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Cull your clips and sort them into folders
Don’t just select your footage; organize it as you watch. With Merceq’s approach beyond the usual “keep or reject”, assign your own folders to the 1–9 keys and put the footage you like in the folder you want with one touch. Use the same take in more than one folder, reject clips you don’t want, and set aside the ones you’re unsure about. Quickly sort hundreds of videos with keyboard shortcuts and group actions. Export the folders you create in the same layout so your footage is ready for editing and you don’t waste time sorting files again. Your original videos stay where they are, unchanged.
In this section, you’ll learn about Merceq’s culling options, folders you can assign to the 1–9 keys, multi-selection, and how to undo your decisions.
In this chapter
- 1How would you like to view your clips?
- 2Cull in Lens view
- 3View and cull your clips in list view
- 4Get to know the tool rail on the left
- 5Move between clips
- 6Hover over cards
- 7Watch a clip up close
- 8Create your first folder
- 9Name a folder using suggestions
- 10Put the same clip in more than one folder
- 11Organize your folders
- 12Put a clip you’re unsure about on hold
- 13Reject a clip you won’t use
- 14How do decisions and folders affect each other?
- 15Clear or undo a decision
- 16Apply the same action to multiple clips
- 17Navigate your footage with the barcode
- 18Action buttons in the bottom bar
- 19Culling shortcuts