Jog Forward One Second

[ztodd]

TLDR: Is there a way to jog forward on the timeline 1 second (not frames, for god sake not frames)?

I've been working on a project for roughly six years now, filming a few seconds a day and cutting these down to one, sort of a life journal.  Yes, i know, 'cool project for a high schooler', but I enjoy doing it and it feels rewarding for me.  

So the workflow is essentially, I pull in gopro, dslr, iphone clips and manual cut one second from a clip by finding my location I like, cutting, going to sequenece time and entering 1 second ontop of the existin time point, then cutting again, deleting both sides of the outer clip.  This was okay when I would work on the project once a month, but at this point I'm doing it once a year and the work flow is maddening.  

I'm looking for any way to jog forward on my timeline by 1 second, with the difference in frames per project the +1 or +5 frames does not cut it.  

Any suggestions?  Any Macro apps that folks like/trust?

[Averdahl · Accepted solution]

I press +100 followed by Enter on the Numeric keypad on my keyboard move forward one second. 

I think +1,0 will do the trick as well, but i prefer +100 since its faster for me.

[ztodd]

That may work! I just tried it (and also now realize it matters which 'enter' i select)  and it def could do it for me.  I'll see if it works flow wise, thanks @averdahl!

[Michael Grenadier]

just make sure NOTHING is selected in the timeline otherwise that selection will move down 1 second.  If you're zoomed in on the timeline, you may not see the selection...  I almost always hit deselect all before doing this kind of thing.  I've got it mapped to command-d cause it's easier for me to remember....

[gerikp]

Go to Preference > Playback. Then change "Step forward/back many:" setting to the number of frames you want to jog forward. So if you are working on a 24fps timeline enter 24 for one second. Click OK and now use the keyboard shortcut Shift+Right Arrow to step forward 24 frames. You can also use Shift+Left Arrow to move backward 24 frames.

[LRN2DIY]

As someone who doesn't use a 10 key, this is gold. I set mine up for 120 frames (5 seconds at 24 fps) and it works like a charm! Thanks for sharing!

[MyerPj]

It would be a good addition to add the Frames/Seconds drop down (like from the Timeline preferences) to the Playback options. 

 

Here's the info if anyone so inclined.

https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro
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[Michael Grenadier]

that preference trick is great although since I work in both 24p and 30p will not be that useful for me.  Also, gotta say that it would be nice if this was something you could assign to a keyboard combo with a 1 second unit that would work for whatever the frame rate is.

[ztodd]

I'm totally with you.  I've added a macro app to click shift-right arrow 6 times, changed my timeline to 30fps, this jumps me forward 1 second, but of course only on exactly 30fps timeliens... would love an actual 'time' jog option

[gerikp]

What you just wrote got me to thinking. So I opened up a Keyboard Maestro which is an app for creating macros that I use in MacOS and I was able to make two separate shortcuts. One for advancing 1 second in a 29.97 timeline and another for advancing 1 second in a 23.976 timeline. Then I just use whichever shortcut I need depending on what frame rate my timeline is in.

[ztodd]

Yea, I'm probably gonna go forward with this workflow.  But would really would love to have a simple 'job X seconds' option regardless of framerate.  Seems like a straight forward thought, surprised there isnt an in app answer.

But I'll probably do the same and create a few macros for different framerates

Thanks!

[MyerPj]

Just and FYI: Adobe enhanced the timecode input method a little bit, so you press +1. to move 1 second forward. Saves a keystroke. 🙂