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Sequences, Chapters, Tracks – Difference?
I’m very new to Premiere/Encore and using CS5. A bit confused on the difference bet. sequences, tracks, chapters, clips. I have a menu with buttons that are to correspond to several different videos. I have eight videos set up on the timeline with chapter markers set at the beginning of each new video (all one sequence). When all this is imported into Encore, of course it appears on the timelines as one sequence and appears in the flowchart as one item (Seq.1) which obviously isnt’ what I want. I need to be able to navigate all eight buttons to the eight different videos and have each return to the main menu when finished. Can I do this with chapters or do I need to set up the individual videos in Premiere Pro as separate sequences on the timeline in order for them to become separate items in Encore’s flowchart? Do I use markers bet. the sequences? What is the definition of a track?
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I think you need to do some reading and watching video’s before taking on a large project.
https://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-premiere-pro-cs5/
https://help.adobe.com/en_US/premierepro/cs/using/index.html
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Thanks, I’ll take a look. I’ve been using Lynda.com, which is very good but didn’t quite answer my questions.
Unfortunately, I’ve had this project dumped in my lap with a deadline, so I’ve been cramming like I was back in college to get these programs and learn them, so any shortcuts are appreciated. So far I have the videos edited and set up in Prem. Pro and I can get them into Encore, just needed to know if the videos need to be in separate sequences in Prem. Pro in order for them to be separate entities in Encore. If I had more time, I’d be a little more patient. Thanks for the links. Shelley -
Ann is right of course, at every step in the process there are many things that you can do wrong/right/better.
Menu buttons can target chapter markers, just like a commercial feature DVD.
Timelines have End Actions, so if you want to each video’s end action to return to the title menu, they should be individual videos/timelines.So, in Premiere you can nest your completed video sequence into 8 different sequences, trim each to the appropriate length, then export each into it’s own file.
Vince
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Hey Shelley
In Premiere, all of your videos go in separate sequences…with whatever chapter markers you choose. Save it…close it.
In encore, import your sequences from that Premiere project…you can import as sequence or wait until they’re all imported to do so…which is the next paragraph.
You now need to create a timeline for each. Click on a ‘Premiere Pro Sequence’ in the Project window and then press ctrl-T or select create a new item, which should be the middle item at the bottom of the Project window, and select Timeline.
Click ctrl-M to create a new menu item.
Drag each timeline to the new menu item which appears. Buttons will appear. Change the names of the buttons in the properties window, where it says name…or right click on them and select rename.
Go to your flowchart and make sure that your main menu is connected to the project ‘disc’.
That’s it in a nutshell…
Any other questions I’ll try to help.
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Thanks so much for the info. I finally just edited each video separately and imported them separately and that works for now. But, I will do it the way you describe from this point forward. I knew there was a way to do it.
Thanks so much again
Shelley -
Good. I’m very glad that helped.
Oh, and good thing you wrote, I forgot one thing, to make it more ‘pro’.
Give each of your timelines an ‘End Action’ back to the/a menu. You can do that in the properties window to the far right. This way when a video ends it returns to a menu.
You can preview your project by right clicking in the menu window and selecting Preview from here…or Preview…depending where you click.
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