AutoDesk Smoke :: How To Disable (bypass) Selected Clips In Timeline
Feb 21, 2013how to disable or hide or bypass the selected clips in timeline? I don't want to hide the whole tracks.
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AutoDesk Smoke :: How To Select Clips On Timeline
Oct 30, 2012I have got some questions:
1. How can I select many clips on the timeline? (I work with a Wacom tablet.) When I press the pen onto the tablet and move it, I can only pull the gap. In connect fx it works, when I hold cmd.
2. If I set markers in the timeline, is there a way to also see them in connect fx?
3.There is a function in Final Cut: When I I select a clip from the timeline and press "f" , I can go on working on its source clip in the viewer. Is there something similar in smoke? I cannot find the name for this function, so I cannot search for it in the keyboard shortcuts.
4. If I render something, is there a way that Smoke automatically copies the file (without copying the effects)? The reason for that question is: I applied timewarp to a clip, then I wanted to go on working on the clip in connect fx, but the length of the clip changed - it was shorter. When I went on working in action and put some lense flares and rendered it, everything was bended and looked weird. It looked great but I did not intend to do something like this.
The next questions are no real questions but rather problems.
5. When I work with audio (audio clip locked), I cannot really cut on the music, because 5a. sometimes the amplitudes do not match the music. An example: There is no amplitude, but the music goes on for 2 seconds. 5b. And when it is correct and I cut on the beat and render it, it is not sync anymore some moments later or when I restart smoke. (It only displaces 1 or 2 seconds from the sync.)
6. Since I have updated from pre-release 4 to pre-release 5, I cannot export anymore. I have read a lot on blogs, but I could not really find my problem. I cannot even press the export button.
AutoDesk Smoke :: Looping Clips In The Timeline
Feb 24, 2012I was wondering if when I stop a looping clip playing in my timeline, I could have it stop at the frame I stop on instead of stopping at the positioner or in-point. This is a very vital problem I'm having.
I have come up with a work-a-round but it doesn't work near as smoothly as I would like it to.
All I do for the workaround is instead of hitting space when I stop, I hit right alt to set an in point then hit space to stop and "A" to move to my newly created in-point. But it doesn't work as smoothly as it should. I would really like it to perform like playing a clip in the desktop works. It just loops around and when I stop, it actually stops.
AutoDesk Smoke :: Constraining Movement Of Clips In Timeline
May 1, 2013I'm coming from a Symphony and FCP background. I do a lot of keying in the timeline when I'm finishing, so I'm often moving the green screen clip from track 1 to 2 and then putting the BG on the lower track. I'm used to being able to constrain the movement of the clip so that it doesn't slide around on the timeline and get out of sync when I move it. Does smoke have a hotkey for this? I've noticed if I hold shift, I get some indication of where Smoke is lining up the clip relative to other clips by some highlighting, but this does not constrain the clip I'm moving.
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Dec 24, 2012I'm trying to drag multiple clip from timeline into desktop or library but all the clips always got spliced into a single clip. How to keep them as separated clips ? or individual clips ?
View 2 Replies View RelatedAutoDesk Smoke :: Does Archiving Enables To Directly Import A Timeline Without Having Its Clips Loaded In System
Sep 30, 2013does archiving enables us to directly import a timeline without having its clips loaded in the system (like fcp and other NLEs) ?
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Jun 13, 2012This is based on prior work with Adobe Premiere and switching over to Smoke 2013...
since you were asking for feedback on the editor UI from Mac users...
a) is there a cut button that allows to cut a clip into two at the current marker positions? (e.g. to repeat certain elements)
b) is there an easy way to add extra frames at the beginning or the end of the clip by holding the first or last frame? (very important, but cannot find how to do this). Ideally this would just require dragging the beginning or end of the clip somehow...
c) There should be an easy option to add frames by extending the last or first frame in the case of transitions. Is there one? On Premiere, there's an option for this, makes it much faster to add transitions if there is limited movement in the source material
d) is there a way to auto stretch a clip on insert into the timeline to the selected region? time warp and frame-hold options (beginning, end, both)?
e) why is it not possible to drag clips back into the media hub on the left? (e.g. imported an AAF with a bunch of clips, now want to store some of the clips for later re-use in another timeline or part instead of having to keep it on the timeline)
f) the zooming into the timeline is cumbersome - is there a way to draw a rectangle to auto-zoom into that area? Premiere has a little scroller at the boom to select the zoom level. very useful.
g) for timeline zooming, could you support gestures on the MacBook touch pad? If you push two fingers apart, the timeline should horizontally zoom in. Two fingers together should allow to zoom out. This is actually not just for the timeline. We need this in all views in Connect FX, Action etc. Would make working so much quicker. And it's really standard Mac stuff. (Two fingers without pushing apart could enable panning? And/or space + mouse movement to pan?)
