Final Cut Express: Batch capture?

[superman666]

Hey,
I need to edit a football game, and I filmed the scoreboard after every play. I don't want the scoreboard in the edit of the game, and so i don't want all that extra filespace taken up. So is there a way to capture around it by setting in/out points? I've tried to find some sort of batch capture, and i can set an in and out point but you can't like log it, and continue...

How do you suggest I do this?

 

[LethalWolfe]

AFAIK, there is no batch capture ability in FCE, only FCP.


Lethal

 

[Alican]

That's correct. FCE doesn't offer batch capture

 

[seany916]

Never worked with Express, but just capture it all and set your in & out points in the viewer and bring those into your timeline one segment at a time.

Workflow is not about doing things the shorter/faster way. It's about finding a way of working that doesn't require you to stop and start. It's the difference between running relaxed or jogging for a long period of time vs. sprinting for bit, then tying your shoelaces in cycles.

 

[frame45]

Hey,
I need to edit a football game, and I filmed the scoreboard after every play. I don't want the scoreboard in the edit of the game, and so i don't want all that extra filespace taken up. So is there a way to capture around it by setting in/out points? I've tried to find some sort of batch capture, and i can set an in and out point but you can't like log it, and continue...

How do you suggest I do this?

Well I'm working on some football in FCE, here's what I do.

1. Set In / Out then click on (capture) "clip"
2. Hit escape it'll say user aborted - then you'll have an offline clip
3. Select all your offline clips then click on (capture) "project"

then it bring up the regular window you can add handles & everything. It's like a long way to click on what should be the "Log clip" button. But for $800 cheaper I'll happily use this as a workaround.

Hope this helps!