5 Replies Latest reply: Sep 2, 2011 11:14 AM by digiday RSS

    Is there a way to change the duration of a group of selected clips all at once?

    digiday Community Member

      Hi all,

       

      I'm working with good old Premiere 6 on Windows 7.

       

      Is there a way to change the duration of a group of selected clips all at once?  If I have a large group of clips in my timeline that are all the same duration, once I've selected them all in a group, can I somehow change the frame number duration of all the clips at the same time?

       

      I've found other things that can be done to a group of clips at the same time, but I can't find a way to change the duration of a group of selected clips.

       

      Thanks,

       

      digi

        • 1. Re: Is there a way to change the duration of a group of selected clips all at once?
          JSS1138 CommunityMVP

          This feature didn't show up until CS5.  With any version before that, you can only do them one at a time.

          • 2. Re: Is there a way to change the duration of a group of selected clips all at once?
            Bill Hunt CommunityMVP

            Digi,

             

            As Jim says, the Duration change feature did not come about, until recently. When I need to change the Duration, I do so first in the Edit>Preferences>Still Duration setting, and THEN Import. If I decide that my Imported Duration was incorrect, I just Delete all of the Stills, make that change, then Import again.

             

            If I have done a lot of editing already, then with the Info Panel open and handy, I just click+drag on the Tail of each Still Image.

             

            Good luck,

             

            Hunt

            • 3. Re: Is there a way to change the duration of a group of selected clips all at once?
              digiday Community Member

              Thanks Jim and Bill,

               

              In my efforts to work around the problems with the distortion and horizontal interlace lines that come when using the Motion Settings, I'm doing stop frame animation with hundreds and hundreds of layers in PSDs in multiple files placed in hundreds of one, four and six frame sections in Premiere, so if I find that I need to change the number of frames per clip in hundreds of consecutive clips (not actual duration of speed changes), then I need to pull out the right side of hundreds of frames after first moving them apart enough to allow for changing them if I'm making them longer.

               

              These animations are different from the rotating reel animations in that they are for laterally moving subjects that are long streams of moving graphics and photos.

               

              I read about "clip nesting", but I think that only applies to clips or groups of clips that are the same, whereas my clips are each from different imported layers times 125 or so, consecutively placed one after another to create the laterally moving stop frame animation.

               

              Now I've tried johnbmx4christ's alternate method of creating rotations that was just posted on the other thread about the rotation distortion, but that method results in the same oblong distortion and messed up looking horizontal interlace lines.

               

              What a can of worms.

               

              Thanks,

               

              digi

              • 4. Re: Is there a way to change the duration of a group of selected clips all at once?
                Bill Hunt CommunityMVP

                I need to pull out the right side of hundreds of frames after first moving them apart enough to allow for changing them if I'm making them longer.

                 

                Remember, I do not know Pr 6.0, so this might not work, or might require a different modifier key to work, but in later versions, if you hold down the Ctrl key, when click+dragging, it will give you the Ripple Edit Tool, so as you click+drag, it will shove everything to the right, by the amount that you change the Duration. That does not help with the myriad files, as they would still have to be done by hand, but should save having to move stuff, to clear room, and then move it back to butt up to the altered Clip.

                 

                Good luck,

                 

                Hunt

                • 5. Re: Is there a way to change the duration of a group of selected clips all at once?
                  digiday Community Member

                  Thanks Bill,

                   

                  I was wondering what Ripple Edit was when I saw it mentioned before... didn't get to reading about it yet.

                   

                  That would help to eliminate that moving step times a thousand.   The point that I'm at now with all these tiny clips, I think I have them arranged and set to the corrected frame number duration... and by duplicating files and playing tricks with changing original PSD file names I may be able to place large groups of newly prepped PSD file layers in to duplicated Premiere files, which may eliminate some work... still very, very laborious.

                   

                  Thanks again,

                   

                  digi