I'm having trouble understanding the concept of sequences

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danielisaiah

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Hello all!

I'm having a hard time understanding the proper way approach multiple sequences in a project. in fact, I'm having trouble with the concept sequences altogether...but I feel like i'm missing out on something. I'm a former Vegas 9 user who has just made the jump to Premiere 5.5. and I think I pretty much have it figured out. In Vegas, I just chose master project settings and started importing, editing and rendering all the files on my timeline...in one huge single "sequence" or timeline. There was no need to ever create multiple sequences...and this was for 90 minute projects. I had one timeline, which had of all sorts of files (1080/24p, 720/60p) and handled those files accordingly.

Is the philosophy behind sequences geared towards organization? Is there some special function that I can take advantage creating more than one sequence?

Thanks for any replies in advance. I really am getting a lot out of 5.5!!!
 
Think of a sequence as a timeline. You can work in that timeline as you did in Vegas. 90 minutes projects and more if you want.
What Premiere does is, it gives you the ability to have many timelines (sequences) in one project if you want - but you don´t have to. If you just want/need one, thats fine too.

The cool thing is, you can throw one timeline/sequence on an other timeline/sequence.

Let´s say a part of your film has a really cluttered timeline. Three video tracks, subtitles, titles 18 audio tracks, 2 logo overlays andwhatnot.
You can build just that messy part on a separate timeline/sequence and than go back to your normal timeline and insert that sequence as you would insert normal footage out of the bin.

There are many other reasons why you want to use sequences, but you get the idea - it´s a bit like nesting.

Frank
 
So it sounds like its more of a organization and workflow mechanism.....

Correct me if im wrong though.....at some point you have to get organized and "connect" the sequences together on a single timeline or "master sequence" and render the entire work space to complete the project as one piece of narrative...
 
Yes that´s correct - but you also can completely forget it and work in just one timeline as you did in Vegas.

It´s a bit confusing in the first place. They should have called it timelines instead of sequences.
I think it would be easier to understand, if they would have said, that you can have more than one timeline in one project.
And that you can import a timeline from an other project (as you would import a clip) and just place it on your new timeline, as you would handle just a clip.
But if you doubleclick on it in the bin, it´s full editable - pretty cool I think.


Frank
 
if you use multicam editing, you need to use the first sequence with all cameras view synchronised, then in a new multicam sequence you can switch from one view to the other. It is something you could do as well for 3D editing, creating a sequence with both sides and a mask (alternating each side for example and make all the ncecessary corrections), then use the sequence as a source for the editing.

you can also use sequences to work video and insert the final result into another sequence for audio work or subtitling.
A nice use of sequence is also to create some sequence where you insert the clips and you got the final sequence including all the other sequences. this way you can have a wedding with a sequence for each important scene. You just need to feed the clips for each
sequence, while the final movie is already done with one sequence merging all the othe sub-sequences.
 
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I shoot weddings and I separate the project into sequences....bride prep, groom prep, ceremony, photos, reception, etc etc...

Each part of the day gets its own sequence. I then create another final sequence in which I nest the other sequences. It makes it easier to create chapter markers and keep the various parts organized.

It's more for organization but I think you can also add effects to sequences. I can't really imagine doing a 1.5 hour wedding video without sequences. One wrong ripple delete somewhere and the sync could be thrown off...with sequences, I can color correct, stabilize, and "finish off" different parts of the video without affecting the others.
 
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