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Synchronize is Greyed out in Premiere CC, why?

Forum|Forum|10 years ago
October 16, 2015
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The Goal: To sync an interview that involved 2 Nikon DLSrs, with external audio from a sound guy. There are about 8 clips from each camera, and 8 audio files.

I tried to drop them all in a timeline and just select all and sync. Sync was greyed out. I then tired just 1 set of cam a cam b and audio file, sync was greyed out.

I then tried just selecting the audio waveforms form independently of the video clips, without the external audio...greyed out.

Not sure what I need to do. Meanwhile I am in manual sync mode. Good thing the team that shot this stuff is on it with slate and keeping the clips tight.

Any help would be awesome.

Thanks

Rex

ESSTLL3

Inspiring

Track targetting is not the answer for me 😞 What is happenning with the grayed out synchronize option?

thepixelsmith

Community Expert

You can't use synchronize when you have multiple clips on the same track.

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richarda66559596

Participating Frequently

This is August 2023 Update, I am going thru the same situation where the "synchronize" option is greyed out and unavailable. I have tried ALL of the options mentioned in this thread but regrettably none have worked.

My situation: I Have three Cameras with audio (6tracks) plus three external audios (Lavaliers) for an interview that I'm trying to sync up to do a multi-Camera edit. but the sync option is greyed out despite tryting all the options I saw in this clip. Does anybody have an alternate solution they can share??? I tried:

1. The targeting tracks option did not work

2. the Turning of Linked selection did not work.

3. The render timeline option also did not work

Here's ma screenshot of the timeline. Thank you all in advance.

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richarda66559596

Participating Frequently

Apologies in advance for the typos!!! was more concerned with my deadline.

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Amanda23829003s7q9

Participant

Can confirm targetting the tracks is the key solution in 2022 version of Premiere Pro

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Lily5EB3

Participant

I finished editing a testimonial video when I realized I forgot to sync the higher quality audio files before making all my cuts. The synchronize option was grayed out until I found this solution: Place every individual vieo and audio clip on seprate tracks (see pictures below of before and after syncing), making sure the main audio file is on track one, then highlight only the clips you're trying to sync, and the synchronize button should be clickable. Then you'll just have to go in and delete the gaps by going to: Clip>Close Gap. Major time saver.

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xHollywood

Participant

THIS solution will work when the others fail.

Re-render the clip into a non-camera codec.

I used Cineform.

Syncronization available then.

For referrence, my camera codec was from EOS R5, using 4K IBP-I.

I surmise that maybe because of the I-framing interpretation, Premiere unable to interpret correctly.

Carpe diem!

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bf.masse

Participating Frequently

Had the same issue. Honestly this is totally unintuitive. If I pay that much for a software I expect basic features to be easy to use, and not have to seach 15m for the right forum post. Shame...

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jameslee101

Participant

There is a reason it is like this. Professional softwware doesn't have to be intuitive and easy to use. It does have to work consistently for the professionals who use it, and it is shaped by these people.

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bf.masse

Participating Frequently

Okay great opportunity for me to learn. Please share with me why the synchronizing is greyed out by default?

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TravG

Participant

For me, the targeting made no difference, but toggling the "Linked Selection" tool did. Once I turned OFF the

Linked Selection (middle icon in attached picture), Synchronize was no longer greyed out.

Hope this helps.

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bf.masse

Participating Frequently

That works for me. Interresting that Adobe doesn't even have an answer and that users have to find out how to use their software. wtf

thepixelsmith

Community Expert

This is a user to user forum. The entire point of it is that users help other users.

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sonia_l_nyc

Participant

Just figured it out!

You must have the tracks "targeted" that you're working on. This must have something to do with the internal way that it programmatically moves the clips, you have to have the tracks able to be cut/pasted to. Once you turn on targeting for the relevant tracks, you can do sync multiple with video tracks, etc, no problem.

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briandkatz1

Known Participant

Folks the above answer about track targeting is the right answer. Everything else here is wrong wrong wrong. Good intentions everybody, but this is the only answer. I just targeted my A1 & V1 and it solved everything. And I've had this fubar before, always forget about it. Don't waste your time. This is it.

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nikkireynolds

Participant

THANK YOU so very much. Exactly the answer I was looking for. Everything works now!

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excited_Genie16B8

Legend

You can sync only one video and one audio clip at a time. So Cam A and Audio, or Cam B and Audio, but not all three at once.

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Rex LintAuthor

Participant

Thanks J.

Even when I just do 2 clips, It still doesn't sync. I watched the Adobe online instructional video, and he sync's 4 clips at once. It's a 4 camera shoot example they have on the website. The totally ironic part, is the video features Corey Rich as the video content they are syncing, and ... I'm syncing a Corey Rich interview as well!! What a mind blow.

Anyways I did it manual. Thanks for taking the time to reply.

Rex

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excited_Genie16B8

Legend

Yeah, I guess my memory was in error on this one.

The only way I can get Synchronize to be grayed out is if track 1 is not included in the selection.

dummergold

Inspiring

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I tried to drop them all in a timeline

‌select your media in your project bin, before you place on timeline.

select your media, right click, choose create multicamera sequence and then you will have pop- up windows with sync options

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Rex LintAuthor

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dummergold,

Thanks man. I"m not really interested in multicam. that is a who new ball of wax that I should probably learn, but I only do 2 camera interviews, and that work flow adds a bunch of bs to my program that is more labor that just doing the manual sync, Thanks man. I appreciate your input, and maybe I'll learn mulitcam when I'm home sick this winter!!

Rex

dummergold

Inspiring

not knowing what particular instructional video on synchronizing, I just saw one that does it on the timeline with your method. So, I see this timeline synchronizing of the media. I also saw a 'merge clip' function from the project panel that brought out a sync option window and sync'd clips or merged together. I see no difference with all clips on timeline and sync'd ontop of each other with respect to multicamera sync. With the multicamera sync, the source sequence seems the same as any sync'd clip, whether automatic or manual. If you do not wish to multicam, just skip flattening the source sequence and do not enter into a multicamera monitor edit.

I auto sync my clips, then manually tweek, and/or add unsyncable clips.

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