Premiere Pro Tricks

Adobe Premiere Pro Tricks, Tips, and Hacks

Timeline

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.

Close Gaps in Premiere Pro Sequence

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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.

How to Overlay Your Clip Names in Adobe Premiere Pro

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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.