5 Replies Latest reply: Feb 20, 2014 10:03 PM by shooternz RSS

    Multiple edits from the same clip.

    Joe Browns

      Hi guys,

       

      I have a project which requires a lot of different edits from the same clip.

       

      Is there any way to do this without having to duplicate the same clip each time and then making my new edit?

       

      For instance -

       

      Clip 1 is 20 minutes long.

       

      My first edit is from 1:10 to 1:35.

       

      I then duplicate Clip 1 and make another edit from 2:40 to 3:55.

       

      I'm using Premier CS5.

       

      Thanks,

       

      Dave.

        • 2. Re: Multiple edits from the same clip.
          Joe Browns Community Member

          Hi Jon,

           

          Thanks for that, however I think I have found my answer by using subclips.

          • 3. Re: Multiple edits from the same clip.
            Jon-M-Spear Community Member

            Yup, that's also a good way, but you can't delete your master clip.  You'll lose the subclip.

            • 4. Re: Multiple edits from the same clip.
              Mark Mapes Employee Hosts

              If you're referring, Jon, to  subclips saved to the project using the Make Subclip command, then it's not true that deleting a master clip "loses" subclips.  Once a subclip has been added to the Project panel, it's a completely independent reference to the file on disc. (At least that's the case in CS6 and 7.x. I can't testify to the behavior or CS5, but I'd be surprised if it's different.)

              If you're referring, on the other hand, to track items inserted directly from the Source Monitor to the Timeline without saving an subclip, then your warning is accurate.  I know that some people (including a few of my colleagues on the PPRO team) consider these to be subclips, but I prefer to reserve the term for segments saved as project items.

              • 5. Re: Multiple edits from the same clip.
                shooternz Community Member

                Sub clips are not a general edit way of doing things efficiently.

                 

                They are more of a way of creating a bin full of "selects" ( selected clips in a Selects Folder for easy and quick access and review). That is a time consuming process but works  well in some situations.

                 

                Standard general  edit practice is to edit from Source Monitor.

                drop Clip into Source Monitor

                Mark In and Out point and drop that to the Time line. (many ways to do that Insert/ overlay/ shortcuts etc..)

                Next...Move thru and create new In and Out and do the same

                continue thru the Source Clip till complete...

                 

                Then on the Timeline ( sequence) Tim and work the clips.

                 

                Now ...some "learners" edit the source clip in the timeline  using Razor Tool...hacking and chopping and deleting and dragging bits of stuff all over the show.   Thats in efficient and clunky .