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MediaStorm Guide to Quickly Deleting Through Edits in Premiere Pro

Post author:Eric Maierson
Post published:September 8, 2015

As I explained in an earlier post, a through edit is a marker that indicates where you’ve sliced an asset but no frames have actually been omitted. To turn on this functionality, from the Sequence menu select Show Through Edits. Now, when you make a cut (Command-Shift-K), you’ll see the through edit icon. Adobe has conveniently used the same icon found in Final Cut Pro 7. If you’re like me, you’ll probably collect a lot of these during the course of your work, places where you thought you’d make an edit but ultimately didn't. In time, they become a distraction. Fortunately there’s an easy way to batch delete these markers. Simply hold both the Option and Command keys while lassoing your clips with the Selection Tool (A). Your edit points will be selected. Next, hit the Delete key and your through edits will be deleted.

MediaStorm Guide to Upgrading to Premiere Pro CC 2015

Post author:Eric Maierson
Post published:June 25, 2015

This article is part of a series of posts with tips and tricks from our producers' experience working with Adobe Premiere Pro CC after years of working in Final Cut Pro. To read more about why we made the switch, check out this post. Two weeks ago Adobe released Creative Cloud 2015. And while Premiere Pro promises lots of new features, we at MediaStorm are always a bit gun shy about upgrading immediately, particularly when in the middle of a project. But if you can’t wait to dive in, here’s how to do it safely so that the new install does not overwrite your previous version. This way you can always revert back in case you find CC 2015 not to your liking. Click the Creative Cloud menu bar, then select the software that you’d like to install. You’ll be presented with a new update window. The key here is to uncheck…

Premiere Premiere Pro CC 2015 Preview

Post author:Cortney Cleveland
Post published:June 10, 2015

This article is part of a series of posts with tips and tricks from our producers' experience working with Adobe Premiere Pro CC after years of working in Final Cut Pro. To read more about why we made the switch, check out this post. As you may have heard, Adobe previewed Premiere Pro CC 2015 at April’s NAB show. There are some really innovative new features to look forward to and we will, of course, be providing new guides once we get our hands on the update. In the meantime, here’s a video roundup of what to expect: Adobe’s full NAB presentation. The company’s official blog post. One feature I’m really looking forward to is trying the new morph cut that makes jump cuts look seamless, as if by magic. A great rundown of CC 2015’s enhanced color correction tools. Some context courtesy of Pro Video Coalition. A quick overview from Dave…

MediaStorm Guide to Selecting Edit Points in Premiere Pro Without the Mouse

Post author:Eric Maierson
Post published:May 5, 2015

This article is part of a series of posts with tips and tricks from our producers' experience working with Adobe Premiere Pro CC after years of working in Final Cut Pro. To read more about why we made the switch, check out this post. A reader who is new to Premiere Pro writes, “OK, I cry uncle. I can’t for the life of me come up with an efficient way to use the keyboard to select the end or beginning of a clip. How do you do it? Do you use the mouse?” Turns out that selecting edit points with just the keyboard is simple. Just press the T key and Premiere Pro will select the edit points closest to your playhead. Here’s the trick though: Premiere Pro will only select the tracks that are highlighted in the left column. In the example below, pressing T selects only the edit point for…

MediaStorm Guide to Sharing Sequences Between Computers in Premiere Pro CC

Post author:Eric Maierson
Post published:April 23, 2015

This article is part of a series of posts with tips and tricks from our producers' experience working with Adobe Premiere Pro CC after years of working in Final Cut Pro. To read more about why we made the switch, check out this post. Sharing sequences between team members is easy with the latest version of Premiere Pro CC. As often happens during our workshops, a participant will cut a sequence using her laptop. We’ll then need to import that work into the main project on a second computer. Here’s how we do it: In the Media Browser window (Shift–8), navigate to the project file that contains the sequence you’d like to import. Double-click the file and you’ll see all of the sequences and media available in that project. To import, simply drag the relevant sequence from the Media Browser to the Project window. A couple of caveats: first, make sure that…