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Create and change sequences

Premiere Pro allows you to specify the settings for each sequence, trim clips, and assemble clips in sequences.

Every Premiere Pro project can contain one or more sequences, and each sequence in a project can have different settings. You
can assemble and rearrange sequences in one or more Timeline panels, where their clips, transitions, and effects are
represented graphically. A sequence can consist of multiple video and audio tracks running parallel in a Timeline panel.

A sequence must contain at least one video track and one audio track.
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Timeline panels
A single Timeline panel appears in a frame in the lower central portion of the screen when you launch Premiere Pro. You can
open any of its default workspaces, or create a project. You can remove all sequences from a Timeline panel, or add multiple
sequences to it. Each sequence appears as a tab within that Timeline panel.

You can show or hide items by selecting, or deselecting them in the Timeline panel menu. These items include: time ruler
numbers, and the work area bar.
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Navigation controls in timeline

A Timeline panel contains several controls for moving through the frames of a sequence.
A. Time ruler B. Work area bar C. Playhead D. Playhead position E. Zoom scroll bar
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Time ruler
Time ruler measures sequences time horizontally. Numbers indicate that the sequence time is displayed along the ruler from left
to right. They change according to the level of detail at which you view the sequence.
By default, these numbers are based on the timecode display style specified in the Display Format field of the Sequence Settings
dialog box.

Work area bar

Work area bar specifies the area of the sequence that you want to render previews, or to define a region you plan to export. The
work area bar is located in the lower portion of the time ruler. The work area bar is not available by default. To activate it, click
the three stacked lines next to the sequence name and choose Work Area Bar from the drop-down list.

Playhead
Playhead, formerly called the Current-Time Indicator or CTI, indicates the current frame displayed in the Program Monitor. The
current frame displays in the Program Monitor. The playhead is a blue triangle on the ruler. A vertical line extends from the
playhead to the bottom of the time ruler. You can change the current time by dragging the playhead.

Playhead Position
Playhead position shows the timecode for the current frame in a Timeline panel. To move to a different time, click in the Playhead
position and enter a new time. You can also place the pointer over the display and drag left or right.

Zoom scroll bar

Zoom scroll bar is at the bottom of the Timeline panel. This bar corresponds with the visible area of the time ruler in the Timeline.
The Source Monitor and Program Monitor also have zoom scroll bars. You can drag the handles to change the width of the bar
and change the scale of the time ruler.
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Navigate in a sequence

Position the playhead in Timeline panel

• In the time ruler, drag the playhead or click where you want to position the playhead.

Move the playhead using timecode

To move to playhead using timecode, click the timecode value in the Playhead Position. Type a new time, and press Enter
(Windows) or Return (macOS).

Zoom into or out of a sequence in timeline panel

• With the Timeline panel active, press + to zoom in. To zoom out, press -.
• Use the zoom scroll bar. To zoom in, drag the ends of the viewing area bar closer together. To zoom out, drag them farther
apart.

Scroll horizontally in a sequence in timeline panel

When you have a long sequence of clips, many of them are out of view. If a clip is out of view, scroll horizontally in your sequence
in the Timeline panel.
• Scroll the mouse wheel.
• Use the Page Up key to move left and the Page Down key to move right.
• Drag the zoom scroll bar at the bottom of the Timeline panel left or right.

Scroll vertically in a sequence in timeline panel

When video or audio clips are stacked up in tracks on the timeline, they can sometimes be hidden from view. If a clip is out of
view, scroll vertically in your sequence in the Timeline.
• In the right of the Timeline panel drag up or down in the scroll bar.
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Work with tracks

You can arrange, edit and, add special effects to clips in the video and audio tracks of the Timeline panel. You can add or remove
tracks as needed, rename them, and determine which to affect by a procedure.

A. Video track B. Audio track

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Target tracks

A sequence may contain several video and audio tracks. When you add a clip to a sequence, it is important to assign which track
or tracks it is to be edited to. You can target one or more tracks, for both audio and video. Target tracks depending on the editing
method you use: editing from the Source Monitor, dragging, or copy/pasting to the timeline.

