Best way to add sound Effects?

There's a lot of stuff I have in 'libray's" ( stock video, graphics, sound , etc that's paid for )

I start a project and move EVERYTHING to a new project folder for that NLE ( duplicates from library ) with new folder structure for that nle. So I can just delete the whole thing when I'm done with it. The duplicate stuff ( and cache and proxies, etc. ). But I'm a moron. I segregate the project from the universal ( global ) stuff, and make new thing so I can get rid of it when I'm done for THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT.

One cool thing a lot of people don't realize, is that you can save presets from within the Effects Control Panel that include multiple effects.

So if you normally apply say the same three sound effects to a lot of clips, with a 'typical' starting point set for each, do this to a clip. Then in the ECP panel, hold down the Ctrl/Cmd key and click on the title of each effect. Right-click, "save as preset". Name the preset.

Now you can simply select one or more clips in a timeline, and drag/drop your preset onto them. Applying this way though you can't select mulitple clips and change the settings across them at once, which is something we should be able to do.

However, this is a very quick way to apply your standard setup to a ton of clips, then you can trim each clip as needed.

Neil

Perfect, that was my next question.  I will do the latter as well.  Indeed, that helps immensely. 🙂