How to use Proxy Files to Edit SUPER FAST in Premiere Pro!

Aug 24, 2023

How to use Proxy Files to Edit SUPER FAST in Premiere Pro!

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Is your computer too slow to edit 4K video? Or do you have a fast computer that still lags when you are editing 4K, 6K, or even 8K footage? This video will show you how to create proxy files to MASSIVELY speed up your video editing speed, regardless of the specs of your computer.

This is my entire workflow for creating video proxies, including my exact preset settings for both Mac and PC. You can also download my proxy preset (linked above) to save you the time of creating your own.

Lastly, I cover how to create proxies even if you interpret your footage! If you’ve tried doing this before, you’ve probably noticed that the frame rates of your proxy files don’t match up with your native video files. My workaround fixes this issue. :)

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Content

0.2 -> - Hey, guys, my name is Matt Johnson.

1.66 -> And today I'm gonna be showing you

2.6 -> how to create proxy files using Adobe Premier Pro.

5.89 -> And this technique is gonna enable you

7.7 -> to massively speed up your video editing,

10.39 -> regardless of the resolution of your footage

11.803 -> that you're working with, whether it's

12.636 -> 1080p, 4K, 6K, even 8K.

15.94 -> It doesn't matter.

16.773 -> Even if you have an older or slower computer,

18.81 -> you're gonna be able to edit videos

20.01 -> and cut through them like butter using this technique.

21.99 -> I also have a link down in the description

24.03 -> of this video to download my proxy preset files

26.8 -> and sign up for my email newsletter.

28.32 -> So, if you do not want to have to go through

30.11 -> the whole hassle of creating your own presets

32.3 -> using this tutorial, you can just download mine

34.44 -> and use them instead, which should hopefully

35.94 -> save you a bit of time.

37.07 -> All right, let's open up Adobe Premier.

38.72 -> All right, guys, welcome to Adobe Premier Pro CC 2018.

42.42 -> I'm gonna go up here to Help, About,

44.24 -> and you can see that I'm running version 12.1.0.

47.69 -> If you are running an earlier version,

49.27 -> you should be okay, as long as you're running

51 -> at least Premier Pro CC 2016.

54.38 -> Which is the year that they introduced

56.06 -> the proxy file workflow for Premier.

57.9 -> So, as long as you're at least running that version,

60.14 -> you should be okay.

60.973 -> If you're not, well then, I would recommend upgrading,

63.34 -> 'cause the rest of this tutorial is not gonna

64.87 -> be very useful for you.

66.27 -> Moving on.

67.103 -> As you can see, I've already created a project here

68.62 -> and imported some A7S2 clips, as well as

70.799 -> a clip from my Phantom 4 Pro.

73.5 -> All these clips are currently set to

75.13 -> 23.976 frames per second at 3840 by 2160.

79.44 -> So big stinkin' 4K video clips at very high resolution.

83.54 -> These things are gonna be a pain to play back.

86.13 -> But, let's see how they do on our timeline here.

89.03 -> This is some footage that I shot

90.83 -> at the Glacier Lagoon in Iceland.

92.38 -> Very, very pretty.

93.3 -> In 4K, it looks great.

95.91 -> But if I start scrubbing through it here,

97.37 -> you can see there's definitely a little bit of lag.

99.63 -> And if I go over here to the Phantom 4 Pro clips,

102.38 -> you can see that there's about a second in between

105.59 -> it loading every single part of this clip here.

107.63 -> Because this is an H265 video file.

110.73 -> It is very large.

112.22 -> So if I click through here and wait for it to load

114.21 -> and I play it, it'll play okay,

115.95 -> but it definitely will drop some frames.

118.25 -> And if you're starting to shift around

120.29 -> through things here, this is kind of a pain.

122.21 -> Because I'm like, wait, which clip am I on?

123.74 -> And if I wanna edit quickly, that can be difficult.

126.73 -> Thankfully, if I go over here and press this

128.51 -> Toggle Proxies button, you're gonna first notice

130.96 -> there's this proxy icon that appears

133.19 -> that I created, and then whenever

135.14 -> I start scrubbing through...

136.18 -> Wow, look how smooth that is.

137.36 -> That is smooth as butter.

139.32 -> Hit play, plays back immediately.

141.26 -> Play again.

142.093 -> I love proxy files.

