4k on 1080 sequence shows cropped on Source monitor

[rotemg89]

Hello, I have an issue working with 4k clips on a 1080p sequence.
The problem is when I double click on the 4k video which I scaled down to fit the 1080 frame, on the source monitor it shows cropped and I can't really use the IN/OUT scrubbing through it because I can't see it's full-frame

[gerikp]

It looks to me like you clicked on your 4k clip in your timeline and dragged it to your source monitor. Not sure why you are doing that, but when I just tried with some 4k footage I got the same result as you are getting.

Instead, park your Current Time Indicator (CTI) - otherwise, known as "The Playhead" in your timeline over the clip you want to edit in the source monitor and press the "F" key for "Match Frame". You should see your clip open in your source monitor at a proper scale within and out points set.

[rotemg89]

Hey gerkip, Thanks for your answer

I know the F key option but that doesn't allow me to play with in / out from the same footage, sometime this footage gets effects and with the F key option I'm dropping in a new clean clip

The whole point for me when I double click a clip from the timeling is to play with the in/out to the cut I like

and its just fraustrating that whenever I wish to do that when working on a downgraded 4k to 1080 it takes all these long and so not intuitive actions that I don't see any excuse for working like this way at all

[R Neil Haugen]

If you're doing this just to play with in/out, why aren't you using the Trim functions of the app?

If you set the Preferences/Trim dialog option to "Allow selection tool to choose Roll and Ripple trims without modifier key" it gets pretty slick.

Hover over  cut point, you get the double-ended red arrow icon for the Roll trim. "Roll" cuts leave the two clips where they are, it changes both the out point of the first clip and the in point of the next clip. Click and drag either way, and watch the cut points change between the side-by-side image in the Program monitor. Release when you like the cut.

Hover next to the cut point, you get the yellow bracket for the Ripple trim, which adjusts the near-end of the clip you are 'over'. And slides the clips past either direction to keep a closed timeline. And again, will show in the program monitor as a side-by-side of the two clips at the cut as you're holding it at the time. Release, that's your new cut.

And you don't need to go to the Source monitor.

Neil

[Ann Bens]

This is by design when opening 4K from a HD timeline in the Source monitor. A bit of a nuisance.

I often use the Source Monitor for clips already in the timeline.

Alternative, I use the F key as mentioned before.