Mixing clip types in a sequence – Adobe Premiere Pro CC v.7.xx User Manual
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Ordering
Placement
Method
Note:
Clip Overlap
Apply Default Audio Transition
Apply Default Video Transition
Ignore Audio
Ignore Video
3. Select the clips in the Project panel. Either Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) them in the order you want or by dragging a
selection marquee around them.
4. In the Project panel, click the Automate To Sequence button
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5. Set the following options in the Automate To Sequence dialog box, and then click OK:
Specifies the method used to determine the order of the clips when they are added to the sequence. If you choose Sort Order,
clips are added in the order they’re listed in the Project panel: from top to bottom in List view; or from left to right, top to bottom in Icon view.
If you choose Selection Order, clips are added according to the order in which you selected them in the Project panel.
Specifies how clips are placed in the sequence. If you choose Sequentially, clips are placed one after another. If you choose At
Unnumbered Markers, clips are placed at unnumbered sequence markers. Choosing At Unnumbered Markers makes the Transitions options
unavailable.
Specifies the type of edit to perform. Choose Insert Edit to add clips to the sequence starting at the sequence’s current time using
insert edits, which shift existing clips forward in time to accommodate the new material. Choose Overwrite Edit to use overwrite edits, which
allow the new material to replace clips already in the sequence.
The Automate To Sequence command disregards target tracks and always uses the lowest available video and audio tracks. For
example, if Video1 and Audio1 are locked, it will automate to Video 2 and Audio 2, or the lowest audio track with the correct channel type.
Specifies the duration of the transition and how much to adjust the clips’ In and Out points to compensate for it when Apply
Default Audio Transition or Apply Default Video Transition is selected. For example, a value of 30 frames trims the clips’ In and Out points
15 frames at each edit, where a 30-frame transition is added. The default value of this option is 15 frames. A menu lets you set the units to
frames or seconds.
Creates an audio crossfade at each audio edit, using the default audio transition (defined in the Effects
panel). This option is available only when audio tracks are present in selected clips, and the Placement option is set to Sequentially. It has
no effect when the Clip Overlap option is set to zero.
Places the default transition (defined in the Effects panel) at each edit. This option is available only when
the Placement option is set to Sequentially, and has no effect when the Clip Overlap option is set to zero.
Ignores the audio in clips selected to be automated to the sequence.
Ignores the video in clips selected to be automated to the sequence.
The Adobe Tutorials website has this article
about the Automate to Sequence command and storyboard style editing called "Edit
Storyboard Style.”
For more information about creating slide shows by adding clips to a sequence automatically in Premiere Pro,
Video2Brain by
Jan Ozer.
Mixing clip types in a sequence
You can mix clips with different frame rates, frame aspect ratios, and frame sizes in the same sequence. For example, if you drop an HD clip into a
sequence in an SD project, the clip will be letter-boxed and scaled to the SD frame size automatically. Similarly, if you drop an SD clip into a
sequence in an HD project, the clip will be pillar-boxed automatically.
A render bar will appear above any clip in a Timeline panel with attributes not matching the sequence settings. The render bar indicates that those
clips will have to be rendered before final output. However, it doesn't necessarily indicate these clips can't be previewed in real-time. If a yellow
render bar appears above the clip, Premiere Pro can probably play it back in real time without rendering. If, however, a red render bar appears
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