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Considering migration from FCP to Premiere … some crucial noob questions…
We are a 12-seat postproduction house, considering switching to Premiere or Avid due to the apparent dead end of the ‘P’ in FCP…
I’ve been playing with a demo of PP, and run into some issues/questions. Any input would be appreciated.
1. Quicktime/ProRes: most of our source material is feature films (we cut trailers), which we receive from distributors as QuickTime ProRes files. These are usually 100GB or so, ProRes 422 HQ, with multiple audio tracks – Dialog, Music, Effects, Full Mix. When I tried to bring one of these into Premiere, there was no audio. I had to go into Quicktime and ‘strip’ out all but 1 stereo audio track. Does Premiere NOT support Quicktimes with multiple audio tracks?
2. I need to display the timecode of all my tracks in the ‘program’ monitor, the way FCP does through its ‘Timecode Overlays’ function. I cannot find this capability in Premiere. (Need to see the timecode in real time of each track in the timeline at the current position.)
3. Our workflow is to export sequences as QT reference files for conversion using mostly MPEG Streamclip. Can Premiere export QT reference files?
4. I tried several times to export XML from FCP to import into Premiere, but failed every time. I tried all versions of XML … is there a trick to getting this to work smoothly?
Interface stuff:
5. I only see commands for jumping ahead 1 or 5 frames … is there no way to jump 1 second with a shortcut?
6. Is there a shortcut to toggle audio scrubbing?
7. When I load audio into the Source Monitor, is there a shortcut for zooming in and out?
8. Is there a shortcut for moving around in the Timeline, like PageUp/PageDown? (“Page Left/Page Right” in FCP)Thanks!
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2. I need to display the timecode of all my tracks in the ‘program’ monitor, the way FCP does through its ‘Timecode Overlays’ function. I cannot find this capability in Premiere. (Need to see the timecode in real time of each track in the timeline at the current position.
Go into the effects window and search for “timecode” its an effect that will overlay the timecode right over the footage. Hope this answers on of your questions.
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That only shows the timecode for the sequence/clip … I need timecode for all tracks, including audio.
Sometime it shows up in the “Info” window … but now I can’t figure out how to get it back. And that’s annoying when it’s not in the actual video window.
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Nest your sequence then drag the timecode onto it.
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Like you I am new to Premiere Pro, still using FCP for my day to day. I will try to answer your questions.
1. Quicktime/ProRes: most of our source material is feature films (we cut trailers), which we receive from distributors as QuickTime ProRes files. These are usually 100GB or so, ProRes 422 HQ, with multiple audio tracks – Dialog, Music, Effects, Full Mix. When I tried to bring one of these into Premiere, there was no audio. I had to go into Quicktime and ‘strip’ out all but 1 stereo audio track. Does Premiere NOT support Quicktimes with multiple audio tracks?
Yeah, I’ve brought in multitrack quicktimes without an issue. Not sure what the problem might be here. Maybe someone from Adobe could answer.
2. I need to display the timecode of all my tracks in the ‘program’ monitor, the way FCP does through its ‘Timecode Overlays’ function. I cannot find this capability in Premiere. (Need to see the timecode in real time of each track in the timeline at the current position.)Can’t be done in the program monitor, but don’t use these effects to do it. It can be done. Just load up the info panel and dock it somewhere where you can see it. It will show you timecode of all your tracks. Not in the program monitor, and No color coding like fcp, but real time timecode of all tracks none-the-less.
3. Our workflow is to export sequences as QT reference files for conversion using mostly MPEG Streamclip. Can Premiere export QT reference files?
I don’t think so. However, you can queue things to export in adobe media encoder, so at least you can keep working while they encode. Got to File Export Media and instead of hitting export, hit queue.
4. I tried several times to export XML from FCP to import into Premiere, but failed every time. I tried all versions of XML … is there a trick to getting this to work smoothly?
How did it fail? What was the error message. Xml 4 or 5 should be fine, but i have had random import errors with codecs as well.
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I strongly recommend you hold off on your migration a little loner- The next version of Premiere Pro will be announced at NAB in mid-April, and it will likely make your decision a lot easier.
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