Re: [FCP-L] exporting stills short cut?

A technique featured in my book:
http://www.digital-heaven.co.uk/killersecrets

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Exporting Multiple Still Images

If you need to export lots of still images from various points in a sequence then it can get very tedious to export each one separately. Here's a technique that can save a lot of time.

1. Create a new bin that will contain the selected images and temporarily move the current sequence into the new bin.
2. Mark an in and out point on the desired frame.
3. Press Command-U to create a subclip of the marked frame in the sequence. A new subclip is created in the same bin as the sequence, which is why we temporarily moved the sequence to a new bin.
4. The subclip name is already highlighted so you can rename the sequence subclip and this will become the name of the exported file.

Repeat the above steps for each still frame. When all the subclips have been created:

1. Move the sequence back to its original location then right-click the Bin and choose Batch Export from the shortcut menu.
2. In the Export Queue window, set the desired destination and choose Still Image from the Format menu.
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On 7 Dec 2009, at 17:26, Zev Robinson wrote:

> I tried using Quikeys yesterday, nothing doing and wasted a lot of time,
> then tried automator, but didn't feel like going thru figuring it out to
> work on the problem any longer. if anyone knows how to do it in a few
> steps, I'd love to hear about it. For now, tho, Motion works ok.
>
> The question still is that, after so many versions and years of FCP, and
> given that Premier and Motion has a quick and easy way to export a still
> image, how is it that FCP doesn't? has no one requested it or thought of
> it? Not only that, but everytime I tried to export, you have to go thru
> several steps.
>
>
> Zev Robinson
> www.artafterscience.com <http://www.artafterscience.com/>
> www.zrdesign.co.uk <http://www.zrdesign.co.uk/>
>
>
>
>
> Steve Hullfish wrote:
>> Has it been suggested yet to create a simple Automator for this task?
>> I'm not sure how to do it, but it seems like a perfect application for
>> Automator, as long as Automator had some access to the specific tasks
>> needed to do the sequence of events necessary to do the multiple
>> graphic exports.
>>
>> On Dec 7, 2009, at 8:36 AM, Zev Robinson wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Onlly problem is - I discovered after my email - is that Motion
>>> exports
>>> HDV as 1440 wide and thus too square. but that's easily remedied in
>>> Photoshop or Fireworks.
>>>
>>> Still think that it is an incredible oversight for FCP not to have an
>>> easy still image export, given that it is a common task.
>>>
>>> Zev Robinson
>>> www.artafterscience.com <http://www.artafterscience.com/>
>>> www.zrdesign.co.uk <http://www.zrdesign.co.uk/>
>>>
>>> Doug vanderHoof wrote:
>>>
>>>> Great idea! I didn't know that about Motion, but I do know it's
>>>> probably an easy patch to Final Cut. Mr. Hodgetts, is that true?
>>>>
>>>> Doug
>>>>
>>>> Doug vanderHoof
>>>> Producer
>>>> modern media
>>>> Chicago + Seattle
>>>> 773.394.0029
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 7, 2009, at 2:09 AM, Zev Robinson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, Doug. But a better solution hit me - import the footage
>>>>>
>>> into
>>>
>>>>> Motion which has an easy keyboard short cut to export and keeps the
>>>>> previous type and location settings. I consider it a major
>>>>>
>>> oversight
>>>
>>>>> on
>>>>> FCP's part not to have the same.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best
>>>>>
>>>>> Zev
>>>>>
>>>>> Zev Robinson
>>>>> www.artafterscience.com <http://www.artafterscience.com/>
>>>>> www.zrdesign.co.uk <http://www.zrdesign.co.uk/>
>>>>>
>>>>> Doug vanderHoof wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Zev,
>>>>>> I just recently got taught this one after having the same struggle
>>>>>> you're having:
>>>>>> Just put markers at each still, which I think you can name, too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Just
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> hit m to set the marker and m again to open the naming dialog.
>>>>>> When you've got a clip with all the markers you need, drag it to
>>>>>>
>>> the
>>>
>>>>>> browser where it should show up with a triangle.
>>>>>> I'm not sure you have to do this next step, but I use it. Make a
>>>>>>
>>> new
>>>
>>>>>> bin, which I name something like Export stills.
>>>>>> Back to the clip in the browser, reveal the markers by twirling
>>>>>>
>>> the
>>>
>>>>>> reveal triangle.
>>>>>> Select all the markers and drag them to the Export bin.
>>>>>> Select them and control click to get the contextual menu with
>>>>>>
>>> 'batch
>>>
>>>>>> export'. They show up in the browser in an "Export Queue."
>>>>>> Use the dialog to specify the destination folder and the file
>>>>>>
>>> format
>>>
>>>>>> you want to create.
>>>>>> Then I use the 'Export' button at the bottom of the browser.
>>>>>> The stills should be in the folder in Finder.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Doug vanderHoof
>>>>>> Producer
>>>>>> modern media
>>>>>> Chicago + Seattle
>>>>>> 773.394.0029
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Dec 6, 2009, at 2:52 AM, Zev Robinson wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi, I'm a Canadian-British doc filmmaker and artist living in
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> Spain,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> new to this list, after recently migrating from PC to Mac.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have to export a number of still images, and have to go thru
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> several
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> steps in FCP rather than have a key board short that Premiere
>>>>>>>
>>> has,
>>>
>>>>>>> unless I'm missing something. Isn't there a keyboard shortcut
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> that can
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> send a tiff to a given folder which would save me a lot of time?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Zev
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Zev Robinson
>>>>>>> www.artafterscience.com <http://www.artafterscience.com/>
>>>>>>> www.zrdesign.co.uk <http://www.zrdesign.co.uk/>

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