Hi, can anyone tell me how to delete the Shot/Camera letter in the shot description please? I just want to type my own description in the nickname box. Thx
So you're trying to make a shot list without shot numbers? That's definitely unexpected.
It's incredibly fundamental to blocking and shot lists that shots have numbers. There's lots different use-cases for what numbering system to use. But basically, a shot list without numbers cannot be worked with on the set. Nobody does this, and I'd strongly discourage it.
Got it thank you! But for example I'm working on a scene #38B, and so my first shot would be 38B/1
I can't seem to manage to write this in the shot number field. I have to write it in the Nickname field instead. Unless you can tell me how to do it otherwise? Thank you very much for your help!
We've avoided having scene numbers in the scene at all. We can discuss the wisdom of that original choice, but that's how the app operates. People put scene numbers into the name of the scene, e.g. "38B Gas Station Scene".
The shots themselves inside the scene are A-B-C or 1-2-3. It's only that the scene number is redundant when you're working within the scene. Then it's more about shots and versions.
Part of the resistance to having the scene number inside the file is that sync operates on whole scenes. This is easy to do, and the reason everyone has free sync without any subscription. But it means that if you wanted to change the number of scene, you'd have to both change the filename and the data inside the scene. And since it's common to start one scene based on another, the inner data in the scene will never get corrected, and will need a ton of babysitting, and will always be out of sync, resulting in unreliable information for the majority of the user base.
The 3D version we're working on is database driven, and things like scene numbers are kept outside the scene. Then we're freer to suddenly change the scene number, and we're also freer to make numbering systems that bake the scene number into the shot number. It's just that if it isn't automatic, it'll implode.
There's no "freestyle" numbering method in the app. All scene numbering is internally integers. This is so we keep the ability to reason about scene numbers, i.e. sort, filter, export.
I let shot designer number or letter my camera’s automatically and then use the nickname field to add either a shot number or my own name.
That's actually the problem I have, I can't just put a nickname to my shot, it automatically adds a camera number to it as well as the nickname
I don't fully understand, since Camera number and Camera nickname are two different fields. Could you clarify?