Awesome Premiere Pro Video Editing Tips

Essential Premiere Pro Video Editing Tips You should Know

Move the Pivot/Anchor Point to the Center

Select a clip and hold the Ctrl key and move the anchor point to the clip center

How to Convert audio from Stereo to Mono?

In the Project bin, right-click the audio and choose Modify -> Audio Channels. Now convert audio from stereo to Mono.

How to Blur Particular Portions/Parts in Premiere Pro?

If you want to hide/blur some information in your Video like usernames, passwords, or objects,

1. Go to Effects Panel. Search and Select “Gaussian Blur”. Apply this effect to the video.
2. Then in the Effects Control Panel -> Gaussian Blur settings, select any one of the shapes like Ellipse or Rectangle. It will create the shape in the video.
3. Adjust the shape size and position in the video.
4. In Gaussian blur settings, set the “Blurriness” to 55 to 70. The shape will blur the particular portion of the video.

How to Fade-In/Fade-out Audio in Premiere Pro?

1. In Timeline double-click the audio track. It will expand.  Click the add/remove keyframe (It is a small circle button).
2. Create 2 keyframes. Move the first keyframe to the down position. it will create a fade-in audio effect.
3. Apply the same method at the end of the audio clip to create a fade-out effect.
4. That's it.

How to Naming Audio/Video Tracks in Premiere Pro?

1. Double-click and expand the track in Timeline.
2. Right-click and Choose “Rename”. Add a name.
3. Again right click and choose “Customize”.  Drag and drop the “Track Name” in the button Editor to track.
4. Now it will show the track's names.

How to Save Track Name as a Template?

1. First name the Audio & Video tracks.
2. Click the 3-column icon after Sequence Name (In the timeline) and choose “Create preset from Sequence”.
3. It will create a preset file.
4. Every time you create a Sequence file via New Item-> Sequence. Choose your template in a custom folder. That's all.

How to Fix Bad lighting in Premiere Pro

If you want to reduce shadows in all edited clips, just create a new Adjustment layer (In Project Bin -> New Item – Adjustment Layer) and put that layer on top of all edited clips.

1. In “Effects Panel”, search and apply “Shadow/Highlight”.
2. In the Adjustment Layer (Effects Controls), set “Temporal smoothing” to 1.

That's all.

Common Problems & Solutions

Problem 1: Premiere Pro Voice Over Record Button Not Working?

When I try to click the record icon in Timeline, it does not start the audio recording. The microphone icon grayed out.

Solution:-

Right-click the greyed-out Microphone Icon and select “Voice-Over Record Settings” and make sure to select the “source” and  “input” microphone.

Problem 2: Can't change the audio from  Stereo to Mono. “Clip channel Format” option is grayed out in Audio Channels Settings.

I decided to add fade-in and fade-out effects for the audio. When I double clip the audio track it expands and shows both left and right audio tracks. I just want a single audio track. So that I can't apply fade-in via keyframes.

So I decided to change the audio track from Stereo to Mono. In the timeline audio track, I right-clicked and selected “Audio channel”. But “Clip channel Format” is grayed out. So I can't change the audio track from stereo to Mono.

Solution:-

1. Go to the project pin and select the audio.
2. Right-click and choose Modify -> Audio Channels. Now you can able to convert audio from stereo to Mono.  convert it.
3. Delete the audio track in Timeline and drag and drop the audio from the Project bin. That's all.

Problem 3: Premiere Pro imported audio playing fast/ It Plays clip Previews too quickly(fast audio Playback speed)

When I try to play background music in Premiere Pro, the audio plays too fast. I can't hear the actual sound.

Solution:-

Changing the Audio Hardware Input Settings in Premiere Pro Preferences could solve this problem.

1. Go to Edit -> Preferences -> Audio hardware and change the Default Input to “No Input”.
2. Now check the audio playback.