transcoding to Proxy media

[Tero Ahlfors]

[Bryce Moose] ” Do I have to use Pro Res Proxy”

Nope

[Bryce Moose] “or does anything work for Proxy Files?”

Yes. Pick a proxy that your computer can run.

[Bryce Douglass]

How do I make a proxy file though?

Bryce

[Alex Udell]

Hi….

Adobe Media Encoder is a good choice.

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[Bryce Douglass]

I don’t think I’m explaining myself correctly. What I mean is what settings do I select in Media Encoder to make a Proxy file?

Bryce

[Lisa Bradley]

ProRes Proxy.

Lisa Bradley
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[Shane Ross]

Question. When you make that ProRes Proxy media with Media Encoder…does it retain all the metadata so that you an then relink to the masters when you are done cutting?

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[Lisa Bradley]

As long as file names remain the same and you don’t accidentally overwrite your camera raw files you will be able to link. Eek!

PR Proxy is just a codec; that being said, if you go into media encoder, there is a box that should say “match source” so if you are editing with 4k, your proxies will be 4k so that when you create your graded string out, any movement/rescaling will easily translate over when you paste attributes. Does that make sense? Hopefully that answers your question.

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