by 50%.
The problem is that as that as the frame for the ball shrinks, the view "thru the now-transparent green screen" also shrinks...I only see the part of the sidewalk behind the shrinking ball frame.
I've looked at (have the trial, but not fully investigated) Elements 8, and it looks like it's Premiere 6.5 repackaged with a (pardon me) eye-punishing format, a dumbed down (and thus harder to use) GUI, and a mass market price.
So, I'm assuming if there's a way to beat this problem in Elements, it can be done the same way in 6.5
Thanks again for attention to this. I'd like to clarify that at this point it is somewhat academic, because I'm probably going to be able generate all my animations outside Premiere and import then as individual frames. Works slick! However it would be nice to know how to do the above, in case it's needed.

Export clips from a sequence seperately with effects as a batch export in CS 5.5

Hi there,
I'd like to know if there is any possibility to export all clips from a sequence/timeline seperately with all applied effects as a batch export or similar in CS 5.5.
I know there is a chance to do that via the project manager, but a far as I know this way doesn't include the applied effects on each clip.
Thanks for your help in advance...
Marc.

The only way to export a single clip with effects is to manually set up each individual export. This applies to all version of PP.

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