144.01 -> And now I'm gonna show you how to create them.

145.71 -> First thing that you need to know

146.73 -> is that I actually shot these video clips

148.6 -> at 29.97 frames per second.

151.53 -> And then I interpreted them to 23.976.

155.42 -> And if your eyes are glazing over and you're like,

156.92 -> Matt, what the heck do those words mean?

158.81 -> Do not not worry, I have another video all about

161.54 -> frame rates, that I would highly recommend that you watch.

163.68 -> It's not too long, but it goes into detail about how and why

166.77 -> I deal with different frame rate video clips

168.67 -> and why I interpreted this footage.

170.75 -> I highly recommend watching that

171.91 -> because I'm gonna be applying what I talk about

173.64 -> in that tutorial to this video.

175.31 -> So, I'll have it linked up in the corner

176.64 -> and down in the description for you to watch.

178.24 -> That way, you're not super confused

179.36 -> about what's going on.

180.193 -> With that out of the way, let's look at

181.34 -> how I would create a proxy file.

183.14 -> So I'm gonna go up here to one of these video clips

185.06 -> and I'm gonna select it, right-click,

187.43 -> and I'm gonna go down to Proxy, Create Proxies.

190.9 -> And that's gonna open up the Create Proxies

192.9 -> dialog box here.

194 -> And as you can see, we have a format

195.8 -> that we can select and a preset.

197.19 -> You've probably noticed by now that

198.38 -> this GoPro Cineform preset is not a preset

200.92 -> that you currently have available

202.09 -> in your editing software.

203.29 -> And that's because this is a custom preset

205.5 -> that I created for my proxy files.

207.48 -> And it's something that I'm gonna

208.313 -> walk you through how to do right now.

210.11 -> Also, you can just download this preset file

212.19 -> down in the description if you wanted to save time.

214.39 -> Let's create this preset.

216.14 -> We're gonna hit Cancel, 'cause we don't need that window.

218.62 -> And we're gonna open up Adobe Media Encoder.

221.56 -> I love this program, the Swiss army knife

223.62 -> of video encoding, I love it.

226.67 -> Whenever you have Adobe Media Encoder open,

228.27 -> you're gonna go over here to the preset browser.

230.33 -> If you do not have the preset browser visible,

232.21 -> you're gonna go up here to Window

233.69 -> and select Preset Browser.

234.88 -> And it will magically appear.

236.7 -> Under Preset Browser, you're gonna wanna ignore

238.64 -> all this stuff, and you're gonna wanna select

240.24 -> the plus icon that says Create New Preset.

242.96 -> And then you're gonna select Create Encoding Preset

246.01 -> and that will open up the encoding preset dialog box.

249.16 -> Under Preset Name, we do not need to name this preset yet,

251.66 -> we'll do that at the end.

252.85 -> For Format, this is very important.

254.56 -> You're gonna wanna make sure that QuickTime is selected.

257.24 -> And then for Based on Preset, mine currently says

259.55 -> New Preset.

260.56 -> If yours doesn't say that for some reason,

262.5 -> you can always select any of these other presets

265.01 -> if you want to.

265.843 -> NTSC DV 24p, for example.

268.37 -> It does not matter which one you select

269.99 -> because we're gonna customize everything.

271.72 -> Do not worry about it.

272.81 -> If you do have the option, select

274.44 -> GoPro Cineform YUV 10-bit.

276.68 -> That'll save you a little bit of time.

278.1 -> Next, you wanna make sure that Export Video

279.84 -> and Export Audio are both checked

281.66 -> because our proxy files are gonna need video and audio.

284.05 -> And then, I want you to go down here

285.89 -> to the Video tab.

287.56 -> Under Video Codec, you're gonna wanna make sure

289.23 -> that you have GoPro Cineform selected.

291.492 -> Cineform is what is known as a intermediate Codec.

295.16 -> Meaning that it is optimized for video editing.

297.81 -> It is not heavily compressed,

299.16 -> it is very quick to scrub through, very quick to edit,

301.6 -> I'm a big fan of editing with it.

303.54 -> Also, the other reason that I recommend

305.09 -> selecting GoPro Cineform is that it is

306.87 -> a platform-agnostic video codec.

310 -> Meaning that it works on Mac and it works on PC equally.

313.41 -> There is no difference between the two.

314.96 -> It works across both platforms.

