Playlist: Option to "Overwrite" as well as "Insert"
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 7:40 pm
When creating a video, it's often desirable to be able to punctuate an existing (perhaps relatively uneventful) sequence with a "blip" of something else.
One does not want any previous or subsequent content changed. This would be known as an "overwrite edit" in video terms.
I find this frustratingly difficult in Magic at present, as it only has "insert edit", which requires the timing of subsequent scenes to be restored manually.
http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/usi ... ences.html
I'll try to illustrate what I mean. Suppose I start with a playlist with two scenes, each running for 5 seconds.
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I then want to overwrite a third 2-second scene, starting at an arbitrary time.
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or perhaps
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or even
1133122222
I wish only to specify start- and stop-time ( or start-time & duration) of the overwriting scene, and not to have to manually adjust duration or start times of any existing scenes.
I know there are implications in my final example for the timings of scene 1 to be reset. I'm happy to work round that if it ever proves problematic.
There are lots of other neat facilities in video editing that would hugely enhance Magic when used for videos. This one is top of my list.
Timeline trimming is next, in case anyone's anxious to know http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/usi ... _header_11
One does not want any previous or subsequent content changed. This would be known as an "overwrite edit" in video terms.
I find this frustratingly difficult in Magic at present, as it only has "insert edit", which requires the timing of subsequent scenes to be restored manually.
http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/usi ... ences.html
I'll try to illustrate what I mean. Suppose I start with a playlist with two scenes, each running for 5 seconds.
1111122222
I then want to overwrite a third 2-second scene, starting at an arbitrary time.
1111133222
or perhaps
1111332222
or even
1133122222
I wish only to specify start- and stop-time ( or start-time & duration) of the overwriting scene, and not to have to manually adjust duration or start times of any existing scenes.
I know there are implications in my final example for the timings of scene 1 to be reset. I'm happy to work round that if it ever proves problematic.
There are lots of other neat facilities in video editing that would hugely enhance Magic when used for videos. This one is top of my list.
Timeline trimming is next, in case anyone's anxious to know http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/usi ... _header_11