[Kdenlive-devel] Inpoints and outpoints commited

[Rolf Dubitzky]

On Monday 28 July 2003 00:58, Jason Wood wrote:
> Essentially, you can set the in/outpoints on the workspace monitor and
> 'drag' it to the timeline. What you get is a Project Clip - a clip that is
> a composite of other clips. At the moment, this is of very little use, but
> it works which is proof that the underlying kdenlive architecture can
> support it.

Sounds good. I think it's very ok to have these things working "somehow" where 
we know it is not optimal and will change soon.

> There are two main uses for project clips :
[...snip good reasons...]

I usually have the same intro for a number of clips. I often want to save a 
special sequence out of a longer movie. Also I hat eto use more than one or 
two different transition effects. So if I am done to create my custom 
transition, which is a mix of a fade,swirl and a line-wipe, I can just 
'group' (or 'lock' or whatever) it and then easily make copies and use them 
in the project. When making more complicated composings it is nice to 
'deflate' a part which is basically done to get more overview on the whole 
production. ....  
If I think a few minutes longer I can probably com up with anther ten reasons 
why 'sequences' 'composed clips' or 'project clips' or what ever we call it 
are _really_  important. ;-) Great that we know it'll work.

Cheers,
Rolf

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