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Can I apply a video effect to a track?

Forum|Forum|15 years ago
July 12, 2010
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I just came over from Sony Vegas Pro 9 (which kicks —, but has bad native support for DSLR files).

In Vegas you can apply effects to video in three ways:

1. A whole clip in the project media bin (automatically applying such effects to all timeline events using this clip).

2. Individual timeline events.

3. Entire video tracks (automatically applying such effects to every clip on the track).

Is this possible in Premiere CS5? I find it hard to believe that it's not possible since it is such a useful thing to do. For example, what if you have a bunch of footage that you want to look grainy but you don't want to apply the same effect to every timeline event from the clips because it is time consuming and creates many sources of change if you want to tweak the effect settings?

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Correct answer Ann Bens

MIght want to look at Adjustment layers.

You can put that over an entire track or just part of.

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Gabe30006641xkb7

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I have an idea that kind of circumvents your problem. (I realize I am posting in 2024) If you put the effect on one clip in the track, then edit the parameters to customize the effect to how you desire. Then paste the custom effect to all clips on the track. If you want to adjust all of the individual effects on the track, (just like how a track effect would work) then select all clips and right click selecting "remove atributes". Finally, remove the effect you created and then re-paste the re-adjusted effect to all the clips on the layer again.

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blainesweeney

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I have to say I agree with all of Gillisie's points, the way Vegas lets you apply an effect to a track is really handy. For example, I'm just about to grade a video I shot but the client wants it asap, so I don't have time to apply an individual grade to every shot in the sequence one by one. If I was using Vegas, I could apply a basic grade to the track, then if a shot comes along that I feel needs additional work, I can apply an effect on that clip, tweak and move on. Most of the shots will be fine with the basic grade, but the odd one will need fixing more. With the nesting method in premiere, if I wanted to tweak a shot I'd need to make cuts at either end of the shot, tweak and move on; a little more hassle. Vegas' track effect is like the best of both worlds - nesting grading and clip grading.

Yes I could apply the effect to the master clip, but then the entire clip has the grade on it. And if that particular clip requires different style grade at certain points or camera settings change (exposure for example) , its thrown off kilter.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Vegas is better, after all I am using Premiere now. But it's just one of those things that makes Vegas a joy to use.

Lastly, if I'm still missing something I'd love to hear it. Maybe things have changed since I last checked

Ann Bens

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MIght want to look at Adjustment layers.

You can put that over an entire track or just part of.

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aaronfross

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The big problem with Adjustment Layers in Premiere is that they affect all tracks below the Adjustment Layer. There's no way to limit the effect to just the track immediately below the Adjustment Layer, as in Photoshop. Same problem in After Effects, which leads to the necessity of nesting sequences (or compositions). This in turn really slows down the editing workflow. Not being able to see/edit the clips in nested sequences severely limits the ability to work with editing and effects at the same time.

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byoblu

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Have a look at this: https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/how-to/apply-effects-master-clips.html

MediaGraphics

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I have to say, it's 5 years later and I stumbled on to you link. THANK YOU!!!! Elmost exactly what I was looking for. Maybe there is a more elegant way now, I'll look a bit more. But either way, that will serve well.

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excited_Genie16B8

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You achieve #3 the same way. Nest your edit sequence into a new one.

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GillissieAuthor

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Jim,

The problem with nesting a whole track is that it makes it MUCH more difficult to edit when mixed with other footage that isn't nested with it. Let's say I want to tweak some in/out points between the nested events and the non-nested ones. Ugh. Of course, at this point I'm thinking theoretically rather than talking about a real-world project, so maybe it's not as a big a deal as I think. Maybe doing #1 will eliminate most of the need to do #3.

I just don't understand why Adobe would add audio track effects capability but not video track effects.

Ann Bens

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shooternz,

I appreciate the helpful answer, but it doesn't achieve what I'm looking for. The key word is "automatically". An example of what I mean by "automatically applied" is:

Add effect to a track (whether or not there are already events on the track).

Any events that are added to the track in the future will automatically get the effect with the same settings as all other events on the track, because they are not applied to events, but applied to the track.

Then any changes to the track effect automatically effect all clips on the track.

Again, I realize this could be achieved by creating a nested sequence, but that would make it a huge hassle to tweak in/out points for those events in relation to events on other tracks.

What you are looking for is only possible for the audio section with the Audio Mixer.

What effect would you like to add to the whole video track?

Nest and add the effect after you are done with editing the in and out points

In Premiere Event is called Clip.

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GillissieAuthor

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Note: I just realized that it's possible to achieve #1 by putting the clip into a new sequence and applying the effect in that sequence, then use the sequence in the main sequence instead of using the souce clip. I haven't tried it, but it seems reasonable. Still doesn't solve #3.

shooternz

Legend

#3 is easy.

Use Track Select Tool > Select the track with it (from the first clip)> Drag an effect onto it. (All clips get the same Effect.)

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GillissieAuthor

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Track Select Tool? I don't understand what you're referring to. Remember, I'm new in Premiere. Also, does this method dynamically link one copy of the effects to all events on the track, or does it create an individual copy of the effects to each event?

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