Trim Operation??? When speeding up at DVinfo.net

Cal Thorpe · August 29th, 2006, 05:03 PM

Does any one else get this error when trying to speed up or slow down a clip?
"Uable to complete command. A conflict occured during a trim operation."

Any ideas?
Thanks

Daniel Stevenson · August 30th, 2006, 06:13 AM

yep I get this all the time. It happens to me when the clip butts up against the clip before it and the clip following it.

Drag the clip to the end of your sequence (so it sits alone with no clips either side of it) and change the speed there with no fades or anything attached. Then drag it back into the timeline and adjust all your other clips accordingly.

I don't know why it happens, changing the speed of the clip seems to be too big a task when it comes to computing the new transition from/to the sped up clip straight into another clip.

Cal Thorpe · August 30th, 2006, 10:19 AM

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I just figured this out yesterday. When you change the speed of a clip it either pushes forward everything after it (for slo-mo) or pulls everything back (for speed up), but if you're dealing with multiple clips and you don't have room on a track for the movement then you're going to get that error. My work around was to push it up to a new track and lock everything else down.
Peace!

Les Wilson · September 2nd, 2006, 06:36 AM

Another technique is to create a "scratch sequence with the same properties as your main timeline. You can copy the clip from your main timeline to the Scratch sequence, edit, and copy it back. It will stay in the same relative track.

Nick Weeks · September 2nd, 2006, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cal Thorpe

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I just figured this out yesterday. When you change the speed of a clip it either pushes forward everything after it (for slo-mo) or pulls everything back (for speed up), but if you're dealing with multiple clips and you don't have room on a track for the movement then you're going to get that error. My work around was to push it up to a new track and lock everything else down.
Peace!

I've been wondering if there's a way to turn this feature off? There are many times I want to slow down or speed up a clip, but I have to make another track lock all other tracks, etc. It gets old if you have to do a good handful of clips. Anyone?

Cal Thorpe · September 2nd, 2006, 01:12 PM

Yeah, I think that scratch sequence is a good idea. I don't want to able able to turn the warning off just in case I overwrite something in the process. If I have a project were I'm doing a lot of speed changes I'm going to do the scratch thing. Good tip.

Nate Schmidt · September 5th, 2006, 07:16 PM

http://rippletraining.com/movies/ken..._speed_960.mov
Brillinat technique! you can change speed without changing duraion of your clip.

August 29th, 2006, 05:03 PM	#1
Cal Thorpe Regular Crew Join Date: May 2006 Location: United States Posts: 31	Trim Operation??? When speeding up Does any one else get this error when trying to speed up or slow down a clip? "Uable to complete command. A conflict occured during a trim operation." Any ideas? Thanks

September 5th, 2006, 07:16 PM	#7
Nate Schmidt Major Player Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Welland ON Posts: 515	http://rippletraining.com/movies/ken..._speed_960.mov Brillinat technique! you can change speed without changing duraion of your clip. __________________ "We've done the impossible, and that makes us mighty."

August 30th, 2006, 06:13 AM	#2
Daniel Stevenson Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 60	yep I get this all the time. It happens to me when the clip butts up against the clip before it and the clip following it. Drag the clip to the end of your sequence (so it sits alone with no clips either side of it) and change the speed there with no fades or anything attached. Then drag it back into the timeline and adjust all your other clips accordingly. I don't know why it happens, changing the speed of the clip seems to be too big a task when it comes to computing the new transition from/to the sped up clip straight into another clip.

August 30th, 2006, 10:19 AM	#3
Cal Thorpe Regular Crew Join Date: May 2006 Location: United States Posts: 31	Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I just figured this out yesterday. When you change the speed of a clip it either pushes forward everything after it (for slo-mo) or pulls everything back (for speed up), but if you're dealing with multiple clips and you don't have room on a track for the movement then you're going to get that error. My work around was to push it up to a new track and lock everything else down. Peace!

September 2nd, 2006, 06:36 AM	#4
Les Wilson Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Boca Raton, FL Posts: 3,014	Another technique is to create a "scratch sequence with the same properties as your main timeline. You can copy the clip from your main timeline to the Scratch sequence, edit, and copy it back. It will stay in the same relative track.

September 2nd, 2006, 01:12 PM	#6
Cal Thorpe Regular Crew Join Date: May 2006 Location: United States Posts: 31	Yeah, I think that scratch sequence is a good idea. I don't want to able able to turn the warning off just in case I overwrite something in the process. If I have a project were I'm doing a lot of speed changes I'm going to do the scratch thing. Good tip.