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Preparing to switch – Avid to Adobe
We are getting ready to make the switch – we’ll be leaving Avid Media Composer and coming over to Adobe CC.
I have attached an image of a typical promo timeline we use in the Avid. The layout is:
V2 – L3 ribbon keys and FS backtags
V1 – promo video
A1 – promo audio
A3 – announcer backtag
We re-use the timelines and just overwrite drop-in the correct episodics, use a keystroke (T) to select IN-OUT on V1 (the highlighted track) one at a time, and export each individual promo to a folder to send on to the MC server at the appropriate time. I would like to maintain this basic workflow in Premiere.
Obviously we’ll be investigating the keyboard shortcuts for Premiere. Are some of these tasks (like selecting IN-OUT on a track) already present in the Premiere keyboard lexicon, or will we need to create a few shortcuts?
We will be able to export each segment to queue in Media Encoder, then batch render, correct?
Anything you might have to share to help us with a smooth transition is appreciated!
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PPro handles that workflow just great. Here’s what I do: Down arrow to move playhead to clip, D to select clip, / to set in and out around clip, Command + M to export panel, apply preset and add to queue in Media Encoder. Repeat. Except for the preset and destination which remain set from the previous so you only have to do that once.
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Excellent. I figured it would be a simple process. Thank you very much!
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to replace the video in a clip on V1 for the next batch of shows, set your in and out (or actually just the in as long as the out is past the duration of the clip on the sequence) then hold ALT and drag the video from the source window to the clip on the sequence, and it overwrites the old video, maintaining the in and out on the timeline and any effects.
Mike Cohen
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