How To Sync Multiple Timelines in Premiere Pro CS4?

[Ann Bens]

See other forum.

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[Alex Udell]

Hi Richard,

If you press Shift + T your nested sequence will be opened in the timeline panel and you will be parked at the sync frame from the parent.

Alex

[Ann Bens]

Maybe i misread but shift+T will bring you back to the original sequence.
As i read it the cuts are in seq 1 which is nested in seq2. TS edits in seq2 and wants to jump to cuts in seq1. But one cannot see the cuts from seq1 in seq2.

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[Alex Udell]

So he’s working inside the nest and want to be in sync with the parent?

well…hmmmm….

since the nesting PPro means that you can use the same nest in multiple timelines….how would it know which timeline you were referring to?

could adding markers to the nest timeline at the corresponding cut points be helpful?

that way at least you’d know where the cuts were when working in the parent….

Alex

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[Richard Christy]

Just so we’re all on the same page, everyone does know what I’m referring to in After Effects right? The fact that you can navigate to a certain point in time in one comp and have it jump there in another seems to be an automatic function built into After Effects.

Is this not an automatic function of Premier as well? Is this not how they have their sequences laid out?

If I have to set markers or use some other “manual” method, how would it jump to those cuts I’ve made in the first sequence when working in the second sequence?

[Richard Christy]

UPDATE:

Just to point out that Ann Bens description above is 100% accurate to my situation.

However, I can confirm that adding markers at the cut point of Sequence One do not seem to translate to Sequence Two, as they are not visible, nor can they be copy/pasted. There is also no kind of hot key (that I know of) that will jump to them…

[Alex Udell]

So here I think I have followed your description

Sequence 01 has 3 clips. on that seqeucne I have added un numbered markers that correspond to the cut points between clips.

Sequence 01 is then used as a nest in Seqeunce 02 and I see the timeline markers from Seqeunce one as Clip markers on the nest clip in Seqeucne 02.

I agree snapping doesn’t seem to work.

But with the Nest clip selected, CMD + SHIFT + Left or right Arrows will jump me between markers in ths clip.

Am I missing something?

Alex

[Richard Christy]

First, thanks for going to that much trouble above! Really appreciated…

Second, I’ll give this a try but first let me ask this. Is “Nesting” the sequences different than just creating a second Sequence and dragging/dropping Sequence One into the Timeline of Sequence Two?

[Alex Udell]

Glad to help! 🙂

Nope. this is the same thing.

One timeline used in another whether done manually or via the right click in a timeline is the same.

Just a sequence used in another sequence. The equivalent of an AE Precomp.

Alex

[Richard Christy]

I tried the markers concept and they do appear as you described.

However, how do I easily jump between them? The command you mentioned doesn’t work and I think I need the Windows equivalent.