Creating Trimmed Project at DVinfo.net

Benjamin Eckstein · June 26th, 2008, 07:53 AM

I am trying to archive a bunch of projects off of my edit RAID and want to create trimmed projects using just the media that I used in the edit sequence. Media Manager does not seem to want to make it any smaller. Does anyone have a tip for how to do this?

Thanks,
Benjamin

Craig Parkes · June 26th, 2008, 08:01 AM

I'm not entirely sure what the question is? Do you want to make timelines with just clips of the original media plus handles if you need to make any minor adjustments later while removing the capture scratch data you need, or do you want to make smaller file sizes, or do you want to just export a sequence of the original media but as a master quicktime?

Benjamin Eckstein · June 26th, 2008, 08:08 AM

I want to create a trimmed project that uses just the media that was in the edit sequences (with handles) but discards the media that may be in bins but was never used in the edit. For instance if the final edit is 5 minutes but there is 2 hours of footage in the bins, the trimmed project should be a little bit more than 5 minutes of media.

Brian David Melnyk · June 26th, 2008, 11:28 PM

try: uncheck 'include master clips outside selection' and check 'delete unused media from duplicated items'. just make sure 'copy' media referenced and 'place into new project' are also selected.

Brian David Melnyk · June 26th, 2008, 11:33 PM

oh yeah, make sure that only the sequence(s) you want is highlighted in the browser, along with any other graphics or audio you may need later. i usually also include a b-roll sequence of good takes or footage, just in case...

Brian David Melnyk · June 27th, 2008, 06:51 AM

ha! one more thing! i just backed up a project as above, and the 'copy' project has clips in the sequences with messed up in/out points, filters, and motion effects, as well as missing media from one clip. i'm manually correcting all right now. pain in the butt. So the one more thing is: check the archived project BEFORE deleting the original!!!

June 26th, 2008, 07:53 AM	#1
Benjamin Eckstein Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 380 Images: 1	Creating Trimmed Project I am trying to archive a bunch of projects off of my edit RAID and want to create trimmed projects using just the media that I used in the edit sequence. Media Manager does not seem to want to make it any smaller. Does anyone have a tip for how to do this? Thanks, Benjamin

June 26th, 2008, 08:01 AM	#2
Craig Parkes Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 444	I'm not entirely sure what the question is? Do you want to make timelines with just clips of the original media plus handles if you need to make any minor adjustments later while removing the capture scratch data you need, or do you want to make smaller file sizes, or do you want to just export a sequence of the original media but as a master quicktime?

June 26th, 2008, 08:08 AM	#3
Benjamin Eckstein Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 380 Images: 1	I want to create a trimmed project that uses just the media that was in the edit sequences (with handles) but discards the media that may be in bins but was never used in the edit. For instance if the final edit is 5 minutes but there is 2 hours of footage in the bins, the trimmed project should be a little bit more than 5 minutes of media.

June 26th, 2008, 11:28 PM	#4
Brian David Melnyk Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Winnipeg Canada Posts: 532	try: uncheck 'include master clips outside selection' and check 'delete unused media from duplicated items'. just make sure 'copy' media referenced and 'place into new project' are also selected.

June 26th, 2008, 11:33 PM	#5
Brian David Melnyk Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Winnipeg Canada Posts: 532	oh yeah, make sure that only the sequence(s) you want is highlighted in the browser, along with any other graphics or audio you may need later. i usually also include a b-roll sequence of good takes or footage, just in case...

June 27th, 2008, 06:51 AM	#6
Brian David Melnyk Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Winnipeg Canada Posts: 532	ha! one more thing! i just backed up a project as above, and the 'copy' project has clips in the sequences with messed up in/out points, filters, and motion effects, as well as missing media from one clip. i'm manually correcting all right now. pain in the butt. So the one more thing is: check the archived project BEFORE deleting the original!!!