Top 5 Gotchas in Adobe Premiere Pro

[@leftblank]

I love how you don’t waste time with these videos. You show the issue. Show the fix and even suggest alternative ways to fix it or other issues that might happen. Your tutorials are some of the best I’ve ever seen. Thank you

[@VideoRevealed]

Thanks so much. I really try and cover all the bases.

[@StudioGoldsmith]

This is the most solid channel for Premiere. It's the extra mile that counts!

[@VideoRevealed]

Wow, I really appreciate your kind words. Thanks.

[@crassandqueer]

I just wanted to say how much I love your videos. I'm a video editor for my job, full time - and I am always learning something new every day. Thank you for making this part of my professional development. Very educational, easy to follow, straightforward tutorials. Love it - great work!!

[@VideoRevealed]

Wow, that's so wonderful to hear and thanks for much for reaching out. I promise to keep going 😀

[@ZeroChannelZero]

Holy crikey this worked! For anyone whose video/audio doesn't drag into the timeline, the answer is at 7:30 and takes 20 seconds to solve. I do recommend watching this whole 14 min video, but for those of us whose nerves are shot from hours of unsuccessful troubleshooting every second counts ;) Thanks for this.

[@VideoRevealed]

I'm glad you found it useful. Like I just found the Sleestak Bounce useful. I'm a HUGE Genesis/Yes/Gabriel/prog fan and loved that video. And is that you singing the Brad Delp tribute? Wow! Loved The Cage played on the toy piano too! Feel free to check out my stuff on Spotify. 😜 open.spotify.com/artist/5ZuKNXhZ14S1HRkopYThGO

[@SierraWard-y9b]

You are a godsend! I spent the last hour frustrated with not being able to drag my footage into Premiere. What a SIMPLE fix! My footage is working great, thank you!

[@DarrellaaS]

Thanks for the tips Colin. I found the clip movement tips, using alt and shift keys helpful.

[@VideoRevealed]

Glad you liked it Darrell.

[@Sunporchmedia]

As always, succinct, well-illustrated, very useful.

[@VideoRevealed]

Thanks.

[@MrKistel]

Epic and Thank You! I have been using the program for years and had no idea what those V1 an A1 indicators were all about.

[@GreyHatGenX]

hands down the best premere tut's on youtube, keep it up you'll be at 500K subs in no time

[@VideoRevealed]

Thanks so much for your kind words and support. I really appreciate it. 😊

[@CheckeredFuture]

BTW - For anyone wondering whether "set" or "scale" to frame size is generally better, "set" generally results in better quality video. This particular video doesn't say that, but it's stated in the video Colin refers you to. These are awesome tutorials! Thanks!

[@VideoRevealed]

Thanks for your support Bill. Actually, each one has its use for different workflows. In this tutorial I describe why it's better for the folks at ABC to use Scale to Frame Size: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYachGWdn6usfZo

[@CTSCAPER]

Great video Colin! More than half the battle with Adobe Programs is knowing the basics and using those skills. The other part is to explore the menus (didn't know about selection follows playhead) and watch tutorials like this and learn what you don't know. That Ctrl +Shift keyboard shortcut to move audio is a keeper!

[@VideoRevealed]

Awesome. Glad you liked it buddy!

[@kevalwilliams6466]

The V1 A1 trick was my solution. I wasted time with your other solution because misunderstood my problem. Great work!

[@VideoRevealed]

Glad it helped!

[@Private-tsu]

Been having this problem for months... The fact that I just had to click on "V1" to fix it just blows my mind... THANK YOU!

[@VideoRevealed]

Yes it's easy to miss but Source Patching is standard behaviour in editing programs.

[@johhan731]

Thank you, this saved my day! I'm one of those who accidentally made settings mentioned at 07:13, my issue is now solved!

[@VideoRevealed]

Everyone has that happen at least once. Glad you found it useful.

[@vintagethings9187]

Colin's videos are fantastic. I always check him first. Just wanted to add that those track targeting selectors (not the input patch selectors) make so much difference once your edit is underway. They can make it seem as if there's stuff you just can't do. I often work with simple cut/copy and paste in audio and video tracks to extend a graphic or put some atmosphere over an audio glitch. Targeting decides which track that material pastes to. That made a whole load of difference when I discovered that. It has other effects too. Worth researching.

[@VideoRevealed]

Thanks so much for your support.

