Adding head and tail (or padding) to all clips in the timeline.

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March 18, 2024
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I have very long video recordings, with a lot of VO. I have been using Adobe Audition to make subclips out of the speaking parts in order to automate the removal of silence. However, doing this through the diagnostics window usually clips the sounds pretty tightly, so I'm looking for a way to add a little padding back in. I couldn't figure out how to do it in Audition, so now I'm wondering if there is some way I can just add, say 5 frames to the head and tail of every clip.

Kevin-Monahan

Community Manager

Hello @ZAGould,

Thanks for the question. Premiere Pro now has text-based editing with silence removal. Have you tried it yet? It can do what you would like. Let me know if you need other details, documentation, or training resources.

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/text-based-editing.html

Thanks,

Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio

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ZAGouldAuthor

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Hello Kevin,

Thanks for the reply! I did try that method before and unfortunately what I found was: if Premiere's transcription service doesn't recognize a word, it will just ignore it. So, I found I was losing a bit too much usable material for my liking.

However, I did find a solution that did exactly what I needed: With the "Ripple Edit" tool selected, you can click and drag over the clips you'd like to alter. This turns the program monitor to "Trim Mode". Now you have the choice of selecting the window on the Left, and clicking "+5" to add 5 frames at the tail of each clip. Or selecting the Right window, and clicking "-5" to add 5 frames at the head of each clip.

You can add as many or as few frames as you'd like, but I found 5 frames to be perfect for negating the clipping that Audition had done.

Kevin-Monahan

Community Manager

Oh, cool. Glad you found Trim Mode to be useful for that, @ZAGould. There are a ton of keyboard shortcuts for trim mode. It is helpful to know them all and to be nimble with the JKL keys for shuttling in Trim Mode. The down arrow moves you to the next cut while remaining in Trim Mode. That tip might help! Let me know if you need any other workflow tips if you run into any roadblocks, OK?

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio

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