How to extract part of a file

[Brendan Coots]

The worst thing you could do is re-render files over and over as you move them from app to app, as this will introduce a lot of quality loss.

Your options are limited if all you have is the output from an edit, but you could try pulling the full clip into AE, doing the color correction then pulling the rendered output into Premiere. In After Effects you would need to either split the clip up into its individual cuts so you can color correct each individually, or use a series of short adjustment layers over each clip, with color correction tools applied to the adjustment layers. Kind of messy, and not the ideal workflow at all.

My personal favorite workflow is to work on the original source clips as they were captured from the camera, or piece my edit together in Final Cut Pro and use Automatic Duck’s AE Import plugin to import the entire FCP edit into After Effects. This way, all the clips are already separated, with all edits, fades etc. intact, and I am still only working on those original captures, not re-rendered files. Then I output the final distribution version from After Effects. Using this technique, the only renders/codec interference is in the capture stage and the final output stage.

[Bart Straman]

heey,

i think this will help you :

-Edit your clip in Premiere. than save your project.

-open After Effects. file>import, then import your Premiere Pro project file.

-now you see your clips in the project panel and very important a sequence file (it’s called that way I thought).

-double click on that sequence file (important: do not move it into the timeline, just double click). and all your seperate scenes/shots/files (cut in Premiere pro) appear in the timeline in AE as seperated layers (also transitions and styles from Premiere PRo are imported).

-then use coole effects on them separedly. if you wanne render in AE, your done here.

render out in Premiere :

-then save your AE file. and if you wanna render it out in Premiere pro, just open the AE project file in Premiere.

-then only 1 clip will appear, but you’ve edit this the first time in PP and allready applied effects on it in AE, so no prob there 🙂

i tried dynamic link, but this is only a options for 1 scene/dvd menu or whatever per sequence. only usefull if you wanne see direct result between AE and PP. not with a movie with 200 shots or so:P

Greetzz

Bart

[Jerry Waters]

Thanks for the help. I finally took the file into AE, made a composition for each clip I wanted to change by setting the work area and rendered just that. It might have been easier to cut it up in Premiere. I’m not sure. I’ll probably try that too. I have 6 of these files to do.

[Bart Straman]

good luck 🙂

Bart