316.76 -> If you are on a Mac, you could select the Pro-Res option

320.66 -> if you have that, but currently, I'm on a PC

323.32 -> so I cannot select Pro-Res, so I use Cineform

326.27 -> and I'm really happy with how it looks.

327.88 -> Under Basic Video Settings now, you're gonna see

329.67 -> that we have a ton of options.

330.88 -> For Quality, I wanna drag this all the way down to 1.

333.35 -> Because this is a proxy video file, I do not need it

336.07 -> to be massive quality, I do not need crazy resolution.

339.49 -> I'm more so looking for minimum of everything so

342.63 -> I save space on my hard drive and so I can edit it

345.54 -> as quickly as possible.

346.68 -> Now, under that we have a lot of other settings

348.41 -> that we need to adjust here.

349.74 -> First width and height.

351.3 -> That is currently set to Based On Source.

352.946 -> But we wanna check this box here and we want to change

355.67 -> the width to 1280 and the height to 720.

361.69 -> If your width and height icons are changing strangely,

364.28 -> make sure this little chain here has a slash through it.

367.04 -> That way you can change the numbers independently.

369.31 -> The reason that I select 1280 by 720 is that

371.46 -> it is 720p HD resolution.

373.97 -> I use HD lightly here.

375.19 -> It's very low-grade HD.

377 -> But the reason that I like 1280 by 720 is that I find

380.29 -> that whenever you pair it with a Quality 1,

382.12 -> it is just enough quality for you to be able to see

384.48 -> what's going on, but in terms of size, it's not massive.

387.53 -> So that's a really nice balance.

389.58 -> That's why I prefer having my height and width set to that.

392.47 -> Next, we have Frame Rate, Field Order, and Aspect.

394.51 -> And those are currently all set to Based On Source.

396.69 -> But what I find is that sometimes Adobe

399 -> can be a little crazy whenever you're letting it

400.761 -> choose things on its own, so I prefer

402.81 -> to customize all of these as well.

404.33 -> So I'm gonna uncheck all three of these boxes.

406.64 -> For Frame Rate, I'm gonna set it to 23.976,

410.77 -> which, looking up here, that matches with my frame rate

413.87 -> of all of my video clips.

415.24 -> So I wanna make sure that my proxy frame rate

417.37 -> matches up with my native video frame rate.

420 -> That way, there isn't some weird disconnect

422.32 -> between how they both work together,

423.94 -> which we will talk about later, do not worry.

426.23 -> For Field Order, you're gonna wanna select Progressive.

428.23 -> And for Aspect, you're gonna wanna select Square Pixels 1.0.

432.28 -> That is the standard for what most cameras

434.3 -> are shooting with these days.

435.58 -> Those two settings, so you should be good.

437.15 -> As far as Render at Maximum Depth goes,

439.29 -> I do not want that checked because I do not need

441.32 -> that maximum depth because I am just making proxy files.

445.06 -> For depth, YUV 10-bpc is good.

448.25 -> Ignore all the rest of this.

449.57 -> Do not check Use Maximum Render Quality

452.02 -> because this is a proxy file, we do not need

454.031 -> maximum render quality for that.

455.94 -> Next, let's go up here to the Effects tab.

458.15 -> And you're gonna see there are a ton of settings here.

460.03 -> You do not need to concern yourself

461.21 -> with any of these except for one.

462.72 -> Namely, the Image Overlay box, we're gonna check that.

465.77 -> And that's gonna bring up this little box here

467.76 -> that currently says Applied: None.

469.75 -> This is where we're gonna add that nice little

472.18 -> Adobe proxy overlay over here.

474.27 -> So if you download my proxy preset files

476.33 -> linked in the description of this video,

477.89 -> I will include this proxy image here

480.75 -> that you can then use as an image overlay.

482.8 -> And the reason that I like using an image overlay

485.07 -> is that I can tell at a glance,

486.71 -> am I working with my proxy files,

488.19 -> or am I working with my native video files?

490.22 -> Premier doesn't make it super obvious,

492.08 -> so I prefer having a proxy image overlay

493.81 -> where I can tell at a glance, oh, I'm editing my proxies.

496.59 -> That makes things a little bit easier for me.

497.96 -> I now need to navigate to that image file on my computer.

500.29 -> So wherever you have downloaded it to, you're gonna

502.18 -> go over here to None and you're gonna select Choose.

