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How do I edit native (Canon DSLR) and export without transcoding?
Classic Premiere conundrum. You don’t have to transcode to start editing but you do when it comes time to export. Time is money!
I’ve been humming along editing native DSLR footage with PRORES as the render codec. Great. But Isn’t there a way to just change the render codec to the same native h.264 and export without any transcoding? This is cuts only with no grading. I’ve tried creating a new sequence with H.264 as the preview codec but it still wants to do a lengthy re-compress upon export.
This would be the fastest workflow possible. Can Premiere do this?
Premiere CC 7.2.2
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In some software in the past, and under Quicktime architecture, you could create “virtual clips” that were essentially containers with pointers to the underlying media files.
The next step was “smart rendering,” where by, rendering and exporting with some codecs was sped up by simply “copying and pasting” render files as part of the final export as long as it was the same codecs as the source and no new media needed to be generated for things that didn’t visually exist in the stream (thinks like color changes, transitions, titles really anything that generated a unique frame).
While PPro does support Smart rendering with ProRes and XDCam codecs (I think)…h264 is not one of those areas where smart rendering is supported to my knowledge. So new media needs to be created on the way out, regardless of the simplicity of the edit in the timeline.
That’s my understanding…
Alex Udell
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Sometimes I miss that software from the past.
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Alex, does Andre Agassi know you are using his avatar? :=)
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lol…that’s awesome!!!
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Alex Udell
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Hi Alex,
Yes, you’ve pretty much got it right. Justin, if you want more info on smart rendering and what to expect in Premiere Pro, here’s a video by reTooled.net:Some contents or functionalities here are not available due to your cookie preferences!This happens because the functionality/content marked as “Vimeo framework” uses cookies that you choosed to keep disabled. In order to view this content or use this functionality, please enable cookies: click here to open your cookie preferences.
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Thanks,
KevinKevin Monahan
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Thanks guys.
Add H.264 to “Smart Render”.
Feature request submitted…
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[Justin Ferar] “Feature request submitted…”
Thanks, Justin. Recently, I asked engineering if it was possible for H.264 smart rendering. The answer was, “yes.” So, things might change in the future. Let’s hope so!
Thanks,
KevinKevin Monahan
Support Product Manager—DVA
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