[@TechTrainTracks]

Really enjoyed this tut! Tip 5 - Selection follows playhead always nails me when I am in the Color Tab - Premiere automatically changes to Selection Follows Playhead when in the Color Tab. That's a good thing for speed. But then if you try to adjust something in the effects section while still in the Color Tab and don't remember that you're in the Selection Follows Playhead mode well ... you start scratching your head until you see the selected clip is different. Also - your first tip on frame size gave me an idea to solve a boring one camera shoot. Because final output in going to be 1080p frame size and the footage I was given is UHD, your video reminded me I can reframe and do closeups of the single cam footage to make for a more interesting faux 2-cam shoot. Thanks so much! Come on - Patreon this channel if you haven't already.

[@VideoRevealed]

I am shooting an episode on reframing 4k and UHD footage. Expect to see it soon. Thanks so much for your kind words and support for Patreon!

[@JVDV11]

The last time I had tears of happiness was when my son was born in 2005. I've spent hours and hours trying to find a solution!! THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@VideoRevealed]

I am so happy that you found this useful. Thanks for watching.

[@money5434]

Thank you so much sir for explaining so beautifully.

[@VideoRevealed]

It's my pleasure

[@ethanzafra9131]

Thank you for this video! It helped me alot!!

[@VideoRevealed]

Glad it helped!

[@myfoodmylife]

With just a click of a button, you saved me a ton of time. Thank You!

[@VideoRevealed]

You're welcome!

[@LItalianoTheItalian]

Great video, Colin, I knew these tips, but I wanted to take the chance for asking you 2 questions. 1- It is happening to me sometimes that I put a clip on tracks V1/A1 and another on tracks V2/A2, like in the last tip you have shown, while editing for the news. Clip 1 is an interview or the journalist speaking, while Clip 2 is an insert. The track A2 is used for environmental audio. I go and use gain for lowering the audio peaks of the insert (clip 2) and suddenly all the audio in common of both clips doesn’t work, while the audio running before that point works. And the wave form are there despite the audio doesn’t sound, and also when the clip 2 ends the audio of clip 1 one works. I figured out how to overcome this problem using the function S (solo audio) on both the audio tracks (A1/A2) but this phenomenon shouldn’t happen at all, especially in front of the journalists which asks where the hell is the audio. Why does it happens and what can I do in order to prevent this phenomenon? 2- The broadcast Xdcams have 8 audio channels, but I want to use only channels 1 and 2 (speech and environment). So I must select 1 clip and all the audio sources of the clip (A1, A2,...A8) activate. Then I toggle off all the source tracks from A3 to A8 and drag the clip on the timeline (or better I use a shortcut to do it) and everything is fine. But I have to do it using no more than 1 clip at a time, otherwise all the audio tracks will be added again. So I cannot drag a bunch of clips on the timeline otherwise all the 8 tracks will be added on it. What can I do in order to “set” the timeline so that it will accept only 2 tracks if I just drag more clips or a whole folder on it? I searched in the “preferences”panel, in the audio section, but I didn’t find this option. Could you help please? Thanks for your attention, best regards

[@VideoRevealed]

For Question 2: You can Right-click on all the clips you want to change and choose Modify> Audio channels. Change the settings to Mono, 2 channels and the other 6 will not show up. You must do this before dragging into the Timeline. Here's a tutorial on changing audio settings: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ7cfnh4fbJmqZo For Question 1: Contact me here because I may need to take this to Adobe to see if it's a bug: videorevealed.com/contact.html

[@LItalianoTheItalian]

VideoRevealed thanks a lot! Very helpful as always 😊 I will contact you on that address, I think I can do a video on my phone about this kind of glitch in PP and send it to you 😊

[@lilylimtiaco]

Awesome advice! Thank you so much!

[@VideoRevealed]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bagcfuncontest349]

such a simple but useful tips for beginners

[@VideoRevealed]

Glad you think so!

[@Lakshitha15]

You are amazing..I'm very sad to resolve this problem. But my fortune finds today...thanks a lot

[@abhishekmaity7340]

Best tips ever sir Thank you so much for making this video

[@VideoRevealed]

You're welcome and thanks for your support.

[@johnhuijbregts]

maybe to explain to people who doesnt understand. HD & UHD is broadcast format, 2K and 4K is cinema. HD = 1920x1080 UHD = (2x2HD) 3840x2160. 2K is 2048x21080 4K = (2x2 2K) 4096x2160...

