[Jonny Webb]

As i needed to do this recently, i thought i’d post my method (its quicker and easier)

import video into premiere
rightclick video -> choose New Sequence from Clip
click on clip
goto Effects -> Motion -> Rotation and enter 90
click on MenuSequence -> sequence Settings -> change EditingMode to Custom ->
now swap the Frame Size numbers. (the 720 becomes 1280 and vice versa)

Done !

++ As we’re all here, i guess we’re not all there ++

[Jonny Webb]

PS. Is there a “correct answer” button somewhere? Or kudos points or something?

Oh and the 5 hour afternoon is now just a 3&half minute video. Any suggestions on making it better? (the owner wanted the original soundtrack!)

++ As we’re all here, i guess we’re not all there ++

[Jonny Webb]

Thank you very much for this workflow, its a great help.

I tried it, more or less, on another project and it felt the ‘right way’
For my project-in-question, I just went with manually moving/scaling/rotating and thankfully found enough clips without shake to get the desired result.

I put it here if anyone would like a look
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiRtGOfgCZk

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[Jonny Webb]

Thanks for the reply. I have tried nesting clip(s), but the same mysterious behaviour occurs.
Also, tried exporting straight from PP (not using AME) and PP just crashes with a very useful “AME: Unknown Error”
Also, recreated project, and sequences (once with the same settings, then again with different settings/methods/workflow). still the same weirdness.
Also tried not using Mercury/cuda. still same results.

update: even though just a few seconds are cropped and moved, the rest of the video has messed up sound from that point on.

[Jonny Webb]

And the answer is…

the top sequence does NOT reflect changes to nested sequences.
at least with time remapping (probably other effects as well !!!)

once you’ve fiddled with the nested, go back to the top sequence and manually trim it shorter then longer to correct to the new length.

Bravo Adobe. Another winning idea!

[Jonny Webb]

just found on Adobe forum that PPro doesn’t work as expected / like all other editors. what a surprise.
the main sequence does NOT reflect nested seq changes (in length only?)
you have to manually go and trim sequences.

what a pain.

[Jonny Webb]

Thanks for the reply, and the heads up re SD cards.

However, most of our depts clips are simply digitised tape. The troublesome clips in question here are the same as hundreds of clips that have served us well without any issues.
i spent some time comparing the nittygritty details of some clips (codecs, bitrates, encoded rates, chroma subs, etc) and couldnt find any difference.
If i could find a quick and easy way to restore, or refocus, a clip to its original, i’d blame it on the ghost in the machine and move on. As it is, i’d still like a better method.

Oh, for those interested, choose the start of the clip (first frame) before using FrameMatch – seems more successful.
🙂

[Jonny Webb]

solution 2
doubleclick the clip on the timeline, so it opens in source monitor. Now press F (or Sequence->MatchFrame). this will restore? find? the original video with markers.
Drag clip, or just audio, to timeline.

Note: difficult or buggy to use. I’ve had to select source monitor sometimes, select the clip on timeline other times, press reverse-framematch, and combinations of all the above before succeeding. And yes I’ve read (way too much) about this ‘feature’.

Note2: this ‘feature’ makes PPro crash. So save your project AS SOON AS audio is found & restored.

[Jonny Webb]

solution 1:
doubleclick the clip, on the timeline. it’ll open in source monitor, where you can rightclick and choose Reveal in Project.
Now doubleclick the file, in project manager, and the file opens in source window, with the required clip marked.
Drag it into your project AGAIN.

Only good if your Markers are remembered.

[Jonny Webb]

thanks for the reply,

but
i)”As advised by adobe I nested the clip”
ii) definitely not a driver issue.

I think the changes from cs to cc for time-remapping were not thought through fully. the ‘official’ way does indeed make a pigs ear of timelines.

maybe I wasn’t clear. see the hatch-lines in the pic.
The clip is shorter in the nested sequence, but not in the original sequence…