Never hurts to make suggestions -- sometimes things get done when an unexpected need arises here.
On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 5:36 PM Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > Absolutely fantastic! I have been wishing for this feature for so long, > but due to his long wish list I did not dare to say. > This feature is the basis for several timelines. I miss the timeline > feature in Cinelerra for a long time. If you agree, I would like to make > some suggestions on this topic for January. This EDL feature can be > extended relatively easily in my opinion. > > Sam > > On 25.12.19 05:59, Phyllis Smith wrote: > > With the latest checkin, you can now edit EDL that is included with your > project as Clips, Nested Clips, or Xml. For example, if you have a nested > clip that originally had several plugins added to it before it was nested, > you can edit those plugin parameter values. Previously to make any changes > to these EDL clips/nested clips, you had to remake the whole clip from > scratch. This is done via "Open EDL" and button click as described below > by the ****. > > In addition a couple of modifications related to this are noticeable to > include the following: > - in the Clip folder, when you Nest a clip, the wording which was "Nest" > is now "Nest to Media" > - in the Clip folder, when you actually perform "Nest to Media", the > nested clip is only displayed in the Media folder > > for example: > 1) load some test media, mode replace project > 2) highlight a selection and press create clip. add notes and press ok. > clip is created > 3) in resources window, open the clip folder. clip1 is present > 4) select clip1 and right mouse the item. select menu item Open EDL > 5) timeline changes to just the clip content. > 6) add a visible effect, like burning tv and press the [1] in the main > menu bar. > 7) timeline is restored to original media. > 8) drag the clip from the resources folder to the timeline. The effect is > visible. > > **** - in the Clip folder, there is a new option to "Open EDL" for the > highlighted clip. When you choose this option, the clip will be brought up > on the timeline. *VERY IMPORTANT to note*, the previous timeline EDL is > "pushed onto a stack" (this is programmer talk) so it is remembered and to > get back to that you have to "pop the stack" (more programmer talk) by > clicking on the button in the upper right hand corner of the timeline above > where the Proxy switch button would be. Usually this button will read 1 if > you choose "Open EDL" and then 0 when back to your original timeline. You > can go several levels deep so instead of 1, it could be 2, 3, ... but I got > to tell you that you can get lost if you overdo it. Once the clip is open > on the timeline, you can edit it however you want. > > - in the Media folder, once you have nested a clip, the Nested clip will > be located here > - in the Media folder, the option to unnest the clip is now called "EDL > to clip" which results in the nested clip being reverted to a clip and back > into the clip folder with only a name of "Clip #". The nested clip is also > still in the Media folder. > - in the Media folder, you now have the new option to "Open EDL" as > described for clips above. But in this case when you Open EDL and edit the > changes, those changes will take affect on any and all occurrences of that > nested clip on the timeline. > > I will make a demo later. There are Debian 9/10 static tars that contain > this and other mods in the Download / Documentation / File Storage at > cinelerra-gg.org. Would be happy to make static tars for any other usual > distro/version if you would like to test early. > > > -- > Cin mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.cinelerra-gg.org/mailman/listinfo/cin >
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