Best way to import files

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Best way to import files

Posted by Stephen Smith on March 11, 2013 at 9:55 pm

I have hundreds of Quicktime files placed in well organized folders on a hard drive. When ever I drag a folder into Premiere it only maintains the first folder and all sub folders don’t exist any more but the clips in them do. Any way to import a folder with subfolders easily?

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Bob Pierce replied 13 years, 2 months ago 4 Members · 10 Replies
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Ann Bens
March 11, 2013 at 10:46 pm

Picked this up from Jeff Greenberg.

Import your clip/bin/folder structure to AE.

AE will retain the folder structure.

Select all. Copy.

Paste into Premiere Pro.

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Ann Bens
March 12, 2013 at 11:09 am

It seems you can copy/paste from the Bridge also, but have not been able to get that working.
Must be doing something wrong.

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Stephen Smith
March 12, 2013 at 4:18 pm

The AE work around worked perfect. I sure hope Premiere will be able to import file folders like AE does in the next version. Thanks for the help.

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Tom Daigon
March 12, 2013 at 6:13 pm

Sounds like a great thing to make a request for.

https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

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Stephen Smith
March 12, 2013 at 6:18 pm

Good call Tom. I just did it because of your reminder.

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Tom Daigon
March 12, 2013 at 6:23 pm

Thanks Stephen.

I really hate it when I get things organized into folders and some software messes it all up. That also happens when I use Project Manager. It takes all files and dumps them into one folder. I made a request on that one all right.

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Stephen Smith
March 12, 2013 at 6:41 pm

I also just requested:
-Choosing attributes to paste
-No ability to search for clips to reconnect
-Multiple open projects
-Partial renders
-No through edits
-and for AE to offer a spell check feature.

That being said, I love Premiere more then FCP. I’m working on a project right now where I have a color correction, garbage matte and keying filter applied. The background has a blur image and it plays in real time and is super sharp. That is cool.

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Ann Bens
March 13, 2013 at 8:20 pm

You can do that from the Effect Controls.
Highlight the clip in the EC and copy the effects you want.
Select clips on timeline and paste.

< partial render> as in render timeline or export.
In timeline you can use in and outpoint as in export as well.

< open multiple projects>
You can import multiple sequences.

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Stephen Smith
March 13, 2013 at 8:49 pm

[Ann]
You can do that from the Effect Controls.
Highlight the clip in the EC and copy the effects you want.
Select clips on timeline and paste.

I new you could do that with filters but didn’t realize you could also select Motion, Opacity and Time Remapping. That is handy to know.

[Ann]
< partial render> as in render timeline or export.
In timeline you can use in and outpoint as in export as well.

Yes Render, often times I’ll set a big chunk of the time line to render and in the middle of the render I’ll get asked to show a part of the video or make a change or something which will make is so I have to stop the render in mid process. I lose what ever it was working on in the middle of a clip. I would love to have the renders up to when I stop the process.

[Ann]
< open multiple projects>
You can import multiple sequences.

Yes I can, the problem is that Premiere links to a clip in the project. For example, I’m working on a project and another editor on a different machine is working on the same project at the same time using the same clips. When I import that project file it also imports the clips that project files was using even though I’m using the same clips. I then have duplicate clips which makes it take longer to open up the project and things get confusing especially since I can no longer rely on the video usage feature which I love and always wished FCP would have.

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Bob Pierce
March 15, 2013 at 12:23 pm

Am I the only one who’s annoyed that you can’t drag or copy multiple clips from a sequence into a bin? That one is a major limitation for me – especially these days where I’m using plural eyes, which brings in synced clips as a timeline. Sometimes while reviewing footage I like to see it in a timeline then move selects into a selects bin. Not anymore – I end up just leaving everything in a sequence.
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