Premiere Pro Tricks

Adobe Premiere Pro Tricks, Tips, and Hacks

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Timeline Playback Auto-Scrolling

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Here’s a great Adobe Premiere Pro tip!

Did you know you can change how your timeline scrolls in Adobe Premiere Pro when you are in playback? There are three choices. Page Scroll is the default. Then there is Smooth Scroll and No Scroll. I have no idea why you might use No Scroll if you do clue me in ok?

If you having trouble visualizing what I am talking about here’s what the default behavior, Page Scroll, looks like. When the CTI gets to the far right your timeline advances and yout CTI enters from the far left.

Now watch this. Here’s how you change your Timeline Playback Scrolling behavior. We will change it to Smooth Scroll. In your Adobe Premiere Pro Preferences (I’m on a Mac) find “Timeline” towards the bottom. Then a panel will open up.


And here’s what Smooth Scroll looks like. Your CTI stays smack dab in the center of your timeline.

Finally, if you are interested, here’s what the No Scroll Option looks like. You CTI (Current Time Indicator), or what some people call your “Play Head”, move out of your view.

How to make a ne​w sequence in Adobe Premiere Pro

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Transcript:

hey friends I’m gonna show you a bunch
of ways to start a new sequence in
Premiere Pro. Premiere Pro works best
when your sequence settings match the
settings of your footage so I’m gonna
show you two ways that I feel is the
best way to set up your sequence in your
timeline. as you can see I have a bin
full of clips I’m just gonna take my
first clip right here and I’m going to
drag it right over here where it says
drop media here to create sequence. boom
new sequence created now you’ll notice
that the sequence name is the same as
your clip that you have here that I
created it from. what I do is I’m gonna
drag that out of my bin and I’m going to
rename it to something that is logical.
I’m gonna call it edit version zero one
and I’m ready to go. second great way to
create a new sequence would be to take a
clip from your footage bin drag it over
to the new item icon down here below and
drop it and now we have another new
sequence. as you can see yet again the
sequence has been named the same as your
clip so let’s pull that out of the bin
and rename this we’ll call this
edit version zero two. great that’s the
best two ways I feel to set up your
sequence now I’m going to show you a
couple more you can always go down to
the new item icon down here click on it
and you’re going to get a bunch of
options top one is sequence create a new
sequence you can rename it right here
you have several presets to choose so
choose the right one and hit OK then
drop your footage. here’s another way go
to file new pull down to sequence and
click.
yet again you have your preset settings
that you can choose from click OK
let’s say you start a new sequence by
using the command in keyboard shortcut
and let’s just say that you choose the
wrong preset and then you drag your clip
onto your timeline it’s going to give
you a warning saying clip mismatch best
thing to do is change sequence settings
unless you chose that preset for a
specific reason all right that’s it I
sure would appreciate a thumbs up a
subscribe a comment anything have a
great day

How To Rename Your Audio Tracks in Premiere Pro CC2018

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Have you tried to rename your audio track in your Premiere Pro timeline and found the menu option greyed out? Well, you can rename your Audio Tracks in Premiere Pro CC2018 by Right-clicking the audio track in your sequence and choose “Customize” from the drop-down menu and this will get you in to the button editor. Then click on the “A1” button and drag it down on to your track from the button editor menu. Now click OK to exit button editor. Now you need to right-click your audio track again and choose “Rename” it should no longer be greyed out.

 

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How to Overlay Your Clip Names in Adobe Premiere Pro

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Have you ever wanted to overlay the name of each clip in your sequence timeline? I can’t say I have, but I know it could come in handy if someone ever wanted to see the filename of each clip you used in the edit.

Just add an Adjustment Layer on the video track above the clips in your timeline. Then find the “Clip Name” effect in your Effects list (Effects > Video Effects > Video > Clip Name) and drag it on to your Adjustment Layer.

Now head over to your “Effects Control Panel” and find your “Clip Name” Effect. Change the “Source Track” to the Video Source Layer with your clips on it. In my case, V1.

Now you can see each clip name overlayed above your video clip. Export that sucker and send it to your client for some really great micromanagement! Just kidding.

This feature can speed up your work in Adobe Premiere Pro

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Premiere Pro Selection Follows Playhead

The Selection Follows Playhead menu item, located under the Sequence menu, was added to Premiere Pro in the 2015 update. If you have a check mark next to this menu item it will mean that as your playhead advances along in your sequence timeline the clip that is under the playhead will be automatically selected.

Premiere Pro Selection Follow Playhead

This saves you time from having to click them. Depending on which panels you have open you then can make changes to the clips as you move through your sequence timeline. For example, the video I made below shows you that if you have the Effects Control panel open that each time you stop your play head, or advance to each edit point using your up and down arrow keys, you can change the video effects or any effects you’ve already added. This can also be especially useful when you are color grading using the Lumetri Color panel.

Also, a quick search on google shows that many people find this annoying as proven by all the requests on how to turn off “Selection Follows Playhead.” So if you don’t like having that function on, refer to what I just said above, and do the opposite. You’re welcome.