[Pilar Rico]

Thank you so much Oliver. I’m concerned about the file size because we still have not started making selects or cuts and we have some more media to add in the next weeks, so I would rather start a new project that I know will save me time later on.
As for your suggestions for the transcodes, I was planning on using the Proxy files we created through the Premiere proxy workflow, but removing the word Proxy from the file names. I understand in a new project, they should behave like if they were new regular transcodes created outside the project, but please let me know if you think we might run into any issues.

[Pilar Rico]

Thanks so much Oliver. I do have footage from the ARRI and removing the LUT did lower the project size. But I have been running some tests and it seems like the Proxy Workflow does increase the size of the project. I created a new project with only the proxy files and the production sound and that is only 6MB. The same project with the RAW media is 15.7MB after deleting the ARRI Lut, but after I attached the Proxies files to the Clips it went up to 32MB and it seemed to duplicate the LUT. I turned off the LUTs again and the project went down to 25MB, so it’s 19MB larger. It seems like the merged clips and Multicam sequences we created were doubling the size of the project too. Since this is a feature documentary with lots of media, I’m wondering if it might be smarter to start all over with a new project just with the 720 transcodes and forget about the Proxy workflow. It seems like the merged clips are also bigger if you create them with the proxy workflow than with just traditional transcodes as it’s taking the RAW media as baseline. Is this possible?

[Pilar Rico]

Hi Oliver, I’m working on a feature documentary with lots of footage and I’ve followed your guidelines. However, I’m noticing my Premiere project file size is very large, 80MB. If I create a new test project with just the proxies and the production audio and create the same number of sequences it’s only 20MB. I’m wondering if using the Proxy workflow is the best way to go for a large project. I love the convenience of having a direct link to the raw media, but I’m afraid importing the RAW media first into the project as opposed to transcodes is increasing my project file size significantly. Any thoughts?