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Originally Posted by Ayush Ahuja
I use Shutter Encoder to to cut QuickTimes to smaller scenes for specific reviews. And if your quicktime has a timecode track (all of mine from AVID MC do) then you can just enter the timecodes, it works quite well. I first create this edit video file and then import it to PT and bounce audio to its exact length to be double sure of the video edit length.
Ayush
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Ok! This took me a bit to figure out, but I figured out how to do this, or, at least one way.
For this example I used a trailer as it is shorter than a feature to make my test easier/simpler. I exported a new bounce of 30 seconds out of PT. (BTW, In PT, I have the MXF [DNxHD] onboard made with Shutter Encoder from the original delivery [in this case, a ProRes LT, but often now I get H264]) I went into Shutter Encoder and chose "Cut without re-encoding" (is this what others do?). Then it pulled up a preview window. This preview window is super finicky (as I have found Shutter Encoder to be, but, it could be my underlying system...I often find Shuttter Encoder freezes, doesn't respond to commands, is slow to respond etc.). I say finicky because I know the TC locations of my In/Out points, but typing them into the boxes proved to be a bit like throwing darts in a wind storm. Sometimes I could get the cursor in the box and type in what I wanted, and sometimes it would "kick me out". or, I would get the IN set, and in order to be able to type in the OUT, I had to go grab the red cursor thingy (to use the technical term) and move it from the end a bit forward, then I could type in the OUT TC boxes. Or, click on the green waveform. Anyway... After you get this set, you hit "Start Function". It exports a video marked with the suffix "_Cut". Then, clear the SE bin. Then load in the "_CUT" video and your bounce file. Select both (maybe you don't have to?), and chose the function, "Replace audio". It then export a new video with the "_CUT" appended by the name of your bounce file, which in my case was "_MIX". That worked for me.
Is this how others do it?
And, do others find SE occasionally flakey?
Thanks.