Timeline from Clip, Improved

Timelines created with the Create new Timeline command should inherit the specs from Project Settings>Master Settings>Timeline Format.

Timelines created using the Create New Timeline Using Selected Clips command should inherit the specs of the selected clip. (Or the first selected clip if more than one is selected.)

What about Playback Frame Rate and Enabled Video Field Processing in Project Settings/Timeline Format?
And also Mismatched Resolution Files in Project Settings/Image Scaling?

Do these settings in Project Setting affect timeline, which automatically adapts to the clip parameters in timeline?

Those settings would apply to the Create new Timeline command.

Create Timeline from Clip would be a way to automatically bypass those settings.

Those settings would apply to the Create new Timeline command.

Create Timeline from Clip would be a way to automatically bypass those settings.

Then your tip is not a good idea.
It is necessary to be able to change these parameters also for timelines created from the clip.

It is necessary to be able to change these parameters also for timelines created from the clip.

That would work. Right now some can be changed, but frame rate cannot, which is a problem.

It is necessary to be able to change these parameters also for timelines created from the clip.

That would work. Right now some can be changed, but frame rate cannot, which is a problem.

Frame rate is fixed by the Project Settings which is why you can't create a new timeline with a different frame rate. Until project frame rate settings are independent from timeline frame rates this will remain impossible.

Frame rate is fixed by the Project Settings

Only to a degree. Using the Create New Timeline command, you can create a timeline with a different frame rate.

So the current process is to:

1. Manually create a timelime matching the clip, then

2. Manually add the clip(s) to the timeline.

It works, but it's inefficient.

If the Create New Timeline Based on Selected Clips command ignored the Project Settings, and took the settings directly from the first selected clip, steps one and two would be combined into one simple step.

Make sense?

I mean, it's right there in the name of the operation. Create New Timeline Based on Selected Clips.

I think it should actually work that way.

So a couple ideas on how to make this work.

1. By default, using Create New Timeline Using Selected Clips would ignore Master Settings>Timeline Format and take the specs directly from the first selected clip, or...

2. In addition to a Use Custom Settings option of the creation dialog, there could be a Use Clip Settings option, or...

3. Somewhere in the Custom settings, there could be a checkbox or dropdown to use the specs of the first selected clip as the basis for the timeline specs.

Timelines created with the Create new Timeline command should inherit the specs from Project Settings>Master Settings>Timeline Format.

Timelines created using the Create New Timeline Using Selected Clips command should inherit the specs of the selected clip. (Or the first selected clip if more than one is selected.)

Yes, yes! This is the way it should work! Otherwise, what function does the Create New Timeline Using Selected Clips command serve?

+1

To me this does not seem like a good idea. The default should always be to create a timeline at the set project settings. You should have to be intentional about creating a Timeline at something other than the Project Settings, the inconvenience of a secondary dialog provides this intentionality.

There is nothing more frustrating then getting into a project to realize you have set something wrong. I don't love the idea of that being an option every time a timeline is created. Until DaVinci becomes completely resolution and frame rate independent this seem problematic.

The default should always be to create a timeline at the set project settings.

It would be for the Create New Timeline command.

This Feature Request applies only to the Create New Timeline Using Selected Clips operation, asking for a simple way to override Project Settings upon timeline creation.

It would be for the Create New Timeline command.

This Feature Request applies only to the Create New Timeline Using Selected Clips operation, asking for a simple way to override Project Settings upon timeline creation.

I understand what you are saying but just think it is a very bad idea, though I am coming from a perspective of film and tv editorial where projects and delivery requirements tend to be very structured and deviation is often seen as a detriment to the efficiency of the workflow. I would be curious what you are doing that would need this functionality? What the intended use case is for needing this as a feature?

I was working on a project with clips of varied resolutions and frame rates. I needed a timeline for each set of specs. (Think Individual Clips delivery.)

I'm looking for a way to make that simpler.

I imagine someone pre-processing documentary footage might find this useful, especially where archival footage is used and not all clips match in resolution or frame rate.

Yes! Totally agree about this feature!

+1 ! VERY needed indeed!
Working for stock footage and not for film purposes I have a huge variety of clips with different res/fr which I would like to edit and export in their native settings.
In the current situation, I am obliged to arrange them by fr/res and manually create a timeline for all configurations - takes a lot of time and I cannot arrange and work by the locations/subjects of the clips only by their preferences.

