[Ben Beasley]

Hi

This is quite an old thread but my query is very similar. If anyone reads this and can help me at all I’d greatly appreciate it.

I work in a university art school department and support our students when making short films.

We’ve just migrated from FCP7 / FCPX to Premiere Pro and we use Mac computers. We’re used to the option of exporting a quicktime movie using the current sequence settings from an FCP project, which would usually be the Pro Res codec, or sometimes H.264 in FCPX.

This would be a master export file for archive or backup purposes. Or possibly just a short clip or sequence that we may want to re-import into a sequence. The idea being the exported file has not been compressed any further than it is already – it’s being exported at full quality. In FCP this was always the default export option.

I am unsure how to achieve this with Premiere Pro (CC) when working with AVCHD. As far as I know, PPro works natively with AVCHD files. In which case, what should be chosen as the export codec to retain the same quality? In the Media Export window, when selecting ‘match sequence settings’ PPro always selects the Mpeg I-frame codec, no matter what sequence settings I’m working in (I’m completely unfamiliar with Mpeg I-frame and don’t know its uses).

Certainly one could keep the original AVCHD material. But then you would also need the PPro project to play the sequence. That is not then a proper standalone master file of an edit. I am also wary of relying on AVCHD source material, as if the original file structure is lost (and our students lose things a lot!) then the footage may no longer be read by an NLE.

I realise my confusion probably stems from a general technical ignorance on my part and I’m sure the CC experts can put me right!

Many Thanks

Ben