Source Window Indication for portion of clip already used in current timeline?

[EditingBob]

Expert in FCPX but having to use PPro for working fast with Tircaster SHQ sources.  Finding many metadata/logging/organization aspects are considerably better/faster in FCPX; eg, keywords, smart bins, etc.  

My current frustration is trying to see some indication in the Source monitor which portions of the clip are used in the current timeline.  In FCPX there's an orange bar in the source clip that indicates this.   

Is there anything similar in PPro?  Needs to indicate a range of the clip that was used, just the flag that it was "used" isn't adequate.  Thanks!  

[Ann Bens]

Not quite but if you double-click on a clip in the timeline it will open in the source monitor showing you the section that is used in the timeline.

[EditingBob]

Thanks Ann, but not what I'm looking for... scenario:  long timeline with many edits, I've got a source clip where I need to see what I've used already WITHOUT going to timeline or using a reverse match in source (this works but not really fast edit style).   

Wondering if this is similar to trying to find a PPro alternative to FCPX keywords & smart folders - there really isn't a PPro version of the functionality.  But I want to be sure due to my less-than-expert knowledge of PPro that I'm not missing an approach.

[EditingBob]

Thinking about another way I use source clip use indications (in X) - at a glance I can see how much I've used a clip (say from an interview) in the timeline, so that I might say "ok, seen enough of that person on this topic, give time to others" sort of thing.  Just super fast.   Again, my goal isn't to bash PP but to find out if I'm missing a technique.

[ScottSimmons · Accepted solution]

PPro does not have that same feature as FCP. The closest you'll get is to turn on the metadata column for Audio and Video Usage and then that will show you and allow you to go directly to different places where a clip has been used within the project. 

Sometimes I will dump an entire clip at the end of the timeline with Show Duplicate Frames dupe-detection turned on to get a quick glance as that I have and haven't used in an edit. 

[EditingBob]

Thanks Scott, didn't see the 'usage' column option, and yeah, though it shows the use it doesn't give an idea of length.  And as a reverse match alternative, you'd need to mentally compare timecode to see if this spot has been used.  

So looks like your end of timeline workaround is the best answer.  

lol, so I need to remember things like this when I get disgruntled about relative infrequency of FCPX updates vs frequent PPro updates - it's the things that I'm using 90% of the time that are most important to increase speed, and that bar tends to swing to FCPX in my use.  Many years ago when I worked on video apps on Windows, Mac and Silicon Graphics, people would ask "which is best?" and my reply was "they all suck in their own unique way", lol.  Some things never change.  🙂