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match-edit symbols in Premiere?
Posted by Andy Benfield on May 9, 2008 at 11:47 amI work with both FCP and Premiere Pro, and 1 thing that I miss when using Premiere is those little triangles on FCP that show when a cut in a track isn’t really a cut, i.e. that the footage is continuous across the edit. Is there any way of getting this in Premiere?
Thanks in advance,
AndyJon Barrie replied 18 years ago 2 Members · 3 Replies -
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Jon Barrie
May 10, 2008 at 6:41 amNo. And if you just cut stuff like that willy nilly you aren’t a very consistent editor. You can tell when you watch it that the cut is made on the exact frame anyway. If you are one frame off the exact continuous cut the feature shows you nothing.
I use and teach FCP on a weekly basis, sometimes daily and can only think that the reason they made this feature is so students aren’t cutting stuff without thinking only to find they’ve moved a part they cut instead of the whole clip.
– Jon 😉How many editors does it take to change a light bulb?
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Andy Benfield
May 12, 2008 at 12:48 pmJon,
Thanks for confirming that Premiere doesn’t have this feature, but wouldn’t it be more constructive to ask why I need to use these markers than to assume incompetence on my behalf?
There’s dozens of reasons why advanced editors like myself use the match-edit symbols. For example – you may want to apply a filter or audio level over only part of a clip – it’s quicker to cut the clip and apply the setting to the relevant part than to use keyframes or other methods.
I could give more examples if you really need it? I hope you have a more absorbing attitude to the people that you teach?
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Jon Barrie
May 13, 2008 at 9:59 amThere’s dozens of reasons why advanced editors like myself use the match-edit symbols. For example – you may want to apply a filter or audio level over only part of a clip – it’s quicker to cut the clip and apply the setting to the relevant part than to use keyframes or other methods.
I don’t know why you feel the need to comment about yourself as an advanced editor, like yourself. I was not having a go at you per-say. I am still baffled as to the reason this feature is so good and even at all necessary. Woo hoo I can see where i cut the clip so I can sew it back together.
Please name the dozens of reasons why this feature should be seen on all NLEs. Your above example is not a reason to have the feature, I too would cut the clip and add the effect only to the cut part. I don’t need to know that the clip next to it is a contiuation of the clip next to it. I’ve been using the cut this here and add the effect to this only for years way before FCP started to use this must tick to see it feature.
I don’t run around telling students the program is lame because it has bell and whistle. PPro has some really nice features I’d like to see in FCP and having seen the beta interface and features of PPrroCS4 the best parts I like of FCP will be in PProCS4.
I’m desperate to know your examples of why this feature is so great, then I can tell my students. And I will credit you for having bettered my classes.
– Jon
How many editors does it take to change a light bulb?
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