[@VideoRevealed]

All good information John. I cover some of that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5OthZywpLaSrpY

[@HughesyTech]

The video title got me hooked already Colin :)

[@VideoRevealed]

That's good to hear because I was worried that it's not a universal description.

[@HughesyTech]

VideoRevealed throw in a Spanish translation in brackets in the video title 😝

[@nicehere]

Wow dude, I just had to turn the v1 button on...thanks so much for clearing this up!

[@VideoRevealed]

Glad it helped!

[@CoCaptainAwesome]

OMG THANKYOU I was so cunfused and this video really helped me out. Thanks

[@VideoRevealed]

Thanks for watching.

[@boadafak]

this video is so underrated thx man :)

[@VideoRevealed]

Glad you think so!

[@hamerovv]

Me too, like Robert, love your vids (Although am not working as an editor). So clear, Makes everything so easy

[@VideoRevealed]

Thanks Hadas. I really appreciate your comments and your financial support is what is going to help us keep going!

[@triciawilliamson2081]

Thanks Colin. Helpful.

[@VideoRevealed]

You're welcome.

[@takemehomebruh]

YOUR AMAZING!

[@Matt.Radiant]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

[@VideoRevealed]

You're welcome.

[@sterlingteaches]

Thanks for the Premiere Tips.

[@VideoRevealed]

You're very welcome.

[@GaryStockton]

Very helpful tips, I've had a few of these come up.

[@VideoRevealed]

Glad you liked it Gary.

[@MPA188]

Great little tricks to know. I am wondering if Adobe allows us use up and down, left and right key to select clips on timeline. That would be so important as this is the first step before you want to do anything about clips. And you know even better, by adding shift key you can select a group of clips on multiple tracks. I expect this little function from day one.

[@VideoRevealed]

Let Adobe know your feature request by choosing Provide Feedback in the Help menu. Adobe has created a new way to connect with users with requests and bug submissions.

[@RickTurnsWoodturning]

Great video, Colin...I got some good tips!

[@VideoRevealed]

That's great!

[@CJAwesome83x]

The best video tutorials! 😄👍

[@VideoRevealed]

Thanks!

[@ksilambarasi3472]

Thanks for your 2nd tip. I accidently disabled v1.

[@VideoRevealed]

It's a very common mistake.

[@sodanomusic]

Thanks. Helped a lot.

[@VideoRevealed]

You're welcome.

[@abhishekmaity1749]

Sir what's the new update in essential graphics you talk about it

[@VideoRevealed]

A couple things are: you can now select multiple objects, there are alignment tools. Shift constrain movement, rolling credit options, responsive design updates and more. I'm not sure why those features are missing from Adobe's blog post.

[@abhishekmaity1749]

One more helpful video Sir what is the difference between QuickTime and Avi and what is better for exporting projects

[@VideoRevealed]

Both QuickTime and AVI are formats that contain many different export options. Both can contain compressed formats and uncompressed formats. Watch this tutorial for more info: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iprGpmOFZ7eHn9U

[@DiscuskwekerijBeSunshineValley]

Another very helpfull video!

[@VideoRevealed]

Happy to hear that!

[@Mariecoronet]

Thank you so much!!!

[@VideoRevealed]

Glad you found it useful.

[@Painmore]

Great video!

[@VideoRevealed]

Thanks.

[@bentleysuper8]

In this day and age, in this climate, this comment should probably be deleted. Certainly not encouraged.

[@VideoRevealed]

I agree and will remove it. I was only responding about the tutorial but I understand.

[@gimmegoosebumps]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, YOU DA BEST! I've struggled with the sequence setting for I"m embarrased to say a couple of years. Thanks for clearing up that Gotcha! When I try the great tip of wanting to move audio to a different track by holding down shift key, the audio and video move to the start of my sequence. I'm on a mac. I can get video and audio to move to different tracks together. But can't get audio to move to a different track w/o video moving too. ??? thx Nancy

[@VideoRevealed]

Adobe just changed that shortcut in the latest update. I cover that new shortcut in the graphic on screen here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZmYh4SVjdCEq5om28s

[@marcsrel4mpn]

wow. great tips, thank you.

[@VideoRevealed]

You're welcome.

