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mikecox_
Inspiring
March 27, 2018
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2 blue clips vs 1 green clip; on the timeline

  • March 27, 2018
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I found three files in my Sequence bin, with the same Sequence icon and the same name. Don't know when that happened or what I did to get three.

But what I discovered is that one has two blue clips in it.  The other two have one solid green clip, made by combining the two blue ones.

I was still in the process of editing so I deleted the two with the combined green clip.

At what point do separate blue clips, with markers and a need for editing, get joined and become one single green clip and what did I do to make the

Sequence file with the blue clips change into a Sequence file, with the same name, with a single green clip?

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    Correct answer excited_Genie16B8

    Pg. 248

    https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/premiere_pro_reference.pdf

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    mikecox_
    mikecox_Author
    Inspiring
    March 27, 2018

    I love answers like this, with detailed reference materials.  Thanks for this pdf file, I dl'd it for future reference.

    Using Win 11
    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 27, 2018

    The manual does not tell you everything.

    Might want to go for a subscription at Lynda.com to learn the basics.

    Will save you some headaches.

    mikecox_
    mikecox_Author
    Inspiring
    March 30, 2018

    I have been a subscriber to Lynda.com for years.  I love the tutorials they produce and have been watching one by Ashley Kennedy.

    Using Win 11
    excited_Genie16B8Correct answer
    Legend
    March 27, 2018
    Inspiring
    December 6, 2023

    I dont see the answer to this on pg248...

    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    December 6, 2023

    This is an ancient thread.

     

    But the reason for the two green sequences is they were "nests". Nesting is an editing tool that allows say setting a processing order up. You do one heavy effect, nest the clip,do another.

     

    Or you can take a sequence, addit to another as a nest, and the nested sequence shows as a single clip.

     

    There's an icon in the Timeline panel, frequently called the "nest or not" option. If on, a sequence added to another is treated as a nest. If not, it's added as a series of clips.

     

    New editors often accidentally nest something. Easy to do.

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...