How to zoom in on the Effect Controls panel to adjust keyframes

A few years ago, editor Carl Schuubiers had a question about keyframe placement during a dissolve. Carl was dissolving between two photos being moved “Ken Burns style” with Position and Scale keyframes. He had no trouble when doing the original moves by placing the keyframes at the very edges of the clip. However, when he …

Can’t drag a clip to the Timeline in Premiere Pro

You can’t drag a clip to the Timeline in Premiere Pro. Frustrating. Maybe you dragged the first clip into the timeline successfully, but attempting to drag the second clip in fails. Maddening! Sometimes you can drag in video, but cannot drag in audio. Other times you can drag in audio but the video doesn’t follow. …

Video Editing in a 32-bit QuickTime Free World

Hello video editor. You’ve been working with QuickTime files for years, more than likely. You have either like it (Mac aficionado) or you hate it (PC stalwart), but either way, not much has changed and you’ve had a working relationship with it for some time now. Times have changed. As of January 2018, Mac-based applications …

Updating and backing up project files: best practices

Prior to coming to Adobe, I was a freelance editor. I also did my fair share of training. One piece of advice I’d always give to students was to make sure that you always “protect” your project files. By protect, I am talking about the subject of updating and backing up current project files. Updating project …

Premiere Pro Smart Rendering For Faster Exports

Smart Rendering Workflow for Exports I am so glad I employ the smart rendering workflow as often as possible when working in Premiere Pro, especially for the exporting process. I think that many editors get themselves into a jam too often at deadline when changes are afoot and mistakes are uncovered when exporting. Found a …

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Tired clicking on a promising tutorial video for Premiere Pro and then finding a 20 minute dissertation on trimming from a stuttering 13 year old gamer who has no clue what they are talking about? Yeah, we’ve all been there. How about some solid tutorials with no chaff? Then be sure to check out this …