Is there a way to change the start time on the timeline?
Thanks... Ian
changing timeline start time
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Terry Stetler
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devo_111111
Hi Terry
Partially depends on your output medium I suppose.
Just starting a 00:00:00:00 is fine if your outputting to DVD. But to output to tape don't you need 1 frame of bars at 00:00:02:00, which also helps to cue up audio tracks coming back from ProTools. And I believe often network requirments demand 60 seconds of bars and slate at the top of a program.
So if you can start your timeline at 00:58:50:00, or something like that, your show starts at 01:00:00:00, so it's easy to see your total run time.
I did a post-grad course in Post-production at Humber College in Toronto a couple of years back. There we were learning to cut drama on FCP and AVID for ouput to tape for networks.
That's also the reason for my question regarding trimming. I'm finding it cumbersome to trim a frame or two from either side of a cut and review it then go back and trim again. It's been a while since I used AVID but I think it was set up better for that kind of action.
Anyway it's been fun learning so far and since most of my output will probablly be to DVD anyway the timeline thing is not the end of the world. Although it might mean that MSP won't be used for projects like that.
Drive safe.... Ian Ferguson
Partially depends on your output medium I suppose.
Just starting a 00:00:00:00 is fine if your outputting to DVD. But to output to tape don't you need 1 frame of bars at 00:00:02:00, which also helps to cue up audio tracks coming back from ProTools. And I believe often network requirments demand 60 seconds of bars and slate at the top of a program.
So if you can start your timeline at 00:58:50:00, or something like that, your show starts at 01:00:00:00, so it's easy to see your total run time.
I did a post-grad course in Post-production at Humber College in Toronto a couple of years back. There we were learning to cut drama on FCP and AVID for ouput to tape for networks.
That's also the reason for my question regarding trimming. I'm finding it cumbersome to trim a frame or two from either side of a cut and review it then go back and trim again. It's been a while since I used AVID but I think it was set up better for that kind of action.
Anyway it's been fun learning so far and since most of my output will probablly be to DVD anyway the timeline thing is not the end of the world. Although it might mean that MSP won't be used for projects like that.
Drive safe.... Ian Ferguson
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devo_111111
Sure you could do that.
But the idea is that your video starts at 01:00:00:00 so that it is easy to see what the length is exactly. So to have bars and slate, a 10 sec countdown, flash of bars and a tone beep at 00:59:58:00 you would need to place a black strip of 59 minutes into the timeline.
Let's face it. I don't think many of us need to worry about the needs of network TV playback, me included. But I would like to use my ProTools software for audio editing. There I need to create QuickTime movies of my video for importing into ProTools. Because you very often fade up from black you put 1 frame of bars and a tone beep at -2 sec. then you have that in the video and every audio track so it's easy to sync them up.
So where do you get your black from? Is it in the program or do you import from the camera with what you have recorded?
Thanks... Ian
But the idea is that your video starts at 01:00:00:00 so that it is easy to see what the length is exactly. So to have bars and slate, a 10 sec countdown, flash of bars and a tone beep at 00:59:58:00 you would need to place a black strip of 59 minutes into the timeline.
Let's face it. I don't think many of us need to worry about the needs of network TV playback, me included. But I would like to use my ProTools software for audio editing. There I need to create QuickTime movies of my video for importing into ProTools. Because you very often fade up from black you put 1 frame of bars and a tone beep at -2 sec. then you have that in the video and every audio track so it's easy to sync them up.
So where do you get your black from? Is it in the program or do you import from the camera with what you have recorded?
Thanks... Ian
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The black colour clip is in the program.
on the Menubar click "Insert" then "Color Clip"
From what you say above, you have to insert a countdown, slate etc.
The easiest answer is to prepare one of these and save it as a project clip which can then be inserted into whatever project you happen to be working on.
This way you can prepare you video without the leader, so you are able to check your timings etc. Once finished insert the new video onto the end of your prepared leader.
You could do this as two seperate projects OR use the new multi timeline function.
on the Menubar click "Insert" then "Color Clip"
From what you say above, you have to insert a countdown, slate etc.
The easiest answer is to prepare one of these and save it as a project clip which can then be inserted into whatever project you happen to be working on.
This way you can prepare you video without the leader, so you are able to check your timings etc. Once finished insert the new video onto the end of your prepared leader.
You could do this as two seperate projects OR use the new multi timeline function.