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Templates – Replacing footage on clips.
Is it possible to make templates with Premiere Pro CS4?
i.e., I want to create an opener/intro in Premiere and maybe use After Effects for some transitions, effects and stuff. The opener will be about a minute long and consist of 30 to 40 clips all with effects etc.
I’m going to later delete the source footage but keep my Premier/After effects project files.
Question – Is it easy to later replace the footage of these clips? I want to replace footage NOT by selecting a new ‘footage file’ from the bin but by selecting new source material and a new IN point.
Want to simply select new footage, new IN point and somehow ‘drop’ the new clip into the ‘Old Clip’ keeping all the effects created from the original project file.
How can I do this?
-Frankie
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It’s possible in both programs.
In Pr, when you cue your new clip in the source monitor, set your in point, then go to the timeline and right click on the clip you want to replace and choose ‘Replace clip’ from the context menu. It’ll ask you something to the effect of where your new clip is coming from (ie: bin or source monitor- sorry, not at the workstation to confirm) and then choose okay and it’ll do what you want, unless of course your new clip is too short and it’ll probably generate a error (I can’t remember for sure).
To do this in AE, first select the layer in your composition that you want to replace, then drag your new clip from the project window while holding alt (mac = option) and drop it on top of your selected clip in the comp.
Both programs’ manual & help docs explain better than I, so check there too.
A alternative approach might be to always use the same clip names and file paths for your source clips, that way you don’t have to go through the replace steps within the project. Just open it up and it should find the footage. I’ve done this in the past with opens, etc. and we just always renamed the old folder or moved it to a another location and then populated a copy with the new clips. May not be possible or practical in all situations, but is very efficient when you can pull it off.
Good luck,
-Troy Murison
Seattle, WA
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