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Premiere Pro Editing Tools
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Tools X: Rate Stretch
The following tools are available in Premiere Pro. Each Change the duration of a clip while simultane-
has a single letter short-cut since they are used quite of- ously changing the speed to compensate.
ten and the more you edit, the more you’ll want to use The rate stretch tool is used to change the duration of a
them to add finesse and speed to your editing. clip in the timeline while simultaneously adjusting the
speed to compensate. Using the rate stretch tool you can
V: Selection stretch a clip until it fills a gap. Note that the speed of
This is the default tool, used to select clips in the the clip must be slowed down in order to accomplish
timeline. To select a single clip or transition in the time- this. If a clip is reduced in length using the rate stretch
line, click right on the clip or transition. To select only tool will increase the speed of the clip. The rate-stretch
the video or audio portion of a clip, hold down the Alt tool may not always be the right solution, but when it is,
key while clicking the clip. To select multiple clips, hold it’s magically fun!
down the Shift key while clicking each required clip.
Shift-click a clip again to remove it from the selection. C: Razor blade
To select multiple adjacent clips, click and drag a selec- Cut a clip (or multiple clips) into two clips. The
tion rectangle (marquee) around all the required clips. razor blade tool is used to cut a clip in the time-
Shift-drag to remove parts of the selection. To select all line into two separate clips. Click on a clip at the point
clips on a track (or multiple tracks), use the track selec- where you want the make the cut.
tion tool instead of the selection tool.
If you ever wonder why your mouse clicks are resulting Y: Slip
in unexpected behavior, check the tools panel to see Moves the in and out points of a clip by the same
which tool is selected, you may not be in the tool you amount simultaneously, so the rest of the timeline is not
expect to be in (this often happens inadvertently when affected. See “Types of edits in Adobe Premiere Pro” be-
hitting a keyboard shortcut). A good habit is to go back low for a detailed explanation.
to the select tool (pressing V) when you are done with
other tools in order to return Premiere Pro to the default
U: Slide
selection mode.
Move a clip back and forth in the timeline, while
simultaneously adjusting adjacent clips to compensate.
A: Track Select
See “Types of edits in Adobe Premiere Pro” below for a
Select all clips on a track from a given point, or detailed explanation.
select multiple tracks. The track selection tool is used to
select all clips from a given point on a particular track in
the timeline. Position the mouse pointer where you P: Pen
would like to start the selection and click. There are two Use the pen tool to create control points (key-
variants, select forward and select back. To select single frame) in audio files (e.g. for level or pan adjustments)
tracks, hold down the Shift key while clicking, otherwise and video tracks (e.g. opacity adjustment).
it will select multiple tracks.
H: Hand
B: Ripple Edit Drag the viewable portion of the timeline view
Adjust an edit point and move other clips in the left or right.
timeline to compensate. See “Types of edits in Adobe
Premiere Pro” below for a detailed explanation. Z: Zoom tool
Click in the timeline with this tool to magnify
N: Rolling Edit the view, or drag and select a rectangular area to zoom
Adjust an edit point between two clips without into, you can also use the zoom tool to select a rectangu-
affecting the rest of the timeline. See “Types of edits in lar area to magnify.
Adobe Premiere Pro” below for a detailed explanation.
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Editing in the timeline Slip edit
In addition to trimming the in-point or out-point of a
clip using the Select tool, Premiere Pro can perform the
following edits in the timeline.
While you can accomplish your editing tasks with only
trimming, cutting, and adjusting in and/or out points,
these tools streamline common editing operations by
combining multiple trimming and cutting operations
into a single step. A slip edit adjust the in-point and out-point of a clip at
the same time, while keeping the clip in the same position
Rolling edit in the timeline. The duration of the clip stays the same
and the clip before and after the clip you are slipping
remain unchanged.
To perform a slip edit, select the slip edit tool from the
tool panel. Position the mouse over the clip in the time-
line, click and drag left or right. After performing a slip
edit, you’ll notice that the in-point and out-point of the
clip has been delayed or advanced by the same amount
while the rest of the clips in the timeline are unaffected
A rolling edit adjusts the edit point between two adja- by the slip edit.
cent clips without affecting the rest of the timeline. The
outgoing clip (to the left of the edit) is made shorter
while the incoming clip (to the right of the edit) is made Slide edit
longer by the same amount, or vice-versa. There is no
effect on the the overall length of the program in the
timeline.
To perform a rolling edit, select the rolling edit tool from
the tool panel. Position the mouse at the edit point in
the timeline and drag the edit point to the left or to the
right. In other words, as you move this edit point, the
out-point of the outgoing clip and the in-point of the
incoming clip are changed by the same amount, either
advanced or delayed depending on whether you move A slide edit moves an entire clip left or right
the edit point to the left or right. along the timeline, causing other clips to be adjusted ac-
cordingly. The duration (and thus the in and out points)
Ripple edit of the target clip stays the same, the durations of clips on
either side of the clip you are sliding are automatically
reduced or increased as required to move the target clip
forward or backwards in the timeline.
To perform a slide edit, select the slide edit tool from the
tool panel. Position the mouse over the clip in the time-
line, then click and drag to the left or to the right right.
Given three clips in a sequence, A, B, and C, performing
a slide edit on clip B as the target clip maintains the
same in-point and out-point of clip B, while clip A’s out-
A ripple edit adjusts the edit point while moving the rest point is changed as well as clip B’s in-point is changed, as
of the timeline to compensate. clip B is moved to the left or right.
To perform a ripple edit, select the ripple edit tool from
the tool panel. Position the mouse at the edit point in
the timeline and drag left or right. The edit point be- More on tools and editing
tween the outgoing and incoming clips will be delayed Adobe’s tutorials and help resources are worth checking
or advanced with a ripple edit, while the remaining clips out: http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere- pro/topics.html
are delayed or advanced the same amount, reducing or and you have access all of the lynda.com tutorials, their
increasing the length of the timeline, appropriately. Adobe Premiere tutorials are quite good, check them out!
