HI
Is there a way that I can create a keyframe in my project and FIX it to a certain time.
I want to create my project but I don't have the final videos yet.
The keyframes have to be at a certain time and I dont want to do all the work and then have to move them all once I get the final media
Thanks
Hi Shaun, and welcome to the Movie Edit Pro user to user forums.
What an original question!
I guess you could import placer jpgs and stretch them to the correct length within the project. That would allow you to apply effects and changes to individual spots along the timeline that you could then place a video clip on a track below or above it and then transfer the effect from the jpg to the file. In theory that should work although I've never tried it. I don't think it would work on something like a cross-fade though involving more than one object at a time.
I wonder if anyone else will have any thoughts or stick their neck out?
Ray
Hi
. . . . Is there a way that I can create a keyframe in my project and FIX it to a certain time. . . .
Yes if the incoming video clips are ready trimmed to the correct length required and you are working from a fully detailed Edit Decision List (EDL), in which case @CubeAce has the suggested the only method - using placeholders according to the EDL.
This method is somewhat time consuming as you are doing the work at least twice, the initial assembly of the placeholders and effects followed later by substitution of the placeholders with the video and copy/pasting any effects applied, plus time if the video is not pre-trimmed.
If the keyframed effect is to occur at a certain point in a video clip and you have no EDL, then IMHO you should wait for the video clips as Keyframes are not locked to an instance of time in the timeline itself - they are attached to the video/image object they are applied to and move with that object within the timeline.
HTH
John EB
Hi,
Which program and version are you using? I suspect that you are using Vegas and this is not the Vegas forum.
Keyframes for which effect(s)? In MEP, keyframes are linked to effects; you cannot just have a keyframe sitting on an empty track, as far as I know. You can put project markers on the timeline.
John CB