Working with Scene Comments

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In smaller productions, it's easy to keep track of videos and scenes, but when you're tracking multiple videos over many months, finding the scenes you want can be harder. This is where the ability to add descriptive comments to scenes and later search for these scenes can be immensely helpful.

To change scene comments

1.

In Comment View mode, click the target video and click again on the comments box.

The outline around the video turns blue, and the scene comments are highlighted (Figure 6.33).

Figure 6.33. Changing scene comments helps you find videos fast. Start by clicking the scene.


2.

Click the comments box again.

It turns white, signifying that it's ready for editing.

3.

Type the desired scene comments (Figure 6.34).

Figure 6.34. Then type the desired text.


4.

To save the scene comments, press Enter or click anywhere in the Studio interface outside the comments box.

Studio saves the scene comments.

Tips

  • With a long video like this shoot from the trip to Charleston, I take the time to label every clip so that I know both what the content is and how I might use the shot. This way, relevant scenes will be easy to search for, as you'll see in the next section.

  • I typically leave the duration information in the description, since this is useful to know when assembling videos.


To select scenes based on keywords

1.

From the Studio menu, choose Album > Select Scenes by Name.

The Select Scenes by Name dialog box appears (Figure 6.35).

Figure 6.35. Type the words you want to search for and specify the conditions.


2.

Enter the keywords you want to search for.

3.

Do one of the following:

  • Select And to find all scenes containing all of the words typed in the Keywords box.

  • Select Or to find all scenes containing any of the words typed in the Keywords box.

  • Select Not and And to find any scenes that don't contain all of the words typed in the Keywords box.

  • Select Not and Or to find any scenes that don't contain any of the words typed in the Keywords box.

The Album highlights the scenes that meet the specified criteria (Figure 6.36). You'll have to page through the Album to locate the highlighted clips; Studio doesn't move them to a new location.

Figure 6.36. Studio highlights the conforming clips.


Tips

  • Studio's search function searches only scenes in the video currently loaded in the Album, not other videos saved to disk. This somewhat limits its functionality except with extremely large capture files.

  • Unlike Windows Explorer, the Album doesn't prevent you from using duplicate names. Your files won't self-destruct; you'll just end up with different scenes with identical names.


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    Pinnacle Studio 10 for Windows. Visual QuickStart Guide
    Pinnacle Studio 10 for Windows Visual Quickstart Guide
    ISBN: B001E08S6S
    EAN: N/A
    Year: 2005
    Pages: 189

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