> I was recently working on a 2-camera shoot using C300 cameras. A and B
> cameras generated the same filenames, using their *default settings*
>
File based camera operators should learn how to create settings in their
cameras which give particular names, ie camera name, date, scene, act,
location...but then that is not as quick as scribbling on the side of a
tape case a nearly useless digit.
Barnaby
323.401.8642
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Anna Hovhannessian <
annahovhannessian@yahoo.com> wrote:
> **
>
>
> Sorry, I completely missed the duplicate naming problem which I realize
> was the whole point of this.
>
> Errr....
>
>
> On Mar 31, 2012, at 12:35 PM, "Robert" <robertsalsbury@me.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Anna Hovhannessian <annahovhannessian@...>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > If you're nervous about renaming clips, The other option is to make
> stringouts.
> > >
> > > You can stringout each interview in a sequence. Makes it easier
> anyway. Radio cuts are faster, scenes make more sense, finding timecode
> easier.
> > >
> > > Same thing with Broll footage.
> > >
> > > I rarely look at the clips anyway, i just go straight to the strings.
> > >
> > > The only time I go to the footage bin is if I need to look at the
> metadata for some reason or troubleshoot something.
> > >
> >
> > I'm already working that way, the issue though is that when you cut from
> a string out reel into your timeline, you have nonsense info in this case
> as the underlying clip names are useless.
> >
> > Thanks to everyone who's chimed in on this; I'm having a meeting early
> next week with the online folks to sort this out. I'm hoping there's been a
> miscommunication and everyone realizes clip names within a bin aren't the
> hard link to file name and just wants to make sure I don't go around
> renaming files on the Unity drives (!), but in case that's not the issue, I
> think I came up with a plan B.
> >
> > I realized I could subclip the "00000", "00001" clips in their entirety
> and give them whatever name I want, and then make string outs from the
> subclips. Cutting from a string out of subclips puts useful info into the
> timeline, and it won' t be that onerous for the assistant to blast through
> a few bins in a couple of hours and make the change. In fact, Bouke's macro
> editor may help out with this as well.
> >
> > -Robert
> >
> >
> >
> >
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