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aleyland
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September 9, 2012
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Default scale to frame size after importing.

  • September 9, 2012
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I've sent 800 of 2000 clips from Redcine to Premiere CS6 and then added metadata in my Premiere project to all of the clips.  Only thing is I didn't have "Default scale to frame size" selected.  Is there a way I can refresh the clips so that they scale when dropped into timeline without having to relog. Please tell me there's a work around without having to re-import and re-log! Heheh, scaling each clip in the timeline would be a pain.


In the future could this be preference than can be turned on and off when you want it and not based from the time of import?

Thanks

-Aaron

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Correct answer AlexStudio

I found the answer!!

Select your multiple clips, then go to Clip > Video Options > Scale to Frame Size.

Boom.

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AlexStudioCorrect answer
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November 17, 2016

I found the answer!!

Select your multiple clips, then go to Clip > Video Options > Scale to Frame Size.

Boom.

stefan_gru
stefan_gru
Inspiring
November 17, 2016

Alex_Studio: That's the answer for how to change a bunch of clips at once but not for how set a default frame-size change on import. I would recommend making that a feature request: Feature Request/Bug Report Form

Ann Bens
Ann Bens
Braniac
September 9, 2012

Select all the clips in the timeline, rightclick and set Scale to framesize.

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    aleylandAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    September 9, 2012

    Hi Ann,
    Thanks for your reply.

    So I just dragged 9hour and 40 minutes of 2k, 3k and 4k Red footage onto a timeline, selected it all and rightclicked and set scale to frame size.
    Totally works as it should but it doesn't really help me for editing as I'm bringing clips in one at a time, not 800 at a time.

    Is there a way to copy all of these clips now that they've been scaled properly and drag them back into a bin?
    I've dragged clipped that have been scaled back into the project window and then back to the timeline and they do not scale properly.


    I feel like if I have to right click every clip I put in the timeline to change its scale I might aswell start all over again and resent all of my selects from RedCine to Premiere with "Default scale to frame size" selected.

    Adobe, is there any other way to have footage automatically scale to the timeline when dropped into the timeline if "Default scale to frame" wasn't selected at time of import?

    Thanks guys!

    I'm really trying to avoid about 24 hours of reimporting and data entry.

    Steven L. Gotz
    Steven L. Gotz
    Inspiring
    September 9, 2012

    I have a suggestion about workflow that you might find interesting. Or not.

    I am not a fan of scaling to frame size. The reason is, that if I need to scale it up again, I am immediately exceeding 100% and losing quality. Whereas, if I just use Motion to scale it down, when I scale it back up I am merely going back towards 100%. It isn't until I exceed the original 100% that I have a problem.

    Now, as you point out, that means I have to change the motion settings for each clip one at a time, or I can copy the previous clip on the timeline and just paste the attributes. If you make a lot of changes to each clip before continuing, then perhaps a clip at the beginning of the sequence can be set up with just the Motion setting at 50%

    Still a hassle.

    Perhaps this will help. It depends on the size of your monitors though. I have two 1920X1080 monitors so it leaves me room on one for a rather tall panel for my sequences. The one in the image below takes about 50% of the height of my right hand monitor.

    Put all of the clips on a new staging sequence, change one to the correct frame size, copy and paste to the others. Now just put the staging sequence up above the sequence where you are building your project. Then, instead of using the Source Monitor, use the Program Monitor to select clips to use. You can scrub over your clips in the Project panel to figure out what you want to do and then find it on the staging sequence. Or just use the staging sequence. It depends on your needs. Trim it in the staging sequence if you wish and drag it from there, all trimmed and ready to go, on to the main sequence. It just copies when you drag, so you can go back to the staging sequence for another copy if you wish to do so later.

    Now, as you can see from the image below, they are in the same panel. If you have multiple staging sequences, let's say, one per bin, then all of them can be up top, sharing the space. This works great for me, but I edit things rather sequentially. I shoot in order. This won't work for everyone, but it might help the OP.

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