Control volume and normalize in Premiere Pro
A workflow study I conducted yesterday showed me that it was not as easy as it should be for a video editor to find instruction about setting volume levels or normalizing clips and sequences, even though several topics giving the necessary instruction already existed in Premiere Pro Help. I noticed also that when the editor used "normalize" as a search term, it did not turn up the topics explaining the volume-setting audio effects. In a previous study, another video editor used "volume" as a search term, and this did not turn up the relevant topics about normalization. I've added some index entries, keywords, and links to Help that should soon improve the search results for both terms, and perhaps this blog post can also help editors find the relevant topics. Among them are:
Do you have any tips, or know of any already posted on the web, about setting volume levels or normalizing audio? We'd all love to hear about them. Email tips and URLs to me at muratore@adobe.com, or post them to the relevant pages in Premiere Pro web Help.