copying sub-clips from timeline to a bin

[Vincent Rosati]

If the clips are in a timeline, than they are already in the Project window. You can’t paste a clip into the project window. It’s from the Project window that you should sort your files into bins.
If that doesn’t suit your needs, and your source is not MPEG compressed, you can Project/Project Manager: Create New Trimmed Project. This will split all of your clips into individual files, than you could sort from there.

[Dpdenver]

Thanks Vincent. Couple questions

When you say if the clips are on the timeline, they are already in the project – I assume you are referring to the master clip (1 hr) and not the individual clip instances that I sent to the timeline from the souce window. I didn’t really create subclips – I just sent the instances straight to the timeline from the source window.

Using the /project/project_manager process seems to create additional media – which is not what I was trying to do – and for some reason the process hung up at about 90% on my computer.

B4 I frustrate you too much – I am learning PP coming from another NLE. That system treated metadata on the timeline the same as it did in the bins – so if it was on the timeline, it could be copied anyplace.

The editing workflow I am coming from was to take a long clip, break it into segments and broll by sending it to the timeline, then keeping what you wanted on the timeline and moving or copying clips to be used later or as broll or whatever back to a bin. It was a fast way of going through a long clip and dividing it up without having to name all the clips and save them individually.

So in trying to learn PP, I was trying the same process – taking a large clip that was imported into a bin), sending instances of it to the timeline and then trying to put those references to instances I want to keep but not use in that particular sequence back into a bin.

I take it this might not be a good workflow for PP.

[Vincent Rosati]

Yes, I was referring to the master clip being in the Project window. As far as the hang at 90% during the Project Trim process.. I’m not sure. I’d try letting it run, I seem to recall there being an odd wait time during this process.
At least on my system, there are a few Premiere processes that seem to not jive with the progress meter and leave one wondering what’s happening(ie: Burning a DVD out of Premiere).

It sounds like the previous process you had with sending your trimmed clips back to bins is very much the same as the Project Trim process, minus the ability to include unused clips.
You noted a desire to keep unused clips also – the Trim Project feature won’t accommodate this. The resulting folder will only contain clips used in the project’s timelines.

Perhaps, you could drop the master into a timeline and cut it again – real rough, cuts only. And perform the Trim Project to that timeline, to achieve the goal of splitting the master and retaining files of the unwanted clips.? (Again, this doesn’t work for MPEG compressed source.)

I should note that the Project trim process will result in all generated clips being sent to a single directory, so it may not offer the control you are looking for, but it may suffice.

I try to avoid using huge clips as source for any project, as I’ve had issues in more complicated projects.
Typically, I will clip all of my source during capture. There’s some automation regarding file naming, labeling, and clipping you can take advantage of. Another option during capture is to use the Automatic Scene Detect feature, for a little automation.

As far as placing clips from the master source via the Monitor, that’s an absolutely valid process.

In the end, I think you’ll only need to make a small modification to your existing process, to accommodate Premiere.

I don’t think I have the easy answer, this time. But, hopefully I gave you a few nuggets regarding how Premiere can be utilized in your existing workflow.:)

btw – No frustration at all. I found this site in a time of great need, and now I enjoy poking my head in from time to time to help where I can.

[Dpdenver]

Thanks – very helpful.

I do think the trim project really hung up as I let it run for quite a while – but I can always try it again just to see.

Thanks again.

[Mendy Bleier]

is there a way to relink clips that have been imported from camera?
is there away to select clips from time, and add them to the bins using a shortcut?