If you havn't quite figured out what your output format is going to be and you need to 'hedge your bets', I'd be tempted to convert everything to that 'highest common demoninator' setting.Īgain, this is all theory, and I'll be very curious to hear your results. In other words, are you going to YouTube, to BluRay, to DVD? Once you've decided, then pick your project preset to suit, and lastly, batch convert your footage to that format. I'm just thinking out loud here, but I would probably first think about the format that I am most likely to OUTPUT. In terms of those 'preview renders', the preview file format that Premiere is creating will depend on what project preset you're working in.Īs you point out, you use lots of different types of footage, so making sure that your project preset matches your footage is not a realistic option. Premiere actually has pretty good file format support so I'm actually a bit surprised that Premiere isn't playing nicely with file types that you've tried so far. lack of information for us to supply any informed suggestions to provide a 'perfect' solution. I prefer AEFX for this work because of better scaling if it is required.īTW : problem was.

take them into AEFX or their own timelines in PPRO and export them as Uncompressed avi or movs (intermediates) to match your 720p Project. The conversions may or may not manage frame dimension or PAR isues so could get messy: where as. if you do not want to deal with random un matched clips in the timelineīecause we do not have any idea what yourr andom format files are this can only be asuggestion but what I would do is make intermediates. I forgot to mention my Premiere version (CS3 and 4 - either), but all I'm saying in my post is:Ģ) What's a good codec to convert them to, just for faster scrubbing? (and now, my setup: CS3 & 4, Vista 64)įor your 720p Project you need to find a way to make all the random files 720P. Shooternz, I have no idea what YOUR problem is.

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