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Merging multiple clips
I’m coming from FCP where you could link, say 20 audio and video clips, and then turn them all into separate merged clips at once by dragging them into the browser window. I’ve tried this in Premiere and it only lets me do this one at a time. Even if all the clips on the timeline are selected and dragged into the project panel it will only make a merged clip from the first clip in the selection. Is there something I’m missing? A way to make all these clips merged clips in one step?
OSX 10.8.2
Equipment: 2.8 ghz 8 core Intal Mac Pro 3,1 Early 2008, 20 gig of ram
Aps: CS6 Production Premium, FCP Suite, Avid Media Composer -
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It takes more than one step, but an alternative approach is to create a nested sequence. Premiere treats the nested sequence as one clip on the timeline.
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Sorry I think my subject title is misleading. I’m not actually trying to merge multiple clips into one clip just multiple clips at the same time but keeping them separate. The workflow is such. I’m using plural eyes to replace audio on clips then importing that XML into premiere. So now I have 20 clips on the timeline ready to edit with the second sound linked, but what I really want to do is get those clips into the project pannel as merged clips so I can organize and still retain the audio link. What I want to avoid is having to select each clip individually and merge them one at a time. In FCP you can select the 20 linked clips and drag them into the, equivalent of the project panel, and they all become separate merged clips. All in one step. Is there a similar action in Premiere Pro?
OSX 10.8.2
Equipment: 2.8 ghz 8 core Intal Mac Pro 3,1 Early 2008, 20 gig of ram
Aps: CS6 Production Premium, FCP Suite, Avid Media Composer -
You have to create merged clips one at a time with the current version of Premiere Pro. Sorry!
https://help.adobe.com/en_US/premierepro/cs/using/WS2bacbdf8d487e582-73725e6a12e5a6165d0-7fff.html
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Was looking for the same thing. I am using CS6 and have hundreds of separate clips (after making selections from a single, original clip). I would like each video clip linked to its respective audio without having to select each pair separately, right click and “link.” As mentioned, in Final Cut you can just drag the clips into the project bin and all the individual pairs are linked as they should be.
Unfortunately, in Premiere CS6 and earlier, if you start with a long clip with linked audio/video, as soon as you start chopping that clip up, the resulting shorter clips are no longer linked (which seems a bit ridiculous and counterproductive).
I can’t believe how horribly Adobe neglected audio and video, especially in regard to no “linking” in the project panel or bins, in versions previous to CC. I still have nightmares about editing a feature film in CS4.1 (the only program addressing .R3D natively at the time), because of the lack of audio/video linking in the project bins.
FWIW, as a (horrible) workaround, I’ve created a keyboard shortcut for “link” and assigned it to a button on my ShuttlePRO2, so I can at least just select two clips at once and hit a single button (vs. selecting from the right-click menu or having to hit a shortcut on the keyboard). I still have to link hundreds of pairs one at a time though.
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You can shift click all the joints then right click to merge them. That should save you some time.
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Not really, as it still gives you just one long clip (not all the clips still linked respectively).
The original poster stated: “I’m not actually trying to merge multiple clips into one clip just multiple clips at the same time but keeping them separate.”
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