Overview
Jumper’s visual search capabilities make overcutting significantly faster by allowing you to search for matching frames directly from your timeline. Instead of manually scrubbing through hours of source footage or relying on timecode alone, you can use the frame currently visible in your timeline to instantly find the corresponding scene in your high-resolution media.Step-by-step overcutting workflow
1
Analyze your source media
Before overcutting, ensure all your high-resolution source footage has been analyzed.
2
Set up your search context
Use the Context Picker to limit your search to the bins or files containing your high-resolution source media. This ensures Jumper only searches in the relevant footage.
3
Navigate to the frame in your timeline
Move your playhead to the frame of the clip you want to replace. This is typically a frame from your proxy/low-res timeline that needs to be swapped with the high-resolution source.
4
Search with timeline frame
Click the Match Timeline Monitor button (or Match Timeline Viewer in Final Cut Pro) in Jumper’s Search tab. Jumper will use the current frame from your timeline to search for matching scenes in your analyzed source media.
5
Review search results
Jumper will display matching results ranked by relevance. The top result is typically the exact match you’re looking for. Review the thumbnail and timestamp to confirm it’s the correct scene.
Since Jumper samples your media in 1FPS, you might not always get the exact frame match. However, depending on the framerate you’re usually just a few frames off the exact match.
6
Replace the clip
Once you’ve found the matching scene, you can:
- View it in the Source Monitor
- Mark the In/Out points
- Replace the proxy clip with the high-resolution source
- Open the exact frame in the source file
- Show the file in the project