August 8th, 2012 → 10:58 am @ Kyra Coffie // 6 Comments
You know? Even I don’t know what may be the proper to way to do it. So whenever I wanted to know, I selected all of the clips and pressed delete. When the delete dialog window appears, it neatly lists for you all of the sequences, master clips, subclips and anything else in your bin. Sure, that means you have to do a little math to add it all up but that is better than counting 1,079 items in your bin, isn’t it?
Tags: AE, Assistant Editor, Avid, Bin, The Avid Assistant Editor's Handbook
JB
9 months ago
you can select clips in the bin and right click, then click “get bin info”. It will tell you the duration too
Kyra Coffie
9 months ago
JB,
Thanks so much! I love learning new stuff and now you have spread the word on a better way to count clips!
Kyra
Andrew
9 months ago
Kyra,
The way that I have been doing it in the AVID is by selecting all the clips in the bin (Command-A) (CTRL-A) and then clicking “consolidate/transcode” At the top of the dialogue box, it will show how many clips you have selected.
Kyra Coffie
9 months ago
Andrew,
And again there is another way to do something in Avid. That is what I love about this program! All the ways to get to the same conclusion! Thanks for adding to the discussion!
Kyra
DC Reels
6 months ago
Those are good tips!
It would be nice if Avid, you know, made it a bit easier by actually incorporating this info into the program proper. In an app that is loaded with metadata fields, seems like this is an obvious item that is being overlooked.
Kyra Coffie
6 months ago
I am sure that there are other (and better) ways to count clips in a bin but this always works for me in a pinch. As long as I don’t press delete!
Have a splendiferous Avid day!
Kyra