Noob Question 7: Motion Operations On Multiple Clips?

Is it possible to apply a 'template' to -group- of clips, such that they all have the same height/width/scale ?
I got this utterly fantastic idea for my 1st music video (a work of heart-breaking genius I might add) and all depends on making dozens of clips in one story-line be in exactly the same spot/size on the screen. Changing them all in one go would be FANTASTIC. Changing them one at a time would be pretty much a reason to quit for the day.
Doable? Page # in case I should've RTFM more closely?
TIA,
---JC

I don't get the 'nest sequences' thing at -all
Have a look at these nested sequence tutorials and you will see how useful they can be.
Cheers
Eddie

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Hmm. I'm not in my room right now (project is on an xternal hd) but when I get back I'll try again and post back. But I'm almost positive it just gives me the one clip in that left editing window.

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Hello!
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I'm going to assume you want to assign the exact same motion tab setting to additional clips.
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type Cmnd-C to copy
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Method 1: Unlink audio and video, then disable audio track.
Method 2: Right click on clip, select Audio Gain, and set gain level to -96 db.
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You are correct that the Audio Mixer handles Tracks. It's the same thing with the Keyframes and adjustments made via Audio Mixer. That was why I suggested placing selected Clips on selected Tracks.
When I am doing heavy Audio work, I always use multiple Audio Tracks, as that allows me infinite control. I also change the names of those Audio Tracks so that I know exactly what's one each, say "Lake Ambience Dusk," "Loon Near," "Loon Far," Frogs," "Crickets," "Music," "Narration," etc.. Then each Track can be adjusted, precisely, and I can also add Track Keyframes, via the Audio Mixer, to adjust Volume of each Track. Since the Audio Mixer applies Track Keyframes (not Clip Keyframes), I do that as my final step, when I have completed my actual Cutting and Trimming. Next to prehaps final scoring, this set of adjustments is the last thing that I do.
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Adjust one image the way you want it. Copy, select the images, and use the paste attributes function.

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Hey guys,
Is there any way to turn multiple clips into one single clip? More specifically, multiple clips that have already been placed on the timeline. I have ten clips right next to each other on the timeline and I would like to turn them into one single clip with no edit marks. Kind of like the "Consolidate" option in Pro Tools. Is there any way to do this without exporting or nesting? Thanks!
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Is there any way to turn multiple clips into one single clip? More specifically, multiple clips that have already been placed on the timeline.
File>Export>Quicktime movie. Check the SELF CONTAINED option.
Is there any way to do this without exporting or nesting?
No.
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I often have to move multiple layers of clips or still images and keep their position relative to each other. In AE and in PS I can select multiple layers and drag their position around freely, but in Premiere Pro, I can only drag one layer at a time. Bouncing to AE is not a solution for me because everything I work with needs to be timed with multiple layers of audio at all times. Nesting is not a solution for me because I need to be able to adjust each layer independently as well. This is a feature I would use (and did use in FCP) dozens of times every day! I really need this. Any chance it's coming in a future update?

Hi Chris,
Hi Kevin, I resurrected this old thread today so I'm not sure if the original poster is still around but thanks for the replies.
Sure, no problem.
The After Effects work around is quite long winded for what seems like a very simple task, but I do appreciate your point about how FCP was designed differently from the beginning.
Indeed, it really seems that way from the outset, but AE launches really fast these days. You can set up these kinds of comps very quickly and be back in Premiere Pro in no time. Remember how Motion and FCP used to work together? I think of it in the same way.
Sure it would be better if Premiere Pro had all the goodies FCP had (like this feature), but it's a totally different application and so you may have to adjust your expectations.
I'm sure it's not the case of just changing a couple of lines of code in Premiere, unfortunately! Hopefully the "multiple clip parameter editing" and "horizontal/vertical lock" features can be implemented in the future.
That's often the case, but the question is then "when would we have the time to write and test that code when there are 800 priorities ahead of it?" The key is feature requests. The more we get for any one feature, the faster it rises to the top of the list of priorities.
If anyone else would like these please submit feature requests! http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
You have the right idea. Thanks!
Kevin

