Replacing program frames using a three- or four-point edit

In the Monitor window, you can replace a range of program frames with a range of source clip frames. Premiere provides three-point and four-point edits, standard techniques in traditional video editing.

In a three-point edit, for the source and program together, you mark either two In points and one Out point, or two Out points and one In point. This type of edit is useful when one end point of source material or program material is critical but the other is not. When you add the source frames to the Timeline, Premiere determines the fourth point by applying the duration of the In and Out points you specified to the third point. For example, if you mark a source In point of 00:03:15, a source Out point of 00:04:15, and a program Out point of 13:22:05, Premiere applies the 1-second duration between the source In and Out points to the program Out point, and automatically sets the program In point to 13:21:05. You can leave any single In or Out point unmarked, but you must specify a total of three In and Out points.

In a four-point edit, you mark source In and Out points and program In and Out points. A four-point edit is useful when the starting and ending frame in both the source and program are critical. If the marked source and program durations are different, Premiere alerts you to the discrepancy and provides alternatives to resolve it.

You can preview three- or four-point edits by synchronizing the source and program controllers. See Previewing an edit by synchronizing controllers.

To perform a three-point edit:

1 Set up the Take Video and Take Audio icons and the target program tracks (see Specifying source and target tracks).

2 In the Source and Program views, mark any combination of three In and Out points (see Marking and finding In and Out points).

3 Click the Insert button () or the Overlay button ().

To perform a four-point edit:

1 Set up the Take Video and Take Audio icons and the target program tracks (see Specifying source and target tracks).

2 Using the Source controller, mark an In point and an Out point for the source clip. Then use the Program controller to mark an In point and Out point for the program. (See Marking and finding In and Out points.)

3 Click the Insert button () or the Overlay button (). If the marked source and program durations are different, select one of these options when prompted:

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