How Do I Get A "Source/Record" Layout?

highmarcs1

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Oct 15, 2015 05:01

How do I set up the edit page/window to show a "source/record" monitor layout? I'm used to other NLE's that allow you to have one window showing your raw footage, next to another window showing your edited footage.

Thanks.

nodeedon

Newbie Location: Kent- UK Joined: Aug 31, 2011 05:28 Messages: 13 Offline

Oct 15, 2015 05:58

Split screen display can be found as follows.

Highlight a clip in the timeline then select Fix/Enhance. From the tool selection window that opens there is a tick box in the bottom left corner that can be selected for a split preview. This becomes active when one of the adjustments above it is selected.

Strangely in Preferences* Display there is an option for Dual Preview which only allows 'Off'. Why this is so I have no idea but perhaps someone more familiar than I with PD14 could help out here.

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highmarcs1

Newbie Joined: Oct 15, 2015 04:50 Messages: 2 Offline

Oct 15, 2015 06:25

Hmm... thanks for the answer, but... that's not what I meant. I don't want a spit screen view of things on the right side monitor. What I'm looking for is another monitor window that goes to the left of the other one. In the left monitor, you see the raw footage, and in the right monitor you see your edited footage.

Can this program actually not do that?

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optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Oct 16, 2015 01:41

No, it can't.

I know what you're talking about, and while PD does give you an option to display a full size preview on a second (left-hand) monitor, there's no option for showing the original and edited versions of a clip side-by-side.

Everything you see in PD is what the edited version will look like, with the exception of some specific tools, like those in the Fix/Effects designer that nodeedon referred to which let you compare the clip before and after.

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Neil.F.1955

Senior Contributor Joined: Mar 07, 2012 09:15 Messages: 1303 Offline

Oct 17, 2015 11:12

This is a second attempt at posting due to sluggish internet

Hello, highmarcs1!

I had a trial version of a programme similar to what you describe but had to uninstall when the trial period ran out. I forget the name of it or who built it. It was on an older Windows EXP computer, prior to this one. On this computer I have another twin-screen editing software from VLC, called VLMC, it's free software so it's worth what you pay for it! It had(at last check) several bugs in its design and I'm seriously mulling over whether or not to "ditch" it when I get my PD14 Ultra pack(ordered and paid for).

Cheers!

Neil.