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LESSON 8
Applying Specialized Editing Tools
Using track targeting
When dragging clips from the Source Monitor to the Timeline, you target the track 
by dragging the clip to it. If you are adding clips to the Timeline by using the Source 
Monitor Insert or Overlay button, it is necessary to target your selected tracks or to 
tell Adobe Premiere Pro which track or tracks you want the clip to go to.
You must do two things to target the track or tracks you want to be the destination. 
Highlight (by selecting) the track or tracks you want to be the destination, and then 
target the track by dragging the source track indicator to the desired track. This may 
sound like a lot to do to target a single video or audio track, but this combination 
of tools can be very useful, such as when you have clips with multiple audio tracks 
attached.
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Click the Overlay button (Insert will work in this case too) in the Source 
Monitor to drop multicam_01.mov on the Video 1 track in the sequence.
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Repeat the sync point location process, including adding the clip marker, for 
multicam_02.mov. I selected 00;00;16;29 as the sync point. Add the marker to 
this clip as you did on the first clip.
8
Click the Video 2 header to target that track, move the current-time indicator 
to the beginning of the sequence, and click the Overlay button in the Source 
Monitor.
Your sequence should look like the one shown here. Note the marker icons in 
the clips. You will line up those markers in a few steps.
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Repeat this process for multicam_03.mov, marking it at 00;00;15;27, targeting 
the Video 3 track, and moving the Timeline current-time indicator to the 
beginning before clicking the Overlay button.
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Repeat this process for multicam_04.mov, marking it at 00;00;17;06; however, 
there is no Video 4 track on the Timeline, so you can’t target a track to overlay 
it to. Instead of moving the clip with the Overlay button, you can drag it to the 
Timeline. Click in the Source Monitor, drag to the gray blank space above the 
Video 3 track, and drop it. Adobe Premiere Pro creates the Video 4 track.
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 Note:
All four 
multicamera clips were 
recorded at the same 
time, so using the high 
five near the ends of 
the clips is a good way 
to sync them all up. 
Because they are at 
four different angles, 
you might have to look 
closely at some clips 
to see the exact frame 
where the bikers touch.

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Your sequence should look like the one shown here. Notice that the markers do 
not line up. That is OK; you’ll take care of that next. If you had trouble marking 
your clips, open Lesson 08-07.prproj to start at this point.