Demystifying the Most Confusing Yet Integral Part of Premiere Pro

In this video tutorial I explain how the timeline functions of Toggle Track Output, Toggle Sync Lock, Toggle Track Targeting, Toggle Track Lock, and Source Patching for Inserts and Overwrites work in Adobe Premiere Pro.

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00:00 Intro
00:37 Toggle Track Output
01:09 Toggle Track Lock
02:11 Toggle Sync Lock
04:26 Toggle Track Targeting
07:22 Source Patching for Inserts and Overwrites
10:34 Source Patching Gaps
11:55 Outro

[Lifeonbooks]

Lol bruh, my work flow gets faster every time i watch one of your tutorials.

[xqndr]

My mind is blown with everything about track targeting. I always just thought of those things as little annoyances that are just how premiere works. This is fantastic news, and very helpful. You also explained it very clear and concise. You are a master in the art of tutorialism. Thank you

[GEWAND]

Think you did a great job explaining, my head is still spinning. This going to take some time to understand.

[CampingCamera]

while it is confusing I admire your courage to help us understand what seems like an annoyance, something I would NOT have tried to understand had you not tried to share! thanks

[DarkSpaceStudios]

Commenting for the algorithm. Hope for your success! Very useful.

[samuellee]

7:33 I think for Source Patching the reason why its also shown as V1, V2, A1, A2… Is that it allows you to remap the audio (its usually the audio that would have more than 1 track from a single source). So keeping it shown in A1, A2, A3… allows you to drag and remap the source track to particular tracks you want them to be in. I usually work with videos source that dialogue/ music & sfx are separated in different tracks so it can be pretty handy for me.

[boydmccollum]

I’m a long time editor (15 years in FCP and actual film and analog video before that- ugh). In the three year I’ve edited multiple documentaries, music videos, and some narrative shorts in Premiere. I’ve just ignored these toggles for the most part. You did an excellent job explaining these bits.

Btw, the production quality on your video is stellar. 👏🙌

[BrianMann]

Fantastic thanks again, helping my work flow to make 1 video per day!

[gbuwally]

Very nice. I find you as my SOURCE and what you say TRACKs for me

[balimayank]

I think you explained best. It was all I was looking for and you explained it easily.

[reina]

Excellent video...I needed this and I didn't know it!

[DV-SOLUSI-DIABETES]

OMG how confusing this is and how SUPER MEGA USEFUL your video is explaining it... Javier YOU ROCK 💪💪💪💪

[gargantuhwa]

you are the best tutor especially for this one ! thankyou

[RobDelRey]

Thank you for your effort explaining this, will definitely keep on practicing

[MarianPierreLouis]

I look forward to the day when I can understand this! Your videos are awesome.

[bryankjones]

"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch." Ivern Ball.

Thank you for combining your knowledge and enthusiasm into an elegant mix of edutainment!

[Kastor_X]

Great explanation of track targeting and source patching man! You really make the trickier stuff in Premiere so much easier to grasp. Thanks for being such a good teacher! Also nice to be able to see what you’re doing on smaller screens and mobile devices with the ‘zooms’ in your screen capture software. You rock!

[Vincentdenhollander]

Thank you for the explanation! But I don’t understand in which scenario you would use the gap function

[AfricanSunProductions]

Of course we all know the basics of this, but you have taken it to another level! Very cool, after using Premiere for years I still learn something new in the basics also.

[thomasniederhaus]

Great explaination! Thanks for that and let us see more of that smooth dance moves!