I don't know how difficult it would be. Take a multi layer sequence with overlapping video and cutaways stacked up, etc. The open up EDL Manager and Get Sequence. Set the Video Track selector to ALL V. It makes a flattened sequence. It's not perfect but it's a good start. If they implemented being able to do that for a sequence in the timeline, maybe even between In and Out markers, and only do clips that are straight cuts it would be a huge head start. Leaving shots with dissolves or keys alone so the editor can go back and determine how to handle those. But a large majority of the work would be done automatically.
Jay
On Mar 28, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Roger wrote:
> "Flatten all sequence video without effects to T1 but no mixdown" Great idea but might be difficult to implement. I wish people wouldn't do that. They clearly don't understand how match frame works!
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> On 28 Mar 2012, at 19:51, SP wrote:
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>> If there is one, I'd sure like to know about it. And if there's not, there should be.
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>> Or at the very least, there should be a keyboard command that slaps the offline editor upside of the head.
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>> Steve Pomerantz
>> www.stevepomerantzeditorial.com
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>> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Greg Huson <Greg@...> wrote:
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>>> Ok, all you finishing editors. There's a thing that I have to do all the time, that seems like it should have a shortcut key. It probably does, but I don't know what it is. If you know, show us how smart you are (or how ignorant I am!)
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>>> When you get a sequence from a young whiper-snapper editor, it often is 5-8 layers deep - shot selections that editor has piled up, with only the top layer being 'visible.' Now, I know it's technically that editor's job to 'flatten' his sequence before handing it to the finishing editor, but that doesn't always happen. So, my technique has always been to highlight the uppermost clip(s,) drag it down to the next track, then highlight the other clips, drag down, etc., until only the 'uppermost clip' is in the timeline - and clips in higher tracks are keys or layers.
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>>> Is there a keyboard shortcut to replace draggin down the clip? Like, I highlight 3 clips in a row on Trk 4, drag them down to Trk3, add a clip to the highlight group, drag that down to trk2,... etc. Is there an avid keyboard equivalent to 'Cmd + E' in photoshop?? (combine layer)
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