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Alright, so you edit in Premiere.
So, you cut your videos apart, you do color corrections,
create a sound design, an audio mix
and then there're some visuals you need to make in After Effects and...
Video editing becomes more than just one single task.
So, it's really important that you develop a good workflow
that not only gives you a better organization
but also speeds up your editing tremendously!
So that's what I have for you today.
5 tips for a better and faster workflow inside Adobe Premiere Pro!
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And now lets kick it off with the first workflow tip.
Always make sure to utilize your video and audio tracks.
For instance, you've got a couple of effects applied on adjustment layers,
there's an After Effects comp in your timeline
and maybe you've got some other layers with extensive effects.
When playing back your timeline, you'll have trouble doing so.
But if they're all on the same track, you could quickly disable that track
and do enjoy a realtime playback.
Of course, without those visuals.
With audio tracks it works a little bit different.
If you have a speech from a talking head,
make sure they all lay on the same track
and that no other audio clips are on that track.
This has the great benefit of using track effects.
And this is how that works.
You go to the menu, select Window and then Audio Track Mixer.
Every fader or column here represents your audio tracks in the timeline.
So if your speech would be on track 2, then locate track 2 in the mixer.
Next up expand the effects rack.
From the dropdown menu we can apply an effect such as an equalizer
or a compressor which is used for voice audio.
This effect will now be applied to the entire track.
So if I'd like to make an adjustment to that,
I simply need to go back to one place instead of each individual clip.
Tip number 2, which goes a little bit further on that idea
but then for color grading.
First of all, you've got a interview
and you've cut that entire recording into dozens of clips.
On top of that you've got b-roll, maybe a second camera angle,
so you don't wish to work with adjustment layers.
So here's how to fix that.
Select your layer, go to effects controls and then click on the Master tab.
When you now create a color grading with Lumetri,
it will be applied to the source clip.
This means that automatically everything in your timeline is graded,
and again, you can go back to the master effects to make adjustments.
A second thing with color grading
is an issue with sending clips over to After Effects.
For instance, you've tracked a text onto the movement of your hand.
But now inside Premiere your normal clip and that text are merged within one clip.
And you don't wanna do your color correction on that, right?
So here's what we do!
First, duplicate your clip in Premiere
and then send the duplication over to After Effects.
Do your things in there, like adding text or what ever.
And when you're done you disable that clip layer.
Now when you go back to Premiere,
you'll find out that your normal clip is still a normal clip
and the After Effects elements sit as a transparent within its own layer.
So now you can simply color grade the clip only.
Of course, this only works with basic effects,
if you're actually gonna distort your clip in After Effects,
you'll have to compromise.
Workflow tip number 3!
This is something I've talked about before in a very old video.
But I think it's a very valuable tip.
Instead of looking for music when editing, look for music before you start editing.
Music sets a certain tone, a feeling,
that is gonna help with choosing the right clips and transitions.
Something that you can't do if you choose to add your music later on.
Now of course it's a personal preference.
Some editors will tell me wrong,
but I think it comes down to what works for you.
And this definitely works for me.
And I'm even gonna take this a step further.
I used to shoot a lot of after movies and event videos when I started as a filmmaker.
And I always had trouble with choosing a style for my video.
So what I sometimes would do is find a music track
that I like before I even went shooting.
I would put that music on my phone and play it back through my earbuds
while filming.
Of course, you can't really do this with every project.
But I did find out that with event videos it helps so much,
definitely if it's one of those boring receptions.
I'd say, try it out yourself!
Tip number 4!
You’ve got a bunch of clips and have no idea where to start.
Well, here are a few solutions.
The first one is a little button that can be found
on the bottom of your Project window.
It says Freeform View.
This allows you to move around your clips to make groups and selections.
To make it yourself easy, double-click on the panel to maximize it.
This technique is also referred to as ‘post storyboarding’.
You can give a different label color to your clips,
stack them and organize them the way that you want
before you start editing.
A second technique is to make a big selection of your clips
and bringing them to a timeline.
These are basically all the shots that you wanna use.
After that, comes a new selection.
I've already covered pancake editing
where you stack two sequences on top of each other
and drag clips over to the new one.
So I won't talk about that.
And now I did just talk about it.
So, another technique is to start pushing up clips that you really like,
one track higher.
When you're done, you select all the bottom clips,
right-click and choose ‘ripple delete’ to get rid of all the gaps in between.
And that brings us to the last tip which is about sequences.
When you've made an edit and you’re not really happy with the result,
then create a new sequence.
Don't throw away your current edit.
When a client doesn't really like their first edit,
make a new one but don’t delete your first sequence.
Yes, maybe you will not need that first sequence anymore.
But very often you'll find out that there're are small pieces from it
that you can use again.
A certain batch of clips, that already lay in the right order.
You're gonna save so much time from that, which is why we're here.
And very often, after a couple of edits,
your client most probably is gonna ask back for that first edit.
That’s just kind of the way it goes.
Thank you so much for watching, guys,
I’m gonna play a bit more with my laptop.
Thank you MSI for the support,
and as always:
Stay Creative!
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