Markers offer a lot of power in Premiere Pro to do things like communicate editing decisions to other editors or to trigger Flash actions. In this post we’ll show you how to get the most of markers in Premiere!In this post we’ll discuss the different types of markers in Premiere Pro, as well as provide some unconventional uses for them in your video editing workflow.
Microsoft put an end to one of its favorite free software bundles, Windows Essentials. It included a variety of programs including a blog writing program, the now defunct MSN Messenger, Windows Live Mail, and Movie Maker.The latter was a particularly beloved program because it made it easy to do basic edits for a video. The editor panel houses the timeline, which comprises of the video and audio tracks. The editor panel also houses some the very handy advanced video editing tools that comes with the Filmora Pro. Tools found on the Editor panel include the Slip Tool, Slide Tool, Ripple Edit Tool, and Roll Edit Tool.
Let’s jump inOne of the big additions to Premiere Pro CS6 with respect to markers is the new ‘Markers Panel’. It can be located at the bottom left with the Project Panel/Media Browser/Info/Effects and History tabs. As always, if you can’t find it you can get access to all panels through the window menu.This new panel will display all the markers in your sequence and also what type of marker they are by color coding – another new and very welcome features in Premiere Pro CS6. Not only that, this panel will display any comments made in the markers and allow you to navigate to specific markers by simply single clicking on the marker in the Markers Panel.
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Double clicking on the grey/header part of the marker in the Markers Panel will open the marker dialogue box. Otherwise clicking in the text box will allow you to add/alter text as needed.Markers PanelMarkers in the TimelineApplying Navigation Markers in PremiereThe easiest way to add a marker in Premiere Pro CS6 is to move your playhead in the timeline to the place you want the marker to be and then hitting the ‘M’ key on your keyboard. Note, this is different from previous versions of Premiere Pro which required you to use the.
key on your number pad (which is still the way to add markers in After Effects).If you’re more mouse-oriented you can position your playhead where you’d like a marker on the timeline and hitting either the icon circled in red below to create an Encore Chapter Marker or the icon circled in Yellow below to create a comment marker. Alternatively, you can add a marker from the ‘Marker’ menu at the top of the UI.Creating Markers in the TimelineNavigating markers has also become more intuitive in CS6 with the simple keyboard short-cuts of Shift + M to go to the next marker in your sequence and Control + Shift + M (PC) or Command + Shift + M (Mac) to go to the previous marker.
This will have you navigating to your markers very quickly which means you can be frame perfect when getting to any issues identified in your timeline.If you can’t remember these shortcuts (you should!) you can always get to them through the ‘Markers’ menu at the top of the UI.
Let’s take a tour of the Premiere Pro editing tools which help you trim and cut your assets within the timeline.If you’re new to Adobe Premiere Pro, you might be sticking with the basic selection tool to perform most of your edits. Learning the ins and outs of additional Premiere Pro editing tools can help speed up your workflow significantly.
Let’s take a closer look at all of the tools available.Selection ToolKeyboard Shortcut: VThe Selection tool allows you to perform basic selections and edits. You can select specific edit points and perform simple trims. Select multiple clips and move them around within the timeline, from track to track.Track Select Forward/BackwardKeyboard Shortcut: A (Shift+A)This tool will let you quickly select all of the clips in a sequence, either forward or backwards. Naturally it won’t select clips in locked tracks. If you hold shift, the tool will select only one track instead of all tracks.Ripple EditKeyboard Shortcut: BRipple Edit is a trim tool, used to trim a clip and ripple the rest of the clips in the timeline, effectively closing the gap between the two edit points. When using the Ripple Edit tool, make sure you select the correct edit points.
You also need to be aware of which tracks are locked. You can quickly throw a lot of things out of sync if you incorrectly use the Ripple Edit tool.Rolling EditKeyboard Shortcut: NRolling Edit is another trim tool used for fine-tuning and adjustments.
You perform a Rolling Edit by moving an edit point either forward or backwards in the sequence. Rolling Edit moves the Out point of the first clip and the In point of the second.Rate StretchKeyboard Shortcut: RThe Rate Stretch tool either speeds up or slows down the clip. The In and Out points of the clip remain the same, but the duration and speed of the clip changes according to the amount you “stretch” through the trim.
Expanding the Out point of the clip will slow down the rate of speed, while shortening the clip will speed up the duration.RazorKeyboard Shortcut: CUsing the Razor adds a simple edit point by cutting the clip wherever you use the tool. Holding shift while using the Razor will cut clips across all tracks, as long as they are not locked.Slip ToolKeyboard Shortcut: YThe Slip tool slips the clip’s source In and Out point, but doesn’t move it on the timeline. While using the Slip tool, the program monitor shows you the frame before and after the clip, and gives you a live preview of the source In and Out points, with source timecode.Slide ToolKeyboard Shortcut: USliding a clip moves the clip on the timeline, but keeps the source In and Out points the same. The Slide tool closes all gaps as well. You can slide a clip backwards as far as the previous clip’s In point and as far forward as the following clip’s Out point.Pen ToolKeyboard Shortcut: PThe Pen tool allows you to add keyframes to a clip.
You can keyframe a wide number of attributes, including opacity, scale, position and even volume of an audio clip. Hold the alt key and you can add bezier curves to your keyframes.HandKeyboard Shortcut: HUsing the Hand tool, you can navigate forward and backward on the timeline.ZoomKeyboard Shortcut: ZThe Zoom tool allows you to zoom in and out of different areas of the timeline.These Premiere Pro editing tools are easy to use and can change the way you work. Try adding a couple to your workflow with each session. They’ll be second nature before you know it!What are your go-to editing tools?
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