[Eric Merklein] “After 12 years I had to leave Composer due to work requirements that forces Premiere Pro, but I’m thinking of returning soon.”
I might not be the best person to answer this, as I mainly use Premiere Pro myself. However, I also have active ongoing projects using the current version of MC. Yes, you can import linked media as sources without having to transcode first. These can include mixed frame rates, codecs, and sizes. Unlike Premiere, your project is created at a specific size/speed preset and all new sequences match that. So if your project is 1080p/23.976, then all new sequences within that project will use that format. The export options are wider than in the past. Of course, you may have to create custom presets, rather than use the defaults. That’s easy to do and more or less the same as it has always been. You can also batch export a group of sequences at once. Unfortunately there’s no equivalent to Adobe Media Encoder.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com