Chose what to move and what not to move when synchronizing clips

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August 28, 2022
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In Premiere Pro, is it possible to choose which clips move and which is the one that stays put when synchronizing them?

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Correct answer pupeno

@R Neil Haugen pointed me to Jarle’s blog post Premiere Pro Multicam and that contained the answer:

The same rules apply when syncing with audio waveforms; no clips are moved to the left, so make sure the clip that you want to move into sync is placed to the left.

So, essentially I placed the audio to right of all the video clips, and that caused the video clips to move, instead of the audio. I also selected first just in case, but I'm sure I did that before and it didn't work.

pupenoAuthorCorrect answer

Inspiring

@R Neil Haugen pointed me to Jarle’s blog post Premiere Pro Multicam and that contained the answer:

The same rules apply when syncing with audio waveforms; no clips are moved to the left, so make sure the clip that you want to move into sync is placed to the left.

So, essentially I placed the audio to right of all the video clips, and that caused the video clips to move, instead of the audio. I also selected first just in case, but I'm sure I did that before and it didn't work.

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Coby Randal

Participating Frequently

Thanks! That's what worked for me. The audio clip on the right side / last part of the timeline will stay put. The earlier clips on the left will move. Track stack order and selection order do not make any difference. Thanks again!

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Coby Randal

Participating Frequently

*Update*. This does NOT always work. In some cases I had to adjust the length of my moving clip so that the reference clip would stay in place. Adobe, if you're listening, can you please enable locked audio tracks to be useful for audio syncronization reference? I want to lock the tracks that should not move.

Warren Heaton

Community Expert

One approach is to place clips that should stay put when synchroizing on a Video Track that's locked. More precesily, move them to a Video Track, lock it, then sync.

pupenoAuthor

Inspiring

Sorry, I should have mentioning, what I'm trying to keep locked is the audio. I have 1 audio, 4 cameras. Because I can't figure out how to make Premiere Pro sync everything in one go, I want to select clips one by one, and sync them to the audio, so the audio needs to stay put, and the video clips should move to their location.

I tried locking the audio track, but then I can't select it for synchronizing.

R Neil Haugen

Legend

If the cameras have audio, then the simple thing is the intended use: Multicam process. Select the video & audio clips, Create Multicam. Done. Sync by audio, and it will sync to the separate audio.

Neil

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