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Changes to PP CC Speed/Duration Functionality
Hi guys. In CS6, I could take a large group of videos from the project panel, automate them to sequence, then choose “Speed/Duration” to shrink all the clips to a desired length. After which, I would double click on the clip to open in the source monitor, then I’d change the in and out points in there (still keeping the same overall duration).
This all goes well in CC, until I try to change in/out points and discover that when I change the speed/duration of the clips, it makes them exactly that length and gives no option to extend afterwards, or change in/out points to be later in the clip. In other words, if I change all my clips to be 1 second long, then it’s as if I imported a bunch of videos that are one second long. All the data after the first second of video is inaccessible.
In CS6, it would TRIM the clips to be a second long. In CC, it treats the source video as if it were one second long, and gives no option to trim longer or change which second of the video you want in your timeline.
I hope that makes sense. Has anyone else experienced this? Before changing my workflow around, I’d like to figure out if there’s something I’m missing.
Thanks everyone!
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Caleb
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Just zoom out on the timeline in your source monitor. The rest of the clip is still there. I guess it defaults to a fill state when you automate clips to a sequence.
The you can drag the marked clip area around on the clip to move in and out points and keep the same duration. The source monitor changes to slip display when you do this.
Don’t seem to be able to trim the clip though, in regards to resetting the in and out. You have to do that in the regular trim window.
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Hi Paul, thanks for chiming in.
Zooming out in the source monitor is what I used to do in CS6. It worked because the clips were trimmed to be a second long. But in CC, I can’t. The source monitor opens up a one second video, and I can’t zoom out any more than that one second. You know those little triangles that appear in the corners of clips in your timeline to indicate you’ve reached the end of that clip’s source? That’s what happens to all the clips after being made one second long. I’m posting a before and after screenshot.
Before:
After:
Those triangles indicate you’ve reached the end of the clip. Premiere Pro CC, instead of trimming clips to a specified length, now treats the source video as if it were only as long as the specified length. Anybody else experience this? Tomorrow, I’ll be working on another machine and I’ll try it out there too and see if I can replicate the problem.
Thanks everyone!
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Caleb
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Problem solved. I had to unlink the speed from the duration to avoid simply speeding up the clip to be 1 second long. Silly mistake, but I don’t remember ever paying any mind to that when I worked in CS6.
Live and learn…
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Caleb
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Clever little link icon! Never gave that a second look.
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