AutoDesk Smoke :: Select Multiple Clips In A Long Sequence With Many Clips?
Feb 25, 2013How do you select Multiple clips in a long sequence with many clips? I am cutting a short documentary and I need to move around a large quantity of clips. How do I quickly select a bunch of clips?
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Oct 25, 2011I'm trying to add a dissolve on the timeline between two clips as I have many times before and one of them will not allow me to dissolve to or from it. It won't allow any dissolves at all actually.
Both are 1920x1080 10bit clips rendered out of action. Any attempts to put a dissolve on the cut ends up with it being only on the end-tag (the second clip). If it tell it to be centered it puts a one frame dissolve on the end-tag. If i tell it Up To Cut it does nothing. From Cut works as expected.
AutoDesk Smoke :: How To Add Clips To Existent Archive
Jul 22, 2013I can't find a way to add clips to an existent archive....
View 3 Replies View RelatedAutoDesk Smoke :: Copying Clips From Other Projects
Aug 30, 2011What I don't get is when it says "navigate to the project that contains the clips you want to copy." Does that refer to /usr/discreet/project/<project name>? Because when I navigate to there, I don't see any media to import.
View 3 Replies View RelatedAutoDesk Smoke :: Unrender Clips Before Archiving
May 14, 2013I have a folder of clips that I'd like to unrender then archive so that I just end up archiving the metadata. I can't find a way to do this in Smoke 2013. When I choose archive links only the archive seems to be massive so my guess is it is still archiving rendered shots.
View 5 Replies View RelatedAutoDesk Smoke :: Loading Avc-intra Clips
Apr 13, 2011We're having an issue loading avc-intra clips. The audio is coming in fine but we only get black for video.
View 1 Replies View RelatedAutoDesk Smoke :: Fully RGBA Clips
Jul 12, 2012is it hard for Autodesk to have/create fully RGBA clips (clips with embedded alpha).I'm not so sure what's the main advantage to have clip with separate matte (black & white), since all compositing software even FCP can handle it.
I found that this function a bit outdated n you end up doing lot of steps even to accomplish simple result.
AutoDesk Smoke :: How To Relink Or Get The Clips Inside CFX
Oct 21, 2012I unarchived a 2013 Linux sequence.
I took all of the clips an unlinked them in 2013 Mac.
I then gathered the source material on to a new USB portable drive. I then went through a conform and relinked all fo the clips that aren't in a CFX.
I can't see how to relink or get the clips inside the CFX show up.
I dragged the clips from the Sources folder, and collected them into a new folder in my Media Library.
If I collect those "checkerboard" clips into a new sequence and look at it via the Conform tab, it shows that the clips are Linked, as parts of them were also in the main timeline.
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AutoDesk Smoke :: Moving Clips Between Tracks?
Aug 1, 2013Is there an equivalent command to the FCP alt up/down arrow to move a clip up and down between tracks? I can drag but it doesn't snap to the anything ie where the clip originally was on another track.
View 3 Replies View RelatedAutoDesk Smoke :: How To Keep Sync With Clips That Have Audio
Apr 30, 2013How is the best way to keep sync with clips that have audio. In Premiere for example, when a clip contains audio it handles both video and audio as a single thing until I explicitly unlink them. But in Smoke, even with the option Select linked, which as far as I can tell it only works for selecting and activate that little arrow (do not remember the name of the function) in the tracks table, keeps all ok but only on that track.
This is the normal operation of Smoke? He really will always treat the audio and video of same clip as separate things? Am I missing something? Because at least for me, that's came from Premiere, always be remembering to set all the tracks and always go to the menu and select Enable linked is what most complicates the editorial work in Smoke.