504.3 -> That it is gonna open up your file dialog box

506.03 -> and you're gonna wanna navigate to

507.14 -> where your image is saved.

508.58 -> I'm gonna select my proxy logo png file here

510.95 -> and select Open.

512.4 -> And then it's gonna let me choose where I want the logo

515.49 -> to be positioned on the screen.

517.65 -> In this case, I'm gonna go and select bottom right.

520.3 -> Because I don't like it being in the middle,

521.51 -> I find the bottom right works pretty well.

523.18 -> With the image overlay added, the only thing

525.03 -> that we need to do is now go up here and name our presets.

527.9 -> So I'm going to erase New Preset, and let's call this

531.65 -> Cineform 1280x720 23.976 Quality 1 Watermarked.

540.65 -> Because that way, I can tell at a glance

541.93 -> exactly which preset I am selecting.

544.16 -> This has all of my settings that I need to know right here.

547 -> Let's go down here and select OK.

548.81 -> And ta-da, look.

550.04 -> Under User Presets & Groups, there is

552.14 -> our preset that we made.

553.18 -> Congratulations!

554.3 -> We're halfway there.

555.22 -> Well, further than halfway. We're almost done, don't worry.

557.21 -> Next, we need to go up here to the plus icon again,

560.44 -> and we're gonna select Create Ingest Preset,

563.41 -> which is different from an encoding preset.

565.84 -> That's gonna open up the Ingest Preset dialog box.

568.64 -> And the reason we have to create an Ingest preset

570.86 -> is because that is the kind of preset that Premier supports

573.38 -> for proxy files.

574.8 -> I know it's weird.

575.633 -> Now, with the Ingest Preset Settings box open,

578.16 -> you'll notice first that there are significantly less

580.18 -> settings that we have to deal with than we did

582.01 -> with the other preset, which, woo-hoo,

583.83 -> that's very good news.

585.17 -> Now, under Transfer, you do not need to have

587.69 -> Copy Files to Destination box checked.

589.68 -> Ignore that.

590.513 -> Transcode Files to Destination is very important, though,

592.73 -> so make sure that you have that checked.

594.69 -> And under Destination, yours probably says

597.47 -> some random older folder that you've been working in,

600.29 -> and you're like, why is that selected?

601.61 -> In this case, it's an old wedding project

603.15 -> that I haven't worked on in forever.

604.49 -> The destination does not matter.

606.83 -> Yes, this preset, as far as destination goes,

609.648 -> does not matter.

610.74 -> Do not worry about whatever folder it's pointing to.

612.97 -> If yours is not pointing to a folder, just pick

615.27 -> a random folder on your computer.

616.92 -> Because, as far as your destination goes,

619.81 -> that is gonna be customized every single time

622.23 -> that you create proxies.

623.42 -> And those proxies are gonna be put into a folder

625.19 -> next to your main video file.

627.02 -> So, the destination does not matter.

629.14 -> That is going to be changed whenever

631.04 -> you are creating proxies.

632.09 -> Do not worry about that.

633.24 -> In my case, I'm just gonna leave it as this old

635.43 -> wedding film folder and not worry about it.

637.66 -> Underneath it, though, we have two settings

639.46 -> that are very important, though.

640.79 -> Namely, Format.

641.83 -> You're gonna wanna make sure that you have

643.69 -> QuickTime selected for your format.

645.48 -> And then for your preset, you're gonna select

647.4 -> the dropdown here.

648.3 -> And we're gonna select the preset that we just made.

650.3 -> Namely, Cineform 1280x720 23.976 Quality 1 Watermarked.

655.01 -> I want that preset selected.

657.05 -> So, with that selected, the only thing I need to do

658.81 -> is go up here to Preset Name and let's name this

661.86 -> Cineform 1280x720 23-point, does this look familiar?

667.89 -> Yeah, 23.976 Quality 1 Watermarked Ingest.

674.04 -> We'll call it Ingest so that way we can make sure

675.84 -> that we can differentiate between these two presets.

678.88 -> With that done, let's hit OK.

681.65 -> And suddenly, you're gonna see down here

683.23 -> that we have another user preset called the same thing

686.41 -> but it has Ingest at the end.

688.12 -> And that is the preset that we are now

690.03 -> going to import into Adobe Premier

692.06 -> to create our proxy files.

