Extending Entries in the Change EDL

Extending entries helps closing gaps that are caused by new inserts.

Some inserts from new EDLs can replace existing events in the previous EDLs. This deletes already existing audio for the previous events and creates gaps. You can extend events before or after a gap to use their audio within the gap.

Procedure

  1. Right-click an entry in the Change EDL.
  2. Select Extend Event and choose one of the following options:

    • Until Previous Event

      Extends the entry to the previous event.

    • Until Next Event

      Extends the entry to the following event.

    • Until Previous and Next Event

      Extends the entry to the previous and the following event.

Result

The source and destination ranges of the entry are extended.

Example

If you have a series of film scenes and in one shot, the director chose to use the picture of camera 2 instead of camera 1, this picture change is detected by the ReConform function. In the Change EDL, the original audio for the new picture shot is discarded and replaced by an empty area. If you want to keep the audio that was used right before the shot, you can extend the length of an existing Change EDL entry to a neighboring gap.