A tourism campaign needs a winter version. The earlier footage is on two team drives, and the editor needs to pull usable shots from both of those shoots into the new project.
How Stringout solves this
01
The old drives have no useful shot list
One library holds the indexed footage from both team drives, including files on different Macs. Play past a search result to judge the movement, and save the usable stretch and a wider alternative as named ranges in the winter project. Each range links to its source production, and the original file does not move.
Check rights the way the team usually does before reusing the footage.
02
The reference frame describes a shot the filenames do not
The agency reference shows a low bridge angle in warm light, but the new edit needs a cyclist in frame. A similar-image search and a subject query return candidates from the team’s indexed footage. The editor compares the full takes and saves the closest usable range and an alternative to the same project.
03
The earlier episode holds a scene this one needs
Search the older production for a remembered line or a visible detail, and check the scene around the hit. The line and the reaction go into the current project as separate ranges. The team tries them in the new sequence, and each range links back to the earlier recording.
The result
Reusable selects for the new brief
The chosen shot ranges and their alternatives are in the winter project, each linked to its source. The team cuts with them in a prepared NLE sequence and goes back to the same indexed productions when the client asks for another shot.
