Hey Editors,
Check out this great video with tips on how to organize your editing workflow in Adobe Premiere Pro for a more efficient experience. Let me know in the comments if you have any additional tips of your own that have helped you!
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Great share, @Ashley Renee Smith! I don't plan on directing and editing a film, but I've been thinking about making proof of concepts to help pitch my scripts. The tips in this video will help. Thanks.
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Three tips I've learned over the years.
1) Use Timecode. You don't need a slate. Timecode will auto sync everything in one click / less than 2 seconds. After each shooting day, I organize by scene number, which takes many 10 minutes.
2) Use Davinci Resolve. Premiere crashes way to much and is slow as can be. I don't even need to make proxies in premiere. And there is no render time.
3) Don't overthink your workflow.
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This is awesome, thanks for sharing Ashley Renee Smith !
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I agree with Stephen Folkerthat slating is overrated. It takes too much time, and if I can skip it, I will. Premiere does a pretty good job of syncing your good audio to scratch audio. (Can Resolve do that?) When you say use timecode, I assume you mean syncing your camera and sound timecode BEFORE shooting? I've never managed to do that. It's hard enough to get my camera operators to set the time and date on their clips correctly!
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Hey Mike Boas - I use a wireless timecode generator. Tentacle Sync or Deity TC both make great units! Just plug into your audio recorder and each camera you want to keep in sync / sync once at beginning of day, and you're good all day. Now, instead of trying to sync via scratch audio (which doesn't always work and is a little time consuming) you have one click and everything is synced in one second. And yes, slating is super over-rated, and if you do it before every take, that's an extra 90 minutes of shooting you lose everyday.
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I love this and will recommend it to every new filmmaker I know. These are actionable tips that can save a project when it gets into the remarkable but often complicated and time consuming world of post. Thank you, Ashley Renee Smith!