Hope it will be added soon

help me understand.
coming from premiere pro you can just import a file, drag it onto the "create timeline" icon, a timeline is created with matching settings
in resolve you first have to create a project and enter settings matching a clip manually,
then "Create New Timeline Using Selected Clips"?
am i missing something here?

+1 from me.

However, rather than automatically inheriting the clip settings, it should default to the project settings and offer an option in the dialog to instead use the clip settings (I think this has already been mentioned, just wanted to reiterate it here).

+1 from me.

However, rather than automatically inheriting the clip settings, it should default to the project settings and offer an option in the dialog to instead use the clip settings (I think this has already been mentioned, just wanted to reiterate it here).

Personally, I can’t think of a time when I ever wanted the clip to inherit the global project settings, but it seems there are enough people out there who do. So I think there are enough valid arguments on both sides that it would make sense for this to be a choice presented to the user.

The bottom line is that it seems very hard to argue that it’s not a big feature oversight that there’s currently no easy way (it’s even impossible via the scripting API, surprisingly enough) to create a nested timeline from a selected clip that automatically inherits the properties of the clip. This feature needs to exist, because it’s used often enough in VFX workflows that forcing the user to manually set the properties of the Nested Timeline every single time feels almost punitive, and it makes it easy for unnecessary human error to mess up your workflow.

it would make sense for this to be a choice presented to the user.

That choice is built into the request.

You want the timeline to match project settings, Create New Timeline.

You want the timeline to match clip specs, Create New Timeline Using Selected Clips.

Simple. Elegant. Useful.

it would make sense for this to be a choice presented to the user.

That choice is built into the request.

You want the timeline to match project settings, Create New Timeline.

You want the timeline to match clip specs, Create New Timeline Using Selected Clips.

Simple. Elegant. Useful.

Completely agree!

Here's another thought. A new right click option.

1. Create New Timeline. (Same name, same behavior.)
2. Create New Timeline, add selected clips. (New name, same behavior.)
3. Create New Timeline Using Clip Specs. (New feature)

Option 3 would only be available if all selected clips had the same specs, otherwise greyed out.

Here's another thought. A new right click option.

1. Create New Timeline. (Same name, same behavior.)
2. Create New Timeline, add selected clips. (New name, same behavior.)
3. Create New Timeline Using Clip Specs. (New feature)

Option 3 would only be available if all selected clips had the same specs, otherwise greyed out.

Simon, no, pls. That's horrible. Sorry.

That's a curious reaction. Can you explain?

That's a curious reaction. Can you explain?

What you are suggest is very complicated and I think it would bring chaos. I would not be able to quickly decide which option to choose - which is the right one. I would have to keep in mind what exactly each option does. I really think it would complicate the work more than it helped.

Well, I thought the new labels made that pretty clear, especially once TFM is R'd on the subject.

But I'm not particularly fussy about how the new feature is added. I would just like it added.

Thanks for chiming in, Vit.

Solving this doesn't require a new dialog or any new badgering. The problem is already half-assedly addressed; it just needs to be fully addressed.

If you drag the first clip to the timeline and there's a frame-rate mismatch, Resolve already offers to match the timeline frame rate to the clip. It should simply offer to match all clip properties, frame rate only, or nothing.

I never bemoaned this auto-configuration feature in Premiere; I used it to start every project.

i would have to strongly agree in requesting this feature. in premiere one could simply drag a clip on "create timeline" symbol and it would create one with matching settings

+1

+1


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+1
I work with documentaries, I have a lot of different newsreels. I really miss this simple feature.

Version 18 was just released. Not all Feature Requests can be done at once, and this one didn't make the cut.

So here it is for continued voting.

+1

This is a fundamental feature that saves time and prevents inadvertent recompression down the line (or at least it should).

Timelines created with the Create new Timeline command should inherit the specs from Project Settings>Master Settings>Timeline Format.

Timelines created using the Create New Timeline Using Selected Clips command should inherit the specs of the selected clip. (Or the first selected clip if more than one is selected.)