AutoDesk Smoke :: Access Timeline Within CFX
Nov 3, 2012Is there a way to access the timeline within CFX ( much like in Flame ) ? I see the timing button but this doesn't seem to have the same control as a timeline for a specific clip.
Also, is there a way other then "explode one" or "explode all" to go within a CFX within a CFX ( pre comp ) ? i.e. a setup that is then put within the BG of action.
AutoDesk Smoke :: Get Rid Of Play Tab On Timeline?
Nov 15, 2012Is there a way to get rid of the play tab on the timeline?
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Jan 29, 2013Is there a way to export the in & out from the Timeline?
It isn't done until it is finished.
AutoDesk Smoke :: Key To Disable Individual Track
Oct 14, 2013Is there any shortcut key or provision for disabling the view of an individual clip on the video track, like in FCP CNTRL + B is used.
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Nov 21, 2012I have a project with proxy is on. In some situation i want the proxy to be off. Like for example when viewing my timeline edit. the output resolution (in viewer) is using the proxy ( lores). How can i disable this ? can i do that without turn off the proxy in project setting ? how to tell the viewer to display the hires version not the proxy?
View 1 Replies View RelatedAutoDesk Smoke :: Deactivate Or Disable A Node In CFX?
Jan 19, 2013I have been looking for a while for a way to deactivate or disable a node in CFX. I know there is a way to disable nodes in Action by hiding them. Is there a way to do this in CFX? It would be handy to turn on and off a node in a CFX tree to see its effect on the whole tree.
View 1 Replies View RelatedAutoDesk Smoke :: 2013 - All Video Clips Are Black?
Sep 19, 2012Whenever we try to import video clips they show up as all black. The length of the video is there, so it might be 15 minutes of black. But no matter what video (Sony, Red, etc.) it's all the same.
We're running pre-release 3 on the latest iMac. As far as we know the graphics card is compatible.
AutoDesk Smoke :: Workflow For Creating A Morph Between Two Clips?
Dec 22, 2012As we don't have the warper module. Is there a workflow for creating a morph between two clips?
MacBook Pro Retina
2.7GHz Intel Core i7
16GB RAM
AutoDesk Smoke :: Copy Multiple Clips On Desktop
Oct 1, 2012It's not a show stopper but if you select more than one clip on the thumbnail desktop and pen copy they don't copy to where you place them but jump to be half hidden off the source area.
View 1 Replies View RelatedAutoDesk Smoke :: How To Move Clips To Local Storage
Dec 1, 2011I imported a Final Cut sequence via XML into Smoke. The media is 1080p25 ProRes 422 HQ and is located on our SAN. I need to do some green screen work. I have two clips and an Axis effect on the upper clip.
Adjusting the keyer and scrubbing that segment of the timeline is painfully slow so I want to copy just the two clips I am working on, to the local storage.
Is there a way to do this directly from the timeline? I only want what's in the timeline. Not the whole length of the original media.
AutoDesk Smoke :: Disconnecting Nodes Or Clips In CFX Not Working?
Feb 26, 2014When i'm drag the cursor across the connecting line between a clip and a node or between two nodes.
The arrowed line is missing , i can only move the node not able to cut the link between them.
AutoDesk Smoke :: Clips Aspect On Viewing Panel
Jun 21, 2013accidentally turned off the Aspect Ratio on the clips of my Viewing Panel. What is the shortcut or the option located to turn it on again?
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Dec 3, 2012I have tried to get transitions between clips by using the transition button by the FX button on upper left of timeline box and by using the hotkey shortcut command T neither inserts a transition.... What am I doing wrong
View 5 Replies View RelatedAutoDesk Smoke :: 2012 SP2 Source Area Clips?
Jun 29, 2011I have recently upgraded to Smoke 2012 sp2 and have a small issue regarding the reordering of my clips in the source area.
On 2011 when you placed clips in the source area in a specific order and saved it to the library and when you recalled it from the library it would put the clips back in exactly the same place you left them. Now in 2012 when you do that it re-orders them in some sort of chronological order.
Is there a setting that I'm not aware of that will stop doing that as I place them in a specific structure which makes sense to me and is easy to find and understand on large builds, now I'm having to sift through the clips and waste time finding what I did last and checking through versions to find the latest one.