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I'm vidding! Like I was born to do it! Thanks in huge part to the aforementioned Fi and Zoe who are my pit crew, parts and labor, muse and guru, executive producers par excellence.
So. In Premiere Pro:
1. How do I re-clip a clip that's already in my timeline? As in, it's already been clipped, made into a sequence, wherein I've stripped the audio and then cut and pasted it onto my master timeline, where the song audio track is. But, THEN, say, I decide I want to make it shorter? Can I somehow get in and RE-CLIP that clip and have it apply to the version that's on the timeline? Or do I just have to re-clip that clip again from the master from scratch? (Which is what I've been doing.)
2. In related news, is there any way to ZOOM IN on the timeline toolbar? Some of my clips are so teeny it's hard to get a mousehold on them, and I'd like to be able to get in really close and move clips by the millisecond.
3. And then. I haven't started playing with effects yet, but is there an easy way to crossfade (or set up a TIMED crossfade) between clips? Or an easy way to get a clip to fade to black or fade in from black?
fialka or z_rayne holding my hand.I'm vidding! Like I was born to do it! Thanks in huge part to the aforementioned Fi and Zoe who are my pit crew, parts and labor, muse and guru, executive producers par excellence.
So. In Premiere Pro:
1. How do I re-clip a clip that's already in my timeline? As in, it's already been clipped, made into a sequence, wherein I've stripped the audio and then cut and pasted it onto my master timeline, where the song audio track is. But, THEN, say, I decide I want to make it shorter? Can I somehow get in and RE-CLIP that clip and have it apply to the version that's on the timeline? Or do I just have to re-clip that clip again from the master from scratch? (Which is what I've been doing.)
2. In related news, is there any way to ZOOM IN on the timeline toolbar? Some of my clips are so teeny it's hard to get a mousehold on them, and I'd like to be able to get in really close and move clips by the millisecond.
3. And then. I haven't started playing with effects yet, but is there an easy way to crossfade (or set up a TIMED crossfade) between clips? Or an easy way to get a clip to fade to black or fade in from black?
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Date: 2006-08-21 05:26 am (UTC)See the little box full of tools? Play with them. They do cool things. One of the things they can do is shorten and lengthen clips, in multiple ways: by shifting your in and out points, by slowing down or speeding up the clip, etc. If you mouseover the individual tools, it should tell you the name and then you can look it up in the help.
In related news, is there any way to ZOOM IN on the timeline toolbar?
Okay, at the bottom, in the timeline window? On the left? There's a line with a triangle on it? (I think. I'm doing this from memory. *g*) Drag the triangle and you zoom in and out in the timeline.
And then. I haven't started playing with effects yet, but is there an easy way to crossfade (or set up a TIMED crossfade) between clips?
Crossfade is in your effects toolbox. You just drag it and drop it between two clips and then you can click on it and edit timing.
Or an easy way to get a clip to fade to black or fade in from black?
If you leave space between clips and drop the crossfade on the end or beginning of a clip, you'll crossfade between black and the clip.
I really suggest getting a book to help you with all of this. These are really basic questions, and things that are sometimes hard to explain without being able to point and demonstrate. Personally, I recommend Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Premiere Pro in 24 Hours. I think it's hands-down the best Premiere book out there.