CUTLIST
N°01Directing the cut

Pay for the game, not the pre-show

A three-hour broadcast where the part you care about starts twenty minutes in and ends before the panel discussion. Most of the runtime should never be processed at all.

Start with
Only this part
0:22:00 - 3:05:00
Footage type
Action
Find these moments
"every scoring play and every turnover"
Clip length
Under 30s
  1. 01

    Paste the link and let the panel appear

    The moment a source exists, Direct the cut opens underneath it. Everything in it is optional - but on a long broadcast, the range control is the difference between 430 credits and 477.

  2. 02

    Set the range first

    Type where the real content starts and ends. The line underneath confirms what will be processed, and the credit estimate recalculates as you type. Only the window is billed.

  3. 03

    Tell it what the footage is

    Action leads with the pictures, which is what a wide broadcast shot needs. Add a Find these moments instruction if you want scoring plays rather than crowd shots.

  4. 04

    Read the estimate before the button

    The number above Find the moments is computed by the same code that bills you. If it looks wrong, the range probably is - fix it before spending anything.

What you end up with

Clips from the stretch that mattered, at a fraction of the full-broadcast cost, without scrubbing through the parts you already knew were dead.

A moment that straddles the edge of your range is trimmed to fit inside it, so give the window a minute of slack at both ends.

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