How to edit HD on your SLOW computer: Offline editing in Adobe Premiere (can use other program)

[somorastik]

Do I need to keep the aspect ratio (16:9)? And you wrote here in comments to keep the framerate, I have a 720p 60fps video. Thanks for help man.

[CarlyleSpeaks]

@somorastik I would not worry about frame size/aspect. Just make sure to keep frame rate and audio quality of original. If you change audio like I did, Premiere will create audio timelines to match your proxy's audio, then when you try to switch to full quality, premiere will remove your audio since it's not compatible with audio timeline/track/layer.

[somorastik]

Okey, step by step. I start ADOBE MEDIA ENCODER, click ADD add my mp4 clip. Format H.264 (that I dont change), next is preset. From there I can choose, some HDV formats, PAL widescreen, youtube, myspace and so on. No other presets you are talking about. How do you do it? Do you use a different encoder?

[CarlyleSpeaks]

@somorastik Nope, you got it! You are right on track. Only thing left is to figure out what your machine likes. Time to experiment. Try to play with web formats like youtube but not HD. Look for a SD preset, then decide if you need to lower settings any more.

[somorastik]

How do you convert your clips in media enoder? I read your replies to comments but I couldnt find the compression setting you were talking about. Thanks

[CarlyleSpeaks]

@somorastik No special settings. You set it the way YOU need for YOUR system. If you have a 486 computer from 1993, then you might want to try 320x240. 1GHz Pentium? Maybe 480x320. It really does not matter. Use whatever compression you want. The key is that you cater to your system's performance AND the limits of compression artifacts that you can handle. You can't compress so much that you can't see anything in the video. You need to be able to tell what is happening in the clips.

[JeyelSchroeder]

As I had some problems applying this to Pr CS3, I happened to discover an easier way to do this: Import the low quality folder, make all the edits, save the project. Then move the folder to another location, or simply remove it. This will force PR to ask for the location of one of the files. Then point PR to the original HQ file instead of the LQ one. The program will locate all the other files automatically if they are in the same folder. All the edits will still work with the HQ versions.

[JeyelSchroeder]

#2 A nice surprise on top of that is that you can even lie to PR and claim that the file named [file1.wmf] is in fact the file named [file1.avi], which might become handy if the LQ files are compressed to another format than the originals.

[minimoney15]

Thank you!

[mannycadena]

Hey man, good job. this really helped out. keep up the good work!

[amarmitra]

Thanks a lot. You made my life a lot easier. the ONLY useful tutorial regarding the subject. *bows*

[ZeDBeE85]

very helpful video thanks... just need to know... when you export the footage do you export as H.264 custom?

what about when you open the project what settings do you have? eg: 30fps HDV?

[CarlyleSpeaks]

@ZeDBeE85 export h.264 for web. Project settings match source footage.

[jimbobeanster]

thank you so much for this. i don't know why this info was so hard to find...

[JraiProductionsFilm]

HI can you helping me . How can i converter my canon 7d to adobe promiere cs4 ?

[magermax000]

Hey, I made a tutorial like this too, but when I reconnect my footage, it makes me go through and reconnect each clip individually. Do you know any workaround?

[VIPKYD]

But do I have to let Premiere to Conform the HD files before I edit the Lo res videos?

[nirok1813]

What sequence setup do you have to make your mov playback without the need for render in premiere pro? all mine have the yellow line??

[nirok1813]

What sequence setup do you have to make your mov playback without the need for render in premiere pro? all mine have the yellow line?

[gaekel]

Mosh use OJOsoft Total Video converter

[shatteredsword]

genius :)

[thatPACMAN]

can you do one with sony vegas

[mosh918]

when i go to link my HD MOV. footage with my lower res AVI footage an error occurs "the selected file cannot be linked because it has 2 audio channels and the clip was created with one." What am i doing wrong?

[mosh918]

How do you create low res proxies?

[MYOLDNEIGHBORHOOD]

how did you render all of those files to become a worse resolution

[CarlyleSpeaks]

@MYOLDNEIGHBORHOOD Just render them out and select as low a quality setting as is nessasary or as you can tolorate. Make the frame size small and quality low like 50% or less. Compress it like you are going to email it but avoid lowering the frame rate if timing is important.

[MYOLDNEIGHBORHOOD]

so how did you get the proxies folder?

[CarlyleSpeaks]

@MYOLDNEIGHBORHOOD Just like you do any folder in windows or MAC.