Hold down the Option key (alt) and click on a tool in your toolbar to quickly cycle through the available tools. This is handy for me sometimes when I can’t get the exact position of the mouse just right to activate the drop-down selection.
Closing all your Effects Parameters at Once in Premiere Pro
Sometimes I want to see all the effects I have stacked up on a clip when editing in Adobe Premiere Pro. If you hold down your Option Key (Alt) and click the twirl down arrow, “>” then all of your effects will twirl up at once. Additionally, you can do the same thing to open every single effect and parameter in your effects stack after you have closed them all.
How To Rename Your Audio Tracks in Premiere Pro CC2018
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.
How to Quickly Find Effects in Adobe Premiere Pro
The quickest way to find an effect in your Adobe Premiere Pro Effects Panel is using the search bar. Just start searching for the effect you want and Adobe will start filtering through the Effects list as you type. It’s not only handy, but it will speed things up for you a lot!
How to Overlay Your Clip Names in Adobe Premiere Pro
UPDATE: Adobe has moved this effect to “Obsolete” which means someday it will disapear.
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.
Load your Adobe Premiere Pro Source Monitor with Multiple Clips
Did you know the shortcut for activating your source monitor is Shift+2? Now you do, so remember that.
Now, in your project panel hold down your shift key and select a bunch of video clips. Then drag those clips on to your source monitor.
Wait, nothing happened right? Well, hold on there cowboy.
Remember our source monitor shortcut at the top, “Shift+2”? Well, start hitting “Shift+2” over and over again.
You will start cycling through all those clips you just selected and drug up there.
Now knock yourself out and set in and out points and cycle through those clips like a pro and get that edit done!