Saving, exporting, and importing batch lists
You can save a batch list to disk. In addition, you can export and import a batch list as a text file. You can control the order of the columns in the text file. Saving a batch list and exporting it creates two very different files: - Saving a batch list preserves each entry and its capture settings (described in the next section) in a file format that only Premiere can read.
- Exporting a batch list creates a tab-delimited ASCII text file that lists each entry but does not retain the capture settings. You may want to export a batch list as a text file to edit it in text-editing programs or in video-editing systems that can read text batch lists.
The Batch Capture window menu contains commands you can use to manage settings for a batch list.
To save a batch list: - Activate the Batch Capture window that you want to save and do one of the following:
- For a new file, choose File > Save As. Specify a location and filename, and click Save.
- For an existing file, choose File > Save.
To export a batch list as a timecode-log text file: - Activate the Batch Capture window that you want to export.
- In the Batch Capture window menu, choose Import/Export Settings.
- Drag columns to rearrange them if desired, and click OK.
- In the Batch Capture window menu, choose Export to Text File. Specify a location and filename, and click Save.
To import a batch-list timecode log: - Activate the Batch Capture window that is to be the destination for the list.
- In the Batch Capture window menu, choose Import from Text File. Locate and select the file, and click Open.
After you've logged a tape with comments, you can save the batch list to a disk and store the disk with the videotape. This makes it easy to redigitize clips from that tape in the future.
Moving batch-list entries between lists: - Open two or more batch capture windows simultaneously by doing any of the following:
- Choose File > Capture > Batch Capture to open a new Batch Capture window.
- Choose File > Open to open an existing batch-list text file.
- Drag a file from one list to another.
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