Editing: sequences & Timeline

Editing: sequences & Timeline

Creating a new sequence

First things first, a sequence is a series of blocks of assets that are organized in the timeline. Let’s go step by step in creating a sequence that fits your video’s needs:

  1. If you are working within the folder structure we proposed CLICK on the Sequence folder.
  2. Once inside you can RIGHT CLICK and select ‘new sequence’.
  3. A window will pop out for the settings of this new sequence, this might become relevant to determine things like the pre-settings of cameras or defining the ratio of the content (this can also be determined once the sequence is created: SEQUENCE: SEQUENCE SETTINGS: VIDEO FRAME SIZE: ”measurements”)
  4. Name your sequence

Another way of creating a sequence that might feel more intuitive is to simply drag the files into the timeline. However, this action will create a ‘sequence’ file in the general folder, which can of course be moved later, but it’s double work!

Naming conventions

Naming files is a very important part of editing because if done correctly, it can help you navigate different sections of the editing process and avoid you ending up with five different files named very similarly. For example, you could have something like this:

  • NameOfVideo_rough-cut
  • NameOfVideo_draft
  • NameOfVideo_final-vertical
  • NameOfVideo_final-horizontal

As you can see the name of the sequences before indicating what part of the process they are in, and also what type of result they are exporting (vertical/horizontal)

Importing media to Timeline

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The panel called SOURCE MONITOR is the big one marked in yellow, this panel will allow you to see the entire media selected without adding it to the timeline, which can allow a faster ‘first cut’ of the material. It is also possible to include only audio or only video ​

The green circle points to the type of media that you can include in the timeline, if the film is selected and dragged to the timeline, only the film will be added, same for the audio icon.​

The red line indicates the selection of the clip that will be dragged. To do this you only need to place the cursor where you want it to start and click the keyboard ”I” (IN) then the same for the end of the clip and click “O” (OUT). Both IN and OUT can be moved by clicking and dragging the lines. ​

The small yellow square is the section of the timeline where we can see which assets are active and which are not. This is really important because if a section of the timeline is not active when exporting, the file will not include the assets in this section. The Blue small square is the ‘origin source’ and the orange one is the ‘destination source’.

Media can be RENAMED once it is imported, this will not affect the name of the original file but only the name that appears in the project within Premier. It is important to NEVER change the names of the files outside of the program, doing so will make the reference from the program to the media source lost and the program will not be able to find it. 

Do you know what this effect is called?

This effect is called a Timelapse, which is a photographic technique.

For a timelapse to be successful we need to take a sequence of pictures at set intervals (of time) to record changes that take place slowly over time. Think for example of sunsets or a building construction site. Depending on the time of the changes, the set intervals can be placed further or closer apart. Editing this in Premiere is super easy and really fun. Here are the steps:

  1. Go to the panel media browser, search for a series of images (jpg) for the timelapse​
  2. Go to the media browser side menu: enable import as an ‘image sequence’, this will avoid importing all images as single files but rather all as a sequence, creating the timelapse automatically!!

Pro Tip!

We have included as part of the package of this course .proj file that has already 2 sequences as templates: one horizontal and the other vertical (in aspect ratio)