Add clip name from reel name

By adding the clip name to an EDL, incorrect matches can be reduced when conforming the EDL in Resolve or Scratch.

Option 1: BBEdit GREP method

Open text file with the following regular expressions for use in BBEdit

Option 2: Python script command line method

Download Python script "addClipName.py" (.ZIP file)

So how does it work? Here are the regular expression patterns deciphered:

Note that Python's re.sub method uses a slightly different syntax to recall the sub-patterns in the replacement expression: \g<1> instead of \1

What if I want to use non-Red reel names, or what if my EDL has a different padding for the event numbers? Try this as the search pattern:

([0-9]+\s+)([A-Z0-9_]+)(\s+V\s+.*)

You should be able to decipher the new GREP pattern.