Please help....Moving a clip on a timeline to line up with timeline marker....

Tazz

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Jul 01, 2015 11:37

Hello and thank you in advance for anyone that can help me...

I have been editing with PowerDirector for a number of years now, but I have a question about a method of lining up clips properly without having to add a splice in the other clips. That is how I cheat it, by splicing the main clip, and then moving my secondary (zoom) clip to that splice to accurately sync the starting point.

Let me explain...I have a two camera setup, one (main) full stage that never moves (zooms, pans, etc), and one (secondary) camera that is strictly the zooms, pans, etc. The editing problem I am having is when I try to sync the zoom camera/clips to the main camera clips and I find the starting point where I can sync the clips, how do i move the zoom clip to the timeline marker. I might be calling the timeline marker incorrectly. The scrubber tool that you can move back and forth across the timeline, which has a red guide line, I can set that where I want it, and then want to move the zoom clip to line up with that red line... All these years I have found the easiest way to do it is to place a splice where I want it, and then I can move the secondary camera clip to the splice. The problem is I have nearly 40 dance numbers in the show and once I do that 120-150 times, that's a lot of ridiculous splices.

So, please help me with this if you know. I have attached a screen shot to assist in understanding what my jumbled mumbling means. Thanks again in advance!

Tazz


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Tazz

Newbie Joined: Oct 03, 2014 23:16 Messages: 28 Offline

Jul 01, 2015 11:58

I guess just to ask an easier question after seeing the attached image....Is there a way to move that secondary clip to the left to line up with that red line?

The Shadowman

Senior Contributor Location: UK Joined: Dec 15, 2014 13:06 Messages: 1831 Offline

Jul 01, 2015 12:02

Tazz

If I understand you correctly, the following should help.

The timeline marker to which you refer is the Scrubber. If you have the scrubber in the position you require, right click on its head and select "add timeline marker" Then when you move your clip to the new timeline marker you will see a black line to put clip against. Panny TM10, GH2, GH4,

tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

Jul 01, 2015 12:14

Adding to The Shadowman response. What you are doing might be a good candidate for trying out the multicam function in PD13.

The Shadowman

Senior Contributor Location: UK Joined: Dec 15, 2014 13:06 Messages: 1831 Offline

Jul 01, 2015 12:32

Tazz

What I did notice is that you are using shadow files (little green flags in clip corners, in library room) Completed clips have a green flag whereas clips still being processed have a yellow one.

It is not a good idea to start editing until ALL your clips are green. To do so can cause numerous problems later in your edit and processing. Panny TM10, GH2, GH4,

optodata

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

Jul 01, 2015 17:03

Quote: Adding to The Shadowman response. What you are doing might be a good candidate for trying out the multicam function in PD13.

The MultiCam Designer is really the easiest way to cut to different camera angles while keeping everything in sync. There are serveral tutorials and threads on the forum if you're not sure how to use it.

An alternative to manually trying to line up the clips in the main timeline is to select both clips, then click on the Sync by Audio button above the timeline which will automatically align the clips without needing the MCD.

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