Sequences Help please!

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Kugar13

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Hello all,

I am working in Premiere Pro 2.0 and was wondering if you would use a sequence per scene in your film (to help manage the work load) and then combine all the sequences (scenes) later on. I've checked my book and the help file with no avail. Does anyone have any clue? I was working multiple scenes in one timeline and lost a scene. You can imagine how frustrating that can be.

THANK YOU!
 
Of course you can do that. Premiere Pro is one fantastic software. Keep the first sequence as your master on which you will be assembling the whole project and open new sequence (timeline) for each scene. You don't have to do that in advance. Do it whenever you are ready or just need another timeline.
To open new sequence go to File->New->Sequence. By default sequences are named "Sequence <nn>" e.g. Sequence 01, but you can rename each of them by right-clicking it in the Project Bin e.g. to Opening Credits, End Credits etc. Then drag the material you need for the scene (video, audio, stills, whatever) to particular sequence and work on that independently.
Next step: drag each scene (sequence) from Project Bin to your master timeline and assemble the project. Of course, you can do that anytime as your project progresses. Each scene will be visible as virtual single clip in your master timeline, but you can go to its own sequence anytime and make all the changes you want. The changes will be reflected automatically in the master timeline.

I hope this answers your question. Remember to save the project from time to time as new copy. If anything goes wrong you will always be able to rev back to previous version. It's better to loose few hours of work than the whole project.

Good luck and enjoy the ride :-)
 
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The name of the process that Bogdan has just described (and you are asking about) is called "nesting" a sequence. I would imagine that the help file refers to it as such. It can be tremendously helpful when your project has several cuts and layers. The most common method for nesting sequences is to dissect them into different scenes, that way you have a reference point when it comes time to do the finishing touches (like you mentioned above.)

I use PP 1.5 but the concept is still the same.
 
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thekyleman71 said:
The name of the process that Bogdan has just described (and you are asking about) is called "nesting" a sequence. I would imagine that the help file refers to it as such
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Yeap, it's in the Help, but sometimes terminology may be confusing for beginners. Thanks to Adobe for doing it right in PP. FCP does it the right way also, but Avid Express, for example, messed that pretty bad.
 
Bogdan, thekyleman71 THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! I am so happy to hear this! I found nesting sequences in my book and the help section. I am very, VERY thankful for your help! I hope to return the favor one day. =)
 
It all depends on how you think of right.

Avid was the first to patent/offer this type of list management which forced Adobe and Apple to do it differently.

I'm not sure how far I'd trust nesting, I wouldn't go too deep, it might slow things down considerably...
 
You are right. I should have added "in my opinion". Like people say (because of Avid's different methods), you either use Avid or anything else :) I just prefer Premiere's workflow.
 
Thx

Thx

Thank you everyone for your help. There is a lot to learn and I am having fun doing so. I am very thankful to have dvxuser and all the amazing people here to turn to for advice. =)
 
Bogdan said:
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Next step: drag each scene (sequence) from Project Bin to your master timeline and assemble the project. Of course, you can do that anytime as your project progresses. Each scene will be visible as virtual single clip in your master timeline, but you can go to its own sequence anytime and make all the changes you want. The changes will be reflected automatically in the master timeline.
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Haven't thought of this. Thanks for the tip.
 
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