On the docuseries I'm working on, our editors have been putting Adjustment Layers in an upper video track indicating which shots will be replaced with GFX/VFX. We Assistant Editors have been adding a Text layer that indicates the GFX #, which lets Netflix know the current shot is TEMP and will be replaced with GFX/VFX.
Is there a way to export an EDL that includes the Text information? It looks like the Adjustment Layers can be exported as an EDL so I can copy TC IN, TC OUT, and Duration into a Google Sheet for our GFX vendor. It'd be convenient if the GFX # could be exported to the EDL as well. From what I can see, Adjustment Layers show up in EDLs as "* FROM CLIP NAME: Graphic".
As every professional production has hundreds of GFX/VFX, and Assistant Editors/GFX Editors need to provide updated spreadsheets with GFX #, TC IN, TC OUT, Duration, and assets (the video clips, stills, etc. that the GFX artist will be using to make the GFX) for every version of the cut that gets sent to the studio, it'd be helpful if there was a way to automate this process reliably, as it's a mind-numbing task that humans aren't built for. It's also essential that the automation be as reliable as possible, as it would be mind-numbing to manually check each cell of the spreadsheet for accuracy, but a mistake can prove expensive.
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