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Batch convert sub clips
I am using premier pro cs4. I have created a project that has dozens of sub clips in different bins. It is a documentary and there is a ton of footage that is redundant in the root and subsidiary folders related to this project on the hard drive. I would like to free up hard drive space and trim up my project.
Is there a way to batch convert these sub clips ? I would like to render them as a lossles format as unique clips on the hard drive and have premier still recognise them with their named labels next time I open the project.
I have used virtual dub in the past to batch convert .avi files from a folder. It would really help me if I could do something similar inside of premier. To select each sub clip and add it manually to the media encoder seems time consuming and susceptible to ‘human error’To sum up. I would like to use Premiers media encoder and have it point to a folder within a premier project and then take all instances of sub clips and render them to my chosen settings.
I also have After effects CS4.Cheers
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Hi Peter,
The simplest way, but you’ll have to do it for each clip, is to convert your subclips to master clips, which will create new trimmed clips on your drive.
Bring the subclips in the source monitor, edit subclip (best to create a short cut to “edit subclip” to speed things up), check “Make Master Clip”, click ok.
If you wanted to convert them to a new format, you could drag them one by one to the new sequence icon at the bottom of the project panel. This would create a new sequence for each subclip.
You would then open the standalone Adobe Media Encoder, import the project, then using ctrl, select all your sequences and batch encode.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area -
Thanks
The last paragraph is very useful. I did not know that I could open a premier project in media encoder and then select sequences.
I cant seem to get the ‘create new trimmed clips on your drive to happen’ If I convert from sub clip to master clip and use ‘locate in bridge’ then I seem to only have the original untrimmed clip in the source folder.
Now that I know how to open sequences from a project in media encoder it will make things simpler in the future.Cheers
We spent all the budget on doughnuts and now we have no money to make our film.
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You’re correct, I typed before taking my 3rd coffee 🙂
So, the second method is really the way to go…
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area -
Coffee is good but yet bad. It is a caffeine dichotomy no less.
Thanks for the help full info though. I will be making use of the media encoder render a projects sequences as a batch in the future.We spent all the budget on doughnuts and now we have no money to make our film.
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