Re: EDL's and Tape Sifting

[Tony Quinsee-Jover <tony(at)hdheaven.co.uk>]

Hi Jason,

See below....

At 18:39 01/09/2005, you wrote:
>     I'm using a
> Nitris (version7.5) to do a SD offline edit that will later be turned
> into HD on another Nitris system.  To complicate things, a company
> called Filmlook will be doing the color correction to all of the HD
> footage (before going to the final Nitris).  To color correct the
> shots, they will be using EDL's from my system.  Here are some
> issues that I am dealing with (and I'm hoping you guys will have some
> suggestions for me -- you always do and I appreciate it
> greatly):
>
> 1.  I printed out an EDL today from the Nitris.  Under the
> source column, many of the tapes are listed with an under score character
> in them (_).  
> Naturally, none of the tapes I digitized had under-score characters in
> them.  Instead, I used all letters and numbers (for example I typed
> CHD1165 and in my EDL list, I get something like CHD1_1).  Why is
> this?

TJ>> It's an old DOS/EDL limitation. 
Your best bet will be to rename them using the Tape Library
(Views-->Tape Library) to something like 1165 prior to making the
edl.


>     This
> will be a big problem for filmlook to find these tapes, as the underscore
> character deletes tape name info.  We did know that the EDL would
> likely not show every long tape name I typed in, but we were hoping to
> get at least the first 6 characters (NOT an under score (_) character
> taking up some of that info.  Any suggestions?

TJ>> As above - just right-click the tapes
and select "Rename"


> 2.  My client needs
> all of the source clips used in our timeline to be from non drop framed
> sources.  He wants me to tell him which shots (used in our timeline)
> were from drop frame tapes.  We are talking about just a handful of
> drop frame shots that we used that just need to be re inserted again
> after they have been transferred to non drop frame tapes (meaning the
> drop frame clips were just place holders).  Is there a way for me to
> find these shots?  Any special views or ways of sorting what's been
> used in the timeline with info like:  clip name, source tape name,
> time code ins and outs (used in the sequence) and drop frame vs non drop
> frame info?  This is a tall order I know, but it's an hour long show
> and we are trying to prevent us from having to go through the entire show
> and click on the clips and pull up the clip property info.  Any
> ideas?

TJ>> Using the Media Tool (Views-->Media
Tool) drag the sequences icon (2nd one along) to the left hand
pane.  Now drag the relevant sequence out of the left hand pane onto
the Clips icon (3rd one along).  The right-hand pane will now show
you all the clips used in the sequence.  By sorting that information
you should be able to get what you need.

Regards,
Tone :)



> Thanks,
> Jason
>
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