"individual clip select & lock in timeline" feature would be SO GOOD

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Hi there. I know we can lock whole audio and video tracks in a Premiere timeline, which i use a lot. Suggestion --> It'd be even better if we had more accurate control over what was locked in a timeline, instead of only being able to lock entire audio or video tracks. As in, in my timeline, I'd like to be able to click/lasso select single video/audio clips or multiple video/audio clips, anywhere throughout the timeline, and then, JUST LOCK THOSE SPECIFIC SELECTED CLIPS, similar to how I can "enable" or "disable" single clips in Premiere. That way, for safety, I can lock certain portions of my timeline, and keep working on other parts of it, and know with confidence that no matter what I do, the parts of the timeline I locked are safe. Often times, when working on small portion of the timeline, I can accidentally hit a key that causes unintentional and undesirable changes elsewhere in my timeline, that only later do I discover, and then have to go back to archives and try to figure out what happened. Every single editor I've discussed this potential functionality with thinks it would be revolutionary and change the way they edit.

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alexa86063679

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This feature so super needs to be implimented, Adobe...In my mind its a very basic feature!! Right now the only way to 'lock' a specific clip is to place the clip on a new track and lock the entire track. Another way is to tie the audio to a video clip by highlighting them and hitting CMD + L. The issue is that I have very complex sequences and when the client wants very specific edits, it can get crazy cumbersome to do that. Please just give us the option to do it!!!

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Shebbe

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That's a great idea. Something that's already being done in some DAWs for similar reasons. Added my vote.

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Nascuy

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Hi! Very interesting topic! No news from Adobe about this feature?

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tonyn26504140

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I concur. When you've synced up a bunch of video tracks preparing for a multicam edit, you do not want those tracks to move again, ever. So you effectively need to lock clips to the timeline while still being able to edit any effect on any clip, such as when you are grading the clips. At this point it would also be great to have a Solo button on each video track, as with audio tracks, so that you can see and grade just that track instead of having to go through all of the other tracks, unlock them and toggle the output off. In short, Multicam editing in Premiere is in need of a major upgrade.

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