• When you add clips to a sequence by pasting, (or keyboard shortcuts), you must specify target tracks in advance. You can
target more than one video track or more than one audio track at a time. Also, you can choose to target a video track only
or an audio track only. Click the track or tracks you want to target in the track header area of a Timeline panel. The track
header area for a targeted track appears highlighted.

• When you drag a clip to a sequence you target the track automatically by dropping the clip into the track. You do not need
to specify tracks in advance.

Clips with linked video and audio can be dragged to either a video or an audio track, but the clip’s video and audio components
appear separately, in the appropriate corresponding tracks.

You can drag video clips to any video track; however, you can drag audio clips only to a compatible audio track. Audio clips can’t
be added to the master audio track or submix tracks, and they can be placed only on audio tracks of the matching channel type.

You can also drag individually only video or audio track from the Source Monitor.
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Add tracks
New video tracks appear above existing video tracks, and new
audio tracks appear below existing audio tracks. Deleting a
track removes all clips in the track but does not affect source
clips listed in the Project panel.

With the Timeline panel active, right click the track and select
Add Track from the drop-down list. The Add Tracks dialog box
opens.
In the Add Tracks dialog box, do any of the following:
◦ To add the number of tracks you want, enter a number in
the Add field for video, audio, and audio submix tracks.
◦ To specify the placement of added tracks, choose an option
from the Placement menu for each type of track added.
◦ To specify the type of audio or submix track you want to
add, choose an option from the Track Type menu.
Click OK.
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Delete tracks
You can delete one or more tracks at a time, whether video or
audio.

With the Timeline panel active, right click the track and select
Delete Track from the drop-down list. The Delete Tracks dialog
box opens
In the Delete Tracks dialog box, check the box for each type of
track you want to delete.

For each checked item, specify which tracks you want to delete
in its menu.
Click OK

Rename a track
To rename a track, do the following:

Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (macOS) the track's

name and choose Rename.
Type a new name for the track, and press Enter
(Windows) or Return (macOS).
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Track Lock to prevent changes

Locking an entire track is useful for preventing changes to any clips on that track while you work on other parts of the sequence.
In a Timeline panel, a pattern of slashes appears over a locked track. Although clips in a locked track cannot be modified in any
way, they are included when you preview or export the sequence. If you want to lock both a video track and a track with
corresponding audio, lock each track separately. When you lock a target track, it is no longer the target. Source clips cannot be
added to the track until you unlock it and target it again.
• To enable Track Lock for selected tracks, click the Toggle Track Lock icon at the head of each video and audio track.
• To enable Track Lock for all tracks of a particular type (video or audio), Shift-click the Toggle Track Lock box at the head
of any track of that type.
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Exclude tracks in a sequence

You can exclude video or audio clips in any track from previews and export. Clips in excluded video tracks appear as black video
in the Program Monitor and in output files. Clips in excluded audio tracks are not output to the Audio Mixer, to the speakers, or
to output files.
Click to hide the Eye icon(for video) or the Mute icon (for audio) at the left edge of the track. (Each icon is a toggle switch. Click
its box again to display the icon and include the track.)
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Expand and resize a track

You can expand a track to display track controls. Increase the height of a track to better see icons and keyframes or to display
larger views of video track thumbnails and audio track waveforms.

To resize the track, position the pointer in the track header area between two tracks so that the height adjustment icon appears.
Then drag up or down to resize the track below (for video) or the track above (for audio).
Collapsed tracks always appear at the same height and cannot be resized.

More on Create and change sequences HERE

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Working with clips

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.
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Drag video only or audio only to a sequence

You can add the video track, the audio tracks, or both types of
tracks of a clip to a sequence. When you drag a clip from the
Project panel or from the main viewing area of the Source
Monitor, you automatically add both types of tracks. If you want
to add only one type of track, add it from the Source Monitor.

1. Double-click a clip in a Project panel or Timeline panel to

open it in the Source Monitor.

