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Did you try enlarging the audio tracks (vertically and horizontally) and doing a waveform match?

To enlarge vertically, grab lower part of audio box on extreme left of audio track and drag down; to expand horizontally, drag slider right at bottom of box.

[Labrisher]

File>Export>Frame, or the keyboard shortcut Ctl+Shift+M

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You have to change the preference BEFORE you automate to sequence; 5 seconds is the default duration. Sorry, but no way to change once on Timeline, except individually and you don’t want to do that. Just scrub timeline and re-automate to sequence.

[Labrisher]

The only thing I can think of that prevents an insert is a locked track – but then, that doesn’t account for the successful insertion of the universal counting leader, unless the insertion was done before the track was locked (accidentally?).

I’ve done inserts with video/audio of the type you described and not encountered any problems so I don’t think the audio per se is at fault. Something else is at play, especially when you get an insertion with a shift on the Timeline. Does this insertion problem occur with other projects?

[Labrisher]

“… but then id have to sinc it again.”

Syncing isn’t a big deal: just highlight the video and audio clips (hold down Shift key as you do it), right click and choose “Link Audio and Video), right click on either box at the head of the clip (the one showing the amount of and direction of the out of sync), choose “Move into Sync.)

Only caveat is make sure there’s room for the clips to move into sync position. Negative number means the clip will move to the right, positive means the opposite.

[Labrisher]

Try:
1. create a black video (File>New>Black video); this puts a black video in project bin
2. drag into left monitor window; set in/out to suit length
3. place cursor to desired insert point on Timeline
4. do insert from monitor window containing black video; lock audio track as desired
5. repeat 4 ’til done
6. post a response to let us know if this works for you

[Labrisher]

I believe if you name the new replacements with their old names, the new will replace the old and keep the transitions intact.

Now, this can become nightmarish to keep track, so I suggest first making a copy of the project, rename the old clips (say with a x-prefix), re-name their replacements using the old names, and check Timeline. Try this with a few clips first to see how/if it works. This should work with both stills and video clips.

Post a reply to tell us how you fare.

[Labrisher]

In File>Export>Movie>Settings>Range choose “Work Area Bar” instead of “Entire Sequence.”

[Labrisher]

Would saving your Photoshop changes to a different name (than the one in Premiere) solve the problem? Then if you want your latest change to be effective in Premiere, just save (Save As) it under the name in Premiere.

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If there’s an audio track associated with the video, don’t forget to unlink them otherwise the audio also gets played backwards – unless that’s the effect you want too.