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The Pancake Timeline – 3 New Examples +
Download My Free Premiere Pro Template
On 13, Jun 2013 | 22 Comments | In Editing, Tests | By Vashi Nedomansky, ACE
UPDATE for 2019:
Download Pancake Project [2 monitor] for Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Download Pancake Timeline for Adobe Premiere Pro 6
Download Pancake Timeline for Adobe Premiere Pro CC
After all the great feedback and responses to my post about “The Pancake Timeline”, I decided to find out the maximum amount of footage that one could place into a Premiere Pro CC sequence. I discovered that the limit is 24 hours. That should definitely be more than enough for most projects! The bigger surprise was that I found that playback and scrolling through the sequences was not the least bit sluggish even though bogged down with so much media. To share with you what it looks like…here are 3 giant Pancake Timelines from my previous and current projects.
First up is a 13-hour sequence that I cut down to a final 5-minute sizzle reel. It is for a TV Reality Show I worked on that hasn’t aired yet so I can’t disclose the name. Hopefully it will air one day so I can reveal it!
Second is the 17-hour sequence of all the raw footage for the Comedy Special I shot and am editing for Dave Coulier. It contains 5Dmkii h.264 footage, P2 DVCPRO HD footage, Uncompressed 422 quicktime footage from a Black Magic deck and .CR2 stills.
Lastly is the big daddy…a 24-hour selects sequence from the film “Möbius” directed by Vincent Laforet. As the film’s editor, I received a total of 48 hours of media that included production footage and the BTS footage. In the photo you can see I actually double-stacked the footage in the 24-hour sequence. I could then enable/disable the layer I was viewing to access either 24-hour section. Again…I had snappy playback and scrolling with nary a trace of lag. That’s pretty insane!
If you would like to try out “The Pancake Timeline” for yourself in Premiere Pro…please download this TEMPLATE for Adobe Premiere Pro 6 that is already set up with 2 stacked timelines and also includes my basic bin structure to tackle any project. Until next time…
UPDATE: I’m now using a Double Stack Pancake Timeline to pull assets from 3 active timelines and dump them into my main timeline located on the bottom of the stack. It’s very easy to plow through a lot of footage and the Program panel and my external monitor always reflect my current active timeline.
Vashi Nedomansky
vashivisuals.com
@vashikoo

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Awesome addition to the select process! Thanks again for passing these tips along.
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Vashi!
I use it everyday, just a tip very usefull for me, the use of the markers into the selects timeline as keywords. When you have many clips, is a very rapid way to find things.
Thanks man !
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A really revolutionary approach. I used to dump all the select takes at the edit of the sequence I was editing. Then I had to shuttle from one end to the other to access the clips.This makes the process faster and a pleasure. Thanks!
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Yes, I agree. Organization is key. I learned it as a junior editor at a large facility back in the million dollar CMX edit bay days. Sharing projects with other editors in a linear bay demanded good organizational and communication skills.
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vashi
thanks for the pancake timeline tip
i ve started using and this thing makes so much sense
i cant wait to see results on bigger projects
i started editing about a year and a half ago and i can remember times where i was searching left and right for one piece of footageanyways, I’m glad i found your website.thanks!
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Great visual and great tips! I’ll definitely be passing this link on to our students.
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Excellent tips. My brother is trying to get into video editing in Las Vegas, and I’m sure this is going to be a huge help to him. I’ll be passing it on!
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Hey Vashi,
Thank you for all the tips!
Got a request… NEW Adobe Premiere Pro CC Template is corrupted, I can’t extract the file (the previous one is working well)… could you fix it?Regards 🙂
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Hi Vashi!
Thanks for all the tips and ideas!
I downloaded the CC template, but its corrupted. Doesn’t want to unzip.
Can you please send me an unzipped version or update the current one?Thanks in advance!
Rafal -
Dear Vashi,
is it possible to get the pancake timeline in an existing Project?
Or do I have to to create a new one and open it with the template from the beginning?Thank you
Best regards -
Woow! This is my find of the month! Thanks for sharing and keeping this active after 6 years man!
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