Labeling sections of the sequence

[rednewt74]

I do mostly videos of live music performances. When I work on the audio in Reaper, I can create a region for each song (color bar and label at top). This is really useful for when I need to go in and work on just one or two songs. Once the region is created (using markers) you can double click to select the region and split it out or whatever. Does Edius have this capability? If not, how do I submit it as a feature request?
Below is a photo of what it looks like in Reaper:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/juqrSRBEPQg1Zf7i6

[roosta]

You can colour individual clips, I do that sometimes to highlight parts of the timeline but in 8.53 you have to do each clip separately from properties, which is a hassle. It would be nice to be able to highlight a selection of clips and change the colour on all of them at once.

[kpot]

... It would be nice to be able to highlight a selection of clips and change the colour on all of them at once.

+100 points from me! Very good Idea.

kurt

[David Clarke]

You can create a marker with an in and out point so atleast you can find that section again easily. In EDIUS 9 these markers can be different colours.
You can also select lots of clips and group them so when you select one of the clips is selects all of them in the group and they can be moved enmasse. You can select an individual clip in the group by holding the ALT key and clicking or turning off the link icon.

[GrassValley_SL]

David was quicker. :)

Indeed you can use the in out markers to make a range.
In the marker palette you can add the name of the song in the comments.
When you double click the range EDIUS will highlight it.

So actually we do have the capability just a bit different.

[kpot]

You can colour individual clips, I do that sometimes to highlight parts of the timeline but in 8.53 you have to do each clip separately from properties, which is a hassle.

It would be nice to have an option to select more clips (not necessary contigous) and change the clip-color via clip-properties at once.


This can not achieved with markers.
kurt

[antonsvideo]

It would be nice to have an option to select more clips (not necessary contigous) and change the clip-color via clip-properties at once.


This can not achieved with markers.
kurt

this can be done but you must do it in the bin prior to adding to timeline

[kpot]

this can be done but you must do it in the bin prior to adding to timeline

Hi Anton:
1) Yes, I know that; but:
2) Sometimes you have a project that's already well advanced. With perhaps very complex sequences.
3) If you now want to quickly recolor several/many clips in a complex Timeline-sequence, you unfortunately have to do this clip by clip (via clip properties).
4) Therefore it would be a very useful support in Edius if mass clip recoloring would be possible in the Timeline similar to the BIN.

PS1: In Resolve this is very easy to do. If the developers of Resolve managed to do that, it should be possible in Edius as well.
PS2: As a user, you often (often!) get the impression that GV would rather provide excuses for certain usergroups (namely "non-broadcast filmmakers") than deal with the suggestions of these users. Or to put it another way: One gets the GV recommendation to deposit such suggestions in the corresponding feature section of the forum. And I'm not the only one who feels that this section functions sometimes/often as an electronic wastebasket (because if nothing has changed in this respect after a decade, one must think that this is how it works). Before my Edius time, I worked for Premiere as a beta tester for many years and also submitted several feature suggestions - and many of them were implemented within a year.
But all this is nothing new and I mention it because it fits my answer above.
Many greetings - kurt

[antonsvideo]

I would not be surprised if this will be implemented in EDIUS 10

[kpot]

I would not be surprised if this will be implemented in EDIUS 10

I sincerely hope that at least
- some new features etc. (especially long overdue "basic" features) and
- some bug fixes that have also been waiting a long time to be redeemed.
will be included in Edius-10.

// If that will be the case, I will withdraw my criticism ;-)

Have a nice weekend!
kurt

[rednewt74]

David was quicker. :)

Indeed you can use the in out markers to make a range.
In the marker palette you can add the name of the song in the comments.
When you double click the range EDIUS will highlight it.

So actually we do have the capability just a bit different.

Thank you for pointing this out. I had discovered that you can have various marker colors. It looks every time you create in/out points there is a record of it. The comments would work. Not as convenient, but will server my purposes for now.
Thank you for your help

[rednewt74]

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David was quicker. :)

Indeed you can use the in out markers to make a range.
In the marker palette you can add the name of the song in the comments.
When you double click the range EDIUS will highlight it.

So actually we do have the capability just a bit different.

I tried your suggestion. I have one question. The comment shows up as a title (for lack of a better description) on the timeline. Am I correct in thinking that is just for reference and will not render with the video?