Adobe Premiere Pro allows you to hide files in the project panel, including bins. Now there are a variety of reasons you might want to use this. Especially if you have quite a few files you’re working with. Perhaps you want to focus on a specific set of assets. You can hide everything but those specific assets.

Or perhaps you’re sending a project off to another editor. You may not want to confuse them with extra video clips in the project panel that doesn’t pertain to their task.

Or maybe you’re working with a client over your shoulder. Hiding clips may be handy to keep them from asking to watch all the extra clips you have.

To hide files in the project panel:

• Select all the files you want hidden
• Right-click and choose Hide

To reveal hidden files in the project panel:

• Right-click anywhere in the project panel and choose View Hidden
• Click View Hidden again to re-hide those files.

Add a keyboard shortcut and you’ll be hiding clips in a flash.

Simply go to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts and type “hid” in the search. Scroll down to Project Panel and from here you can add a shortcut for both the Hide function and the View Hidden function. Click to highlight the shortcut for the command you’d like to set a shortcut for and press in the shortcut keys you want to use. I went with Ctrl-H since it wasn’t currently used.

Now all you have to do is type in the assigned shortcut key(s) to View or Hide hidden files.

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Tutorial

Shoot

To start off, be sure to set your camera on a tripod. It’s important not to move the camera during the entire shoot to get the best results. Once you’re happy with the angle, you may begin filming. You should first shoot the main footage of the person walking by or hiding behind the pole. Next, shoot the b-roll. Record the area to be used as the background footage.

Lighting

Keep in mind that if you’re shooting outdoors, lighting tends to fluctuate. It’s best to shoot in a controlled lighting environment such as indoors. If outdoors is a must, just keep lighting in mind and try to shoot everything near the same time. Don’t go shoot the main footage at 8am and film the background footage at 12pm. The lighting will be different and mess up the shot.

Sony Vegas

Once you have the footage imported into Sony Vegas, add it to the timeline. In this case, I only needed the video portion of the media so I used the Adding Only Video/Audio to Timeline tip. Extract the portion of the person/animal acting or walking past the pole and place it on one track.

Next, cut the portion of the b-roll/background footage and place it in a new video track below the main track.

For the main track footage, go to Event/Pan-Crop and add a Mask. Mask out the portion of the pole you’d like to show.

If you see a slight lighting difference in the main footage, you can fade it in or out as needed.

Preview the footage. If all worked out as planned, it should look as if the person can completely hide behind a pole or thin object and has plenty of room as if they have magic.

Go ahead, try it out! Share your video in the comments below!

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SOLO BUTTON

SOLO MULTIPLE TRACKS

CLICKING SOLO WHILE HOLDING CTRL SINGLES OUT TRACK

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TOGGLE SHY ICON

TOGGLE SHY SWITCH

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