naming multiple clips

is there a way to select a group of clips already captured and give them all the same name. ideally fcp would number them so that if i selected 100 clips in a bin and named them PANDA BEAR BIRTH, they'd be called PANDA BEAR BIRTH 1 thru PANDA BEAR BIRTH 100. This is probably why some conscientious people log before capturing but wouldn't it be great if one could have that same control afterwards. maybe one can. anyone? anyone?

thank you

JayG0413 Wrote:
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> This is probably why some
> conscientious people log before capturing but
> wouldn't it be great if one could have that same
> control afterwards. maybe one can. anyone?
> anyone?

Same control exists afterwards. When you log and capture you manually type in the name...oh, I see, you name the first clip Panda Bear Birth and it automatically makes the next clip Panda Bear Birth1. Ah.

Copy and paste. Type in the first name. Highlight it, copy it, then paste it on the next clip, then type the number. 1, 2, 3...etc.

You want the convenience of LOG and CAPTURE? Then log and capture.


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As Shane said - set up stuff before you start. ;-)
Afterwards it will take some time. You can set up an Automator action or an AppleScript which will do the renaming for you.

Andreas

Automator and AppleScript? seem like somethings i should look in to. thanks

this stuff is pertty weak in FCP.
best way is to re-name the FILES and re-import them.
(hopefully you havent started cutting)

it's safer anyway to have you files and clips share the same name.
& in FCP6 you can make FCP match the clip name to the file name and vice versa.

to re-name the FILES use a batch re-naming app.
my favorite ir R-Name, and while i dont have it on me right now, im retty sure it cold hanlde your job.
it'd be something like-
Number files sequncetialy
based on date created,
add "panda bear birth" as a pre-fix.

in FCP< (less than) 6 you'd then bring the re-named files back into FCP.
in FCP6... read the manual... i dont have it yet!


nick

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in FCP< (less than) 6 you'd then bring the re-named files back into FCP.
in FCP6... read the manual... i dont have it yet!

With FCP 6 you can rename both clip and file, but that's still a pain when you got a bunch of them.

Go with Nick's suggestion and re-name the files on disk with whatever utility or script and re-import before editing -- independent from the FCP version.

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You can create an Automator workflow to do this as well. I use this one all the time:

1. Get specified Finder items
2. Rename Finder Items
- Within Rename, choose Make Sequential from the pulldown menu. It lets you use the existing name or choose a new one.

Matt

i've seen automator vs R-Name.

automator is w-a-a-a-y slower

R-Name is instant.
a dedicated renaming app is the way to go

nick

Nick, I'll certainly defer to you on that. For someone who has to run the same renaming routine every day (multiple times?), no question. All I'm saying is that it's possible with a two-action Automator workflow.

In my experience, on a G5 dual, it'll be done by the time you swivel over to the laptop to check your mail, for example.

But it does take Automator a *(@%*&% of a long time to launch, doesn't it?

Matt

"In my experience, on a G5 dual, it'll be done by the time you swivel over to the laptop to check your mail, for example. "

hmmm.. ok.
when i saw it in action, there was a wait while the names actually got re-written one by one, in each file.
(i didn't program the action, so maybe there was an error there?)

but the renaming apps just do it with no perceptible wait.

i remember a few years ago having 2 or 3 re-naming apps on trial. ("re-namer for mac" was one, i think)
i kept coming back to R-Name for ease of use,
although there's a few things i wish it did:
one is to remove x number of characters at a specified range. (i can use "find & replace" to achieve the same results)
another annoying thing is if you would be creating a file name conflict due to a renamed file having the same name as an existing one, you have to clear the whole list, alter your original selection and bring them in again.
would be better if you had the option to just tell R-Name to not change that particular file.

but i love it anyway....


nick