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The Cut List shows all currently detected cuts
Three columns show each cut’s order number, frame number, and timecode value. You can select items in the Cut List to evaluate each cut using the three viewers above. Whenever you select a new item in the Cut List, the playhead jumps to that frame in the Scene Detect Graph.
— Click any item in the Cut List.
— Press N (next) or the Down Arrow to select the next item down.
— Press P (previous) or the Up Arrow to select the next item previous.
As you move up and down the list, you can delete items that you can confirm aren’t real cuts using the viewers above. If it’s a long list and you don’t have time to check it all at once, it can be saved for later recall using commands found in the Scene Detect Options drop-down menu.
Once you’re finished checking the list and are satisfied that each cut is accurate, you can use it to split the media file into individual clips in the Media Pool by clicking “Add Cuts to Media Pool,” located immediately below.
The Scene Detect Options Drop-down Menu
The Options drop-down menu, located at the upper right-hand corner of the Scene Detect window, contains a variety of commands.
— Reset Zoom: Sets the zoom level of the Scene Cut Graph such that the entire clip fits within the current width.
— Reset Marks: Clears the current In and Out points you’ve set.
— Prune Scene Cuts: If you’ve identified a large number of false positive scene cuts (for example, a cluster of cuts corresponding to a dissolve from one shot to another), use the In and Out buttons to surround the undesirable range of scene cuts in the Scene Detect Graph, and then click Prune Scene Cuts to eliminate all scene cuts between these points that are within one frame of another scene cut. Within the group of identified cuts, the highest probability cut will remain while the other cuts are deleted.
— Save Scene Cut: Saves the current scene cut detection information, including the probability metadata, to disk. Scene Cut files use the file extension .sc and can be reimported later to continue working on a lengthy scene detection task.
— Load Scene Cut: Imports an existing .sc file into the Scene Detect window. You must first open the media file you’re working on into the Scene Detect window before you can load a Scene Cut file.