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Inspiring
May 21, 2025
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from nested to one sequence?

  • May 21, 2025
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Deep in a Premiere project and I have been using nested sequences quite a bit.

 

But I’m told that in order to mix it with Audition as well as export to Davinci (for color work), I need everything to be on one timeline.

 

I don’t want to picture lock to achieve this.

Wow, I’ve made really wise and good use of nesting.  Now I need to undo it?  It’s daunting as I look at my work.

Am I missing something?  Thank you.

Correct answer R Neil Haugen

I work for/with/teach pro colorists, and that includes a lot of time in Resolve, and Premiere/Resolve worklow discussions. For going to Resolve you might need to make some changes, but ... you can't re-jigger the work in Resolve after bringing it back to Premiere.

 

So ... "picture lock" isn't as normal a thing as it used to be, but it sorta is in any practical sense. As if you make a change in your timeline, after getting color back, you quite often do have to send those changes to Resolve anyway.

 

But the most practical advice is simply to test every step you might think of using.

 

So ... duplicate the sequence, or maybe just a short segment of it. 

 

Then export as you were expecting. 

 

Then maybe try "flattening" the sequence, and export.

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R Neil Haugen
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Legend
May 21, 2025

I work for/with/teach pro colorists, and that includes a lot of time in Resolve, and Premiere/Resolve worklow discussions. For going to Resolve you might need to make some changes, but ... you can't re-jigger the work in Resolve after bringing it back to Premiere.

 

So ... "picture lock" isn't as normal a thing as it used to be, but it sorta is in any practical sense. As if you make a change in your timeline, after getting color back, you quite often do have to send those changes to Resolve anyway.

 

But the most practical advice is simply to test every step you might think of using.

 

So ... duplicate the sequence, or maybe just a short segment of it. 

 

Then export as you were expecting. 

 

Then maybe try "flattening" the sequence, and export.

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
Inspiring
May 21, 2025

Thank you.

I thought I was following best practices when nesting helped me keep things quite tidy, but I would have never used the feature if I knew I was digging such a deep hole - particularly that I've nested sequences in other sequences.

 

You're right.  Do little tests and learn step by step.  

R Neil Haugen
Legend
May 21, 2025

Nesting is heavily used across nearly all professional workflows.

 

Many episodic and long form projets are totally built around nesting, where every bit of the final sequence is a nest, added from another, short sequence segment.

 

So it shouldn't have any deleterious effect on your final output, but can have affects on the final steps. Not "worse", just at times, different options are used.

 

But again, nesting itself is a massive pro helper.

Everyone's mileage always varies ...