Exporting: Why does my source say Proxy? Should it not me the actual source video?

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May 29, 2021
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Also it says the source is 1024x540 when the source clips are 4K 3840x2160, 60FPS, 104874kbps.

How do I correct this? This is my 2nd real estate video and I did not have this issue the first time.

My workflow on this one was I imported all the original clips into PP and then created proxies.

Looking at my timeline right now none of the clips say proxy, though strangely in the project window, out of 49 clips, 2 of them are proxies?

I'm so confused, but I need to export this now and upload it.
It is saying it is going to export at 3840x2160, 60FPS but I don't want the source file to be a 1024x540 proxy.

I searched for a solution before posting and nothing.

Help is greatly appreciated!

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MyerPj

Community Expert

Check the Sequence Settings. What does that say?

It sounds like you did it correctly, the 'proxy' files should NOT be listed in the project. Perhaps the 2 got dropped into the proj unknowingly.

Your proxies are the wrong size though... Use 720p for that footage. I use Cineform for the proxies, ProRes is good also. Your aspect ratio is incorret for the proxies, if you want '540' the width should be 960, having it your way will give you black bars when using them. There is a 'use proxies' checkbox on the Export Settings dialog, make sure that is not checked.

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TarzanofmarsAuthor

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Use Proxies is not checked, I went ahead and exported just to see how it turned out and it is not the quality of the first video I did.

I did not edit anything when I created proxies, this is what PP did by default. When I click 'Match Source' in Basic Video settings it sets it as 1024x540, clearly not the source video. I used 'Maximum Render Quality and Frame Sampling, other than that I've not changed anything.

I exported it to the 4k Vimeo settings and it does not look good.

I just opened sequence settings for first time, it's saying 1024x540, I never set anything in there, It also says square pixels, but the source should be 16:9 correct for 4K?

I did have to set clip size to match frame to be able to edit the video because it was zoomed in by default, but this should not change the video should it?

MyerPj

Community Expert

Yes, it would change the result.

I work in HD 1920/1080, so that is how I set my sequences. Perhaps you dropped in one of those proxy files in your project. The first clip you drop one an empty timeline creates a sequence with the settings of that clip. So, it must have gotten set that way. You can create a 1080p (or a UHD) sequence on it's own, and then play with it using set to frame size, etc and see what you come up with in order not to have to re-edit.