2. In the Source Monitor, do one of the following:

◦ To drag all audio and video tracks of the clip, drag

from anywhere inside the main viewing area.
◦ To drag only the video track of the clip, drag from the
Drag Video Only icon .
◦ To drag only the audio tracks, drag from the Drag
Audio Only icon .
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Snap Button

To make it easier to align clips with one another or with

particular points in time, you can activate the snap feature.
With Snap on, when you move a clip, it automatically aligns
with, or snaps to, the edge of another clip, a marker, the
start or end of the time ruler, or the playhead. When you
drag a portion of a clip vertically into another track, it snaps
to its original time location in the new track. As you drag
clips, a vertical line with arrows appears and indicates
when clips are aligned.
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Group clips
You can group multiple clips so that you can move, copy, or delete them together. Both audio and video tracks of a linked clip
are included when you group it with other clips.

You can’t apply clip-based commands, such as the Speed command, or effects to the group, though you can select individual
clips in the group and apply effects.

You can trim the exterior edges of the group (the head of the first clip in a group or the tail of the last clip), but you can’t trim
any of the interior In and Out points.

• To group clips, select multiple clips, and choose Clip > Group.
• To ungroup clips, select a group clip, and choose Clip > Ungroup.
• To select one or more clips in a group of clips, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) a single clip in a group.
Shift+Alt-click (Windows) or Shift+Option-click (Mac OS) to select additional clips in a group.
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Move clips in a Timeline panel

You can drag a clip and place it in an empty spot or snap it to another clip. You can also insert and overwrite clips that you move.
Watch the translucent rectangle that represents the clip’s duration as you drag it.

To move multiple clips, select a range of clips, or move a group of clips. A tool tip displays the amount of time moved as you drag.
The window displays a negative number if you drag the clip toward the beginning of the sequence, and a positive number if
toward the end.

Overwrite is the default mode and is indicated by the Overwrite icon when dragging clips. Pressing Ctrl (Windows) or Command
(Mac OS) as you drop a clip performs an insert edit. The Insert icon appears when you drag clips while pressing Ctrl (Windows)
or Command (Mac OS).

By default, you can change the track location of either portion of a clip, audio or video, by dragging that portion.
• To move the audio portion of a clip to a different track, drag the audio portion of the clip vertically to the destination audio
track.
• To move the video portion of a clip to a different track, drag the video portion of the clip vertically to the destination video
track.
• To move the audio portion of a clip to Audio 1 and move the video portion to a different video track, drag the audio portion
upward past the bar separating video and audio tracks. The audio portion will remain in Audio 1 while the video portion will
land in the video track where you drop it.
• To overwrite other clips, drag one or more clips and drop them on the track where the other clips are located.
• To move only one track of a linked clip, press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and drag the part of the clip, audio or video,
you want to move. You do not need to hold the Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) key after you initiate the edit. The video
and audio will lose sync.
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Rearrange clips in a Timeline panel

A useful variation of insert and overwrite edits in a Timeline panel is known as the rearrange edit. A rearrange edit extracts a
clip and inserts it into its new location. However, only clips in the destination track are shifted; clips in other tracks are not
affected. This technique lets you quickly change the order of clips in a sequence, a task that would otherwise require additional
steps. When you perform a rearrange edit, the Rearrange icon appears.
• Drag a clip; then press Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or Command+Option (Mac OS) as you drop it to a new location.

• As you press Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or Command+Option (Mac OS), the Rearrange icon appears. Releasing the clip performs an
insert edit that shifts clips in the destination tracks only.

Delete clips and close gaps simultaneously

When you delete a clip, you can close the gap it leaves behind at the same time. This is called a ripple delete.
1. In the sequence, select the clip or clips you want to delete. To select more than one clip, Shift-click the clips or
drag a marquee over them.
2. Select Edit > Ripple Delete.
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Delete gaps between clips

When you delete space between clips in a Timeline, all clips in all unlocked tracks shift according to the duration of the gap. To
prevent a track from shifting during a ripple delete (or any insert or extract edit), lock the track or select the Shift clips that
overlap trim point during ripple trimming check box in the Preferences dialog box (Edit > Preferences > Trim). The
overlapping track items shift during a ripple delete.. You can also turn off Sync Lock on those tracks that you don't want to shift.
In a Timeline, do one of the following:

• Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac OS) the gap between two clips, and choose Ripple Delete.
• Select the gap between two clips, and choose Edit > Ripple Delete.
• Select the gap between two clips, and press Delete.
• To find more gaps in the sequence, see Find gaps in sequences and tracks.
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Copy and paste at the playhead

