Read more about the article MediaStorm Guide to Fixing Missing Waveforms

MediaStorm Guide to Fixing Missing Waveforms

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.

Last week, while editing the epilogue for Jeff Hutchen’s Travel Anonymous, my Premiere Pro audio waveforms mysteriously disappeared.

If you find yourself in a similar predicament, here’s how to get them back.

First, make sure your audio waveforms are turned on. You can find this option under the wrench icon in your timeline.

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Read more about the article MediaStorm Guide to Super Fast Logging with Premiere Pro and Keyboard Maestro

MediaStorm Guide to Super Fast Logging with Premiere Pro and Keyboard Maestro

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.

In this post, I’ll show how to drastically increase your logging speed in Premiere Pro CC using Stairway Software’s $36 Keyboard Maestro.

Keyboard Maestro is a macro utility. When a user inputs a single keyboard shortcut, Keyboard Maestro will respond with a series of predefined actions. For our purposes, we’ll enter one Premiere Pro keyboard shortcut, and Keyboard Maestro will respond with a string of additional shortcuts.

It’s a powerful solution to repetitive tasks.

What follows is a bit involved but trust me, in the end, you’ll be saving loads of time.

The Premiere Pro Way

First, some background, at MediaStorm we raise video one channel to indicate a selection.

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Eric and Tim. Photo by Shameel Arafin.

#AskMediaStorm: Our Producers At Your Service

Have a burning question about storytelling? Is Premiere Pro driving you crazy? MediaStorm Producers Eric Maierson and Tim McLaughlin are ready to answer your questions for their next blog post. You may know Eric from his rants on multimedia or his countless Premiere Pro tutorials here on our blog. Tim’s pretty amazing, as well. Between the two of them, they’ve logged a decade at MediaStorm, produced dozens of projects, and launched our new Editing Workflow Workshop. So we’re fairly certain they know what they’re talking about. Tweet your questions to @MediaStorm with the hashtag #AskMediaStorm, leave us a note on Facebook, or in the comment section below. We’ll pick the best questions for a special crowd-sourced blog post from Eric and Tim.

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Read more about the article MediaStorm Guide to Creating Multi-Camera Sequences in Premiere Pro, Part 1

MediaStorm Guide to Creating Multi-Camera Sequences in Premiere Pro, Part 1

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.

If you record interviews with more than one camera–and you should if you can–you’ll need to sync your footage before you begin to edit.

Premiere Pro CC provides a method to do this but only if every clip contains a sync marker such as a hand clap. In reality, clapping each time you stop and start your camera is not practical, especially during an interview.

Correction: Premiere Pro CC does allows you to sync clips via audio waveforms, but I’ve found it a cumbersome process that does not often work.

Instead, MediaStorm uses Red Giant’s PluralEye’s 3.0. It’s available for $199 with a fully-functional 30-day trial.

Adding Clips

Launch PluralEyes.

Unlike previous versions, PluralEyes is now an independent application.

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Read more about the article MediaStorm Guide to Quickly Replacing Files in Premiere Pro

MediaStorm Guide to Quickly Replacing Files in Premiere Pro

Here’s a handy tip for easily replacing assets in the Premiere Pro timeline. First, locate a photograph or video clip on your timeline that you’d like to replace. Then, in your Project Browser (Shift–1) locate your replacement file. As you drag the new item to the timeline, hold down the option key. Still holding the option key, hover over the asset in the timeline you’d like to replace. When you see a red box around the old clip, release the mouse. The timeline will instantly update with your new selection. What’s great about this shortcut is that the new asset will still possess attributes of the old one like cropping and effects, including color correction. This makes it particularly useful for updating RAW photographs with toned ones. Just make sure that both images are the same size. [1] For information on MediaStorm’s photography workflow check out the 40-page Aperture document included with…

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