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

Ok, I see what you're saying, but I have no idea how a proxy got in there, I did no dragging/dropping/moving or adding, I only deleted 2 clips after previewing them, very odd.

So do you mean to go into sequence settings and change that to 3840x2160, save and then export?

First off, make a copy of your project right now, before changing anything. You can try changing that sequence to UHD, then select all and (right-click) set to frame size. See what you come up with. Or create a new sequence (close the original) and drop a proper clip on the timeline. Then copy all from the current sequence and paste into the new, then play with set to frame size, etc.

OK, so you don't know how that happened. It's something to keep an eye on as you learn more.