Everytime I drag a clip onto the timeline and it like scales up?

Okay, so ya know when you drag a clip onto the timeline and it asks you if you wanna change the sequence settings or keep them. I usually keep them but this time I checked dont ask again and now its zoomed in and I feel stupid!

W cant help much with feeling stupid...
But create a new sequence and start again is what we might advise.

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Can't drag a clip onto my timeline

I just opened my newly updated version of iMovie on my newly updated version of Mavericks. While it's nice and all that iMovie has been upgraded, I feel like I have to learn how to use the software all over again.
That being said, after figuring out how to create a project, I tried to drag my first clip onto the timeline and it wouldn't work. The clip was also red. I've read that others have had the red clip issue, but has anyone had a problem with being able to drag clips onto their timeline. I found older clips that I had no problem dragging onto the timeline. It's just this particular clip.
Problem is that this particular clip was an MOV file created in Voila as a screencast in exactly the same way that I've done with so many other clips before. I import them into iPhoto and then the older version of iMovie never seemed to have any problem with them.
Is there anything I can do short of re-recording this particular clip, which is 30 minutes long!
If anyone knows the answer, I'd really appreciate the help.
Thanks.
Mike

How are you trying to delete them?...are they all on one single track? What exactly are you referring to by your 'link button'? Do you mean the track selector just to the right of the 'lock' at left of timeline?
Try this...set an In/Out, make sure the track selector is highlighted, then hit delete or command-c (apple-c) to 'cut' it out.
If you want to delete more than one track at a time, you can option-click on the track selectors to select one or all.
K

I am moving clips to the timeline and they arrive zoomed in. how can I stop this?

need some help. I'm moving clips to the timeline and they arrive zoomed in. I don't want this effect. How can I stop it?

To expand a little on John's questions and link, every clip and every sequence has its own frame dimensions (and pixel aspect ratio & frame rate). By default, Premiere preserves the dimensions (or "resolution") of a clip when you add it to a sequence. That means that if a clip's resolution is greater than that of the sequence, it will appear to be zoomed in on the frame. Conversely, if the clip is lower res than the sequence, it will appear shrunk, with black borders.
If all of your content is the same resolution (which is the ideal case), then you should use a sequence that matches. The easiest way to do so is the "New Item" method that John refers to--dragging a clip to the Project Panel's New Item button--or, in later releases of PPro CC, dragging it into an empty Timeline panel. If you're working with content of mixed resolution, then you have to pick your poison and scale smaller clips up or larger clips down. The latter option is generally preferred because the former--scaling clips up--often results in unacceptable pixelation.

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Is there a way to display metadata instead of clip name on the clips in the timeline and in the source monitor? Clip names are usually set by the camera and are of no use to me. What i would like the clip and the source monitor to display is the name of the shot from the metadata. That's,in my opinion, a very useful info when you're editing a film. If that feature doesn't exist, is there a way to batch rename clips based on metadata?

thanks
is that new or was that always there. Not to sure if I have tried that in the past
anyway it helped and will makes things much faster
one other question maybe you have an answer to that too. it seems both Audio tracks are independ when putting on keyframes is there a way when using keyframes in the time line that it affect both channels of audio for example a1 an a2
once again thanks for your help

When I place a clip in the timeline and try to watch it, the viewer says "Unrendered" and it will not show the clip

When I place a clip in the timeline and try to watch it, the viewer says "Unrendered" and it will not show the clip. What do I need to do to fix this?

Option 1: Render the clip in FCE then watch it.
Option 2 (preferred): Convert the clip so it will match your Sequence settings in FCE prior to importing the clip into your project. It will not need rendering if converted properly.
-DH

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I just loaded PP CD5 onto my Win 7 laptop. I can import movie clips into my project, but I can't drag any of those clips into the timeline. When I try to drag them, I get a hand with a "do not enter" symbol. No error messages of any kind.
I vaguely remember having this same issue when I loaded PP CS5 on my Win 7 desktop several months ago, and I thought I found something on the forums that told me how to fix it, but I can't find it now. Perhaps a change in the preferences?
Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Did you actually create a sequence? If not, go to File > New > Sequence, or drag one of your clips to the New Item icon at the bottom of the Project Panel. You can also click that to get the New Sequence option.

Premiere Elements 12 - The project stopped accepting new mp4 and jpeg clips onto the timeline. There are several there but when adding new ones they appear to place properly then immediately disappear. Any fix?

Windows 8.1 elements 12 - I have a project underway that was operating fine as i built the video file, then stopped accepting new files, both mp4 and jpeg. It appears to accept them when dragged onto the timeline but then they immediately disappear. Any solutions?

boondocker
That is an unusual situation that you are presenting.
Have you updated from 12 to 12.1 via the project's Help Menu/Update? If not, please do so.
Do you have the latest version of QuickTime installed on your computer with Premiere Elements 12 on Windows 8.1 presumed 64 bit?
The usual drill
a. What is your project preset? What are the properties of your sources media? What is the brand/model/settings of the camera recording your mp4 and jpeg.
What are the pixel dimensions of these jpeg images and how many of them are there in the project (especially when the problems set in).
b. What is the size/duration of your Timeline content when the program no longer accepts new files?
c. Describe status of your computer resources. Also, where are the Scratch Disks directed and how much free hard drive space is at that location(s)?
Troubleshooting for Unexpected/Unexplained project problems...Deletion of the Adobe Premiere Elements Prefs file and, if necessary, the whole 12.0 Folder in which it exists.
Local Disk C
Users
Owner
AppData
Roaming
Adobe
Premiere Elements
12.0
and in the 12.0 Folder is the Adobe Premiere Elements Prefs file that you delete. If that does not work, then delete the whole 12.0 Folder in which the Adobe Premiere Elements Prefs file exists. Be sure to be working with Folder Option Show Hidden Files, Folders, and Drives active so that you can see the complete path cited.
Let us start from the above and then decide what next.
Thank you.
ATR

