Editing sequences and clips

Editing merged clips with gaps into the Timeline

There are implications to how merged clips behave when editing them into the timeline, specifically, if the clips contain “gaps” in their component structure.

When there is another component clip available If an In or Out point is marked in a gap in the audio or video, and there is another component clip available above or below that gap, a track is used for the gap when the merged clip is edited into the Timeline.

When no component clip is available Note that it is possible to merge audio and video and have places in the merged clip where there is no other component clip in the gap. If you have marked and In or Out point in a gap such as this, you will receive a warning that states, “Invalid edit. No media present in source clip’s marked In/Out range” when attempting to edit the merged clip into the Timeline. The “no drop” icon will appear if you attempt to drag and drop the merged clip into the Timeline.

Note: Black will play for any gap in the video. Silence will play for the gap in audio, unless there is another component audio clip available on another track.

Trimming merged clips

Trimming merged clips is much like trimming any other clip, save for the following exceptions:

•During trimming, the trim is applied equally to component clips, preserving any offsets.

•To trim the edge of a single component clip, users can temporarily break sync by holding down the Alt/Option modifier while dragging.

•When trimming individual component clips, snapping occurs at the ends of other component when snapping is on.

•Normal trimming rules apply; a merged clip can only be trimmed to the point where there is at least one frame remaining in any of the component clips.

Merged clips and the Metadata panel

When a merged clip is created, the metadata for each of the component clips is copied into the Metadata panel. There are some differences for displaying metadata for a merged clip. They are as follows:

Viewing metadata You can view the metadata a single component clip. To view the metadata for a component clip, choose the clip name from the File popup menu. Its metadata will appear in the metadata panel.

Entering metadata You can enter metadata to a component clip or for the entire merged clip.

•Set the File popup menu to the component clip you wish, and then enter metadata for the clip.

•Set the File popup menu to All Files, and then enter metadata for the merged clip. Any data entered into a property will be entered into the XMP for each of the component files that make up the merged clip.

Note: The All Files display acts like a multiple clip selection, where <multiple values> is displayed when the property values don’t match across the selection. Similarly to ta multiple selection, when the display mode is set to All Files, any data entered into a property will be entered into the XMP of each componenet file that make up the merged clip.

Merged Clips limitations

•The Replace Footage command does not work.

•Attaching Adobe Story scripts, and then analyzing speech to text is not supported.

Note: If you attach an Adobe Story script to an audio clip prior to merging, then you can analyze speech to text after merging them. Select either “All Files,” or the audio clip containing the script from the File pop-up menu in the Metadata panel, and then click the Analyze button.

Last updated 1/16/2012