You can copy and paste one or more clips at a time. The relative spacing (both horizontal spacing in time, and vertical spacing in
tracks) of clips is maintained. You paste and paste insert copies of clips into tracks you first target, at any new playhead locations.
1. Select one or more clips in the sequence, and choose Edit > Copy.
2. Click one or more tracks you want to target in the track header area of a Timeline panel.
3. In the Timeline panel, position the playhead at the point in the sequence where you want to paste a copy of the clips.
4. Do one of the following:

• To overwrite the pasted clips, choose Edit > Paste.

• To insert the pasted clips, choose Edit > Paste Insert.

The clip or clips are pasted into the sequence, and the playhead jumps to the end of the pasted clip or clips.

Copy and paste clips by dragging in the Timeline

You can copy and paste clips by dragging them and holding
down a modifier key to a different place in the Timeline.
To copy and paste clips to a new place in the Timeline, do the
following:
1. Press the Alt (Windows), or Option (Mac OS) key.
2. Select one or more clips in the sequence, and then drag
them to a new location in the Timeline. You can drag them
horizontally or vertically.

After dropping the clips in a new location, they are

duplicated.
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Delete all clips on one track

1. Select the Track Select tool .

2. Do one of the following:
◦ To delete both the audio and video of linked clips, click the first clip in the track.

3. Press Delete.

More on Move clips HERE

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Working with audio

In Adobe Premiere Pro, you can edit audio, add effects to it, and mix as many tracks of audio in a sequence as your computer
system can handle. Tracks can contain mono or 5.1 surround channels. In addition, there are standard tracks and adaptive
tracks.
The Standard audio track can cope with both mono and stereo in the same track. That is, if you set your audio track to Standard,
you can use footage with different types of audio tracks on the same audio track.
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Channels in audio clips

Clips can contain one audio channel (mono), two audio

channels—left and right (stereo), or five audio surround
channels with a low-frequency effects audio channel (5.1
surround).
A sequence can accommodate any combination of clips.
However, all the audio is mixed to the track format (mono,
stereo, or 5.1 surround) of the master track.

You can determine whether a stereo clip is placed on one or two

tracks. Right-click a clip in the Project panel, and select Modify
> Audio Channels.
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Audio Meters panel

1. Select Window > Audio Meters.

2. Right-click the panel and use the options to do
the following:
◦ View peaks as static peaks or dynamic peaks.
For dynamic peaks, the peak indicator is
updated constantly with a three-second
threshold. For static peaks, the peak indicator
displays the loudest peak until the indicator is
reset or playback is restarted.
◦ View valley indicators at low amplitude points.
◦ View LED Meters (meter appears with colour
segments)
◦ Set a decibel range from the available options

A. LED Meter (gradients in the meter panel)

B. Solo channels
C. Clipping indicator
D. Peak indicator
E. Valley indicator
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Adjust gain and volume

Gain refers to the input level or volume in clips. You use the Audio Gain command to adjust the gain level for one or more
selected clips. The Audio Gain command is independent of the output level settings in the Audio Track Mixer and Timeline
panels. Its value is combined with the track level for the final mix.

Choose Clip > Audio Options > Audio Gain or keyboard shortcut G.
The Audio Gain dialog box opens. Premiere Pro automatically calculates the peak amplitude of the selected clips. This value is
displayed in the Peak Amplitude field. Once calculated, this value is stored for the selection. You can use this value as a guide to
adjust gain.

Select one of the following, set its value:

• Set Gain to
The default value is 0.0 dB. This option allows the user to set gain to a specific value. This value is always updated to the
current gain, even when the option is not selected, and the value appears dimmed.
• Adjust Gain by
The default value is 0.0 dB. This option allows the user to adjust gain by + or - dB. Entering a value other than zero in this
field automatically updates the Set Gain To dB value to reflect the actual gain value applied to the clip.
• Normalize Max Peak to
The default value is 0.0 dB. Users can set this value to any value below 0.0 dB. It option adjusts the maximum peak amplitude
in the selected clips to the user-specified value.
• Normalize All Peaks to
The default value is 0.0 dB. Users can set this value to anything below 0.0 dB. This normalization option adjusts the peak
amplitude in the selected clips to the user-specified value.
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Volume refers to the output level or the volume in sequence clips or tracks. You can adjust the volume for a sequence clip in the
Effect Controls or Timeline panels. In the Effect Controls panel, you use the same methods to adjust the volume that you use to
set other effect options. It’s often simpler to adjust the Volume effect in the Timeline panel.

