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Exporting

You can export one video track and up to four audio channels, or two stereo tracks.

4Specify the location and name for the EDL file, and click Save.

5Click OK.

Note: In Premiere Pro CS5.5 and later, merged clips are supported in standardized EDLs. EDLs will interpret the merged clip sequence track items in the same way it currently does for separate audio and audio clips that are used together in the sequence at the same time locations. The target application will not show the clips as merged. The audio and video will be seen as separate clips. Source timecode is used for both video and audio portions.

Exporting AAF files

Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) is a multimedia file format that allows you to exchange digital media and metadata between platforms, systems, and applications. Authoring applications that support AAF, such as Avid Media Composer, read and write the data in AAF files to the extent that they support the format.

Ensure that the project you want to export conforms to general AAF specifications and is compatible with an Avid Media Composer product. Consider each of the following:

•The AAF files exported by Premiere Pro are compatible with the Avid Media Composer family of editing products. These AAF files have not been tested with other AAF importers.

•Transitions should appear only between two clips, not adjacent to the beginning or end of a clip. Each clip must be at least the same length as the transition.

•If a clip has a transition at both its In and Out points, the clip must be at least the same length as both transitions combined.

•When naming clips and sequences in Premiere Pro, avoid using special characters, accented characters, or characters that affect the parsing of an XML file. Some characters to avoid include /, >, <, ®, and ü.

•AAF files exported from Premiere Pro and imported into Avid Media Composer do not automatically relink to the source footage. To relink the footage, use the Batch Import option in Avid Media Composer.

Note: In Premiere Pro CS5.5 and later, merged clips are not supported when exporting an AAF file.

For more information see “Round-tripping with Avid Media Composer” by Maxim Jago and Video2Brain.

Export an Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) project file

1Choose File > Export > AAF.

2In the Save Converted Project As dialog box, browse to a location for the AAF file, and type a file name. Click Save.

3In the AAF Export Settings dialog box, select either Save As Legacy AAF, Embed Audio, or neither. Click OK.

Premiere Pro saves the sequence to an AAF file at the specified location. The AAF Export Log dialog box opens to report any exporting issues.

About the AAF plug-in

The AAF Export plug-in converts Premiere Pro projects as follows:

Cuts-only mono/stereo audio and video The plug-in fully supports these elements of a project. The plug-in does not convert audio pan, gain, and level changes, and 5.1 audio. Stereo audio channels are separated into two tracks in the Avid Media Composer sequence.

Clip speed The plug-in converts video clip speed changes (slow, fast, reverse playback) to the Avid Media Composer Motion Effect, which is the only supported effect. Clip speed applied to nested sequences is also converted. Avid Media Composer does not have an equivalent to Motion Effect for audio. If the speed change makes the audio clip longer than

Last updated 1/16/2012