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migkub
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December 18, 2019
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I press IN, there's already an OUT; and vice-versa... this sucks.

  • December 18, 2019
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I came from Avid to Premiere. The thing that still annoys me the most in Premiere Pro is the "auto" IN/OUT.

What I mean is that when you press your IN-point, there is already an OUT-point in the end of your sequence. The same happens when you mark the OUT-point: there is already an IN-point in the beginning of the sequence.

That bothers me so much, 'cause its common for me to accidentally cut my entire Timeline.

 

see... That happens anytime i miss marking some of the IN/OUT points, while zoomed in. If IN/OUT could be marked separately, and independently, the software simply wouldn't do nothing, cause there's no two point marking de timeline.

 

is there a way around? 

 

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Correct answer Michael Grenadier

Sometimes you have to adapt your workflow to the software...   you can just hit "clear in and out" in the timeline and the position of the playhead will by default be your in point.   I've got it mapped to option-x so it's pretty easy.    And if you've got an in marked in the timeline that you want to maintain, just hit "go to in" before clearing the in and out.  

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Michael Grenadier
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January 2, 2020

I still think I'm missing something.  Are you editing a clip from the source monitor into the timeline or editing material out of the sequence in the timeline?  Can you describe the process where you have the unintended consequences step by step?  I do understand how unintended things can happen in the timeline if you're not looking at the entire timeline and I've adapted my workflow to almost always avoid this (I said almost...).  

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    migkubAuthor
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    January 2, 2020

    sure. let me try again.
    this is the process:  i recieve a huge amount of material for a TV show - to sync and clean. after synced (in Plural eyes) i import a timeline with all clips filmed that day, already synced with the audio. it's like  a seven hour timeline. really big right? so its VERY common for me to be zoomed in.
    when im cleaning - cuting what was filmed and leaving only the good stuff in the sequence - im so so so zoomed in, that is unusual for me to see both in and out-points. since im cutting, i can cut a lot, unintended. thats the problem.

    you see... Avid works in a way that prevents that kind of problem, because if i mark a point and not the other, nothing is selected. you have to mark both of them. Premiere considers the beginning of sequence the in-point, if you only marked out. and the end of the sequence the ou-point, if you only marked in.

    i hope i could explain myself properly 

    thanks a lot for the help

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    Michael GrenadierCorrect answer
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    January 2, 2020

    Sometimes you have to adapt your workflow to the software...   you can just hit "clear in and out" in the timeline and the position of the playhead will by default be your in point.   I've got it mapped to option-x so it's pretty easy.    And if you've got an in marked in the timeline that you want to maintain, just hit "go to in" before clearing the in and out.  

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      migkubAuthor
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      January 2, 2020

      sure. i agree 100% with you: adapt or die. that's why i said from what software i came from.
      i thing your idea wouldn't work for me, cause in this cases im always cuting things, so i have to have an in and an out. clearing them both wouldn't work, and at the momment i pressed in or out, the same would happen again. but maybe hitting mark clip before adding  points would do it.

      thanks for helping,

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      Michael Grenadier
      Legend
      December 18, 2019

      It's been a while since I worked in avid, but my memory is that both premiere and avid rely on your having 3 edit points marked.  If you have an in and out marked in the source monitor, and either an in or out marked in the timeline, things should work as desired.   or an in marked in the source monitor and an in and out marked in the timeline...  Or am I missing something here?  

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      migkubAuthor
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      January 2, 2020

      its actually really simple: i want to mark an in-point in my premiere timeline and not have an out-point already marked in the end of it

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