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Is it possible to shuffle / randomize edited clips in a sequence?
I have a bunch of edited clips in a sequence and would like to randomize their order by not having to do it manually. Experiment with randomness and keep the best segments. Is there a way to do this? If not, is that something that can be found in a plugin or made into a script?
BTW: I know of the RandomEdits plugin from Sapphire, but that’s not what it does.
Thanks for your help!
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In Premiere? No, it’s not scriptable and plugins don’t have access to move clips in the timeline.
https://aescripts.com/layer-random-shifter/ may be useful in AE, it’s name your own price so you can grab it for free if you’re so inclined. Not exactly the result you’re looking for, but use some google-fu and I think you’ll be ok.
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You could play around with Automate to Sequence in Premiere and see if you can bin your selections and randomize your selections before automating them.
Here is a quick tutorial on how to use the Automate to Sequence button:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE53h-oymSUAndy Edwards
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Hum. Interesting, but not sure if it could work out without extensive research on how to rearrange for further editing PP – and not finding explicit info on it doesn’t help me understand the thing enough. And there’s a limit of 30 to 60 frames of shifting/randomizing, and that could be problematic, if I’m understanding its purpose right…
Thanks for your time Angelo!
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Hum! Didn’t even know this existed in PP, nice. But my files are subclips (in/out bits from larger segments),BUT I guess that if I render these edited bits, then I could rename them with a file name randomizer, import them back in, and do this shuffle thing. But this could be tedious since it would to be repeated a few times manually. I’d much prefer having some button you could be push after selecting the timeline edits, then watch the newly randomized sequence segments, pick and choose the good ones, tighten the remaining files (or just group the favorites) and do it again a few times until you’re satisfied. I would call it Control Fluke!
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Fully understand it’s not exactly what you need. Just throwing it out there in case you can customize it a little.
You can always send a feature request to Adobe about your “Control Fluke!” Maybe something like After Effects brainstorm button pushed into Premiere.
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&loc=enAndy Edwards
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