Creating a library of clips in Organizer from a monolithic AVI file.
Please forgive me if I have missed something and this is easy, or is something that can only be done in advanced tools like Premiere Pro.
I have a collection of 2 hour AVI master files (from Video8/Digital8/MiniDV tapes). Each AVI file has its own project in APE 2022. For each project I have cut the AVI file into a number of separate video clips on the timeline. All good - no problems so far.
In an ideal world, I would like to drag each clip in a project from the timeline to the Elements Organizer such that the clips appear as individual media objects in Organizer which I can individually tag (people, events, locations) and subsequently use as source material in future projects.
After exploring the program and the forums I don't see any easy way to do this. Is this possible without exporting each clip individually or recapturing the tape library with scene detection turned on which would result in the master AVI file actually becoming a collection of individual clips?
If the only way to achieve this in APE 2022 is to export each clip, are their recommendations for the export process (e.g. use AVI Uncompressed)? I'm concerned that exporting will lead to some generational quality loss due to the re-compression process. I'm trying to retain the original quality of the AVI clips - just make them individual objects in Organizer.
Any recommendations or best practices to achieve this goal? Any tricks that I may be missing to avoid having to export each clip individually?
Thank you for any tips/help you can offer.
Grant
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