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How to mark a clip in a sequence in the source monitor

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February 9, 2017
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Hello! I'm coming from AVID so trying to understand if premiere CC has some of the things I've become so used to.

Question: Is it possible to 'mark clip' in a sequence in the source monitor?

I have loaded a sequence into the source monitor and am using it to edit into another sequence in the timeline. In AVID I can "mark clip" in the source monitor, meaning that when the cursor is over the clip I can hit a shortkey (X on my settings, but I believe it's D in the Premiere default keyboard settings), and it automatically places the in and out of that clip (at the beginning and end). This is incredibly helpful as it means I don't have to get the cursor to the right place for both the in and out, but can just press one key and then insert it into my timeline. Is this possible in Premiere CC and if so can someone tell me how?

Additional side question - in AVID there is also a shortkey that allows you alternate between the timeline showing the sequence loaded in the source monitor and the timeline showing the sequence in the preview monitor. Is this possible in Premiere CC?

Thanks! xh

most_bg

Participant

2025, it doesn't work at all. i want Adobe to be more focus on basic technics. Mark clips, Trim editing, remove additional name when i;m creating proxies. there are bunch of things to make me annoying.

R Neil Haugen

Legend

No clue what's not working for you ... how about creating a new thread, with details of what you want to do? There's quite a number of us that would be happy to help with your specific issue.

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

MyerPj

Community Expert

Here's the first youtube video that came up on the subject:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeWULbi6Bs8

MyerPj

Community Expert

Because this thread originated in 2017, it would be best to have a new thread.

One thing you can do is open another timeline, with your string-out sequence in it and then easily insert a clip from the string-out to the edit sequence. Also, I think in PP "X" is the default shortcut for "mark clip".

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psorcher

Participating Frequently

And here it is in 2024 and it still does not appear that one of the most basic editing techniques- perhaps especially if you are coming from Avid- is not avail on Premiere. I highly reco Adobe consults actual film editors as things like this are incredibly frustrating.

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psorcher

Participating Frequently

And despite Adobe giving instructions on how to evenm just snap to the next/previous edit in Premiere, that function is not available. WTF.

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psorcher

Participating Frequently

Ok, looks like the "T" key marks a clip in the source monitor. Why not allow for this as a keyboard key along with "snap to next/previous edit" in the source monitor?

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excited_Genie16B8

Legend

What you're asking for doesn't work in PP.

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Meg The Dog

Inspiring

If you select a clip in the timeline by placing the playhead on it, and press the F key, does it not appear in the source monitor with the in and outpoints placed?

In Premiere, you can have multiple sequences open at the same time and drag, copy and paste clips from one to another (sometimes called "pancake editing" since you stack the timelines:

MtD

hancastingsAuthor

Participant

Thank you Meg. Unfortunately I'm not talking about matching frame from a sequence in the timeline to a clip in the source monitor.

I'm asking about when you have a sequence loaded into the source monitor and are trying to 'mark clip'.

When you are working in a sequence in the timeline, you can put your cursor over a clip and 'mark clip' which marks the beginning of that clip as "in" and the end of that clip as "out". I am wondering whether you can also do this when you have a sequence loaded into the source monitor. I hope that is clearer.

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daapap

Inspiring

you can open the source in a timeline view (like you can toggle between source and target in Avid's timeline) and apply mark clip or whatever you want there. And since you can view as many timelines as you want at the same time (Meg's 'pancake view') you even don't have to memorize what your marks in the source were.

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