Scene Detection with EDL files

EDL CMX3600 files can also be used for scene detection. Scene detection can be useful if you want to fill specific sections of your project with a certain background atmosphere. To do so, set the locators to the cycle marker and select Edit > Functions > Fill Loop. On import, each scene is indicated by a colored cycle marker.

Nuendo supports the following ways of scene naming:

• Number scene naming (25-3-5) where the first number signifies the scene, the second the setting or shooting angle, and the third the take number.

  As separators, the following characters can be used:

  • comma ,

  • semicolon ;

  • full stop .

  • hyphen -

  • underscore _

  • slash /

  • backslash \

  

• Clip scene naming

  

Recommendations

When exporting EDLs from your offline editing system, keep the following rules in mind in order to achieve the best import results in Nuendo:

• Export your EDL in CMX3600 format.

  Nuendo only supports the CMX3600 format.

• Add clip names as comments to the EDL and use a consistent naming scheme.

  These names are used for naming markers and detecting scenes.

Note

Make sure that you set the correct export options in your video editing application when creating the EDL.