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Montage – Best way to add motion w/o konwing clip length
I have just started a 100 picture montage where time is critical. The problem is, the client still isn’t sure what to do for music. I have all of the pictures scanned in, cleaned up and ready to go, and I want to go one step further and add the zooms and pans. Unfortunately, not knowing what songs are being used means, I have no idea how long the duration should be for each picture.
What I am thinking of doing is just giving the duration my best guess (in the past, 100 pictures has typically been 2-3 songs for me, so 2.5 songs multiplied by 4:00 per song average = 10 minutes, divided by 100 pictures = 6 seconds per picture.)
I am thinking of just creating the montage with a 10 minute length, and then adjusting the speed or duration once I get the songs and know the exact length. I realize that means rendering the project twice, but is there a better way of going about this? Is there a way to change the duration of 100 clips simultaneously AND keep the motion keyframes at the beginning and end of each clip? -
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Sounds a bit “pedestrian” doing it a mathmatical way so I would wait for the music… but there is plenty of other stuff you can do…like putting pix in order in the project window.
There is a feature in PremPro that allows you to automate to sequence that you my already be aware of.
When you get the music, let it run in the timeline and tap the key to place markers in a rythym to the music. Automate to Sequence and then start making your moves.
Craig
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New Zealand(Premiere Pro 1.5 / Matrox TRX100 XTreme Pro)
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This happened to me recently and I went ahead and created the montage. As soon as I recieved the music, I dropped it into a new sequence and imported the old sequence into the new one and used the rate stretch tool to “fit” the montage over the music.
So…Seq 1: Images with motion
Seq 2: Audio file in A1 and Seq 1 in V1. Use the rate stretch tool for V1.This won’t be efficient if you plan on timing the montage with the music.
Aanarav Sareen
Adobe Certfied Expert, Premiere Pro
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You need to know before you omport the clips how long you want them to be. Cant be specified after the fact.
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Aanarav, that is EXACTLY what I was trying to figure out what to do. Granted, the montage would turn out better if the picture changes went to the beat of the music, however, considering that I only have 48 more hours, and have yet to get the music, it looks like this is my only option.
Thanks everyone for your input!
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