[@bendavis1135]

another brilliant video, but I have a question! I'm being given 4k footage but I am being asked to make HD video from that. So far I have just been scaling down each clip as i import it to my HD sequence to 50%. However this is getting tiresome, as there are lots of clips. I would have thought I could just put an adjustment layer over it all with a transform effect to 50% scale, but that gives me some very odd results. I'm reluctant to just make 4k video and export it as HD, partly because I often have to make graphical overlays, and would then have to start making them in 4k too. I could use the SCALE TO FRAME but again, I would have to do this on every clip. So, any idea on how to fix my problem, or can you suggest a better way, such as biting the bullet and going 4k then exporting as HD?

[@VideoRevealed]

Select all the clips in the Timeline, Right-click, Scale to Frame size all at once!

[@bendavis1135]

@@VideoRevealed ta. Half way thru and it's a faff. Next job I'm going 4k and rendering in hd!

[@chukwuebukaozioko6105]

wow! this is topnotch! thanks

[@VideoRevealed]

You're very welcome!

[@playerone1585]

THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!!!

[@VideoRevealed]

You're welcome!

[@HoundDogMech]

Again why so complicated ... couldn't PPCC have a sequence setting that allows one to mic different formats and sizes automatically? Just for us U Tubbers and others that shoot in different formats and sizes. Just asking.

[@VideoRevealed]

I'm not sure I follow your question. Premiere Pro does allow you to export any format you want, and it allows you to use any media you want. The only requirement is making a Sequence setting, which you can do via drag and drop.

[@LItalianoTheItalian]

About point 2, if I erase the audio channels from 3 to 8 they are not really erased but compressed under track 2 with a little “+” sign indicating it: how can I erase “definitely” them? And I would like to avoid to disconnect all the tracks, erase the unwanted and reconnect every clip with its respective A1 and A2 tracks 😆

[@VideoRevealed]

Sorry for missing your comment. You must manually drag in the clip and manually select the unwanted tracks and delete them.

[@mikeburke1348]

thanks, sir

[@VideoRevealed]

You're welcome.

[@odalesaylor]

Good reminders.

[@VideoRevealed]

Thanks Dale.

[@cloutios4092]

Thx King!

[@VideoRevealed]

You bet!

[@Daweisstebescheid]

why reduced from 4K to UHD , not easyer to record in UHD ?

[@VideoRevealed]

Sure, shoot in whatever resolution you want but sometimes you're given footage that's 4k and you need to fit it in the frame without black bars.

[@coolnanel]

yep. Video dragging with no audio happened to me and didn't know what to do!!

[@VideoRevealed]

Not just you, it happened to me too. For some weird reason, the Source Patching was turned off by default after an update to Premiere Pro and it was driving me nuts.

[@AryMir]

Excellent video again! Colin, how did you make those beautiful lower thirds? Was is in After Effects?

[@VideoRevealed]

I created the graphics using the new Essential Graphics panel in CC 2018. I am working on tutorials for that.

[@AryMir]

Thanks, Colin. I will give it a try on my own but a few things I am not sure how to do. 1st, the text with the rectangle seems to decompress. 2nd, you have a few of these lower thirds with the different number of characters. How do you manage to keep the rectangle with trim to resize? Will wait until you find time to make a video about this LT.

[@AryMir]

Thank you - I tried it in Essential Graphics panel CC 2018 and it worked.

[@SICKSIDEFILMZ]

Sir, what do you use to key your self out? I see all your small flyaways real good. Pretty good chroma key.

[@VideoRevealed]

The background is a projected image on the wall behind me. I prefer that method so I don't have to do any keying later on. Here's a peek at my setup: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npOUoYuwnt-papI

[@MURPH10US]

Awesome!

[@VideoRevealed]

Thanks Maurice!

[@Matt-mv2qz]

I got it! Thank you very much!

[@VideoRevealed]

You're welcome!

[@ganeshachari3288]

can u make video on keying because I see video ur using a green screen background and then ur change it in post. I see ur properly keyed out. can make video on that .plzz

[@VideoRevealed]

The background is a projected image on the wall behind me, it's not green screen! This is so much faster because there is no extra work and I can put anything behind me. Here's a behind the scenes of how I do it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npOUoYuwnt-papI

[@ysabrahamsz3201]

hi,, I have a .mp4 file but when I drag it to the timeline, there's no video and only audio.. when I double click to see Source Preview, it shows only audio.. how can I get the video preview back?

