Editing Tips & Tricks

Here is a list of tips and tricks for editing. These usually involve tricking Premiere into doing what you want it to in a way which is not necessarily obvious.

Syncing footage

Notches

 
Top without notch can be extended, bottom with notch can't

Clips (video, audio and sequences) on a timeline have notches in the top corners of the block to indicate that the full length of the clip has been used. If there is not a notch, then the full length of the clip is not in use and it can be extended.