John Heiser
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In Media Encoder (after you’ve sent the sequence there), don’t duplicate the Queue item – instead, select the encoder setting (in this case the H.264 setting) without opening it and press CTRL/CMD-D. Now you have two settings which will run simultaneously. Change the second one to the format and preset you want and press Go.
John Heiser
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Try nesting your speed-changed clip and apply the mask to the nest.
John Heiser
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Don’t forget that completely deleting the cache files can solve a number of stability and playback issues, especially after upgrading to a new version. Changes in the software mean Premiere may need different cache files, so this is a necessary step (it also can solve some weird pop-up playback issues unrelated to upgrading). When you upgrade versions, follow the recommended steps for deleting all your cache files. Look up the procedure in Help (I think the instructions are also in the Media Cache tab in Preferences) – it involves opening Premiere Pro without opening a project, then going to Preferences > Media Cache.
John Heiser
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Are your original media files still available? If they’re not, Premiere defaults to using the proxy media. It’s a way to make a project more portable – offload the high-res files to other storage while you’re editing, and reconnect them when you need them for color grading, effects, etc.
John Heiser
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o2 ideas – Birmingham, ALiMac Retina 5k, 27-inch, 2017
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Open the sequence settings and play with Composite in Linear Color.
John Heiser
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Have you tried opening an auto-save of the project? Sounds like something got corrupted. Try the most recent auto-save, then re-save it under a new name.
John Heiser
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o2 ideas – Birmingham, ALiMac Retina 5k, 27-inch, 2017
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+1 on doing this in After Effects instead of Premiere.
But if you must use Premiere, make your nested sequence bigger than your master sequence. For example, if your master sequence is HD, make your scenes UHD (3840×2160). Then when you put the scene into your master, you’ll have plenty of room to move around without cropping.
John Heiser
Senior Editor
o2 ideas – Birmingham, ALiMac Retina 5k, 27-inch, 2017
4.2 GHz i7, 32GB RAM, Radeon Pro 580 8GB
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If you have activated Track Keyframes for that track in the timeline (instead of Clip Keyframes), you can’t select the clip and therefore the Clip Mixer will gray out. Make sure you have Clip Keyframes activated.
John Heiser
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[Jimmy Gallagher] “ProRes 4444HQ which will keep the full quality of the footage? Another person told me a DPX is better?”
Any difference in quality between DPX and PR4444 will be visually negligible if visible at all, and the difficulty of working with DPX far outweighs that difference. Plus, the heavy lifting on the image has already happened in the grading, so unless you’re using deprecated or obsolete 8-bit effects in your final timeline (which would thrash any image you throw at it), the ProRes will be pristine.
John Heiser
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+1 on Todd’s recommendation. Apple Photos is designed for consumer use and hides a lot of the folder structure from the user. I would advise putting all your project media (photos, videos, music) in a single folder for that project, along with the Premiere project file. I use a template folder which I duplicate and rename before the start of every project:
John Heiser
Senior Editor
o2 ideas – Birmingham, ALiMac Retina 5k, 27-inch, 2017
4.2 GHz i7, 32GB RAM, Radeon Pro 580 8GB
G-Speed Studio TB-2 12TB RAID-5
