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Timeline Playback Auto-Scrolling

July 1, 2019 By Premiere Pro Tricks 7 Comments

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.

Filed Under: Sequence, Timeline

Close Gaps in Premiere Pro Sequence

January 26, 2019 By Premiere Pro Tricks 5 Comments

So you have a bunch of clips all separated out by blank spaces between them and you want to delete all the gaps. With an easy change to your Keyboard Shortcuts in Adobe Premiere Pro you can do just that.

First off open your keyboard shortcuts under the Premiere Pro CC dropdown menu.

Second, go to the search bar and type in “gap” to find the “Close Gap” and add a keyboard shortcut to it. I selected “Shift+Delete” for mine. Then click the OK button to save your shortcut.

Finally head over to your sequence timeline that has all those annoying gaps and hit the “Shift+Delete” keys and PRESTO! the gaps are gone.

Filed Under: Keyboard Shortcuts, Timeline

Extend Edit Keyboard Shortcut in Adobe Premiere Pro

July 5, 2018 By Premiere Pro Tricks Leave a Comment

Here’s a handy one for you. E is for Extend Edit. Select the tail of your clip and hit the E key to extend your edit to the play head in your timeline.

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Filed Under: Keyboard Shortcuts, Timeline

How to Overlay Your Clip Names in Adobe Premiere Pro

February 22, 2018 By Premiere Pro Tricks 5 Comments

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.

Filed Under: Sequence, Timeline, Video Clips

How to swap clips in the Premiere Pro timeline

December 19, 2017 By Premiere Pro Tricks 1 Comment

How to swap clips in adobe premiere pro timeline

Hold down the Command+Option keys (Control+Alt for PC) and drag your clip over to swap them.

If you want to swap or rearrange some clips in your timeline find the clip you want to swap, hold down the Command+Option keys and drag your clip to the new location.

Questions, comments or need some help? Comment below.

 

Filed Under: Timeline Tagged With: Adobe, Premiere Pro, Swap, Timeline

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