I don't quite agree as I use this feature a lot and just want my timeline settings to match the project, not the clip.
However, I understand that it may come in handy. Just add "Use clip settings" next to "Use project settings". (inside Create New Timeline window)

+1 to that last suggestion. Very self documenting


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+1 For options to use timeline settings from selected media when you right-click specific media and choose 'Create new timeline from selected clips...'

If you don't understand why people need this, you don't understand the job many of us have. More context in this request: viewtopic.php?f=33&t=165366

Here's a quick mockup and Resolve should remember the last option chosen...


https://www.dropbox.com/s/6zta6mj5c7t36 ... e.png?dl=0

+1, and thanks for another real-life example of why this kind of thing is important.

The knee-jerk NOOOOOO!!!!!! to every common-sense request gets really, really old.

+1 to that.
Also note that the “Nooo!” - or any other response - almost never comes from a BMD employee so we have no idea how BMD feels about the requests we make.


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The knee-jerk NOOOOOO!!!!!! to every common-sense request gets really, really old.

Yes, the BM forums are a strange corner of the internet - experienced and knowledgeable Film/TV veterans who seem to think their job/workflow is the only one in town. If you work in advertising, you're the enemy it seems.

Also note that the “Nooo!” - or any other response - almost never comes from a BMD employee so we have no idea how BMD feels about the requests we make.

Agreed!

Fwiw, I'd suggest that the "Noooo!" responses are every bit as valid as the "+1000" responses. :)

You can suggest that, but not justify it apparently.

You can suggest that, but not justify it apparently.

Any special reason for the aggressive attitude, Palmer? It's a community forum, maybe wind your neck in a bit.

As for justification, Feature Request discussions are a measure by which the devs can gauge the popularity of any given request, should they choose to do so. Users can put forward their ideas here, with their supporting arguments for why they think implementing those ideas would be worthwhile, and other users who like the idea can embellish as wanted and/or show their support with their +1's, +1,000's and all around positive vibe upvotes. Conversely, users who feel the proposed feature would adversely affect their own established workflows can share their views and arguments against the idea, for further discussion, together with their -1's, -1,000's and 'Noooo!'s etc etc. It's just how these things work.

How is that "aggressive?"

Please advise on the correct level of pussyfooting.

I'm pointing out that, in a great many cases, there is no proof provided that the request will adversely affect anyone's workflow. The result is a bunch of whining and noise that buries one legitimate (and often technically easy-to-implement) request after another, and provides an excuse to do nothing.

What's "aggressive" is the continual gainsaying of well-thought-out requests that in fact DON'T impede anyone's workflow. That behavior should be roundly and consistently condemned.

Conversely, users who feel the proposed feature would adversely affect their own established workflows can share their views and arguments against the idea, for further discussion.

And that's the dumb thing - the request doesn't adversely affect other workflows because people who don't require lots of timelines with different resolutions/ratios/fps would simply leave 'Use project settings' ticked.

In fact, these people probably never create timelines from imported media to begin with.

Fwiw, I'd suggest that the "Noooo!" responses are every bit as valid as the "+1000" responses.

Well, the +1 don't require explanation because they're supporting the original request. The "Noooo!" doesn't explain anything. It seems that some above don't even understand the request, let alone discussion around the impact on their workflows - right?

Amen.

Now... let's get this done, BMD.

the request doesn't adversely affect other workflows because people who don't require lots of timelines with different resolutions/ratios/fps would simply leave 'Use project settings' ticked.

Yep, I don't disagree. I know some folks seem to feel that 'too many options' can be a bad thing (and that may be true in some cases), but one extra checkbox at the top level of the Create New Timeline dialog is hardly overwhelming.

The "Noooo!" doesn't explain anything.

Indeed, without any kind of supporting argument, such a vote doesn't hold much weight... but those are pretty rare, no? When they do happen, if asked, most folks seem willing to engage and explain their reasoning... and if their arguments have merit, then fair enough.

I was JUST dealing with this on a project. It was annoying enough for me to seek out this thread. +1

+1

More than three years and several versions later, and this is still not fixed?

This is a fundamental workflow problem that could be readily solved with minimal development effort. As such, it should take precedence over gimmicks. Why does it persist?

I find the current workflow and functions adequate for the various task.
it is a -1 for me, i wish for programming hours to be used elsewhere.