View camera labels in multicam sequences.

[Martin Julien]

I've been a Senior Editor for 24 years now. My specialty is editing multicam footage. When I've only got 10 cameras, it's okay. But more often than not, I get between 20 and 40 different sources, because most of the time, I'm called in to edit major shows. I come from the AVID world (where we see labels in multicam, as shown in the image below).

I'm more often asked to do my projects in Premiere these days. Not being able to see the labels on my timeline is really annoying. I need to find my bearings quickly. For a number of reasons, such as observing whether I'm using a source too often or fixing the same problem on a source every time I edit, it's crucial that I can see the labels directly on the timeline. It's a no brainer!

Thank you for considering my request and to the other editors, share, vote, make this request a reality!!!!

Martin Julien

[jamieclarke]

Hi @Martin Julien - We have labels in the Premiere Pro Timeline In the wrench menu you can select "Show Video Names" and if you right click on your clip you can go to the menu option "Label" to change the color.  Is there something about the way Premiere displays the labels that you wish were different?

[Martin Julien]

As a matter of fact, yes. I know I can change the label by right-clicking on a clip. But in a Multicam nest, the whole timeline changes color. I'd like to see the source clip's label every time I cut, not the multicam's color. Exactly as you can see in the image I've attached to my request. This part of the sequence is not simplified; I'm still in a multicam sequence. I've attached a video of the behavior I'd like to see in Premiere Pro.

Here is the link:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nitw72d46efdsnahii84d/Source-Labels-View.mp4?rlkey=qwvjhv1d17ka4r7d32...

In case I didn't get it right, do you have more details?

[jamieclarke]

I see, that is a good request!  I can see how viewing the source clip color would be very helpful within a multi camera clip.

[MyerPj]

Cool request Martin.

We should all upvote the request using the big number at the top of the thread next to the thread title.

[Martin Julien]

@MyerPj. I see you're a community expert. Could you use your status to spread the idea to as many people as possible? That would certainly be a big boost!

[MyerPj]

I'm just a user like you - who has some time to come here and comment regularly.

[MyerPj]

And you do have an Adobe Staff member @jamieclarke already declare it's a 'good request', maybe stay in touch with him.