You can set gain or volume levels to make levels consistent among tracks, or to change the volume of a track. However, if the
level of an audio clip was set too low when it was digitized, increasing the gain or volume amplifies noise. For best results, follow
the standard practice of recording or digitizing source audio at the optimum level. This practice allows you to concentrate on
adjusting track levels.

Adjust volume in Effect Controls

Adjust volume in Effect Controls
To adjust the volume of a single clip in the Effects Controls
panel, do the following:
1. Select an audio clip in a sequence.
2. In the Effect Controls panel, click the triangle next to
Volume to expand the effect.
3. Do one of the following:
◦ Enter a value for the Level. A negative value decreases
the volume level and a positive value increases the
volume level. A value of 0.0 represents the original
clip’s volume level without adjustment.
◦ Click the triangle next to Level to expand the effect
options. Use the slider to adjust the volume level.

A keyframe is automatically created at the position of the

current-time indicator in the Effect Controls panel.

4. (Optional) To change the Volume effect over time, move the

current-time indicator and adjust the volume level graph in
the Effect Controls panel.
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Link and unlink video and audio clips

In the Project panel, clips that contain both video and audio appear as a single item, represented by . When you add the clip to
the sequence, however, the video and audio appear as two objects, each in its appropriate track (provided you specified both the
video and audio sources when adding the clip).

The video and audio portions of the clip are linked so that when you drag the video portion in a Timeline panel, the linked audio
moves with it, and conversely. For this reason, the audio/video pair is called a linked clip.
Ordinarily, all editing functions act on both parts of a linked clip. When you want to work with the audio and video individually,
you can unlink them. When you do, you can use the video and audio as though they were not linked. Even so, Premiere Pro
tracks the link. If you relink the clips, they indicate whether they have been moved out of sync, and by how much.

You can also create a link between previously unlinked clips. It is useful if you synchronize video and audio that were recorded
separately.

Link or unlink video and audio

Do the following in a Timeline:

◦ To link clips, Shift-click the series of clips to select them, right-click and select Link from the pop-up list.
◦ To unlink clips, right click and select Unlink from the pop-up list.
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Create split edits

Ordinarily, you set one In point and one Out point for a source clip. If it’s a linked clip, In and Out points apply to both tracks of
the clip. Set in a sequence, the audio, and video of the standard clip appear at the same time. Sometimes you want to set the
video and audio In or Out points independently, however, to create split edits (also known as L-cuts and J-cuts). When placed
in a sequence, a clip trimmed for a split edit has its audio appear before its video, or its video before its audio.

To create a split edit:

1. Expand the track by double clicking on it.
2. Select one of the clips involved in the split edit, right click, and select Unlink from the pop-up menu.
3. Select the Rolling Edit tool ( shortcut N ) from the Tools panel.
4. Starting at the audio edit point between the two clips, drag left or right.

A common editing technique is to Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (macOS) a clip’s audio or video to quickly adjust a split
edit. It’s a lot faster than unlinking a clip.

More on Editing audio in Premier Pro HERE

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Types of effects in Premiere Pro

Premiere Pro includes various audio and video effects that you can apply to clips in your video program. An effect can add a
special visual or audio characteristic or provide an unusual feature attribute. For example, an effect can alter the exposure or
colour of footage, manipulate sound, distort images, or add artistic effects. You can also use effects to rotate and animate a clip
or adjust its size and position within the frame. You control the intensity of an effect by the values that you set for it.

