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Resetting In and Out points for clips in the project

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November 8, 2013
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I was under the assumption that clips in the project panel were master clips (original untrimmed with no effects) and that dragging them to the timeline creates new versions of the master clips as sub clips.

I have hundreds of clips in my project panel that retained the in and out points of a previous cut. How do I reset this so that dragging these clips to the timeline adds the entire clips... not a trimmed version. I can treat each clip individually and extend the in and out points but this is not something I want to do for hundreds of clips.

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Hey guys,

I'm not sure if this has been answered, because the thread is rather long, but you CAN reset in/out points for clips in the project. This was a feature in 7.0.1. To do this, you simply select the clips in the project panel and hit the shortcut key for clear in or out (Opt I/O) or clear in AND out (Opt X).

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KevinFran

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I came across this thread because I was looking for a solution to clear the IN and OUT point on multple clips at once.

I first picked all the clips in my project panel, then held down Ctrl+Shift and then pressed 'I' and then 'O' (on Windows 10).

Hope this helps.

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Anonymous

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Hey guys,

I'm not sure if this has been answered, because the thread is rather long, but you CAN reset in/out points for clips in the project. This was a feature in 7.0.1. To do this, you simply select the clips in the project panel and hit the shortcut key for clear in or out (Opt I/O) or clear in AND out (Opt X).

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Tommmyx25Author

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Respectfully I disagree, but this is worth a discussion just to see if there's a better workflow somewhere in the middle.

I don't know of any reason to put a clip in the timeline just to watch it. The concept that you presented that it is a hassle to have to click on each clip to watch it just doesn't tie in to any workflow I would ever use. Or anyone else should use after they have already made subclips.

I don't want to beat a dead horse, but if this is the first time I'm looking at this footage, I want an efficient way of reviewing them. I'm not talking about a handful of clips, I'm talking about hundreds of clips from a full day live event spanning multiple cameras. If you don't see the value in putting it all on a timeline to review it all at once at 2 or 3 times the playback, I can't help you. Would that not be easier than loading clips on the Source Monitor one after another for hundreds and hundreds of clips? Again, workflow efficiency becomes much more significant when you have to deal with larger projects. Not a problem with 30s TVCs but becomes an issue for a Documentary series.

So I guess the right question to ask is... if production gives you 999 clips to edit and you don't know what's in it, how would you review it? For me, I would put the FULL clips on a timeline and hyper scrub through them... that's my reason.

I get what you are doing, but I want my in/out markers right where they are. Changing it would really mess with my workflow.

shooternz presented a very simple and clean way of going back to where you left off... from the dropdown menu on the icon telling you exactly which timeline(s) the clip was used. In this sense you can go back to that clip as many times as you want and know exactly how you use it and where. Simple and effective for your workflow. No need to retain the in and out points.

shooternz

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Take them all out of the Project Bin (Delete) then re ingest them as fresh instances.

Try making them all Offline then relinking.(May work...dont know till you try)

BTW clips in a project are only references to the source files. Not Master Clips.

Clips in the timeline are also only references and not sub clips unless you told them to be "subclips".

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Tommmyx25Author

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Sorry, I have my terminology wrong, but you understand my question.

Isn't that also really dangerous advice? Deleting clips from the Bin will delete all instances of them used in the timeline.

Mark Mapes

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The material is usually from live events spanning multiple cameras so there's a ton of footage to review, 3-4 hours from each camera sometimes. I find it much more efficient to slap it all on a timeline and use the J,K,L keys to view it one after another without having to load the next clip when the current one ends. If they're all on a timeline, I usually double or triple tap the L key and let it run fast. I find this to be the most efficient way to thoroughly familiarize (or quickly run through) someone else's footage.

Viewing such large quantities of material on the Source Monitor requires you click on each clip one by one. Tolerable for small projects, but not exactly what I want to do for hundreds of clips. Going back to the original post, what I'm trying to avoid is individually treating each clip but I'm always open to adopting new workflows if it means better efficiency.

You can still use the Source Monitor: just drop all the clips into a working sequence, load that sequence into the Source Monitor, and JKL, I/O, and ,/. to your heart's content.

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