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Hello,
I have a lot of clips in multiple sequences that I would like to replace because I have changed the background but I would like to keep the attributes (cropping) of the original clips. At the moment I feel that I have to copy each clip and paste its attributes to its replacement but I'm wondering if there's a way to replace the clips without changing the attributes.
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There MUST be an easier way to do this, I just can't think of it at the moment.
I can only suggest you review your sequences carefully and see if there aren't some shortcuts you can use. Maybe the cropping or motion settings from one clip are used again on others? That would at least eliminate several copy operations. You can do multiple selects and apply a single paste.
Wish I could be more help other than to just kvetch along with you.
bogiesan

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I'm attempting to scale multiple clips to the same size, however I don't want to change their position. Therefore copy/paste attributes won't do the trick without changing position, as you can only paste the entire "Basic Motion" attribute.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Lee

Thanks for trying to help figure this out Kevan. I'm finding that there is nothing but workarounds to get only scaling to adjust without changing position.
The source stills are all the same size. Basically I was given less than HD stills to begin with, and I'm now replacing those with HD sized stills of all the same size. There are a lot of match frame edits, so I would prefer not to have to reposition everything again.
It doesn't seem unrealistic to think that one should be able to copy/paste only the "scale" value in the clip just as you are able to copy/paste opacity only. Maybe that's a feature for future versions of FCP.
It works if I go through and manually change the scale of each clip to 50%. The positioning stays the same.
And now it seems that I've found the answer to my own question:
1. Reconnect media to the new, hi-rez stills
2. Nest the sequence into a squence that's the same resolution as the new source stills
3. Scale the nest down to fit the HD sequence settings
Retains the original positioning.
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Lee

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With the introduction of ability to select Edit Points, now it's inconvenient to drag multiple selected clips or add clips to selection because in some cases - depending on timeline zoom state and/or clip duration. The edit points are altered instead of the clips, that behaviour drives me nuts. It leads to a necessity to do one of the following actions before selecting and/or dragging multiple clips with comfort:
sniper mode - put the cursor over a place in the selection where the cursor will not indicate Edit Point trimming mode.
to avoid loosing selection when using sniper mode - Group the clips after adding every clip to selection and/or after a dragging operation
dynamically change zoom state so that you will not have to use sniper mode
use copy/cut/paste - may involve a necessity to do additional pre-pasting steps
IMHO, this behaviour should be rethinked.
How fast it was in CS5.5 and older versions:
Please, Premiere Pro Programming Team, especially Tim Gogolin, Steve Hoeg, Peter Lee, Gerry Miller, James Mork, Vivek Neelamegam, Axel Schildan, Jerry Scoggins, Sven Skwirblies, Tod Snook, Jesse Zibble, rethink the behaviour of selecting and dragging clips. Start giving links to beta-versions to other editors too, not only to editors like Philip Bloom.
Selecting edit points is sometimes helpful and sometimes distracting.
To get the best of two worlds (CS6 edit points vs. CS5.5 and older) - a switch could be added to Keyboard Shortcuts list, like the "hidden" Add Clip Marker shortcut.
Let's name it "Application > Sequence > Select Edit Points".
When Shift- or Shift+Alt- key is pressed and some Clip is selected, clicking on an edit point of another clip should add a clip to selection in the same way as previous versions of Premiere Pro did:
To drag clips in legacy sniper-free mode only a switch can help. Let's name it "Application > Sequence > Select Edit Points when Multiple Clips are Selected".
To add comfort to the editing process - selecting/dragging multiple clips - additional switches cannot be avoided. Additionally you may add an option to the Preferences > Trim:
Allow Selection tool to choose Roll and Ripple trims without modifier key
Allow Selection tool to select Edit Points while multiple Clips are selected
Feature Request/Bug Report Form
******BUG******
Concise problem statement:Inconveniences when selecting and dragging multiple clips
Steps to reproduce bug:
1.Create a Selection of multiple clips with Shift+Click
2.Try to drag the clips
Results:With the introduction of ability to select Edit Points, in some cases (depends on timeline zoom state and/or clip duration) now it's inconvenient to select and drag multiple selected clips because the edit points are selected instead of the clips
Expected results:Clips should be selected/dragged like in CS5.5 and older
Link: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

