Fastest Way to Edit to the Beat | Adobe Premiere Pro (NO MARKERS)

Confused about how to edit to the beat? Or maybe you’re frustrated at how long it’s taking?
I’ll show you a much faster way to sync to music in Premiere that works for both video and photos - no need to make manual cuts or place markers at every beat.
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[@ThePremierePro]

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[@OwnAndBeKnown]

and a 7-minute video has changed the way I'm going to work from now on. wow, great tutorial!!

[@ThePremierePro]

That's great to hear!

[@extraachannellll]

Man honestly you are a lifesavior I mean no one really tells this detail or maybe I haven't seen anyone right up till now heads off to your work man and the shortcut keys are impressive

[@ThePremierePro]

Thank you sir!

[@slimyelow]

This turotial is insane. Thank you so much for this!!

[@ThePremierePro]

You're very welcome!

[@arnisbrown5848]

OMG I love you you just changed my entire workflow. Subscribed!

[@ObscureStuff420]

Dude this is genius... I'm an advanced Premiere user and don't run across new tricks much anymore but you showed several things I didn't know about and this technique is going to make me a lot more productive. Thanks!

[@davidbaileyrealtor]

Useful to know how to change the duration of the clips without messing with the speed. I never thought about doing it that way before. Very useful tutorial. Thank you...

[@HardBlues]

wow, watched just 2 videos and learned things I never knew about Premier. Subbed. I dont know why you don't have more subs.

[@KevinGeeksOut]

This is great. And I appreciate that the tutorials are well-edited.

[@TheMustachioedJames]

For editing dance to a beat or transferring one actor's dance to another piece of music, it helps to locate cyclical moves like foot taps and hip shakes, count them out in a given clip, trimming the ends of the clip to complete, say, two beat-cycles, then use time stretch to move that over the beats in the music, whatever number of them you counted out in your clip. If you make the clip endpoints the apex of your given dance move, it's easy to center all those moves over the beats using time stretch. You can do it in multiples of 2 and 4 for most dance music.

[@Fedinoxmusic]

Hours of life wasted before watching this tutorial. Thank you ♥

[@ThePremierePro]

You're welcome Mr. AwkwarD!

[@coreybolden9841]

Very nice tutorial! THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS!!!

[@ThePremierePro]

You're welcome Corey!

[@morganward2361]

This is revolutionary!!! Thank you so much!!

[@ThePremierePro]

You're welcome Morgan, glad it was helpful!

[@sichen7093]

Thanm you! You are so smart and the tutorial was very easy to understand 🙏🏻👍🏻

[@ThePremierePro]

Thanks Si Chen!

[@alanlockhart1553]

the most incredibly useful and professional tutorial. I click the 'bell' very rarely, but I mashed it! ;-)

[@ThePremierePro]

Thanks so much Alan!

[@WhitePillDave]

your videos are very helpful bro

[@nickteoh5089]

Dude. Thanks for doing this.

[@ThePremierePro]

Any time Nick!

[@CLadventure.]

Well done on your vid, it helped me, was fun to try it out and it looks good. I also subscribed I see you on 1k subs soon. All the best. CLadventure

[@ThePremierePro]

Thank you sir!

[@amcaesar]

Neat trick.

[@Wolfph]

man you saved my life!

[@shb6910]

Wow, thank you so much for this special idea! I will try that by myself because I struggle with putting my footage to the beat of the music...I am still in beginner mode but I feel my way to edit is so cumbersome that I almost lose fun creating little films....So thank you again! Please give us more of such valuable tips! 😊

[@ThePremierePro]

Thanks! I like finding faster ways to edit something because it gives me more time to have fun, be creative and try different things.

[@Underbiz]

Very smart man!

[@danielleburks4436]

Good Good Real Good stuff. Thank u very much!

[@ThePremierePro]

My pleasure!

[@melankaya]

2.36 minnutes inn and my minds alreasy blown, wait whaaaa

[@tisga1]

Great tutorial. Learned a lot and not even finished with the video

[@armanito3134]

Thank you for helping me!

[@ThePremierePro]

Any time!

[@fotolocode]

Really like your tutorial! Have always been looking for a way to change all my footage at once to the beat. Worked pretty well. Good job!

