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n_minoo
n_minoo
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April 22, 2019
Question

Save clips separately from original file

  • April 22, 2019
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Hello everyone,

Premiere pro newbie here.

I was wondering if there is any way I could save the clips I've trimmed in my projects as a separate file from the original video.

I'm basically importing a bunch of long videos into premiere>From there I set my IN and OUT then drag onto the timeline.

Is there any way I could automatically save the shortened clips so I could delete the original longer videos they're trimmed from?

When I delete the original video now, my project now my shortened clips arent shown on the timeline.

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    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Ann BensCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 22, 2019

    That is correct if original is deleted so is all trimmed clips on the timeline.

    Trimmed clips on the timeline are not real clips but references to the original clip.

    If you want separate trimmed clips you need to export them as such.

      n_minoo
      n_minooAuthor
      Participant
      April 22, 2019

      How do I export the trimmed clips?

      R
      rodneyb56060189
      Legend
      April 23, 2019

      I think maybe you want to save your stuff as SUBCLIPS and name them appropriately so that it's easy to navigate to the SUBCLIPS you created in your bins.

      Basically, you put a long clip in your source monitor from your source panel … ( lets assume you timeline is now blank, no clips on it ).

      you make in out points and drag that PORTION of your long clip into source panel as a subclip and give it a name. Move it to a bin you create if you want to further categorize the subclips ( like, 'interview', car interior, boat race, etc. )

      You never put the whole long clip into the timeline, but it stays in your source panel ( it's been imported ). You create the subclips from that long thing in source monitor ( with in out marks) and drag down into source monitor and name the subclips.

      You can ALSO, at the same time ( after naming your subclips ) drag them to your timeline... and begin building your edit timeline.

      You just keep working through the long clip in source monitor ( creating new in out points along the way ) to create MORE subclips, and save them and move them to timeline as you go along.

      ????

      I think that's what you want ???

      just google adobe premiere pro subclips and you'll get a gazillion idiots describing how it's done.

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