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USING ADOBE PREMIERE PRO
Editing sequences and clips
Last updated 1/16/2012
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To select multiple clips by clicking, use the Selection tool and Shift-click each clip you want to select. (Shift-click
a selected clip to deselect it.)
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To select a range of clips, click in an empty area of the sequence under the time ruler, and then drag a rectangle
(marquee selection) that includes any part of the clips you want to select.
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To add or subtract a range of clips in the current selection, Shift-drag a marquee around clips. Shift-dragging a
marquee that includes unselected clips adds them to the current selection. Shift-dragging a marquee that includes
selected clips deselects them.
Selecting a range of clips by dragging a marquee
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To select all clips that exist on and after a certain time on one track, select the Track Select tool
and click the
clip at the beginning of the time span you want to select. Shift-click with the tool to select clips in all tracks.
Selecting clips with the Track Select tool
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To select clips in a track independently of its linked video or audio, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS)
using the Track Select tool
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Enable or disable a clip
You can disable a clip while you try out a different editing idea, or to shorten processing time when working on a
complex project. Disabled clips do not appear in the Program Monitor or in a preview or video file that you export. As
long as you have not locked the track containing a disabled clip, you can still make changes to it. If you want to disable
all clips on the same track, exclude the entire track instead. See “
Targeting tracks
” on page 173.
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Select one or more clips in a Timeline panel and choose Clip
> Enable. A check mark next to the command indicates
that the selected clips is enabled. Disabled clips appear dimmed in a Timeline panel.
Since it is a common duty for editors to enable and disable clips, it is recommended that you create a custom keyboard
shortcut for this task. See “
Customize or load keyboard shortcuts
” on page
451.
Group clips
You can
group
multiple clips so that you can move, disable, copy, or delete them together. Both audio and video tracks
of a linked clip are included when you group it with other clips.
You can’t apply clip-based commands, such as the Speed command, or effects to the group, though you can select
individual clips in the group and apply effects.