8 Video Editing Tips for using Labels in Premiere Pro. You are labeling clips even if you don’t color code your timeline. So how about taking advantage of that feature? This tutorial highlights how to do it the smart way. Tip #1: Selecting the same type of content When you’re editing an interview with a few people answering the same questions, you can color code each one of them by using labels. Tip #2: Shortcuts for labels By default, labeling is time-consuming because you need to click few times before you assign a label to a given clip. To avoid it, Piotr advises assigning keyboard shortcuts for labels. The best option would be to use numeric keys. Tip #3: Selecting label group If you need to select all instances of a given label, you can use the “Selecting label group” feature. It’s best to assign a keyboard shortcut to that one as well. Tip #4: Make it mean something useful You can use labels in so many different ways. You can color code shot angles with it. Characters, the position of the camera, light setups and so on. The way you can label things depends on the project and what you can accomplish with it. Tip #5: Label in the Project panel If you assign labels to the bins and clips, all its components will have this label by default. Tip #6: Tweak Preferences When you change a label for a given clip in Project Panel it does not change on the timeline. To tweak this, you need to check one checkbox in General Preferences. Tip #7: Labeling waveforms Waveforms can inherit clip labels or be treated separately. You can change it in Timeline Options. Tip #8: Label defaults Prespecify label defaults in Preferences. It’ll give you color-coded project from the start. Tip #9: Custom Naming If you cooperate on the cut with another editor, you can make it easier for them by naming what given labels stand for in Premiere Pro Preferences. -- Please SUBSCRIBE to my channel: bit.ly/2FLUB9U Much more to come!

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