Using clip metadata and file metadata, Edit metadata, Search metadata – Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 User Manual
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Last updated 11/6/2011
Using clip metadata and file metadata
XMP file metadata is information about a source file stored in the source file. Clip metadata is information about a
clip, stored in a Premiere Pro project file. In Premiere Pro, any number of clips can point to the same source file. For
example, a group of subclips, each with different In points and Out points, point to the same source file. Also, if you
import a file twice, but give each imported clip a different name, both clips point to the same source file.
Use the XMP metadata fields to store data that applies to the source file, and all clip instances that point to it. Use the
clip metadata fields to store data specific to each unique clip. Link clip metadata fields to XMP metadata fields when
you want clip metadata copied to the source file. Do not link a clip metadata field to an XMP metadata field for more
than one clip pointing to the same source file, however.
More Help topics
Source clips, clip instances, subclips, and duplicate clips
Edit metadata
In Adobe video applications, similarly named properties are linked in the Metadata and Project panels. However, the
Metadata panel provides more extensive properties and lets you edit them for multiple files simultaneously.
Note: Instead of a Project panel, Adobe OnLocation uses the Shot List and Soundbooth uses the Files panel.
1
In the workspace, select the desired files or clips. (To apply similar metadata to multiple related files, Shift- or Ctrl-
click them.)
2
In the Metadata panel, edit text or adjust values as needed.
If you selected multiple items, the panel displays properties as follows:
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If a property matches for all items, the matching entry appears.
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If a property differs,
More Help topics
About file, clip, and project metadata
Search metadata
1
In the workspace, select the files or clips you want to search.
2
In the search box at the top of the Metadata panel, enter the text you want to find.
The list of metadata collapses to reveal only properties that contain your search string.
3
(Adobe Premiere Pro only) To navigate through the search results, click the Previous and Next buttons
to
the right of the search box, or press Tab.
4
To exit the search mode and return to the full list of metadata, click the close button
to the right of the search box.