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Goto / Duration
There is Goto command and/or Duration command (to set a duration of a selection) in PP?
Thanks
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7 Replies
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Paolo…you may want to check out the “Help” section of the software…it works very well.
…or resort to the manual.
All the counter displays are text editable. If you edit the duration timecode, or the current position number, the values change.
TimK,
Kolb Syverson Communications,
Creative Cow Host,
2004-2005 NAB Post Production Conference
Premiere Pro Technical Chair,
Author, “The Easy Guide to Premiere Pro” http://www.focalpress.com
“Premiere Pro Fast Track DVD Series” http://www.classondemand.net -
Ok thanks but… Again with mouse, no keyboard shortcut.
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You would need a lot of keyboard shortcuts to direct the function to each of the “text entereable locations”. (eg in and out on just source and program would require 4 shortcuts)
Craig
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New Zealand(Premiere Pro 1.5 / Matrox TRX100 XTreme Pro)
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To go to a specific location, just choose which window and type the tc value (with period to specify hour, minute, seconds, frame) and hit the return key (NOT Enter). To go a specific amount, type + or – and the amount (i.e. +60 or +2.00) and again hit return.
And yes PPro SEEMS more reliant on the mouse than edit or FCP.
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This type of keyboard based workflow allows the user to develop great speed and accuracy as well as being able to perform all necessary editing functions working within the smaller workarea of the keyboard. It is a wrokflow that must be experienced by an editor to really appreciate.
I will try and give you a “typical” workflow to try and follow this workflow on the keyboard only.press a key to put focus on the timeline
press a key to activate each track you will edit on
press a key that puts the focus on your current bin, another keystroke would let you cycle thru your bins until the right one is selected.
The Arrow keys now allow you to search thru clips in the bin, with keystrokes allowing you to view each clip when selected. viewing means wathing the clip play, jog, or scrub, with the ability to create an In or out point, or mark an In point with the I key, press the D key and enter a duration, press enter and the clip has both in/out marked. Or enter an Out point, press D and type a negative duration, press enter and you have back timed your clip.
You find the right shot and now, while still in the bin, viewing the clips playback on both desktop and broadcast monitors, you navigate footage by playing, jogging, or scrubbing, and mark your in/out points.
another single keystroke edits that clip to the timeline.
B key takes you back to bin, arrow keys again allow you to continue finding clips in that bin or a single keystroke allows you to cycle thru each bin to find the next shot.
you find the next shot, mark your in/our points, and create another edit to the timeline
continue as needed until you are ready to trim some of these shots.
single keystroke puts focus back on timeline
the Home key puts the timeline cursor at the beginning of the timeline
Space bar plays, you watch the first edit go by
Space bar stops playback
You type T to trim the tail of the last edit or H to trim the head of the last edit, and then type in a + or – duration, press enter, the timeline cursor automatically backs up 2 seconds (user defineable) before the last edit and plays back. You repeat this process as you play thru the timeline, trimming where needed.
This represents a typical but powerful workflow that can be used to create your basic timelines in the fastest time, with a tremendous Economy of Motion value for the editor. All of this possible without ever leaving the keyboard. . .My 2 Cents
LS
Larry Sherwood
Sherwood Post Production
Austin, Texas
512 219-8721
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This is exactly what i want and what i need in an video editing program, and i don’t think is too difficult to put in the program.
I wait for Premiere Pro v.2 before consider to buy an Axio System.
For now i prefer remain with Discreet Edit because 95% of my work is pure editing and PP is too slow for me. -
I use the keyboard shortcuts available (nad my custom ones) as much as possible and my workflow is much like Larrys (above) within the limitations of PremPro.
I have mainly been frustrated that it is impossible to shortcut which window is focused. eg Source / Program /Timeline. If these were enabled by shortcut key strokes, the application would be much more condusive to my particular workflow.
(I have feature requested it from Adobe)
Craig
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New Zealand(Premiere Pro 1.5 / Matrox TRX100 XTreme Pro)
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