693.58 -> To import this preset file into Premier,

695.35 -> I need to know where it is on my hard drive.

697.27 -> So I'm going to right-click on the Ingest preset here

699.8 -> and I'm gonna go down to Reveal Preset File.

702.44 -> And that's gonna open up deep in the recesses

704.32 -> of my Adobe Programs folder where my presets

706.96 -> are currently residing.

708.25 -> And as you can see, there is the .epr file

711.121 -> that we created.

712.57 -> What you need to do is make sure you remember exactly where

714.9 -> this preset file is on your computer.

717.22 -> In my case, I can look up here

718.49 -> and see the exact folder that it's in.

720.16 -> But if you're on a Mac, this file may be saved

721.84 -> to a different location.

722.83 -> Regardless, you need to make sure that you know

724.65 -> where this file is on your computer.

726.21 -> With having properly noted where this file

727.72 -> is located now, I'm gonna minimize this window,

730.47 -> minimize my Adobe Media Encoder Window,

732.56 -> and go back into Premier here.

734.25 -> I'm going to right-click on one of my video files

736.66 -> and I'm gonna go to Proxy, Create Proxies.

739.39 -> And that is gonna bring up the old

740.3 -> Create Proxies dialog box.

741.95 -> Remember this?

742.783 -> I'm now gonna click on Add Ingest Preset.

744.79 -> And that's gonna bring up the file browser dialog box.

747.13 -> And as you can see, it's currently asking me

748.93 -> for a .epr file.

750.36 -> Does that look familiar?

751.4 -> Yeah, because I just told you that we need to remember

753.81 -> exactly where that file is on the computer.

755.91 -> If you've already forgotten, do not worry.

757.441 -> As I told you, only minimize this window

759.64 -> so you can see, hey, here's exactly where this file is.

762.65 -> So let's dig through here and find it.

765.12 -> My goodness, that is buried, but there it is.

767.1 -> With this preset that we just created selected,

769.33 -> we're gonna select Open, and ta-da, it now appears

772.72 -> as a preset that we can select here in the

775.11 -> Create Proxies dialog box.

776.77 -> Remember how whenever we were setting up

778.01 -> the Ingest preset and I was telling you that

779.8 -> the destination does not matter for

781.67 -> where you're putting the proxies on your hard drive?

783.85 -> The reason it does not matter is because

785.35 -> of this little window right here.

786.91 -> Under Destination, it says Next to Original Media

789.39 -> in Proxy Folder.

790.42 -> So that means, any time that you are creating proxies,

792.96 -> they're gonna be put next to the original video files

795.97 -> in another folder labeled Proxies.

797.65 -> So they're not gonna be buried in some old wedding folder,

799.88 -> they're not gonna be buried on whatever folder

801.24 -> on your hard drive you selected during the Ingest process,

803.73 -> they're gonna be put next to your video files.

805.72 -> Very easy and simple to locate them,

807.35 -> which I'm a big fan of.

808.57 -> Now with that out of the way, let's make some proxies.

810.94 -> I'm gonna select Cancel here, and then

813.08 -> I'm gonna go back up here and select

814.75 -> both of these video clips.

815.95 -> Because I want to make proxies for both clips

818.81 -> that I shot with my A7S2.

820.66 -> Gonna right-click on them.

821.76 -> Go to Proxy, Create Proxies,

824.15 -> and that's gonna bring up the

824.983 -> Create Proxies dialog box again.

826.63 -> I need to make sure that my preset here

827.72 -> is properly selected.

828.79 -> And all of my other settings are good,

830.27 -> so we're gonna press OK.

832.17 -> And it's gonna say Creating Proxy Jobs.

834.43 -> Let's go down here to Media Encoder.

836.26 -> And you're gonna see that both video clips

838.34 -> are now here in Media Encoder and they're

839.68 -> already processing very quickly.

841.17 -> Look at that.

842.003 -> Just screaming through 'em.

843.31 -> So great.

844.143 -> Proxy files are made very quickly in Cineform.

846.42 -> I'm a big fan of that.

847.38 -> We're already done, okay.

848.67 -> Now, I'm gonna click up here on one of the

850.25 -> proxy output files.

851.74 -> And that opens up the folder that they're kept in.

853.68 -> And as you can see, here are my proxy files.

