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Problems exporting AAF
I have a strange bug when exporting AAF. The sound designer says half the files link back to blank audio.
I wonder if this has to do with problems flattening a multicammed project. I have flattened the sequence (‘simplify’ as it’s now called). But strangely, only the video flattened. The audio still matches frame to the multicammed clip… even though I’ve deleted the video and flattened the audio only sequence.
Any ideas?
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There are some weird problems with exporting AAF from Premiere.
I duplicate the sequence and delete all the video before exporting the AAF for a long time.
You may try that one
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Already did this (as I said, I am working with an audio only sequence.
Just had a thought – I think the problem is that my assistant ‘disabled’ some audio clips during sound cleanup, and they are the ones causing issue. Is there a quick way to ‘enable’ all clips? If I select all and then click ‘enable’, it will enabled the disabled clips but simultaneously disable the enabled clips….
Just trying to figure out a way to save me doing this, clip by clip, on a whole feature film….
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No, I don’t think there is a built-in way in Premiere to do this. Only when you use the Simplify menu, you choose to remove the disabled. And the Excalibur plug-in lets you do this, as far as I can remember
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Ran a test with sound designer and confirmed its that old problem… ‘disabled’ clips in Premiere will not show up in an AAF. For that reason, I usually don’t ‘disable’ audio clips, instead I normally set audio levels to zero instead of disabling. Forgot to tell the assistant to do it this way, and getting stung at the end for it!
But, figured out a janky workaround based on your tip about using the ‘Simplify’ menu:
Duplicated my sequence. Selected all clips on the dupe sequence, and selected ‘enable’. This turns all ‘enabled’ clips to ‘disabled’ and vice versa. Essentially, making my dupe sequence an inverted version of my original sequence. Then, used the ‘Simplify’ menu to remove ‘disabled’ clips, thus leaving only the clips which were ‘disabled’ in my original timeline (that have now been ‘enabled’). Now, I can copy that and overwrite it into my original sequence.
Thanks for the brainstorm, def beats doing it all clip by clip!
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