keeping the best bits

[alcina]

I have a ton of avi files that have not yet been edited down to just the good stuff.

What I would like to do is create a folder of avi's that are just the good bits so I can use those good bits in various projects.

I'm looking for the best way to do this in Premiere. I don't want to create a project at this stage, just get the individual clips ready.

Appreciate the pointers on the best way to get started - the last time I did this I simply went camera to camera, but I have the footage on my hard drive already this time.

 

[Rick Inman]

I have a ton of avi files that have not yet been edited down to just the good stuff.

What I would like to do is create a folder of avi's that are just the good bits so I can use those good bits in various projects.

I'm looking for the best way to do this in Premiere. I don't want to create a project at this stage, just get the individual clips ready.

Appreciate the pointers on the best way to get started - the last time I did this I simply went camera to camera, but I have the footage on my hard drive already this time.

(Note: telling you this from memory, 'cause I don' have Premier on my laptop, so..???)

Alcina,
This is easy. Create a folder on your video drive named, "Good Stuff."

Import the full AVI clips into a new Premier project.

Place the clips on the timeline (I would just shift/click and select them all from the bin and lay them on the timeline all at once).

Play through the clips, and when you find a stretch you like, just place the "work area" line (you know, the yellow line at the top of the timeline) over the stretch you want.

Go to Export/Movie, make sure that "work area", NOT entire project ,is selected, name the movie and export the new clip into your new folder (Good Stuff).

That's it. When you've done them all, you can delete the full AVIs off your HD if you want (and you have a tape Bkup).

That's how I'd do it. Hope that helps.

Oh, there's another way, too. Drag your full clip into the playback screen, play the clip, when the good part starts hit IN and when it ends hit OUT. You'll see your in and out points marked like this: { }

Then drag the file onto the timeline and export as above (the work area will automatically be over the section you want).

 

[alcina]

Rick -

Thanks...precisely what I needed as I wasn't 100% clear on how to resave the edited versions as avi files.

Excellent!!

 

[ronrosa]

I have a ton of avi files that have not yet been edited down to just the good stuff.

What I would like to do is create a folder of avi's that are just the good bits so I can use those good bits in various projects.

I'm looking for the best way to do this in Premiere. I don't want to create a project at this stage, just get the individual clips ready.

Appreciate the pointers on the best way to get started - the last time I did this I simply went camera to camera, but I have the footage on my hard drive already this time.

For each trip I go on, I create a folder in windows. For example I have folders named, Aruba, Maui, Little Cayman, Turks and Caicos, etc..

I use Vegas, not Premiere, but I imagine they are similar. I use scene detect capture. A separate avi file is automatically created every time the camcorder is started/stopped. I put the captured avi files into appropriate folder.

I view every avi file, delete the junk and rename the file depending on the subject. For example, turtle wide angle, turtle close up, eel 1 wa, eel 1 cu, eel 2 wa, eel 2 cu, shark 1, shark2, shark 3, etc..

When it's time to edit, I can easily find a clip of the subject I want.

I'm sure there are other ways to organize, but this is how I do it and find once the organization is done, I can whip a decent video together pretty quickly.