Can I globally remove "um"

[handygal]

I am VERY new to Premiere Pro. I have watch several tutorials, but I can't find an answer to this.

I have a clip where the speaker says "um" a lot. Is there a way to globally remove them? I see where one can remove background noise, but this is in the dialogue.

Please be specific. I don't know what I am doing.

[Sumeet Kumar Choubey]

Hi there,

Welcome to the community! Have you tried the steps mentioned in this article to bulk delete fillers & check if it's helping?

Thanks,

Sumeet

[handygal]

Hi Sumeet,

I think I found the article. I tried it and it makes a VERY chopped up video and only cut out a fraction of the "um" (She says it like 3 times per sentence). I would rather mute the um's rather than chop up the video. Is there a way to do that globally?

[handygal]

So someone marked Sumeet's comment as the correct answer. It didn't work for me. Does that mean I can't get another solution?

[Stan Jones]

@handygal,

I'm sorry you did not get a further response. You raise two issues. The result is choppy and does not delete many "ums."

I think improvement is needed in the bulk deletion of ums. If the Um is included as text in the transcript, you can do a search and replace. But I've had instances where the Um is not marked as a Filler word, and not transcribed. Is your clip missing a lot of ums?

Yes, the result is choppy, and that makes it less useful. I have not experimented with how to handle that, since I think it simply requires editing. For example, do this with nothing else in the sequence, and use lifts, not extracts, so you can easily adjust video/audio a few frames. Or use extract (or lift, adjust, close gaps), then Ctrl+drag to select cuts and Ctrl+D the default transition.

Stan

[handygal]

Thanks for the response. I am very new at video editing. I don't know what "lifts" are. Sounds promising.

[Stan Jones]

@handygal,

When you filter for filler words and click delete, you will see two options, "lift" or "extract." Extract does a ripple delete (deletes and closes the gap); lift keeps the gap.

Stan

[Stan Jones · Accepted solution]

@handygal,

Look at the help page that @Sumeet Kumar Choubey points to. It shows you how to use text-based editing and filtering to bulk delete various things. "Ums" are "Filler Words."

What that guide does not say is that you CANNOT do this in a source clip itself. It must be in a sequence, and it is only in the sequence version of the transcript that the Ums will be removed.

If you filter on Filler Words, and the Delete button is greyed out, you are probably in Source Monitor view of the transcript.

Stan