Camera Import from HD - Mark 'In' and 'Out'

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Camera Import from HD - Mark 'In' and 'Out'

On upgrade to 10.0.6 this avenue of pleasure seemed to have been denied us, but today I accidentally discovered how to do it . . .

I found that if I Shift+Click where I want the 'In' point, that works perfectly. The problem was, finding how to mark the 'Out' point. If I used the Shift key, it just moved the 'In' point - untll I reached the halfway point along the clip, and then Shift+Click brought in the 'Out' point to where I clicked.

After some trial and error, I discovered that you can progressively bring in the 'Out' point by Shift+Clicking further and further to the left, until it's where you want it.

Unfortunately, it won't let me select several clips from one file at once, but at least, we're back to the original function, and the bonus is that the previous clip from a file remains highlighted with a thin white line.

Anyone else have any input on this? I'd love to hear if there's a better way to import from Firewire HD.

Andy

Posted on Nov 25, 2012 5:45 AM

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Tom Wolsky

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Nov 25, 2012 6:05 AM in response to andynick

You can mark in and out with I and O. If you want to mark multiple in and out points use Shift-Cmd-I and Shift-Cmd-O.

http://www.fcpxbook.com/10.0.6import.html

This might help as well

http://fcpxbook.com/DSLRupdate.html

Message was edited by: Tom Wolsky

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andynick Author

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Nov 25, 2012 8:30 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Thanks Tom - but unfortunately, that just doesn't work - not on my setup, anyway.

I just tried it on my dedicated G-Tech G-Raid HD and this is what I get -

Material is H.264 imported to the HD from a Canon 5D Mk iii.

Even using Media Import, I have no thumbnail view, and I cannot mark 'In' and 'Out' in the normal way, and I cannot grab more than one clip at a time from a media file. (As I describe above).

Andy

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pixnvid

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Nov 25, 2012 10:51 AM in response to andynick

Hi Andy,

Your post got me curious so I gave it a try and sure enough, no love from the I and O keys. However, when I clicked on create archive and then opened that in the import window, the I and O keys worked. Seems like an unecessary extra step but just one of those things, I guess.

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andynick Author

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Nov 25, 2012 10:55 AM in response to pixnvid

pixnvid wrote:

However, when I clicked on create archive and then opened that in the import window, the I and O keys worked. Seems like an unecessary extra step but just one of those things, I guess.

Yes - it works in Camera Archive - doesn't really make sense!

Andy

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Tom Wolsky

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Nov 25, 2012 10:56 AM in response to andynick

This is happening because you archived only the QT clips and not the whole folder structure. If you did 10.0.6 would give the camera import functions not the file import functions you are seeing.

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Tom Wolsky

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Nov 25, 2012 11:00 AM in response to andynick

Though the import function is a unified window file import and camera import behave differently. Previously when you were doing a file import you could only import the whole file. That hasn't changed. The only thing that's different is you have camera import functions from a DSLR camera card.

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andynick Author

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Nov 30, 2012 7:44 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Thanks Tom - it works!

(Wonderful).

Andy

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