Setting up automated functions

[Bosscog]

I'm a relatively new user to Premiere Pro 1.5 and I've found some limitations that I haven't accepted until I hear it from pros.

Avid has the ability to apply effects to multiple transitions or clips at the same time. Does Premiere have that ability? If I want to apply the same color correction to 23 clips, I don't want to have to select it and drag it to each one and then adjust the correction. I would also love to be able to put the same effect on several transitions at once. It's a work-flow thing to save time, and I feel it's tedious to have to do the same operation over and over.

Is there a way to split stereo audio into two mono channels? If I have one person on a mic on the left channel and another on a mic on the right channel, I either have to cut the clip between comments or have very little control over difference in levels.

I'll probably have more, but that's good for now.

 

[Jeff Anderson]

Dont know about the effects question - but here's your audio answer -

Before the clip is on the timeline you need to select it in the bin and reinterpret the audio as two mono tracks. Forget the exact menus, but its somewhere under the "clip" menu.

 

[ChrisLyon]

After effects has that ability. There are some tutorials around here somewhere. I don't have the time at the moment to make one. perhaps someone else can point you in the right direction. But no, copying or applying multiple transitions in premiere is not available.

Concerning applying the same effects to multiple clips, copy and paste the effect that you have adjusted to other clips. Or make a sequence and drop the clips in that sequence that you want to apply the effects to and apply the effects to that sequence.

Concerning the mono to stereo. Make two audio tracks that have the same audio track from your interview, use the fill left and fill right audio effects (one on each). This will make one track stereo of the left person and one track stereo of the right person.

 

[Bosscog]

Dont know about the effects question - but here's your audio answer -

Before the clip is on the timeline you need to select it in the bin and reinterpret the audio as two mono tracks. Forget the exact menus, but its somewhere under the "clip" menu.

Thanks for the tip on audio. "Break out to mono clips" is exactly what I was looking for. Too bad on the multiple transitions, that could save some serious time in editing. Good advice from both replies.