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Using Clip Conflicts as a Conform Tool
On the other hand, clip conflicts can often be desirable solutions to workflows where you need
to switch among different versions of a particular clip. To take the example of an edited timeline
consisting of transcoded QuickTime versions of camera raw original media, if you only had the
transcoded clips in the Media Pool, then all is well.
However, suppose in the course of working that you decide you need the resolution or
additional color latitude of the camera raw version of a particular clip. If you import the camera
raw version of that one clip, you should notice nothing different. However, if you then right-click
that clip in the Timeline and choose Conform Lock Enabled to uncheck the setting and turn it
off, you should then see the attention badge to the left of the clip name in the Timeline. This lets
you know that this clip in the Timeline is correctly seeing the relationship between it and the
now two simultaneously named clips with timecode overlap in the Media Pool.
The current relationship between this timeline clip and the one to which it is conformed doesn’t
change; this badge is only letting you know that now there is a second clip in the Media Pool to
which you could potentially conform this clip in the Timeline. Now, you need only choose which
one by double-clicking the clip conflict badge, and following the procedure below.
Resolving Clip Conflicts
Once you have a clip conflict, whether intentional or not, it’s really easy to resolve it. In fact, this
feature is the very basis for the name of the software.
To resolve a reel conflict by relinking a clip’s media:
1 Double-click the “attention” badge of any clip in the Timeline, displayed to the left of
that clip’s name.
The Conflict Resolution window appears, showing a list of all files in the Media Pool, of
any format, that have identical file names (or reel names) and timecode that overlaps
with the clip you right-clicked. Each item in this list shows a thumbnail of the clip, the file
path of the media on disk, the file name, starting timecode, reel name (if any), and
creation date, to help you determine which of the clips in that list is the one you
want to use.
Conflict Resolution window showing what other clips
have overlapping timecode and reel information
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