855.83 -> And then if I go up a folder, there are the native files.

858.19 -> So they're kept in a nice little neat and tidy folder

860.18 -> right next to the main ones.

861.08 -> That is so great.

862.69 -> Let's minimize this window,

864.34 -> minimize the Adobe Media Encoder window,

866.39 -> and we're back into Premier.

867.75 -> We have no way of telling if our proxy values

869.69 -> have been made, do we?

870.58 -> Oh, wait, yeah, we do.

871.81 -> Let's go over here and hit the little

873.15 -> Toggle Proxies button.

874.72 -> Boom! Look at that.

875.69 -> There is the proxy logo.

877.27 -> So now I can tell that these are proxies,

879.29 -> and look at that, they're playing, look at that.

882.18 -> Man, that's awesome.

883.2 -> Two other things that we need to talk about

884.53 -> that are very important.

885.57 -> First, whenever I am creating proxy files,

888.48 -> imagine that I have an A7S2 folder here

891.42 -> for one camera that has like 400 clips in it,

894 -> and then I have another A7S2 folder here

896.33 -> that has another 400 clips in it from another camera.

899.03 -> Whenever I am creating proxy files for those two

901.82 -> different cameras, I wanna make sure that I create

904.07 -> the proxy files separately.

905.57 -> So I'll select all 400 clips for one camera and

907.227 -> I will create those proxy files.

909.1 -> Then I will select all the 400 clips from the other camera

911.36 -> and I will create those proxy files.

913.13 -> The reason I want those to be separate

914.56 -> is that I found that occasionally, Adobe

916.73 -> can get a little bit screwy and it isn't

918.11 -> sure exactly where it saved the proxy files to.

920.62 -> So you may end up with your folder here,

922.98 -> where, suddenly, all of your proxies from

924.85 -> all your cameras are in one folder.

926.09 -> And that can be kind of insane and a pain to organize.

929.05 -> So I find that by rendering out my proxy files

931.07 -> separately per camera, I'm prevented from Premier

933.56 -> getting confused and having to reorganize

935.56 -> things later on.

936.393 -> The second thing that we need to talk about,

937.68 -> and this is also very important for some of you.

940.2 -> If you are a person who, like me,

943.5 -> interprets your video footage, so you shoot

946.56 -> at 30 frames per second, 60 frames per second,

949.45 -> and then you interpret your video footage into

952.08 -> 24 frames per second for exporting, then

955.46 -> you need to listen to this part because I'm gonna

957.6 -> explain to you how to use proxies properly

959.69 -> whenever you're interpreting your footage.

961.47 -> But, if you are somebody that shoots in

962.94 -> 24 frames per second, edits in 24 frames per second,

965.96 -> and exports to 24 frames per second,

967.82 -> or shoots at 30, edits at 30, exports to 30,

970.55 -> or 60, et cetera, et cetera, then you do not

973.51 -> need to listen to me now and you can just

975.28 -> turn off the video, download the presets and

976.7 -> have a good time.

977.533 -> But, if you're a person who interprets your footage,

979.12 -> this is very important.

980.21 -> This is also the part where I plead with you

981.58 -> to go watch my frame rates video,

983 -> which is still linked in the corner

984.26 -> and down in the description as well.

985.55 -> Now, let me explain to you what the big deal is

987.22 -> if you interpret your footage and use proxy files.

989.83 -> And, it's easier for me just to show you.

991.49 -> So, here are my video clips, untouched.

993.7 -> These are the native clips, you can tell by

995.14 -> how slowly they're loading.

996.35 -> Let's go over here and let's turn on our proxy files.

999.11 -> And boom! Look at that.

1000.48 -> Suddenly, smooth editing.

1002 -> But, I'm gonna stop about right here

1003.64 -> and I'm gonna start toggling the proxies off and on.

1006.72 -> And you notice what's happening.

1008.23 -> Off, on, off, on.

1011.08 -> The perspective's changing.

1012.24 -> Why is the perspective changing?

1013.85 -> Because the frame rate for our proxies

1017.24 -> does not match up with the frame rate

1019.14 -> for our native video clips.

1021.16 -> Yes, this is a major issue because you need to

1022.86 -> make sure that your proxies match up frame for frame

1025.42 -> with your native video clips.

1026.78 -> And in this case, it's not happening.

1028.52 -> Why is that?

