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 [Audio separated] (each speaker has their own mic) or [Audio not separated] (all speakers share one audio track).
- Video: Select [Multi cameras] and choose which video tracks to include.
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.
Tip: Use keyboard shortcuts to switch speaker or camera quickly: Change speaker: Option + 1-9 (Mac) / Alt + 1-9 (Windows). Change camera: 1-9.

Step 4. Apply to 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, Multi-cam edits, and/or Enable speaker audio only (mutes all audio except the active speaker's track; available when using Audio separated).
Click [Apply] to confirm.

If you need to undo, click [Time Machine] in the toolbar to revert to the state before applying.

Step 5. Add captions by speaker

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 caption track], [Animated Captions], or [Captions with speaker name].

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. Multi-cam switch 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.