Replacing clip with another sequence

[patmiller75]

Hey everyone, got a question that I can't find on a quick google search. I've been using Premiere for 10+ years and am aware of some offline editing techniques and how to replace clips, etc. But I can't figure this one out. Here it is:

I have a ton of 4k 60fps clips from my GoPro black from a recent trip. My computer is a little older, so editing 4k 60fps is not ideal. My plan was to downconvert it to 1080 60fps, edit it, then upconvert it when done. I want to preserve the original files as much as possible for the best quality. That is, I don't want to re-render the footage more than necessary.

Here is what I'm trying:

I placed all the raw GoPro 4k 60fps footage into a sequence, totalling about 1 hour. I exported the whole sequence to a 1080 60fps file. I then re-imported that file into premiere. It edits very smoothly. But now my problem is replacing the footage. The normal "replace footage" option won't work, because I'm working with a 1 hour file, and all the raw 4k clips are like 1 min each. I want to basically do a "replace footage" when complete, but choose the 4k sequence with all the clips. I've tried nesting it and replacing with clip from bin, but the timing is all off. Any ideas? Thanks

[R Neil Haugen]

I would do it the far easier way ... select all the clips in the bin, right-click 'create proxies'.

Use the Cineform small-frame-size proxy preset. Works great, edits beautifully. And if you've a bunch to make, have MediaEncoder be working on it overnight. Don't sit there for that kind of thing.

In the menu controls options for the Program monitor, found by clicking the + icon on the right side of the Program monitor, drag/drop the Toggle Proxies icon into the control block. When clicked and blue, you're using proxies. When gray, original media. And it always exports from original media.

Neil

[patmiller75]

Great, thank you! I will do that!

[Louis_Kleva Brands]

If you're not too far into the edit (but by the sounds of thinsg you might be?) I would suggest making proxies of the 4k footage, and using that to edit with. 

Then enabling the raw when you want to export. 

There are some great tutorials on how to make proxies, and how to use them. I found in the past this video was a good way to get started... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b8VtZX62XA

This obviously would depend on your storage capacity but if the problem is the computer being able to handle the load, this seems like an option. 

Sorry i dont have any other ideas for you. 

[patmiller75]

I haven't even started the edit so this will work, thanks!