Step 1. Prepare your Premiere timeline
Before opening Premiere Assistant, set up your timeline correctly in Premiere.
Open a new project and add your audio and video files to the sequence. Place video and audio on separate tracks.
Important: Do not use Premiere's [Multi-Camera Source Sequence] feature. Place video and audio on separate tracks instead.Sync your clips. Select all clips, right-click, and choose [Synchronize]. You can sync by timecode or audio.
Normalize audio levels across microphones if needed.
Step 2. Configure multi-cam settings and transcribe your sequence
In Premiere Assistant, click [Edit multi-cam] from the panel menu.
Configure the multi-cam transcription settings:
Range: Choose which part of the sequence to transcribe: [Whole sequence], [Select Clip], or [In/Out].
Language: Select the language spoken in the video.
Speakers: Choose how many speakers are in the video.
[One person]: For a single speaker.
[Multiple]: For multiple speakers. Choose how the audio is set up:
[Audio separated]: Each speaker has their own mic and audio track. Enter the names in the [Speaker names (separated by commas)] field, then use [Speakers per audio track] to assign a speaker to each track. Deactivate any tracks not in use.
[Audio not separated]: All speakers share one audio track. Set the number of speakers in the [Speakers] dropdown and select the audio track. Premiere Assistant detects and labels the speakers automatically using AI.
Video: Select [Multi cameras] and choose which video tracks to include.
With [Audio separated]: use [Select person for video track] to assign a speaker to each video track, and [Video track priority] to set how often solo and group shots appear.
With [Audio not separated]: select the video tracks and set how often each one appears.
Click [Transcribe video to edit multi-cam] to start.
Step 3. Review and edit
After transcription, Premiere Assistant opens the multi-cam edit view. Each segment shows the assigned speaker and video track.
Review the transcript and make any edits.
To change who is speaking or which camera shows for a segment, click the speaker or video track label next to the segment and reassign.
To make bulk changes, drag to select multiple segments at once.
To adjust video track priority, click [Multi-camera Settings] at the bottom of the panel. From there you can:
Check [Show] under [Show Assigned Video Tracks] to show or hide the track labels in the edit view.
Use the [Video track priority] sliders to set how often each video track appears in the final edit.
Click [Apply] to save your changes.
Tip: Use keyboard shortcuts to switch speaker or camera quickly in the editor:
Change speaker: Option + 1-9 (Mac) / Alt + 1-9 (Windows)
Change camera: 1-9
Step 4. Apply to sequence
When your edits are ready, apply them to your Premiere sequence.
Click [Apply to sequence] and choose whether to apply to the original sequence or copy it to a new one.
Choose what to apply:
[Trimming edits]: applies your cuts to the sequence.
[Multi-cam edits]: applies the video track assignments.
[Keep speaker audio only]: mutes all audio except the active speaker's track. Use this only with [Audio separated].
Click [Apply] to confirm.
If you need to undo, click [Time Machine] in the toolbar, then click [Restore] next to a backup to revert your sequence to the state before applying. Your multi-cam and trim edits stay in Premiere Assistant, so you can adjust them and apply again.
Step 5. Add captions by speaker
To add captions after applying your multi-cam edit:
Click the [Edit captions] tab in Premiere Assistant.
Review and edit captions as needed. See Text-based video editing.
Click [Apply to sequence] > [Add captions].
Choose a caption type:
[Premiere Pro captions]: adds the captions as a standard Premiere caption track. Select [Split tracks by speaker] to give each speaker their own caption track.
[Animated captions]: adds the captions as graphic clips.
[Captions with speaker name]: the same as animated captions, with a speaker label added.
Learn more in Add animated caption effects.
Troubleshooting
Can I use Premiere's Multi-Camera Source Sequence with Premiere Assistant?
No. Premiere Assistant does not support nested sequences or Premiere's built-in Multi-Camera Source Sequence feature. Edit multi-cam only works when each camera angle is placed on a separate track in your timeline. See Step 1 above for how to set up your timeline correctly.
The number of tracks in Premiere Assistant doesn't match what I see in Premiere
Click [Reload] in Premiere Assistant to refresh the track list.