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September 18, 2014
Question

Export a clip in exactly the same quality as the original

  • September 18, 2014
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I have just tried importing a DSLR H264 file in premiere and export it back

1. At the question if i would like to create the new sequence i choose using the clip's settings

This generated a correct sequence (regarding the frame size the pixel aspect ratio and the field order) but it set the preview settings in i mpeg / 50% quality, while the clip uses the quicktime H264 codec (let us say that this will be used in the editing procedure and can be altered at the export)

2. I immediately exported the clip from the sequence using the match sequence setting option (which uses the I mpeg codec)

3. I Linked then to AMA in the Avid facility we have, (both the original and the -so called same as sequence = same as clip export - (I used link to AMA so that i could prevent Avid from trnascoding any of the clips.

4. the results (using Avid's Color Scopes) are that there is a colour shift to the exported video from Premiere vs the original.

5. I retried using H264 as the export codec and disabling the Limit data rate and enabling any time cost setting

6. I tried many other possible solutions regarding the export codecs or the sequence settings and still having a different kind of shifting all the time

What is the official Adobe solution to import and export in a lossless way any material, or importing something in Premiere means you start shifting from original?

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cc_merchant
Inspiring
September 18, 2014

What is the official Adobe solution to import and export in a lossless way any material,

Use a lossless codec. Anything else entail losses.

Participant
September 18, 2014

can you please name me one (non image sequence based) losseles codec i should use?

Ann Bens
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 18, 2014

Dont use Match Sequence settings as the mpeg I frame only codec is a codec for previewing hence of lesser quality.

Premiere edits native means there is no qualityloss.

For export you can use a lossless code like Lagarith or UT.

The new yet to come update for CC 2014 has a new codec: Cineform (visually lossless)

But what is the final destination of your edit.