1029.353 -> Well, the issue is that whenever you interpret

1031.1 -> your footage in Premier by right-clicking on your clip,

1033.52 -> going up to Modify, Interpret Footage,

1036.21 -> and you're changing your frame rate here.

1038.79 -> You can see here that it was 29.97,

1041.07 -> and I've turned it to 23.98.

1043.31 -> The issue is, that whenever I go to create

1046.49 -> that proxy file, Adobe Media Encoder

1048.49 -> does not read from this dialog box,

1050.05 -> so it does not know that I have interpreted

1052.61 -> my footage to 23.98.

1054.98 -> As far as Adobe Media Encoder is concerned,

1057.1 -> it thinks that I am currently editing at

1059.67 -> 29.97 frames per second.

1061.73 -> So, my proxy files are 29.97 frames per second

1066.56 -> but my native files are 23.976.

1070 -> You can see the disconnect here,

1071.36 -> that is gonna cause major issues in editing.

1073.44 -> So how do we fix this?

1074.3 -> How do we make the frame rate of our proxy files

1076.31 -> match up with the frame rate of our native video files?

1079.07 -> Well, I have good news for you,

1080.38 -> there is a workaround.

1081.68 -> What I first need to do is I need to go and delete

1083.34 -> the bad proxy file.

1084.41 -> So I'm gonna go back to my proxies folder for the A7S2.

1087.49 -> I'm gonna select these two proxy files

1089.13 -> that do not match up with the frame rate.

1090.61 -> I'm gonna press Delete, and now they're gone.

1093.12 -> Going back here into Premier,

1094.12 -> it's confused for a second and then they disappear.

1096.35 -> And now we don't have proxy files to worry about.

1098.65 -> But we need to create new proxy files.

1100.67 -> So I'm going to select both of these video clips again,

1103.2 -> right-click, select Proxy, Create Proxies,

1106.23 -> and then with my Cineform preset that I made selected,

1109.71 -> I'm gonna press OK.

1110.93 -> Just like I did before.

1112.3 -> But I'm gonna go down here to Media Encoder

1114.17 -> and I'm gonna watch it add the two proxy files

1116.58 -> for rendering, and then I'm gonna press Stop and select No.

1120.8 -> And that is going to stop the render

1122.29 -> of these two proxy files.

1123.54 -> So they are now sitting here in Media Encoder

1125.98 -> ready to be rendered if I hit play,

1127.92 -> but I don't wanna do that yet.

1129.43 -> First, I'm going to select both of these clips

1133.17 -> by pressing Control A, which will select everything,

1136.04 -> so imagine that you have like 400 video clips.

1138.88 -> You can press Control A, or Command A on Mac,

1141.01 -> and that's going to select all of the video clips here.

1143.47 -> And I'm going to right-click and

1145.44 -> I'm gonna select Reset Status.

1146.99 -> So that is going to reset all of them

1148.87 -> so that they can be rendered again.

1150.41 -> Then I'm gonna select the output file

1151.71 -> for one of these video clips, it does not matter which one.

1154.02 -> And that's gonna open up the folder where the proxies are

1156.01 -> and as you can see, it had already started

1157.68 -> to generate a proxy file, but it's only one megabyte,

1160.3 -> it didn't make it that far.

1161.63 -> We're going to select this video file

1163.09 -> and we're gonna delete it because

1164.17 -> I do not want any half-made proxies

1167.19 -> that have the wrong frame rate.

1168.49 -> So I need all of those gone.

1170.13 -> I'm gonna close this window.

1171.4 -> And back here in Media Encoder,

1173.43 -> I'm gonna press Control A again to select all of my clips,

1175.96 -> and then I'm going to right-click and

1177.81 -> select Interpret Footage.

1179.47 -> Does that look familiar?

1180.53 -> My goodness.

1181.6 -> That is gonna bring up the Interpret Footage dialog box,

1183.95 -> which looks incredibly familiar,

1185.7 -> just like the one in Premier.

1187.01 -> What you do need to be aware of is that

1188.36 -> opening up this dialog box can take quite a while.

1191.57 -> If you have 400 clips, 500 clips, 1,000 clips,

1194.11 -> this Interpret Footage dialog box can take

1196.8 -> anywhere from five minutes to open to 10 minutes,

1199.71 -> it's taken 20 minutes before, depending on

1201.46 -> the speed of your computer and your hard drives.