With all due respect Kevin, nobody at Adobe has the right to change a program SO drastically. I am also a mouse person, and am MUCH faster using the mouse, vs the keyboard.
When people have invested YEARS into a program like Adobe, they get used to things, how things work, the feel of a program. I really don't see how you all can just change it on a whim. IF you are going to do this, BOTH methods should still work. You cannot just stop the way people are used to editing. You can't just decide to change a program so drastically, that it doesn't feel like a program we have grown to love over many long years. If Adobe on a whole is changing things, just because a few people in your company voice opinions like I've quoted below, it's not the way to go. Adobe should be really putting feelers out there, and seeing how people are really using the program. Things should be getting easier, more powerful, sure that's natural, but you can't just decide to remove things that mouse users do every day. :-(
Upgrading a program, and changing it to this degree, are two different things in my book. I have not yet upgraded, but it is very scary - the things I'm seeing. For one, way way too many bugs. The amount of bugs on so many boards being reported are just beyond comprehension.
And a final note, I for one, am very glad Steven is posting these videos ( I'd like to hear him go through steps though - just watching the video with no audio of what he is doing is not so great, however after watching some of his posts, he's knows what he's doing, and has a good head to think with )
I mostly read posts, but I thought I would voice my opinion, if none of us speak up, nothing will get changed. I'm really hoping that Adobe implements some change in the next revision .5 or whatever it will be called. Reading posts like this one are really depressing. Did you watch Steven's video on a simple task as moving multiple clips around on a timeline ? Doing this with a mouse just isn't going to work for many, removing simple tasks by way of using a mouse would stop me from upgrading.
Please address this in upcoming updates.
Dave.
Kevin Monahan wrote:
I went to NLE school in Hollywood in the 90's. Their mantra was, "never touch the mouse." I rather like the fact that I need to touch the mouse much less in CS6, but this is my personal opinion and the way I was trained.

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Now ... do you have all one type footage (codec, frame size & rate) or different kinds, say some 1080p-24fps, some 720i-60fps, some 460p-29.976fps, that sort of thing?
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Hello: I have a VHS video tape that was used to archive multiple scenes shot by a DV camera. I can load the entire VHS tape as a single file into Adobe Premiere Elements 12 and have cut the source into multiple clips. What I would like to do now is save each clip as a separate .avi file so that I can then import same to the Organizer.
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MonkinJack
Short version...
Premiere Elements 12 File Menu/Export is now for Title only and only after the copy of the Title is highighted in Expert workspace Project Assets.
"Project file" was never part of the equation with File Menu/Export even when it included Movie besides Title choice. So I am not sure where John is coming from when he write "File-Export is for your project file....." The project file is a .prel file; the title file is a .prtl file.
Details About Exports AVI Files from Premiere Elements 12/12.1...
What computer operating system is your Premiere Elements 12 running on? For now, I will assume Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 64 bit. I will also assume that you are in a NTSC and not PAL setup.
The File Menu/Export/Movie has not been a feature in Premiere Elements since Premiere Elements 7. If you want to export the Timeline as DV AVI standard or widescreen in Premiere Elements 12/12.1, then you use Publish+Share/Computer AVI with Presets = DV NTSC Standard or DV NTSC Widescreen.
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and
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Move the Timeline Indicator to the end of the segment for export, as you hold down the Alt key of the computer main keyboard, hit the right bracket key ]
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