Types of effects
Premiere Pro has many in-built effects. Some are
fixed effects (effects that are pre-applied or built-
in). Some are standard effects that you apply to a
clip. Effects can also be clip-based (applied to a
clip), or track-based (applied to a track).
• Fixed effects
• Standard effects
• Clip-based or track-based effects
• Effect plug-ins

Effects in Premiere Pro are also grouped into the

following categories for better searchability. Three
buttons appear under the search field toward the
upper left of the Effects panel. These buttons act as
filters for three types of effects:
• Accelerated effects
• 32-bit Color effects
• YUV effects
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Fixed effects
Every clip you add to a Timeline panel has Fixed effects pre-
applied, or built in. Fixed effects control the inherent properties
of a clip and appear in the Effect Controls panel whenever the
clip is selected. You can adjust all of the Fixed effects in the
Effect Controls panel.

The Fixed effects include the following:

Motion
Includes properties that allow you to animate, rotate, and scale
your clips, adjust their anti-flicker property, or composite them
with other clips. (To adjust the Motion effect in the Program
Monitor, see Adjust position, scale, and rotation and Animate
motion in the Program Monitor.)
Opacity
Lets you reduce the opacity of a clip for use in such effects as
overlays, fades, and dissolves.
Time Remapping
Lets you slow down, speed up, or reverse playback, or freeze a
frame, for any part of a clip. Provides fine control for the
acceleration or deceleration of these changes.
Volume
Controls the volume for any clip that contains audio.
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Standard effects
Standard effects are additional effects that you must first apply to a clip to create a desired result. You can apply any number or
combination of Standard effects to any clip in a sequence.
Use Standard effects to add special characteristics or to edit your video, such as adjusting tone or trimming pixels. Premiere Pro
includes many video and audio effects, which are located in the Effects panel.

Standard effects must be applied to a clip and then adjusted in the Effect Controls panel. Certain video effects allow direct
manipulation using handles in the Program Monitor. All Standard effect properties can be animated over time using keyframing
and changing the shape of the graphs in the Effect Controls panel.

Clip-based and track-based effects

All video effects—both Fixed and Standard effects—are clip-based. They alter individual clips. You can apply a clip-based effect
to more than one clip at a time by creating a nested sequence.
Audio effects can be applied to either clips or to tracks.

Effect plug-ins
In addition to the dozens of effects included with Premiere Pro, many effects are available in the form of plug-ins. You can
purchase plug-ins from Adobe or third-party vendors, or acquire from other compatible applications. For example, many Adobe
After Effects plug-ins and VST plug-ins can be used in Premiere Pro. However, Adobe officially supports only plug-ins that are
installed with the application.
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Apply effects to clips

You can apply one or more Standard effects to a clip by dragging effect icons from the Effects panel to a clip in the Timeline
panel. Alternatively, select the clip and double-click an effect in the Effects panel to apply it. You can apply the same effect
multiple times, using different settings each time.

You can also temporarily disable any effect, which suppresses the effect without removing it, or you can remove the effect
completely.

To view and adjust effects for a selected clip, use the Effect Controls panel. Alternatively, you can view and adjust effects for a
clip in the Timeline panel by expanding its track and selecting the proper viewing options.

By default, when you apply an effect to a clip, the effect is active for the duration of the clip. However, you can make an effect
start and stop at specific times or make the effect more or less intense by using keyframes.
1. Do one of the following:
• To apply one or more effects to a single clip, select and drag the effects to the clip in the Timeline.
• Select a clip, and then double click the effect.

To apply an audio effect, drag the effect to an audio clip or the audio portion of a video clip.

2. In the Effect Controls panel, click the triangle to show options for any effect, and then specify the option values.
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Remove selected effects from a clip

1. Select a clip in the Timeline panel. To make sure that
only one clip is selected, click an empty space in the
Timeline, then click the clip. Click a spot in the time ruler
above the selected clip to move the current-time
indicator to that location.

2. In the Effect Controls panel, select the effect or effects

you want to remove. You cannot remove Fixed effects:
Motion, Opacity, Time Remapping, or Volume.

3. Do one of the following:

• Press Delete or Backspace.

• Choose Clear Selected Effect from the Effect Controls
panel menu.
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Disable or enable effects in a clip

Select one or more effects in the Effect Controls panel:
• Click the Effect button to disable effects.

Find a complete list of Video effects and transitions HERE