1202.99 -> So this can take quite a while to open.

1205.82 -> I wish it was faster, Adobe needs to figure that out.

1208.31 -> But just so you're aware, if it looks like

1210.5 -> your computer has frozen up whenever you clicked

1212.09 -> Interpret Footage, do not worry.

1213.81 -> It is not frozen up, it is probably still

1215.96 -> going through in the background,

1217.22 -> preparing to open up this dialog box.

1219.2 -> Let's go down here under Frame Rate,

1220.35 -> and I'm gonna select Assume This Frame Rate.

1222.13 -> And I'm gonna type 23.976, which happens

1225.16 -> to match up perfectly with the frame rate over here

1228.14 -> for our native video files.

1229.84 -> Then I'm gonna press OK.

1231.35 -> And just like whenever you pressed Interpret Footage

1232.95 -> the first time, Adobe Media Encoder may

1235.28 -> take quite a while to accept this change.

1238.83 -> Once that is done, though, you can double-check it

1240.96 -> by right-clicking on just one of the clips.

1242.86 -> You do not need to select all of them,

1243.84 -> just right-click on one.

1245.12 -> Interpret Footage, you can see that it has

1246.34 -> accepted this change.

1247.89 -> And now, I'm going to press Play.

1250.89 -> And that's gonna render out our

1252.24 -> proxy video clips here very quickly.

1254.17 -> I love how fast that is.

1255.32 -> I'm telling you, if everything was just

1256.56 -> proxy video quality size, things would be so quick.

1260.22 -> Unfortunately, it's not.

1261.3 -> With that now done, let's minimize Adobe Media Encoder.

1264.16 -> And let's go back over here to Premier.

1265.44 -> And I'm gonna press the Toggle Proxies button here.

1268.12 -> And you'll notice that it's not working.

1270.3 -> Because, occasionally, what can happen is that

1272.04 -> one of the proxy files will become detached.

1274.84 -> If I scrub over here, you'll see that this

1276.85 -> proxy file is active, but not the first one.

1279.42 -> If you ever have proxy files that are not

1280.89 -> connected properly, you can just right-click

1283.23 -> on the video file that matches up with the one

1285.74 -> that is not connected.

1287.23 -> Right-click, go to Proxy, Attach Proxies,

1290.72 -> and that's gonna open up the Attach Proxies dialog box.

1293.98 -> You'll click Attach, and that's gonna open up

1295.79 -> a media browser window here,

1297.2 -> and then you can select your proxy.

1299.52 -> It's looking for the proxy to C0104.

1301.43 -> Here's the C0104 proxy.

1303.35 -> Let's hit OK.

1304.26 -> And now, that proxy is attached to the video clip.

1307.54 -> So I can now scrub through it here,

1308.67 -> look how buttery smooth this is.

1310.59 -> And let's turn it off and on and see the proxy file

1313.46 -> and the native video file are now matched up perfectly

1315.82 -> between the two.

1317.05 -> And we're done.

1318.36 -> Congratulations.

1319.33 -> So yes, it can take a little while to

1320.8 -> initially create proxies, but once you have done it

1323.74 -> and you see how smooth it is to be editing a proxy

1326.02 -> versus editing a native 4K file, ooh!

1328.91 -> Totally worth it.

1329.743 -> I am a huge fan.

1330.71 -> And that's my entire proxy footage workflow.

1332.44 -> I hope it helps you out.

1333.55 -> In case you haven't yet, you can still download

1335.17 -> my proxy preset files down in the description

1337.29 -> of this video.

1338.16 -> And as always, if you have any questions or comments,

1340.25 -> please feel free to leave one below

1341.77 -> or get in touch with me through my website, whoismatt.com.

1344.12 -> It is also a massive, proxy footage-sized,

1346.98 -> well, no, not that, 'cause those are actually quite small.

1349.13 -> It is a native resolution footage-sized help to me

1352.68 -> if you would consider liking this video and subscribing

1355.33 -> if you wanna see more videos like this in the future.

1357.43 -> I also have a ton of links down in the description

1359.19 -> to my Instagram, to my Facebook,

1360.58 -> to sign up for consulting, all of that is down there

1362.76 -> in the description if you wanna check it out.

1364.36 -> Thank you so much for watching and have a great day.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b8VtZX62XA