DIGITIZING / CAPTURING TIPS – Subclipping, Adding Locators, Naming, Etc.
While you are digitizing (but not Batch Digitizing), here are several useful things you can do:
Subclipping While Capturing:
Note: For this tip to work, the Capture must be in progress (red light blinking).
On the right side of the Digitize Tool you will see this icon: ![]()
As you create the subclips, the number will be be displayed here. The subclips will appear in your bin after you stop digitizing.
Pressing the F1 key will create the MARK IN for a subclip. If you hit the F1 key again, it updates the Mark In point to the newly selected time code. Pressing the F2 key creates the MARK OUT for a subclip, and as before, If you hit the F2 key again, it updates the Mark Out point to the newly selected time code. Pressing the F1 key after pressing the F2 key marks the In for a new subclip.
Adding Locators While Capturing:
Note: For this tip to work, the Capture must be in progress (red light blinking).
Press any of the followinf F-Keys while digitizing/capturing to add a locator to the Clip you are creating:
F3 or F5 - Red
F6 - Green
F7 - Blue
F8 - Cyan
F9 - Magenta
F10 - Yellow
F11 - Black
F12 - White
Naming & Commenting Clips While Capturing:
Note: For this tip to work, the Capture must be in progress (red light blinking).
simply begin typing. You can even use the Delete key to backup and make corrections. If you hit the TAB KEY, and then begin typing you are now adding a COMMENT to the clip. You will see what you are typing appear in the Digitize Tool. When you stop digitizing the clip Name will be there and the Comment will appear in a newly created Comments Column in your bin. On versions 8.0 and higher, this feature works, except you have to "turn down" the triangle to reveal the Name and Comment boxes BEFORE beginning to digitize. Here's a picture of the Name and Comment box:
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Here's one simple use for these features as an example, and I am sure you will find many other uses: When I get a DAT of music, and I am short on time, I will simply create one large Master Clip of the music and subclip each song as it is digitizing, plus I can name each song and even use the locator function to mark good sections of each cut. This is a great time-saver.
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