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Applying video effects in Premiere at the track or media level?

May 6, 2012 5:10 PM

Hello,

 

   I am trying to adjust to the Premiere workflow, coming from Vegas, and have a question regarding the application of video effects. Premiere seems to apply effects at the clip level - for example, if there is a cut in the clip, the effect is only applied to a portion of the clip. Vegas allows for the application of effects at the media level - no matter how many cuts have been made - or at the track level. Is there something comparable in Premiere? I have been trying to apply the Neat Video effect, and the only thing I can think of is to select multiple clips when applying it, but it seems to crash Premiere when I do that. Any advice on making this work would be much appreciated.

 

   On a related topic, does Premiere apply effects in a chain, as they are added, or does it automatically perform an reffect first if it should be applied first? In other words, does it matter in what order the effects are applied, and if so, is there a rough order of how they should be applied?

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  • Jim Simon
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    1. Jim Simon,
    May 6, 2012 5:16 PM   in reply to kevw67
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    Premiere Pro 5.5 and earlier can't apply effects across clips.  CS6 will add a new capability, adjustment layers, just like in After Effects or Photoshop.  This will allow what you desire.

     

    For now, it's one clip at a time.

     
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    May 6, 2012 5:46 PM   in reply to kevw67
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    You can also apply effects to a nest of clips.

     
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    May 6, 2012 5:47 PM   in reply to shooternz
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    Good point.  Forgot about that.

     
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    May 6, 2012 8:09 PM   in reply to kevw67
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    ?

     

    I'm running Premiere Pro 5.5 and have been able to lasso and apply my effects to several of my clips all at once.

     

    Once you apply the effect and fine-tune (if need be), you can right-click and create a User Preset to help save time (say if all of your clips needed to be color corrected). The User Presets are the first folder listed in the Effects bin.

     

    As far as the effects order are concerned, you pretty much have to play around with those yourself. I use a Video Limiter effect with a ProcAmp and have noticed that if they aren't in a certain order (the first listed effect is the first applied...) it changes how it looks and not always for the best. Best bet is to play around and see what order of video effects works best for you.

     

    Good Luck!

     
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    5. Jim Curtis,
    May 7, 2012 9:59 AM   in reply to kevw67
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    kevw67 wrote:

     

       On a related topic, does Premiere apply effects in a chain, as they are added, or does it automatically perform an reffect first if it should be applied first? In other words, does it matter in what order the effects are applied, and if so, is there a rough order of how they should be applied?

     

    Yes, but you can change the effect order by dragging the effect name in the Effects panel.  They render from top down.

     
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