Logging movie clips

Use the logging features in Adobe Prelude to create subclips, and add temporal markers. Temporal markers contain data about a specific portion of the movie clip. For example, you can use a temporal marker such as Speech Transcription to edit text generated from speech-to-text conversion in software such as Adobe Media Encoder.

To add static metadata to the clip, use the Metadata panel.

The logging information and the added metadata are captured in an XMP file. For some formats such as QuickTime (.mov) the XMP information is written into the media file. For formats that don't support writing to the media file, like MXF, the XMP is written into a sidecar file. The sidecar file is stored at the same location as the media file.

To view the video in fulls screen mode, click on the video.

You can export markers from selected assets as a CSV text file or a well-formatted HTML page (File > Export > Markers).

 
The markers in a movie clip appear in tracks above the timeline. Move the cursor above a movie clip to display information about the clip.

• Use the Current Time Indicator / Playhead to scrub the movie clip, or to move quickly to a specific point in the movie clip.
• Use the options in the Show menu to view specific markers added to the movie clip.
• Enter marker information in the Search field to search for a marker.
• Use the Zoom option to zoom in or zoom out of tracks in the timeline view.
• Use the keyboard shortcuts I and O to set In and Out points for markers.

A marker template is like a preset for a type of marker, it is not a new custom marker type.

For example, to identify usable portions of a movie clip, you use the comment marker with the label Good Take frequently. When you save such a comment marker as a template, Prelude creates a button in the Marker Type panel. When you click this button, a comment marker labeled Good Take is added to the movie clip.

The keyboard shortcuts for new markers depend on their sequence in the Marker Type panel. For a button that is placed sixth in the sequence, use 6 as the keyboard shortcut.

1. Select a clip to which you want to add metadata.
2. Select Window > Metadata.
3. In the Metadata panel, enter the required information for the selected movie clip.
   

The exported XMP file contains all the metadata in the open movie clip, including logging information. You can import and apply the metadata and timecode in the XMP file to a movie clip open in Prelude.

1. Select Window > Unassociated Metadata.
2. Click Import, and open the XMP file. You can also open more than one XMP file. The markers in the file are displayed.
   
3. Do one of the following:
   • Select Current Player Position to insert markers imported from the XMP file at the location of the Current Time Indicator.
     
   • Select Marker Start Time to specify the location of markers based on the start time assigned to them.

To save the metadata information in the file, select File > Save XMP As. Save the XMP file to a location on your computer.

You can upload asset metadata to the Creative Cloud as an XMP file. You can later download the XMP file to Prelude running on another computer or device and apply that metadata to assets. The metadata is downloaded to the Unassociated Metadata panel. 

• Right-click the file whose metadata you want to upload to the Creative Cloud, and select Upload Metadata to Creative Cloud.
• To download XMP metadata from the cloud, open the Unassociated Metadata panel in Prelude. Click Download from Creative Cloud from the menu button on the right side of the Unassociated Metadata panel.