Multicam Clips in the Timeline and Image Stabilization

I've got a multicam clip in my timeline that I would like to use image stabilization on. What I'd like to do is:
double click on the clip which brings up the angle editor with the range and angle selected.
press cmd-B to blade the clip
turn on image stabilization.
Unfortunately, step one doesn't work. I'm forced to open up the angle editor and manually skim and search for the desired angle and time range. It would be okay if the playhead in the angle editor was slaved to the one in the timeline. Then when you went into the angle editor you'd be right at the desired source material, but no, the two seem to be independant of each other. It makes performing the task much slower and more tedious. So much so I am convinced more experienced users are going to know a quicker way to do it.
So, does anyone know an easier work-around for this?

Thank you Tom and Luis, but I'm not with any of this. I can add a clip to the timeline or insert a clip into it via the "arrow tools". If I attempt to shorten the clip IN the timeline there is a blank space representing the amount trimmed from the clip.
I want the next clip along to that I've trimmed to automatically move along the timeline albeit shortening the total project duration.
Pressing "A" on the keyboard doesn't achieve this.
I simply click on the clip in the timeline to highlight it with the yellow margin. I then click on one "edge" with the arrows symbol and drag the edge inwards. This then leaves the space I do not want.
As for "Preferences" when I click this under "Final Cut Pro" i see nothing either relevant to this problem or that I could trash.

Shorten Clips In The Timeline And Shorten The Project Duration

When I shorten a clip in the timeline by dragging on one end a blank space appears. I know this is in order to keep the project the same duration but I do not want this. I am happen for the project duration to reduce in accordance with my timeline clip editing, without any blank spaces appearing.
How do I achieve this noting that this seems to be a recent default situation, whether I use FCPX 10.09 or 10.01.01.

Thank you Tom and Luis, but I'm not with any of this. I can add a clip to the timeline or insert a clip into it via the "arrow tools". If I attempt to shorten the clip IN the timeline there is a blank space representing the amount trimmed from the clip.
I want the next clip along to that I've trimmed to automatically move along the timeline albeit shortening the total project duration.
Pressing "A" on the keyboard doesn't achieve this.
I simply click on the clip in the timeline to highlight it with the yellow margin. I then click on one "edge" with the arrows symbol and drag the edge inwards. This then leaves the space I do not want.
As for "Preferences" when I click this under "Final Cut Pro" i see nothing either relevant to this problem or that I could trash.

There are diagonal stripes on some clips on the timeline and wont play video in the program monitor.

After reconnecting some origianl files after a hard drive crashed, there are diagonal stripes on some clips on the timeline that wont play video in the program monitor. They do however play in the source monitor.

Those stripes are most likely the missing media indicators, which means you've relinked to the wrong clips.

Trying to move clips in the timeline and they won't drop?

I'm trying to unlock tracks and that doesn't seem to help, what's going on? When I try to drop them in the place where I want them, instead of the cursor becoming that down arrow with the line below it, it just stays being the regular arrow cursor but with a star to the right of it and a square line appears on the timeline where I'm trying to drop the clip but it won't drop.

You can open your Project file in a text editor and see what links the project expects to find.
To do this,
1. Find your project in the iMovie/iMovie Projects/ folder. Make a copy of it, and put the copy on your desktop so you don't risk harming it in step 2. The project will have the name that you gave it, and will have the file extension RCPROJECT.
2. Open the copy of the RCPROJECT file in a text editor. You can do this by right-clicking (or control-clicking) on the project file and selecting OPEN WITH...some text editor.
You can open it in Text Edit, which comes standard on your Mac, but it may be confusing because of the hexadecimal characters. If you have access to the BBEDIT text editor, it seems to handle the hex characters better, so you can tell what is going on.
3. Now look at the links in the project file, and see where iMovie thinks they should be. If necessary, move them back there.
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Problem dragging a clip into the timeline.

Hi
I'm having problems dragging video into my timeline. I can drag audio in but not video.
I've completed projects before and never had any problems, this happened halfway through a project and I can't seem to get it to work.
It will let me import audio but not video?
Many thanks
Mike

Did you targeted or source patch a track?
Adobe Premiere Pro Help | Source patching and track targeting

Premiere pro crashes when I upload/drag a video onto the timeline.

Just built a new desktop and can't get Premiere Pro CC to work...well it's uploaded and I can open it. But every time I try to upload any media on it crashes...please help

Check to see if your video driver is up to date.
What video formats have you tried?

I upgraded to 10.3 and tried to open an old project from 10.0 there are empty clips in the timeline and I've imported media to the library

I get this msg when I try to relink my media files. Im lost because I have not changed any formats or where the files are located.
83 name matches were found, but 83 files are not compatible.
Relinked files must have the same media type and similar audio channels as the original files, and must be long enough to cover all the clips that reference the files.
Select a single item at a time to get information about why it is not compatible.

Hi emeraldcleopatra,
Why not mimic the settings you have for your 12" iBook that connects, trying the same for the one that doesn't and checking each setting that you have played around with.
See if that works.
regards roam

Dragging single clip onto timeline crashes FCP

Hi
I am resizing clips but when I drag the clip onto the timeline, FCP shuts down.
This happens repeatedly both on Studio 1 and Studio 2
Please help.
Thanks

Thanks guys
No my media is good and not a problem of where they are stored.
I have gotten around this by dragging the clip into the source screen and then dragging it into the sequence monitor. It's more time consuming but much less frustrating than having FCP crash all the time.
Many thanks

Everytime I drag a clip onto the timeline and it like scales up?

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