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Giddy_project5526
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May 15, 2025
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Frame holds not included in timeline exports?

  • May 15, 2025
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Frame holds on a Premiere timeline don't get included when exporting a timeline.

 

When I do the following simple steps:

  • Put one video clip (any clip) on a blank timeline
  • Go to the middle of it and click "Insert Frame Hold Segment", so there are now three clips on the timeline
  • Export a Final Cut XML file of the timeline, via the File -> Export menu
  • Re-import the XML file by dragging it back into the project

 

The frame hold has disappeared. I see no evidence in the XML file that the frame hold effect was included in the XML.

 

I get the same result when round-tripping using AAF as well. I also tried OTIO format using the latest Premiere Beta.

 

Even exporting as an EDL gives no indication in the output that the middle clip is meant to be a hold.

 

Is there any file export that Premiere can export to, where frame hold data is included?

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    jamieclarke
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    jamieclarkeCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    May 19, 2025

    Hi @Giddy_project5526 - You are correct there are no file outputs that include frame hold information.  However, I would expect that using the Metadata & Timecode Burn-in effect to add an timecode overlay to your footage would at least give you a visual reference which it does not so I am going to file that as a bug report.

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    Giddy_project5526Author
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    May 20, 2025
    Thank you.

    Is there an issue ID or link that can be used to track that feature request, or is that not public information?

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    jamieclarke
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    jamieclarkeCommunity Manager
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    May 19, 2025

    Hi @Giddy_project5526 - You’re correct, Frame Hold is not exported as metadata in XML files. I’ll go ahead and move your post to the Ideas forum as a feature request.

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    Giddy_project5526Author
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    May 19, 2025

    Thanks. Can you confirm whether any of the file outputs currently available in Premiere include the frame hold information? As far as I can see, AAF, OTIO and EDL do not.

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