Proxy Workflow within Sequence

[Danial5EFD]

Proxy Workflow within Sequence

Starting a project, I usually create proxies first so that I can speed through an edit.  But sometimes I've forgotten to make proxies before starting to edit.  Then I'm in a place where I have an initial edit to iterate on, and I want to go fast (and often match frame) but I don't want to make proxies of every file of imported footage.  I like the idea of creating proxies of the fewer files I've selected my clips from, rather than the entire pool of imported footage.

Right now, my workaround is to label the clips in my sequence all a particular color, then create a search bin for that particular color label, and then create proxies from that.

I would love to be able to create proxies from directly within the sequence panel, maybe as an option when I right-click clips.

Here is a forum post from user Jeena22389650a1ho highlighting the problem: Solved: is there anyway to see a list view of all clips th... - Adobe Product Community - 14368688 

[R Neil Haugen]

Within a sequence, you can of course render previews to your preferred format/codec. Would that work for you?

[Danial5EFD]

Thank you, I like that.  I've used render and replace only to speed up playback on single, effects-heavy clips.  I could incorporate that into a workflow, yes.  That could be fast, especially if I need to preview an edit for the pacing alone, without effects.  Alternatively, I suppose I could order files in the project pane by "usage" and make proxies from the most used files across multiple bins - but that seems slower.

If it were easy to add access to proxy creation in the clip menu or the context menu, I would use it so often. Maybe just me, though😁

Reading back my original post, I can see I didn't accurately explain my problem.

What I really mean is that sometimes I get to the middle of editing with my selects and want proxies of only those files.