[Kdenlive-devel] Daily bugs -> concept of virtual clips

[Harry van der Wolf]

Zsolt Sandor wrote:
> Can you describe where i can find this
> subclip feature?
>   
Hi Zsolt (and the others),

Maybe this explanation is unnecessary as you know exactly how to do 
this, but I'll give it anyway to explain my point.

What I meant with the subclip feature is that when you have a (big 
captured) clip in your Project Tree, you can drag this clip to e.g. 
track 0 (or whatever track you like). In this track you can examine your 
clip and razor it wherever you like.
Say you razor your main clip at three points, leaving you with four 
sub-clips: sub-clip 1, 2, 3 and 4. You can than delete sub-clip 2. This 
leaves you with sub-clips 1, 3 and 4. You can then drag sub-clip 4, for 
example, in front of sub-clip 1 and 3 and then, for example, drag 
sub-clip 1 behind sub-clip 3. Your sequential order is now: sub-clip 4, 
sub-clip 3 and sub-clip 1.
You can repeat this kind of action by dragging the same big clip to the 
same or another track and repeat this razor action(s) and the sub-clip 
actions again and again. You can also copy a (sub-)clip from one of your 
tracks and paste it on the same or another track at another place.

Another option I sometimes use is to have a sub-clip on track 0 and copy 
this exact same clip on the same position on track 1. You could for 
example apply a video effect (grayscale?) to one of the clips and apply 
a PIP-transition over the full clip having the transparency go from 0% 
to 100% (or the other way around). In this way I go from the "old 
black-and-white times" to the modern times. (Maybe an idea for a tutorial?)

This is what I mean with sub-clips. I hope it is the same what you 
understood from JB's and my mail and what you wanted to know about how 
to use it.
If not, let me know and we can try to solve the unclarities. Otherwise 
you might have a new feature for the wish list (what I can't solve for 
you as you need a programmer for that).

regards,
Harry