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Finding and selecting Clips on the timeline
Something that I’m trying to figure out that I used to do all the time in Final Cut Pro is “Find” all the clips with a particular name. In FCP I would find a string such as “879.MOV” and if it was split up all along the timeline just those clips would be selected. I could then paste attributes just on those selected clips. For example I color correct one clip, then I copy the filters of that clip, find / select all the matching clips, and paste attributes.
To put another wrinkle I’m trying to do this with cut up multiclips on the timeline. I could do it fine with FCP, example “Find [MC2] 2011 Macworld” and just MC2 angles would be selected.
Is this possible in Premiere? Right now my choice is to find the Multiclip source and paste the attributes (filters) to that.
Thanks for any advice.
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Unfortunately….
As I recall, timeline search is pretty limited in PPro.
Alex
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If anybody has any ideas about selecting clips on the timeline for pasting attributes, please any suggestions are very welcome thanks.
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I have some on going projects with huge timelines. Were talking 60 individual clips per project and from each project I will be mixing up the clips in various ways. It would take a HUGE work load off if I could just search and locate for clips I need I could copy and paste into my new timeline with ease. For now I have to manually search and try to find each clip I am looking for in previous timelines. Does anyone know of a way to search a timeline for and assets or at least select and asset from the project window and locate where and what timelines that clip is used in?
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Take a look at this picture, there is a way to find a clip in the project panel with the search filter and then when you select the clip next to the name of the clip and its property details at the top of the project panel where the thumbnail is shown, there is a little arrow head that when selected shows all the instances of the clip across all the sequences, it has a separate listing for video and audio usage. Very handy.
It will only allow you to jump to clips one at a time, but you can then select the clip in the timeline and make it a color label that is not defined by other clips and when you finish the “single” searching, yes this can definitely be improved with timeline search and select, but this is how it can be done at the moment. I usually set my clips to different color labels before I edit them so I know Interview cuts Vs CAs, or Montage shots etc. Then you can select the group of a set color.
I know it’s not ideal, but it’s better than manually looking with your eyes against a timeline that will surely become a mental blur after some minutes doing it.
– JB
Jon Barrie
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Exactly what I needed. Thanks for the tip!
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Does this technique allow to use the list of clips in the drop down to select multiple clips rather than one at at time? If so this would work well for me. My original usage was for copying and pasting attributes for clips that were cut up and spread across the timeline. I would for example, do a color correction on one clip, volume, whatever, and then copy that clip and use a technique to select all the clips with the same name, then paste. This is easy in FCP, will I be able to do that with this Premiere Pro technique?
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OK, I just tested it myself. Though it might be useful in some situations, at least on Premiere Pro 5.5 on a Mac, it just moves the playhead to the beginning of the clip you select in the drop down list. It doesn’t select it, and it only does this with one clip at a time. So, for me it’s not going to help much, unless I’m missing something.
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Sorry mate, this technique is what we have at the moment.
I use FCP a lot and know the find in timeline workflow you are accustomed to. I would love to see that in PPro.
If you are editing multicam stuff with whereby a clip is cam a or b, you can set a color label to each cam angle and then select color groups for pasting attributes.
Or if you have done the multiclip edit just go into the nest and grade from the original track in one massive sweep. The MC nest will show all the angles with the attributes.
I’ll work on a tutorial. 🙂
Jon Barrie
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Thanks, that was awesome!
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Thank you so much! 😀
Enabling the “Preview area” of the “Project” Panel was the knack! 🙂Greetings
Christopher
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