[@mynt6444]

Thank you so much! I was trying to do this but I didn't know that the speed/duration could be used that way, and I noticed that the beat would alternate from 4 to 5 frames, and I couldn't find a middle ground for the duration. This helped so much 😃

[@ThePremierePro]

Glad it helped!

[@filipfilip206]

Wow. You are great. Thanks a lot!

[@ThePremierePro]

You're welcome!

[@codevev]

Just what I needed, thanks!

[@kaoritsuchimoto]

Thank you! Super informative and easy to follow!!!!! It was really helpful for me.

[@ThePremierePro]

Glad to hear it!

[@warhead213]

This works well if you have clips but not if you have 3 hour long footage you have to cut at the right times

[@fonzieprocopio6334]

THANK YOU! Its still insanely stupid in my opinion that premier pro doesn’t have an automated feature for this or to mark the beats for you.

[@kevins6886]

this is awseome

[@ThePremierePro]

Thank you sir!

[@courtneysofiahyates2201]

Hi! What if you wanted to use this effect for only a small portion of a larger edit, though?

[@ThePremierePro]

If you already have your edit in the timeline, just skip the section in the Project panel.

[@musicalcollection2023]

Good Morning Sir. Really Love You Sir, Becasue your trick is supber. Thanks a lot Sir. Thanks

[@loopusinfabula7792]

Have the software find the bpm, warp to the speed you need, set the ruler to "beats" with the right Bpm, then SNAP to the ruler. That's the only professional way to edit a music video ....

[@creativethinktanks]

Awesome.. Thank You!

[@MrQuentini]

Great video learned a lot thank you !

[@MotivationExMe]

This is great thank you. I've got a pretty beefy computer, but for some reason using markers just tanks my CPU and eventually becomes unusable.

[@ThePremierePro]

How many markers do you have? Are they sequence or clip markers?

[@MotivationExMe]

@@ThePremierePro Ummm... 😅 I'm still pretty novice when it comes to Premiere. I just press the M key so whatever the default for that is. I normally have around 100+ markers. I like to do music video editing so I'm now binge watching your videos and I've picked up so many great tips!

[@ThePremierePro]

@@MotivationExMe Thanks! If you select the clip in the timeline and then add markers (i.e. clip markers) you might find it's less CPU-intensive.

[@charlifernandez9683]

📌👍🏻great content, I find the explanation to things very good; keep it up my friend thank you very much📍

You rocks!

[@ThePremierePro]

Thanks Jëff!

[@リーチ-h4i]

very helpful i noticed that a few of my clips were off by just a few frames

[@ThePremierePro]

This happens because music is measured in beats per minutes (bpm) and video is measured in frames per second (fps). It's like trying to count to 21 in blocks of 5 - you'll never get there precisely. I recommend jumping forward 30 seconds, selecting all the clips after the playhead and dragging them back into sync by a few frames.

[@mickiesalmen4293]

Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! This will be used on the weekly! Thank you!

[@ronvanderlans6421]

Hi , THANKS Awesome tutorial I have a question i have a music audio track 126 bpm and a clip with dancing people and they dance to the music (in the clip) at 120 bpm, can you make these people dance to the audio track 126 bpm so that they dance faster Best Regards Ron

[@ThePremierePro]

You're welcome! To calculate the speed of your clip, just divide the music's bpm (126) by the video's bpm (120) and multiply by 100 to make it a percentage. 126 / 120 * 100 = 105. If you set your clip's speed to 105%, it should now sync with your audio track.

[@ronvanderlans6421]

@@ThePremierePro Thanks

[@RelaxingScenesSounds]

Indeed this is a best tutorial, but pls make another tutorial with markers. thanks mate

[@Albertomancinimusic]

Hi! Thank you so much for this content! I heard there was an automation that let us import clips and photos and let them last exactly from a marker to the other. So i mark the points where i want a photo to change, and then the automation makes everything. Do you know anything like that?

[@ThePremierePro]

Yep, it's the same button I use at 3:29.

[@mastersatwerkesthetics6434]

Do you have any videos if you wanted to change the beat to not always be on the 4 counts like this example?

[@ThePremierePro]

This one might be useful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5q8lGiLrJaNjpY

[@therainman8703]

✅👍👍thanks helpful just have to get used to keyboard shortcuts no big deal

[@user-fl5cz8jw5v]

Hello! On ae effects, I would press "u" then "both channels" and click on the graph, then it would open the music section with all the waves and I would select the beats. How does it work here? Sorry, I'm not a native English speaker🤣

[@ThePremierePro]

Press Shift + to expand the track height - this will display the audio waveforms.

