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Adobe CS4: The Next Tier, Part 2

Oct 27, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jan Ozer

One to Many

Like many editors, I have a love/hate relationship with editing. I love the creative aspects and hate the boring, repetitive aspects. Fortunately, in addition to expanding the former, CS4 does a lot to minimize the latter.

For example, Premiere Pro can now apply one effect to multiple clips in a sequence, which is a huge timesaver. Simply select all the target clips, drag the effect onto any one of them, and Premiere Pro applies it to all. In most instances, this will work best when you create a custom preset for the sequence—say, for color correction—and then apply it to all clips in the sequence.

In addition, Figure 5 shows the new ability to add the default transition to multiple clips, which will save precious time on those multicam edits where you need a five-frame dissolve to soften the shot transitions. With CS3, you had to click Ctrl+D to insert the default transition, then Page Down to move to the next edit, then Ctrl+D again. This got very old when you had two to 300 edits in a 30-minute set; now it's a single click.

You can now remove effects from a single or multiple clips by using the Remove Effects command and then choosing the effects to remove. This is particularly useful when you've applied an effect to multiple clips and need to adjust the effect. For example, suppose you color-corrected a clip, saved the preset, and then applied it to multiple clips. You create your first test DVD and see that your color is still off.

If you modify the preset to correct the problem, you can't simply re-apply it to all clips because Premiere Pro won't replace the current instance of the effect, it adds another, which gets messy. Now, you can easily remove the effects and start over.

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