Apply an Effect to an Entire Nested Sequence
In Adobe® Premiere® Pro, you can nest a sequence within another sequence. When you apply an effect to a nested sequence, the effect applies uniformly to all clips in the sequence, so nesting is a great way to apply an effect to multiple clips at one time. Once you organize each section of a video program into sequences, you can nest them all in a master sequence for your video program.
1. Set up the sequences.
You'll need to have at least two sequences to use nesting. An Adobe Premiere Pro project contains one sequence by default, so create a second sequence by clicking the New Item button in the Project window and choosing New Sequence.
2. Arrange the clips to which you want to apply an effect.
Choose File > Import, select a folder or one or more clips, and click Open. Drag the im-ported clips from the Project window to one of the sequences and arrange them as needed.
You'll be nesting the sequence containing clips in the other sequence, which is still empty. You'll use the other sequence as the master sequence for your video program.
3. Add the sequence of clips to the master sequence.
In the Timeline window, click the tab for your master sequence to bring it to the front. Then, in the Project window, drag the icon for the sequence containing clips to the master sequence in the timeline.
4. Apply the effect.
Choose Window > Effects, locate the effect you want to apply, and drag it to the nested sequence in your master sequence.
5. Preview the effect.
Play back your master sequence. The effect is applied uniformly to all clips in the nested sequence.
If you play back the nested sequence, you won't see the effect applied, because it is applied within the sequence where it's nested.
