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Mixing clip types in a sequence, Replace one clip with another in a timeline – Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 User Manual

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Editing sequences and clips

Last updated 11/6/2011

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.

Placement

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.

Method

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
Overlay Edit to use overlay edits, which allow the new material to replace clips already in the sequence.

Note: 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.

Clip Overlap

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.

Apply Default Audio Transition

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.

Apply Default Video Transition

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.

Ignore Audio

Ignores the audio in clips selected to be automated to the sequence.

Ignore Video

Ignores the video in clips selected to be automated to the sequence.

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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 above the clip, Premiere Pro
probably can not play it back in real time without rendering.

A clip with a frame rate different from the frame rate of the sequence will play back from a sequence at the frame rate
of the sequence.

Replace one clip with another in a Timeline

You can replace one clip in a Timeline panel with another from the Source Monitor or a bin, retaining any effects that
were applied to the original clip in a Timeline.