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3. Arrange the clips into a storyboard.
In the Project window, drag the clips into the order you want them to appear in the
sequence. Arrange them from left to right, top to bottom, in storyboard fashion. You can
drag a marquee to select a group of clips or Ctrl-click to add or subtract from your
selection. Clips shift forward in the storyboard to make room for clips you drop into an
occupied space in the grid. To quickly move clips back into view that have shifted outside
the Project window, and to eliminate empty spaces between clips, choose Clean Up from
the Project window’s pop-up menu.
4. Edit your clips as needed.
You can double-click a clip to open it in the Source view of the Monitor window and use
the Source view’s playback controls to watch the clip. Define the first frame you want to
include in the sequence by clicking the Set In Point button in Source view, and define the
last frame you want to include by clicking the Set Out Point button.
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You should set In and Out points to define the parts of the clips you want to use, especially
when the source clips include more footage than you plan to include in the final
sequence. However, you don’t need to be too meticulous: Many editors use the storyboard
method to create a quick rough cut and refine the sequence later.
5. Create duplicate clips as needed.
If you want to use parts of a clip more than once in a storyboard, you can create a
duplicate clip. Select a clip and choose Edit > Duplicate. With the duplicate clip selected,
choose Clip > Rename and give the clip a unique name. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for
duplicate clips.
It’s important to understand that you can add a source clip to a sequence as many times
as
you want without creating a duplicate clip. However, duplicate clips can come in handy
when you want parts of the same media to appear in different places in a storyboard.
Similarly, you might create one or more duplicate clips from a very lengthy and unwieldy
clip. This way, you could treat each portion of the shot as a different clip.
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6. Select the clips to add to the sequence.
Once you’ve completed your storyboard, select the shots you want to include in the
sequence. To select all the shots in the Project window, choose Edit > Select All. If you
don’t want to include everything in the storyboard, you can drag a marquee to select a
group of shots or Ctrl-click to add and subtract shots from your selection.
The whole idea of a storyboard is to put your shots in sequential order. Nevertheless, you
can have Adobe Premiere Pro place them in the sequence according to the order you
select the clips instead.
7. Add clips to a sequence.
Click the Automate To Sequence button at the bottom of the Project window. Specify the
options you want in the Automate To Sequence dialog box. For Ordering, you can choose
Sort Order, because you’ve arranged your clips into a storyboard. For Placement, choose
Sequentially; because you’re creating a rough cut, you can place the clips one after the
other rather than at predefined points in the sequence. It does not matter what you
