Re: [Avid-L2] Re: PhraseFind secret function?

Yes - and PhraseFind is supposed to be included in 5.5.2 as a trial - I have searched all the menus I can think of but no sign of it - is it an extra installation? I am not usually this dumb! I'd love to try it out.

On 31 May 2011, at 14:11, switthaus wrote:

> yeah, not documented, but damn nice. Gotta say, PF is the best added feature I have seen from Avid in a long time...
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Frank Capria <frank@...> wrote:
> >
> > Keep in mind that this is untested and "officially unsupported" but the
> > trick is to use this syntax...
> >
> > Phrase1 &n Phrase2 where n= the number of seconds between occurrences. I
> > believe it works better with single words than full on phrases.
> >
> > For example:
> >
> > "shaq" &3 "missed" (you are talking free throws) is better than "shaq" &3
> > "free throw"
> >
> > Frank Capria
> > (508) 709 9212
> > www.capria.tv
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:53 AM, Steve Pomerantz <sppomerantz@...>wrote:
> >
> > > At the Editor's Lounge at Alpha Dogs a couple of weeks ago, Frank Capria
> > > demo'ed MC5.5 and PhraseFind. He mentioned an "undocumented" function where
> > > you could enter multiple search criteria such as "Shaq free throw" and "it's
> > > good", then ask for instances where both lines occur within X seconds of one
> > > another (this particular example would result in 0 matches).
> > > Of course since I didn't have PF at the time, I promptly forgot how he did
> > > it, and true to his word, I cannot find it in the manual. Now that I have
> > > PF, I'd really like to give it a try. Does anyone who was there remember
> > > how to do that?
> > > Anybody?.... anybody?..... Frank?.... Frank?....
> > >
> > > Steve Pomerantz
> > > 7ate9 Entertainment
> > > www.stevepomerantzeditorial.com
> > >
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