To Retain a Little Breathe Pause After Transcribing and Deleting all pauses.

[Luis Azcona]

Because it's weird to be deleting all pauses and to just let the voice over go and go non stop. Unnatural. Is there a way to do this?

[Kevin-Monahan]

HI @Luis Azcona,

I got your message. In the Text panel click on the overflow (three dots) menu. Click on Preferences > Transcript View Options. Then, in Transcript View Options, choose Pauses > Minimum Pause Length and make adjustments there. Does that work for you? Tell us how it goes.

Thanks,
Kevin

[Luis Azcona]

Oh! I thought "Minimum Pause Length" was a threshold for what should be considered a pause before deleting. Okay, I will try that now!

[Luis Azcona]

Hi Kevin. Just tried, and unfortunately, "Minimum Pause Length" is a threshold for how pause should be defined. Just like "Define Silence" in Audition. I was looking for a way to retain a little bit of rest after all the pauses are deleted, so that the voice over would still sound like a natural breathing speaker. Otherwise, it sounds too robotic and tightly cut.

[scottb37311686]

The minimum length setting is nice - - BUT - - I'd like to be able to set a number of frames to pad the pause deletions. Right now they get chopped right out and sometimes I need a breath in there

[PaulMurphy · Accepted solution]

After deleting pauses using the Text panel, you can use this method to add back some silence: Trim Pauses instead of Deleting in Premiere Pro.

Cheers,
Paul

[scottb37311686]

Perfect! Thanks!

[kelly.wilson]

The link goes to a video about trimming multiple clips, not specifically about trimming pauses. Is this the correct link and I'm missing something, or should it go to another video? Thanks! 

[PaulMurphy]

The idea is that after deleting pauses with the Text panel, you can use Trim Mode to add some of the pauses back, as per the linked video.

[dandan999]

Hi Paul,

I tried to do what you showed in the video. However, when I click the +5 (or +1) frame buttons to increase the number of frames where nothing is said.., these two things happen:

-when I click the +1 or +5 frame buttons with the tail end of the clips selected (image on the left is highlighted blue, as you mention in the video), a small text box pops up which says "trim media limit reached on video 1"

-when I choose the image on the right (i.e. the frames are added to the beginning of the respective clips), I can, at most, add 9 frames in total.

But I would add approx. one eighth (1/8) of a second to the beginning and ending of all clips selected. Because the cuts created by letting Premiere Pro automatically removing the pauses are still way too tight.

See short video attached, showing my Premiere.

Do you know how I would go about increasing the length of the pauses between clips using your method? Am I doing something wrong?

[PaulMurphy]

The issue occurs because your selection includes the end of the clip, which cannot be extended. This prevents any of the other selected clips from being extended. To fix this, try selecting all the cuts except the end of the clip, and then apply Trim Mode.

[dandan999]

Thank you so much, Paul. That did it. I was now able to increase the pauses perfectly, as per your video! :))

[dandan999]

Oops, I rejoiced too soon. I think that adding frames to each clip after already having Premiere auto-delete the pauses..just makes Premiere add duplicated frames.

So, say, a clip 1 has someone saying the words:

"I have finished Algebra, and it went well."

Adding frames will make the clip go:

"I have finished I have finished Algebra, and it went well."

I.e. Premiere is not re-adding the frames from the auto-deleted segments (which is what we want). Instead, it is taking the first x frames of the beginning of the clip and adding them to the beginning of the clip, resulting in duplication.

Is there a way to make Premiere re-adding auto-deleted frames (from the transcription pauses) to the beginning of each clip using the trim mode method?

[PaulMurphy]

It sounds like you might be extending the start of each clip rather than the end. To ensure you're editing the end of a clip, make sure the selection tool creates a yellow highlight shaped like a backward "C". This indicates you're adjusting the end of the clip, not the start.

Another possibility is that some clips are being extended beyond the length of their pauses, which could bring part of the next line back into the edit. To avoid this, ensure that you’re not extending any clip longer than the minimum pause length you removed.

If this doesn’t resolve the issue, feel free to provide more details or share a screenshot for further clarification.