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Text-Based Editing Not Working?

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May 12, 2023
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Trying the new Text-Based Editing in 23.4.

However, it does not appear to be working correctly... or at all.

I have a clip on sequence that has been automatically transcribed. I can go to the "Transcript" window, and highlight text. I can right-click on the text and all options appear - Cut, Delete (Ripple), Delete, etc. When I choose "Cut", for example, the text does not cut in the "Transcript" window and no cut is made in the sequence.

Same issue if I load the clip in the "Source" panel. I can hightlight the text, right-click to show the "insert" and "overwrite" options, but neither function inserts the clip into the timeline.

Correct answer Chad22158382h0cg

I may have found the issue. You must have the "Automatically set in/out points" selected.

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verapichardo

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Ok so here's what worked for me. Once you have your video in the timeline, go to the text panel and you'll see three dots (...) click on them and there's an option that says Generate text editing transcript or something like that. It then let me select, copy, cut, etc the transcript and the video was being edited at the same time.

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thehalfcan

New Participant

Thank you, thank you thank you. It's just so frustrating that so many different things can cause this not to work.

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idanl33775928

New Participant

Hello everyone, it took me a moment to understand what is meant by "automatically activating the ins and outs". So I am attaching a screenshot for anyone who is a bit slow like me 😀. Thank you all very much for the explanations. It worked and I agree it is indeed an amazing tool to work with

Kevin-Monahan

Community Manager

Hi Community,

I"m going to add this message to "Featured Conversations." A good number of those new to text-based editing are hitting these problems. I hope it helps.

Thanks,
Kevin

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

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Mirna Falcón

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Hi, you have to be sure that this button is on (V2 in this case)

I hope this works for you.

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chris23323758g9v1

New Participant

this is what was wrong thank you, that v2 has to be clicked on for the text edit to work!

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georgg8531597

New Participant

I was have an issue with this too. I may have figured it out though. Step 1: select the multi cam clips you need to merge, Step 2: right click and then select Create Multi-Camera Source Sequence Step 3: Create a new sequence Step 4: go back to the newly created multi cam source sequence and it should work... good luck!

Fray D.

Participating Frequently

I agree. This is the way. If you need more in-depth instructions, here is what I wrote in another similar post.

1. Generate your multi-camera source sequences.

In the Project window, right-click on your video and audio files and select Create Multi-Camera Source Sequences...
Right-click on the newly created multi-cam source sequence/s, and select Open in Timeline.
Bonus tip! If your timeline is a mess, choose Simplify Sequence... under the Sequence app menu and select Close vertical gaps on video tracks. Unfortunately, this trick won't work for the audio tracks. So if their clutter bothers you, I would suggest unlinking them from their video counterparts and then deleting them entirely. You only need the audio that the multi-cam is based off of after all.

2. Generate the transcript for text-based editing at the source level.

After you have opened your multi-cams in the timeline, make sure you have the Text window open. From there, click the Generate Transcript button under the Transcript tab.
At this stage, I have found that text-based editing will only work here at the source level. If you copy and paste the multi-cam sequence into a blank sequence, you can probably move the playhead around from the Text window but you won't be able to do the more useful actions like cut, paste, and delete.

3. Generate a sequence from the multi-cams.

Right click on the multi-cam/s in the Project window and select New Sequence from Clip.
The new sequence/s should be able to use all the features of text based editing. I usually test this out by selecting some of the text and hitting Delete. If there's a ripple edit in the timeline, I know that text-based editing is working.
If you need to combine multiple multi-cams into a single sequence, use one of these new sequences to paste everything into one place. For some reason, trying to copy/paste them into a blank sequence does not retain the text-based editing, but copying and pasting between them preserves it.

Some "gotchas" to look out for:

Make sure you have the "{ }" icon turned on in the Text/Transcript window (next to the search bar).
Make sure you have "Follow active monitor" turned on in the Text/Transcript window (in the lower left corner).
I'm using a Mac Studio running Sonoma 14.1.1 with Premiere version 24.0.3. Your mileage may vary with another setup.

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RashersT

Participating Frequently

Another gotcha, which got me! Is not having the various tracks (v1, v2 etc) selected for cutting. So basic, but when you are used to the manual way of editing it doesn't even occur. This is why my method of creatin a new timeline worked. Doh!

mattchristensen

Community Manager

@Chad22158382h0cg Yep sounds like you found it. If the auto-In/Out is turned off, you'll need to manually set In/Out points (you can use I and O keys) in the Text panel to be able to edit. But most people just leave the auto button on.