Hello,
There's a thread that's many years old asking if it is possible to apply effects to tracks. There are many answers, none of which are correct. The correct answer is that it is not possible to apply an effects to a track.
We can apply effects to Adjustment Layers, but we can't constrain the Adjustment Layer to specific tracks. Adjustment Layers affect all tracks below. This then necessitates nesting sequences, which massively slows down the creative process. Since we can't see/edit the clips in nested sequences, we're flying blind.
I can't stress enough how Premiere consistently fails to provide an efficient workflow. Basically everything in Premiere takes ten times longer than in Sony Vegas. The only reason I am using Premiere is because Vegas has very poor support for formats. I/O in Vegas is absymal. But workflow in Premiere is abysmal.
Now I am anticipating responses from hardcore Premiere fans, asking questions like "Why would you want that?" and making statements like "Premiere is a professional application that is industry proven". Those are not helpful. All I can say is that unless you have used many different programs and can appreciate their strengths and weaknesses, you can't make an objective assessment. Bottom line, the ability to apply an effect to a single track is an incredibly useful feature that saves many, many hours of tedium and effort.
So, my feature request is the ability to apply an effect to a single, entire track. This would massively simplify my process, obviating the need for cumbersome nesting. An easy implementation of this would be to simply allow Photoshop-style clipping to the Adjustment Layer.
But apparently that feature has been discussed before. Again, there are very old threads, more than ten years old, requesting this basic feature.
I am super cynical about this, since users have made these requests many times over the years and nothing has ever been done, I don't expect anything to happen now. But it would be GREAT if I were proven wrong.
Prove me wrong. Do something about the severe limitation discussed here and elsewhere. Find a way to make it possible to apply an effect to a single entire track, without resorting to nesting.
Thanks
Aaron