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how to create filter templates?
Posted by Anonymous User
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Re: how to create filter templates? February 23, 2010 01:55AM |
> what's a good way to collect all of these so i can just drop them together as a group
> onto a clip as a preset?
You said it yourself without realizing it:
> filter pack
That is, in fact, what the technique is called.
Make a bin in your Browser (APPLE-B). Rename it to whatever makes sense. Drag the filters from whatever clip has them, and drop them into the bin. That bin is now a "filter pack".
This part's important: Single-click twice on each filter within the pack and add a number ("01", "02"
in front of the name of the filter. If you don't, the filters will be applied in alpha-numeric arrangement rather than what you had on the clip. And the order of the filters does matter.
Once that's done, that whole bin can be dragged and dropped onto the Effects tab of any clip, or you can select any number of clips in the timeline and drag and drop the whole filter pack onto the group.
Be careful, though -- this method is additive. For example, if you already have Color Corrector on a clip, dragging a filter pack on will add to pre-existing filters, not replace them. And if you make a mistake and drop the pack twice onto a clip, that clip will have the effects doubled.
> tried creating a piece of slug with them but, unless i
> kept it in the timeline, i couldn't get it to retain the filters when i dragged it
> to the browser.
That's always worked when I did it. But I always used a Title object or a Color Matte, never a Slug. A Slug has many, many more limitations than title objects -- such as length. The only advantage to a Slug is that it can be used on audio tracks.
www.derekmok.com
> onto a clip as a preset?
You said it yourself without realizing it:
> filter pack
That is, in fact, what the technique is called.
Make a bin in your Browser (APPLE-B). Rename it to whatever makes sense. Drag the filters from whatever clip has them, and drop them into the bin. That bin is now a "filter pack".
This part's important: Single-click twice on each filter within the pack and add a number ("01", "02"
in front of the name of the filter. If you don't, the filters will be applied in alpha-numeric arrangement rather than what you had on the clip. And the order of the filters does matter.
Once that's done, that whole bin can be dragged and dropped onto the Effects tab of any clip, or you can select any number of clips in the timeline and drag and drop the whole filter pack onto the group.
Be careful, though -- this method is additive. For example, if you already have Color Corrector on a clip, dragging a filter pack on will add to pre-existing filters, not replace them. And if you make a mistake and drop the pack twice onto a clip, that clip will have the effects doubled.
> tried creating a piece of slug with them but, unless i
> kept it in the timeline, i couldn't get it to retain the filters when i dragged it
> to the browser.
That's always worked when I did it. But I always used a Title object or a Color Matte, never a Slug. A Slug has many, many more limitations than title objects -- such as length. The only advantage to a Slug is that it can be used on audio tracks.
www.derekmok.com
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Re: how to create filter templates? February 23, 2010 11:41AM |
WOW! you just answered my question on how to save Transitions that I make changes to and want to save to use over... Thanks 
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Re: how to create filter templates? February 23, 2010 11:54AM |
> you just answered my question on how to save Transitions that I make changes to and want to
> save to use over
Yes, you can filter-pack transitions as well. But, you can't filter-pack a clip with transitions on it -- the elements will break themselves apart into pieces -- the clip will be one entry, the transition another.
If you really want a clip "transition template", an "Effects storehouse" timeline (Sequence) will work better in this case. I use a combination of filter packs, Favorites and Sequences to store my effects presets.
www.derekmok.com
> save to use over
Yes, you can filter-pack transitions as well. But, you can't filter-pack a clip with transitions on it -- the elements will break themselves apart into pieces -- the clip will be one entry, the transition another.
If you really want a clip "transition template", an "Effects storehouse" timeline (Sequence) will work better in this case. I use a combination of filter packs, Favorites and Sequences to store my effects presets.
www.derekmok.com
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Re: how to create filter templates? February 23, 2010 01:39PM |
> A Slug has many, many more limitations than title objects -- such as length.
Not true. If you change the duration to something ridiculously long before adjusting the length, you can drag it on forever.
www.strypesinpost.com
Not true. If you change the duration to something ridiculously long before adjusting the length, you can drag it on forever.
www.strypesinpost.com
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Re: how to create filter templates? February 23, 2010 02:00PM |
And if you need a slug that's exactly the same length as your sequence, say for a multiple TC burn-in or watermark, option drag from the duration window of the canvas to the duration window of your viewer with slug loaded and voila!
Option dragging from the 5 TC windows that are visible in the 3 main windows is a handy way to avoid too much Command-C, Command-V or just typing TC from other visible fields. IT works from some bin columns as well. Experiment.
ak
Sleeplings, AWAKE!
Option dragging from the 5 TC windows that are visible in the 3 main windows is a handy way to avoid too much Command-C, Command-V or just typing TC from other visible fields. IT works from some bin columns as well. Experiment.
ak
Sleeplings, AWAKE!
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Re: how to create filter templates? February 23, 2010 02:03PM |
> A Slug has many, many more limitations than title objects -- such as length.
> Not true. If you change the duration to something ridiculously long before adjusting the length
There may have been a point in time when a Slug had a limit even if you entered a new number in the length window. Perhaps that's changed.
But a blank Title has an alpha channel and automatically becomes transparent when you place it on a clip. Can't do that with a Slug. And a Color Matte can be any colour you want; a Slug can't. The only thing I ever use it for is making notes in the audio part of the timeline. For example, to denote uncleared music, or to label audio tracks.
www.derekmok.com
> Not true. If you change the duration to something ridiculously long before adjusting the length
There may have been a point in time when a Slug had a limit even if you entered a new number in the length window. Perhaps that's changed.
But a blank Title has an alpha channel and automatically becomes transparent when you place it on a clip. Can't do that with a Slug. And a Color Matte can be any colour you want; a Slug can't. The only thing I ever use it for is making notes in the audio part of the timeline. For example, to denote uncleared music, or to label audio tracks.
www.derekmok.com
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Re: how to create filter templates? February 23, 2010 02:23PM |
>The only thing I ever use it for is making notes in the audio part of the timeline
Lol. Actually, the point of the slug a long time ago, was audio, visual black. Eventually, it has evolved for notes, burnt in letterboxes, beat markers for music tracks, etc.
www.strypesinpost.com
Lol. Actually, the point of the slug a long time ago, was audio, visual black. Eventually, it has evolved for notes, burnt in letterboxes, beat markers for music tracks, etc.
www.strypesinpost.com
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