Skip to main content
Participant
July 23, 2025
Answered

importing footage from 3 different cameras using Premiere Pro CC 2015

  • July 23, 2025
  • 1 reply
  • 322 views

Using Premiere Pro CC 2015, I'm faced with footage from 3 camera's:
1) my Sony RX100: 1280x720, 25fps, mp4

2) A cell phone: 1920x1080, 30fps, mp4

3) another photo camera: 1920x1080, 25fps, mov

Can any of you please advise me how to go about importing these 3 formats (best sequence settings), and when I'm done editing which format to choose for the output file ?

Many thanks in advance,

Peter

Correct answer Sumeet_Kumar_Choubey

Hi Peter,

 

Welcome to the community! In Premiere Pro, you can combine media with different resolutions & frame rates within a single sequence. You can import all your files directly into Premiere Pro, as these formats as natively supported. You may create a sequence with a resolution of 1920x1080 at 25fps, matching the frame rate of most of your clips. For lower-resolution clips, such as 720p, you can right-click on them in the timeline & select Set to Frame Size to scale them up to match the sequence resolution. After editing, if you're exporting for social media or online sharing, we recommend using H.264 format with export settings of 1920x1080 resolution, 25fps, and a high bitrate for good quality.

Please note that both sequence and export settings should ideally be based on your final delivery platform, but these settings should be a good starting point. Hope it helps. Let us know if you have any questions.

 

Thanks,

Sumeet

1 reply

Sumeet_Kumar_ChoubeyCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
July 23, 2025

Hi Peter,

 

Welcome to the community! In Premiere Pro, you can combine media with different resolutions & frame rates within a single sequence. You can import all your files directly into Premiere Pro, as these formats as natively supported. You may create a sequence with a resolution of 1920x1080 at 25fps, matching the frame rate of most of your clips. For lower-resolution clips, such as 720p, you can right-click on them in the timeline & select Set to Frame Size to scale them up to match the sequence resolution. After editing, if you're exporting for social media or online sharing, we recommend using H.264 format with export settings of 1920x1080 resolution, 25fps, and a high bitrate for good quality.

Please note that both sequence and export settings should ideally be based on your final delivery platform, but these settings should be a good starting point. Hope it helps. Let us know if you have any questions.

 

Thanks,

Sumeet

Participant
July 23, 2025

Hello Sumeet, thank you very much for your quick response! Your advise is very helpful. 

 

Since I am presently only practising on a computer with little disk space I thought it would be wise to set the sequence resolution lower: at 1280x720. Am I right in expecting the preview files then to be (also) smaller  and taking  up less disk space, and the editing process speeding up since requiring less computing power?

Thanks again, Peter

Ishan Y
Inspiring
July 23, 2025

I recommend setting your Sequence frame size to the same size you wish to export in.

The Sequence preview resolution will depend on your Sequence Settings. To check your Sequence Settings, select your Sequence, go to the menu bar at the top, and select Sequence > Sequence Settings.

You'll see the Preview File Format, Codec, Width, and Height parameters under the Video Previews category.

The size of the preview files will depend on their codec and resolution.

A preview encoded in H.264 codec will generally have a smaller file size than intermediate codecs like GoPro Cineform and ProRes 422. I recommend using the ProRes 422 LT codec over H.264 since it offers better preview performance while generating smaller file sizes (compared to other ProRes codecs).