[@user-fl5cz8jw5v]

@@ThePremierePro thank you! 🙏🏼✨

[@slimyelow]

LMAO about that ` Key. Why didn't anybody ever tell me this before ?!!

[@ThePremierePro]

Knowledge is power :)

[@markogania1891]

how did you sync with the fast beats at the 0:21-0:22 mark?

[@ThePremierePro]

I used the same method. I also used this to help identify the beats: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5q8lGiLrJaNjpY

[@markogania1891]

@@ThePremierePro thank you so much!

[@dougmcleod3413]

awesome

[@GleePotter8468]

What if the clips are in your sequence?

[@ThePremierePro]

It's the same process, but you'll just need to organize them in order in the sequence.

[@jonnytravel]

how would you do if i have a bunch of pictures that follow the beat when it changes!?

[@ThePremierePro]

This video might help with that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5q8lGiLrJaNjpY

[@chadas]

Why don't I have the At Unnumbered Markers option to insert images on the timeline? I placed markers, I have photos marked ... Thank you

[@ThePremierePro]

It's not included in the Placement dropdown list, or is the option greyed out?

[@chadas]

@@ThePremierePro I don't know where the problem was. It is OK now.

[@ThePremierePro]

@@chadas Good to hear!

[@jonnytravel]

what is a I key!??

[@RezaDanesha]

I wish I found your channel sooner...

[@cfwproductions]

interesting to test

[@ThePremierePro]

Good luck with it!

[@ml8561]

epic

[@ThePremierePro]

Thanks!

[@koutourou]

cool method man! Thanks :) Btw is there any kind of tool inside premiere to create a metronome? let's say i don't have a specific song in mind but i want to cut on beat. (i know i can use your method maybe with an adjustment layer and create my own tempo.. but wondering if there is something more adjustable)

[@ThePremierePro]

Thanks! There is no built-in metronome in Premiere, but I have a DIY method for making one. I'll make a video about it if you're interested?

[@koutourou]

@@ThePremierePro Yup i am.. i would definitely watch this video! 1 sub from me :)

[@guyver1215]

anyone got suggestion on how to do this with nested clips?

[@ThePremierePro]

Can you describe what you need done in more detail? I should be able to suggest something.

[@guyver1215]

@The Premiere Pro thanks for reply, yeah I got a ton of clips from a single piece of vid that I've nested. But I can't automate to sequence any of the nested clips as they're seen as timelines. This is I know a little opposite yo your vid as your not talking about using markers. This method of yours works great even with nested seq but it doesn't offer any change in rhythm though unlike using markers as I can place them with the rhythm not just the beat if you get my meaning. Tia

[@ThePremierePro]

@@guyver1215 With nested sequences, you can either drag all the clips from the nested sequence to the Project panel if you want to use Automate To Sequence, or you can use Scene Edit Detection in the timeline to break up the nested sequence into clips and than apply Speed/Duration to all clips.

[@abdullahharun2640]

this is great. I think there was a plugin that automatically added markers to the music.

[@ralcoriza]

cool

[@ThePremierePro]

Thanks!

[@glennseburn8707]

Imagine if Adobe just included a BPM plugin. 🙂

[@ThePremierePro]

Aw man, that would be amazing. Not even a plugin, but just the ability to switch your timeline grid from frames per second to beats per second - that's all I've ever wanted!

[@deady6yeca]

dude -> one frame rule!

[@leroyjames4654]

Dont suppose this would work for cod montages huh?

[@ThePremierePro]

It would, but you'd need to break up your screen recording into smaller clips first, either in the Project Panel or on the Timeline.

[@leroyjames4654]

@@ThePremierePro oh alright thank you so much, you have earned another sub

[@elpatoaventuras]

Why would you say this is better or faster than markers? To me, it seems like its a workaround with lower quality results

[@ThePremierePro]

Markers requires you to manually add a marker at every beat in real-time and then adjust the duration of each individual clip. With this method, all you need to do is measure the duration of one beat and apply it to all clips.

[@feridferid1739]

Harika

[@s.t.-growwithus9391]

Not the fastest way . Could have used markers for the beats

[@allinthemind2006]

this isnt the fastest way