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Now make two new bins in the Media Pool, Scene01 and Scene02, and drag all the clips that start with the name 01 into the Scene01 folder, and all the clips that start with the name 02 into the Scene02 folder. Our metadata entry for this project is now done.
Using the Source Tape
The Media Pool with all scene 1 clips in the Scene01 folder, and scene 2 clips in the Scene02 folder
Now turn on the Source Tape, by clicking on its icon in the Viewer. Select Metadata View from the Media Pool view options, and then Sort By Scene, Shot in the Sort menu. You will now see the clips clustered by scene in the Media Pool, and all clips from both scenes are laid out in scene order in the Source Tape viewer. Selecting a specific clip in the Media Pool will snap the playhead to the first frame of that clip in the Source Tape. From here you can easily see the progression of the shots (take two follows take one, etc.), and continue your editing from here without having to hunt and click in the Media Pool.
The Source Tape reflecting all clips in the Media Pool, and the Metadata View showing the clips clustered by Scene
Limiting the Source Tape Scope by Folder Structure
As your project grows, it can become unwieldy to constantly have an entire film’s worth of media in the Source Tape. It is possible to limit the scope of the Source Tape at the bin level. As you navigate in the Source Tape, the current clip is highlighted, and its hierarchy will now appear in top of the Media Pool title bar. By clicking directly on bins in this bin path, you can quickly broaden or narrow the scope of the Source Tape. If you click on Scene02, the Source Tape will then zoom in to only show you clips in that folder. Clicking back on Master will zoom out the Source Tape to show the clips in all folders again.
The navigable folder structure; clicking on these levels will narrow or broaden the scope of the Source Tape.
The Source Tape limited to showing only clips from Scene02
The Source Tape limited to showing only clips from Scene01
The Source Tape broadened to showing all clips in the Master folder
This is also useful when navigating bin structures that reflect the original camera file system. For example, you may have a camera that records each memory card as a separate folder, and then each individual clip is saved as a separate folder inside that folder. When you bring this file system into
the Media Pool using the Create Bins option, these nested levels are mirrored in the Media Pool bin structure. Now when you click on a card bin in the Source tape, it will directly show you all the clips on that card, rather than show many individual sub-bins. This view is also viewable in Thumbnail, List, and Filmstrip views.