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No Source Clip Name in Timeline. Sequence Displayed Instead

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January 4, 2025
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Hi all -

Former MC editor here, new to premiere so any help appreciated.

My old workflow consisted of throwing all my raw camera clips into a sequence (Sequence name = FS7 )

I would put that sequence into the source monitor so I could scrub quickly and find my clips via timecode. Then in+out insert that into my edit sequence.

I'm trying to replicate this in Premiere but I'm running into two problems.

1) when I insert the clip into my timeline, the clip name shows the sequence name (FS7) and not the source clip name.

2) the source monitor timecode starts at 00:00:00:00 (because it's referencing the sequence TC). Is there any way I can set it so it displays the actual timecode from the source clips?

Thanks!

First photo shows the clip displaying the sequence name from the source monitor. Would really love it showed the source clip name instead. Second photo shows the FS7 Sequence in the source monitor.

Correct answer Warren Heaton10841144

For item 1, disable Insert as Nests so that you get the original clips.

Warren Heaton10841144

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For item 1, disable Insert as Nests so that you get the original clips.

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kyle_5074Author

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Thanks Warren that did the trick!

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daapap

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Premiere's way to work with timecodes is by far not as sophisticated as MC's.

I assume your clips have ascending or realtime tc?

This is how I do it:

Mark all the clips in your bin (actually a folder in Premiere).

If you want to: Modify - Audio Channels can deactivate unused source tracks - much easier than in MC.

Delete IN and OUT points. (You can do this with all the marked clips with one keystroke for all the clips - ctrl-shift-x is the default.) Premiere won't do it automatically like Avid does using Auto Sequence.

Make a Multicam Sequence with these options: Timecode, create single multicam ..., "camera label" (you don't have to enter a label if all the clips have none or the same, but you have to activate the option, otherwise each clip will be on an own track in the multicam clip).

The result is what you get using Auto Sequence in MC: A multicam clip starting with the TC of the first clip, gaps between the clips until the next clip starts:

Load this multicam clip into the source monitor and edit from there.

Unfortunately there is no option to display the clip's tc lying there like in MC, but this not a problem anymore since the tc of every clip ist identical with the multicam sequence's TC. You can now jump from one clip to another using goto previous/next edit or enter a tc in the source monitor's display.

Also in Premiere the separate TC-window does only show a sequence tc for the sequence monitor, not the tcs of the clips lying in that multicam sequence. So this is no help.

Another major setback is the necessity to always enter the whole tc you want to jump to including hours, minutes, seconds, frames. That is much better in MC.

I hope this helps.

MyerPj

Community Expert

Thanks for the guide @daapap , I'm going to try it. Just one note, Adobe improved the timecode entry a bit ago, and you can enter '.' to separate the values making it easier to enter. 2.. goes to two minutes, etc. Give it a go! 🙂

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daapap

Inspiring

I know that. It doesn't work with standard german keyboard settings.

That aside, this is one of the things i like much better in MC.

If I stand at 01:12:13:00 and I enter 1100 Avid knows i want to go to 11 seconds of the very minute I am standing at: 01:12:11:00.

I miss that badly: In Premiere I always have to enter the whole TC with hours, minute, seconds, frames, in this case 1121100, otherwise I'll jump to TC 00:00:11:00.

MyerPj

Community Expert

I think Neil and Dreamtime each got half of it.

I'm not happy that I don't know the answer here, can someone explain it?

It looks like the OP is looking for pancake editing, but so he can enter a (source) timecode and find the clip.

This was a fundamental thing for old-school editors like myself, someone would bring in a shot-list and reels and then say go here, go there. I've never been comfortable finding clips like that in PP. If all the clips were in a string-out, in the source monitor, how then do you search for a source timecode. 😐

R Neil Haugen

Legend

Simply grab the clips in the bin, do not make a sequence of them! ... and right-click "open in source monitor".

Now each clip will be in the Source monitor, with it's own timecode and name. Set in/out, hit the shorts for insert or overwrite, short to close the clip in the Source monitor, do the next clip.

Everyone's mileage always varies ...