Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 - Manual (Page 155)

149 USING ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS4
Editing sequences and clips
Last updated 11/6/2011
Like the Multi-Camera Monitor, the Source Monitor displays footage previews of the original camera shots.
2 Click the display for the footage you want to add to the sequence. The active display has a yellow border.
3 Choose the clip source that you want to edit (video, audio, or both) and drag the clip to a Timeline panel, or use the
Insert or Overlay buttons in the Source Monitor.
Using multiple sequences
A single project can contain multiple sequences. Different sequences within the same project may have different
settings. You select settings for each sequence when you create it, but you can change some of these settings after a
sequence is created.
• To switch sequences, in the Program Monitor or in the Timeline panel, click the tab of the sequence you want to
use. The sequence becomes the frontmost tab in both panels.
• To view a sequence in a separate Timeline panel, drag the Sequence tab away from the panel to an empty area. Ctrl-
drag (Windows), or Command-drag (Mac OS) to prevent the panel from docking.
• To open a sequence in the Source Monitor, press Ctrl/Command and double-click the sequence in the Project
panel. In the Timeline panel, press Ctrl/Command and double-click a nested sequence.
Nest sequences
You can nest sequences within sequences—to any depth—to create complex groupings and hierarchies. You can nest
a sequence into another having a different timebase, frame size, and pixel aspect ratio settings. A nested sequence
appears as a single, linked video/audio clip, even though its source sequence may contain numerous video and audio
tracks.
You can select, move, trim, and apply effects to nested sequences as you would to any other clip. Any changes you make
to the source sequence are reflected in any nested instances created from it.
The ability to nest sequences enables you to employ a number of time-saving techniques and to create effects that
otherwise would be difficult or impossible:
• Reuse sequences. When you want to repeat a sequence—particularly a complex one—you can create it once, and
then simply nest it in another sequence as many times as you want.
• Apply different settings to copies of a sequence. For example, if you want a sequence to play back repeatedly but
with a different effect each time, just apply a different effect to each instance of the nested sequence.
• Streamline your editing space. Create complex, multilayered sequences separately; then add them to your main
sequence as a single clip. This not only saves you from maintaining numerous tracks in the main sequence, but also
potentially reduces the chances of inadvertently moving clips during editing (and possibly losing sync).
• Create complex groupings and nested effects. For example, although you can apply only one transition to an edit
point, you can nest sequences and apply a new transition to each nested clip—creating transitions within
transitions. Or you can create picture-in-picture effects, in which each picture is a nested sequence, containing its
own series of clips, transitions, and effects.
When nesting sequences, keep in mind the following:
• You cannot nest a sequence within itself.
• You cannot nest a sequence containing a 16-channel audio track.