Editing 4K Video in a 1080p Timeline, then exporting as 4K Video

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January 19, 2020
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I am wondering if there is a difference here. I have a mix of 1080p footage and 4K footage. Is it better to:

1. edit everything in a 1080p timeline and then when in export settings, set export to 4K (4K footage at 50% scale and 1080p footage at 100% scale)?

OR

2. edit everything in a 4K timeline and then when in export settings, set export to 4K (4K footage at 100% scale and 1080p footage at 200% scale)?

Basically what I am wondering is if Premiere Pro is smart enough to recognize the 4K footage in the 1080p timeline and not "upscale" it when exporting a 1080p timeline to 4K.

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salvo34

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https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/when-shooting-in-4k-and-editing-in-1080p-timeline-what-should-i-export/td-p/9196531

that thread is on right side of browser in this forum under 'RELATED CONVERSATIONS'.

pay attention to meg the dog answer, please.

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DeanUtian

Community Expert

My suggestion is option 2. If you want to export to 4K, then set your timeline to that. If you only had 1080p footage, then I'd say you could have a 1080p timeline.

The 2 options may result in similar quality outputs. Premiere is smart when exporting and scaling. I you had an image or video clip scaled down in the timeline, then scaled up in export so it goes back to its orginal size, Premiere would be using the orginal file (and so dimension size) in the export. In other words, it is not reducing the size and quality when it is scaled down on the timeline.

Hope that is clear.

Ann Bens

Community Expert

Framesize is the same but not quality when upscaled back to 4K.

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