Premiere Pro · Cutting and the timeline
How to make subclips in Premiere Pro
Short answer
Open the clip in the Source Monitor, mark an in point with I and an out point with O, then choose Clip > Make Subclip (Cmd+U or Ctrl+U). Name it and click OK.
In Premiere Pro
01
Open the clip
Double-click the clip in the Project panel to load it in the Source Monitor.
02
Mark in and out
Press I at the start of the part you want and O at the end.
03
Make the subclip
Choose Clip > Make Subclip or press Cmd+U on Mac or Ctrl+U on Windows. Name it.
04
Set the limits
Leave Restrict Trims To Subclip Boundaries off if you want to be able to extend the subclip later.
05
Organize
Subclips appear in the Project panel. Drag them into a selects bin.
Eddie AI
Do it in Eddie
Eddie makes subclips for you, guided by what you want.
Ask, for example, "Generate b-roll subclips of the smooth aerial shots." Eddie quotes the price first, and the subclips go into the library rather than the timeline until you ask for them. Eddie also writes a log of each interview and a shot log of the b-roll, which you can export to Premiere as bins of soundbites grouped by subject.
From the help center
Questions
- What is the subclip shortcut in Premiere?
- Cmd+U on Mac or Ctrl+U on Windows.
- Do subclips copy the media?
- No. A subclip points to part of the original file.