Using an AE effect in Premiere on a clip that is already an AE comp?

[Guy Burns]

I think I've worked myself into a corner here.

I have some old 8mm films. I opened them in AE, did some adjustments to each one, and imported them whole into Premiere. Then I razored the films into numerous small clips in Premiere and applied various corrections to each razored clip.

However, one correction I want to apply is Hue/Saturation, similar to what I do in PS. I want to desaturate just the reds. Premiere does not have such a tool, but I've just found out that AE does.

So I clicked on one of the razored clips inside Premiere (which came from an AE comp via Dynamic Link) with the idea of editing it in AE using Hue/Saturation. I selected Replace with AE Composition – and nothing happens. It appears I can't replace an AE clip with a new AE clip. Fair enough.

So I tried importing the entire Premiere sequence into AE using Dynamic Link and editing that way. No, AE won't allow me to convert the asset to a composition because the asset came from an AE comp that was dynamic linked to Premiere – if that is the correct terminology.

So, is there any way I can use AE's Hue/Saturation effect, inside Premiere, on a short razored clip on a Premiere timeline, a razored clip that originally came from a film that was edited in AE?

[Roland Kahlenberg]

AE and PPro work seamlessly with Lumetri Color. What this means is that clips with Lumetri Color applied, can be copied and pasted into the other app and you will be able to have access to Lumetri Color - keep this in mind for future workflows.

On your current issue, use Lumetri Color, in PPro, to desaturate just the Red Channel. Specifically, use Curves in Lumetric Color by selecting/clicking on the Red dot and adjusting the curve - sorta like the image below.

[Guy Burns]

Thanks for the suggestions. I forgot to say in my post that I'm running CS6, so no Lumetri.

I think I might bite the bullet, go back into AE, apply Hue/Saturation of -30% to the red channel, and then jump into Premiere and colour-correct the separate clips.

[Roland Kahlenberg]

And I should have been more accurate, in my earlier post, by stating that the Lumetri Color effect (and its changes) transfer over to AE, via regular copy-paste; from PPro to AE. However, the obverse if not true - any changes you make to props in Lumetri Color in AE, do not transfer over when you copy-paste, from AE to PPro.

On your issue, there must be a Color-related effect in PPro CS6 that allows you to reduce the intensity of the Red Channel. If you're not certain, perhaps you should take a screen grab of the related effects to post it over here - someone may be able to point out a viable effect to use.