Editing sequences and clips

Note: If you selected more than one offline clip, the Link Media To dialog box appears in turn for each clip you selected. The title bar of the dialog box gives the filename for each offline clip. Relink the correct source file to each offline clip. If all of the offline clips selected point to media in the same folder, the Link MediaTo dialog asks for the first file, then links the selected offline clips to all the files in the same folder as the file selected. If you link to a file from a different project, and if that project has the same folder structure and folder names as the first project, the Link Media To dialog box asks for the first file, and then links the selected offline clips to all the files in the other project.

4(Optional) If you selected a source file containing no audio to link to an offline clip containing audio, the Media Mismatch dialog box appears. Do one of the following:

•To delete the audio track from all instances of the offline clip from the project click OK.

•To cancel linking to the source file, and retain the audio track in all instances of the offline clip, click Cancel.

In Premiere Pro CS5.5 and later, in the Project panel, you can choose Clip>Make Offline for any merged clip. When making any merged clip offline, all component clips will also be become offline. However, you can use the Relink command to link to the desired tracks, while leaving others offline.

Convert an online clip to an offline clip

1In the Project panel, select one or more online files.

2Choose Project > Make Offline.

3Select one of the following options:

Media Files Remain On Disk Makes the selected files offline in the project but doesn’t erase the source files from the disk.

Media Files Are Deleted Makes the selected files offline in the project and erases the source files from the disk.

Note: If you recapture a clip using the same filename as a file remaining on disk, the original file is replaced. To preserve original clips without changing their names, move them to another folder or disk, or specify different filenames for the clips you recapture.

Modifying clip properties with Interpret Footage

You can modify the properties of a clip by selecting options in the Interpret Footage dialog box.

•For more information about using the Frame Rate options, see “Change the frame rate of a clip” on page 112.

•For more information about using the Field Order options, see “Change the field order of a clip” on page 311.

•For more information about using the Alpha Channel options, see “Alpha channels and mattes” on page 429.

Interpret footage

1In the Project panel, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac OS) the clip for which you want to change a property.

2Select Modify > Interpret Footage.

3Select the options desired, and click OK.

Andrew Devis has provided a video tutorial on Interpreting Footage on the Creative COW website.

For more information about Interpreting Footage, see this video tutorial from Learn by Video and video2Brain by Maxim Jago.

Last updated 1/16/2012