Resolution of ProRes Low/Medium/High Resolution Proxies

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October 11, 2020
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On Premiere Pro 14.4.0, right clicking a video file in the bin and selecting "Make Proxy" now shows "ProRes Low/Medium/High Resolution" but no longer shows the resolution of each as in earlier versions of Premiere. What is the resolution and bitrate of low, medium and high resolution?

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Correct answer sahink

ProRes High: 1536 x 790

ProRes Medium: 1280 x 720

ProRes Low: 1024 x 540

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R Neil Haugen

Legend

I'm with Byron on this. The options allow for users to choose what level of visual quality they want from the proxy, low, medium, or pretty much visually the same. Other than that, they're not of much use.

Of course, it's very easy to test that, and you could get the result faster than even asking here. Create one short proxy file with each preset, taking a couple minutes. Then drag/drop the files one by one onto the MediaInfo icon on your desktop, and go into that apps' "Tree"viewing format.

It will show you the bitrate of the file quickly and clearly.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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sahink

Participating Frequently

Why do you take time to post your useless reply? I will post the resolutions here once I find out.

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thepixelwhisperer

Participant

3 years later, I'm discovering this thread. I also have to voice my frustration at the "you don't need to know" camp. It's ridiclous to think that and even more ridiculous to post it. True, I won't be exporting the proxies, but I will be editing with them. Having this info is relevant when I edit music videos with 20 angles in a multicam, trying to figure a cumulative bitrate compared to specs on the machine I'm on. Or preparing a multicam project for another editor on a slower machine/hard drive. Or comparing proxies created in camera vs ones created in Premiere. Or making sure aspect ratios are all good. I mean, let's pretend for a minute that I don't NEED to know. I still want to know what's happening under the hood, and you should, too. An editor should have some idea of the resolution, aspect ratio, bitrate, codec of footage on the timeline. Period.

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Byron Cortez

Community Expert

Do you really need to know? This is an estimate of the quality offered by each of the Proxys options and the truth is that speaking of Proxys I would say that any of those options will work for you because in the end you will have to exchange with the original files to export in high quality.

Byron.