[@VideoRevealed]

Try this tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnWvdn58equAbtk

[@theboxrecording]

thank you, sir

[@VideoRevealed]

You're welcome.

[@abhishekmaity1749]

Sir how to select pictures for slideshow with automate to sequence and Sir how to change to clip or picture duration extend to 99frames I'm not extend clip duration from 99 frames

[@VideoRevealed]

Here is a tutorial on automating to a Sequence: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4bSkHmsfd6Yldk Here is a screenshot of using the Ripple Tool to extend the duration of many clips: imgur.com/a/dMxm1

[@abhishekmaity1749]

Thanks for help

I also accidently disabled V1 ... I have to admit i started the video in a bad mood because this was not working, and when you said "first a little history" i was like "ARE YOU KIDDING ME???" but you helped me a lot and it is ver informative. But i guess it would be better if troulbeshooting videos would not be chronologically but the most important message first. So "look if these things are turned on" and then "wanna know why this problem exists?"

[@VideoRevealed]

I spend a huge amount of time developing all my tutorials so there's a reason why I structure things the way I do. I know there are KZbinrs who want to know where to click then they go. That's not my audience. Learning the "why" is 1,000 times more important than the "what".

@@VideoRevealed I understand that ... no problem, thanks for the help anyway...

[@Jesus_Dad]

grasias senior, i was very doubtful

[@VideoRevealed]

Thanks for watching.

[@abhishekmaity1749]

Sir can you make video on dB,HG,lower frequencies or higher frequencies All about audio

[@VideoRevealed]

If you're asking about dB, that's the short for "decibel". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decibel I am not sure what "HG" is.

[@Bola2Producciones]

Nice girls! thanks a lot!

[@VideoRevealed]

You're welcome.

[@abhishekmaity1749]

Sir I export a essential graphics template for premiere Pro but can't see the thumbnail of template

[@VideoRevealed]

The thumbnail preview for a new Mogrt is only seen when it's viewed as a thumbnail in the Essential Graphics Panel. If you're looking for a thumbnail in your files system (on the Desktop) you won't see it there.

[@abhishekmaity1749]

So, means I have to first export thumbnail of templates and then save in the same folder where I save templates in essentials graphics panel, and then it shows Sir am I right

[@VideoRevealed]

If you look at any of the default Mogrts in the Graphic Essentials Panel, you'll see they all have thumbnails. When you Export As Motion Graphics Template (to save your own Mogrt) the thumbnail is included within the file. You do not have to do anything else.

[@abhishekmaity1749]

So sir how I save thumbnails for templates (. Mogrt) file in essential graphics panel Thanks for ur all reply

[@VideoRevealed]

The thumbnails are not something you create. They are created automatically when you Export As Motion Graphics Template.

[@TrakMonkProductions]

How much ram do you have?

[@VideoRevealed]

32 GB of RAM. It also helps to have a multi-core Xeon and super fast SSDs. It's a Dell 5510 Precision Mobile Workstation. It's the craziest, fastest laptop I've ever used.

[@suparasjain9665]

Video is not showing but audio only Both v1 and A1 is turned on

[@VideoRevealed]

Test the clip by opening it in the Source monitor. If there's video in the Source monitor but not when you add it to the Timeline, then I'm at a loss. Is the video in the track but not showing in the Program monitor or not even in the track? This tutorial might help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnWvdn58equAbtk

[@suparasjain9665]

@@VideoRevealed thanks for giving your valuable time. but nothing works for that problem so finally i format my laptop and then re-install windows and adobe premier pro, now its working thankyou so much

[@marcellalonde2793]

Don't ever use those clips again Colin ... had to watch this 3 times as the images are too distracting !! Very useful advice as always.

[@VideoRevealed]

Dutch Digital Dude supplied these clips.

[@Wheels_Unlimited]

Are you 14? Maybe just don't be a pervert.

[@sheriroserocks]

Where is your email address? You said that you get emails every week.

[@VideoRevealed]

You can contact me here: videorevealed.com/contact.html

[@Vatolicious]

Me: What a dumb video, who would be stupid enough to turn off V1 and not notice Also Me: V1 turned off, was the issue all along

[@VideoRevealed]

Yep, it's a very easy one to miss. We've all done it. 😜

[@daddyrabbit835]

Who downvotes this?

[@VideoRevealed]

I don't know but I have at least one person who, no matter what I post, they downvote it. They obviously aren't a happy person.