This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] [FR] Source Use Identification + Match Frame Enhancement

Monday, September 8, 2014

Re: [Avid-L2] [FR] Source Use Identification + Match Frame Enhancement

Big +1 for phantom marks.

- Rich

On Sep 8, 2014, at 10:32 AM, Steve Hullfish steve4lists@veralith.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

There is a workaround for this concept:

Use Phantom Marks.

If you park on the first frame of the segment in the timeline (instead of randomly within the segment - which is convenient), when you Matchframe, the IN point will automatically be marked (unless you change this intentionally in a setting). If you go to Settings>Composer>Edit Tab, turn on the checkbox for "Phantom Marks." This will then show you the outpoint. So really, the only "workaround" part is to park right on the first frame of the segment. Or park ANYWHERE, hit Mark Clip, then Go To In, then matchframe. A bunch of steps, I know, but in FCP you'd have to do TWO or THREE of the four anyway.

With Phantom Marks on, you could also park on the outpoint of the segment in the timeline and the Phantom Mark would show you the in point.

I always enable Phantom Marks so that I never have to see that annoying "insufficient source" warning, because I can always see whether I have enough material in the source monitor to cover my in-out in the sequence monitor.

Steve Hullfish
author, "Avid Uncut"

On Sep 8, 2014, at 4:32 AM, Roger Shufflebottom rogershuff@yahoo.co.uk [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Pretty certain FCP7 does this . . !

With Best Wishes
Roger Shufflebottom
rogershuff@yahoo.co.uk
+44 7973 543660

On 6 Sep 2014, at 21:48, Benjamin Hershleder Ben@ContactBen.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Additionally, it would be valuable to be able to modify the
Match Frame feature (maybe with Shift+Opt/Alt) so that
when the originating clip is loaded into the Source Window,
that there are In and Out Marks that represent the
beginning and end of that Segment in the Timeline.