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•(Roman keyboards only) To zoom into or out of a clip as you drop it into a Timeline panel, drag and press the equal sign key (=) to increase the zoom factor or press the minus sign key (–) to decrease it. Do not use the keys on the number pad.

The clip will land in a Timeline panel, and a Timeline panel will become active, making it easy to playback the clip just added to the sequence.

Note: You can also drag, or Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS), a clip into the Program Monitor to overwrite or insert a clip. Make sure the track you want is targeted in a Timeline panel and the current-time indicator is at the location where you want to add the clip in the sequence. To prevent an insert edit from shifting clips in any track, turn off Sync Lock for that track, or alternatively, lock the track.

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“Targeting tracks” on page 173

“Adding clips to a sequence” on page 172

“Work with tracks” on page 138

“Create a custom sequence preset” on page 147

Drag video only or audio only to a sequence

You can add the video track, the audio tracks, or both types of tracks of a clip to a sequence. When you drag a clip from the Project panel or from the main viewing area of the Source Monitor, you automatically add both types of tracks. If you want to add only one type of track, add it from the Source Monitor.

1Double-click a clip in a Project panel or Timeline panel to open it in the Source Monitor.

2In the Source Monitor, do one of the following:

•To drag all audio and video tracks of the clip, drag from anywhere inside the main viewing area.

•To drag only the video track of the clip, drag from the Drag Video Only icon .

•To drag only the audio tracks, first target in the Timeline panel the tracks you want to receive the clip audio tracks. Then map the audio tracks you want to use to the target audio tracks. Then, drag from the Drag Audio Only icon .

Note: Drag Video Only and Drag Audio Only are not buttons. They are icons that provide a place to click when starting the respective drag operations.

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“Targeting tracks” on page 173

Add a track while adding a clip

Drag a clip from the Project panel or Source Monitor into the blank space above the topmost video track (for a video or linked clip) or below the lowest audio track (for an audio or linked clip). Premiere Pro adds an audio track, a video track, or both, depending on the content of the source clip.

Note: If the sequence doesn’t have an unlocked track of the correct media type (for example, a stereo audio track for a stereo source clip), a new track is created to accommodate the clip.

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“Work with tracks” on page 138

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Insert a clip into a sequence

1Double-click a clip in a Project panel or sequence to open it in the Source Monitor.

2Place the current-time indicator at the point in the sequence where you want to insert the clip.

3In the Timeline panel, click the headers of the tracks where you want to insert the source clip’s components to target them.

4Drag the source clip track indicators to the headers of the tracks where you want to insert the source clip’s components.

5Click the Sync Lock box in the header of any track you want to shift as a result of the insertion.

Note: Any track that is either targeted or sync-lock-enabled will be affected by Insert; only non-targeted tracks with Sync Lock disabled will be unaffected. If a track has no source track indicator, or if the track is not targeted but is operated on because its Sync Lock is enabled, then an empty track background will be inserted on that track at the CTI for the duration of the source clip

6 In the Source Monitor, click the Insert button .

The audio and video components of the clip will be inserted into the tracks selected at the current-time indicator. Clips to the right of its location on its own track and tracks with Sync Lock enabled will shift to the right by the length of the inserted clip.

Need help understanding how to do an insert or overlay (overwrite) edit? Check out this video by Lynda.com and Chad Perkins.

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Improved track targeting

Overwrite a clip into a sequence

1Double-click a clip in a Project panel or sequence to open it in the Source Monitor.

2Place the current-time indicator at the point in the sequence where you want to overwrite the clip.

3Click the headers of the tracks where you want to overwrite the source clip components to target them.

4Drag the source clip track indicators to the headers of the tracks where you want to overwrite the source clip components.

Note: During an overwrite edit, if a targeted track has no source track indicator, then an empty track background will be inserted on that track for the duration of the source clip, removing any previous contents at that location

5 In the Source Monitor, click the Overlay (called Overwrite in Premiere Pro CS5.5 and later) button .

The audio and video components of the clip will be overlaid onto the tracks selected at the current-time indicator.

Need help understanding how to do an insert or overlay (overwrite) edit? Check out this video by Lynda.com and Chad Perkins.

Last updated 1/16/2012