Multicam proxies

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February 9, 2025
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just a quick question as I am new to Using proxies in my workflow. Doing a 4 camera edit with 4k footage (UHD) and was curious if I need to do the Multicam sync before creating the proxies or after? Possibly makes no difference but curious if there is a correct workflow?

I also see that sometimes in YouTube videos I see the proxies toggle button is blue when on? My tests do not have this so wondering if that has to enabled or I am doing something wrong when I did my test project?

thanks in advance

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AidanEdits

Inspiring

You can make proxies at any point in the process as long as they are made corrrectly. However, anytime your files require some type of conversion in order to edit them (proxies, transcoding) I would always recommend getting it done before you start working with them in any sequence, Multicam or otherwise. You won't inherently run into problems if you do it after, but if there are problems, it is easier to manage them before they're in the timeline. File related issues during the cutting process is a killer of not just your productivity but also your creativity. So do whatever you can beforehand to help your cutting process later on.

As for your second question, do you mean you are not seeing a proxy label on your test proxies after enabling proxies in the program or source monitor? If so, you need to set a Watermark, which is in the Create Proxies options that pops up before Premiere sends everything to Media Encoder.

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Runamok_USAAuthor

Known Participant

Thank you, I am creating the proxies first and will use that workflow. On the second question I have the watermark turned on and it appears all is good when I toggle between proxies and not using them. I just saw many videos where the toggle button was blue when active (see attached)mine is just grey like normal and a line though the icon when off. Was just curious if this changed or something?

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AidanEdits

Inspiring

Ahh my apologies for misunderstanding.

The blue buttons are from an older version of Premiere. They've recently made some changes to the appearance, one of them being the implementation of a light and dark grey theme, so there are no more blue highlights or button colours.