Editing sequences and clips

For more details, see Andrew Devis’ tutorial, “Subclips: What? Why? How?”

See also Andrew Devis’ tutorials, “Understanding the Source Panel tools.”

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“Using clip metadata and file metadata” on page 114

Duplicate a clip

1In the Project panel, select a clip, and choose Edit > Duplicate.

2To rename the duplicate clip, select it, choose Clip > Rename, and type a new name for the clip.

You can also create a duplicate clip by copying and pasting it in the Project panel (or its folders), by Ctrl-dragging (Windows) or Command-dragging (Mac OS) a clip in the Project panel.

Creating subclips

A subclip is a section of a master (source) clip that you want to edit and manage separately in your project. You can use subclips to organize long media files.

You work with subclips in a Timeline panel as you do with master clips. Trimming and editing a subclip is constrained by its start and end points. However, you can set new In and Out points for a subclip, as long as they fall between the original In and Out points you set for the subclip when you create it from the master clip.

Subclips reference the master clip’s media file. If you delete a master clip or take it offline and keep its media on disk, the subclip and its instance remain online. If you take the original media off disk, the subclip and its instances go offline. If you relink a master clip, its subclips remain linked to the original media.

If you recapture or relink a subclip, it becomes a master clip, and all ties to the original media are broken. The recaptured media includes the subclip’s referenced portion of the media only. Any instances of the subclip are relinked to the recaptured media.

You cannot make the following types of clips into subclips:

•Selections of multiple clips

•Titles, still images, synthetic clips

•Sequence clips

•Grouped clips

To use a master clip and its subclips in another project, import the project that contains the clips.

In Premiere Pro CS5.5 and later, you can create a subclip from any merged clip in the same way you would any other subclip. The Master Clip Start timecode is the earliest timecode of the component clips. The Master Clip End timecode is the latest timecode of the component clips. The Convert to Master Clip checkbox is disabled.

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“Source clips, clip instances, subclips, and duplicate clips” on page 161

Create a subclip from the Project panel

You can create a subclip from source clips or other subclips that are made up from a single media file.

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

Last updated 1/16/2012