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Alec Balas
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May 24, 2017
Question

Create Proxies with Merged Clips or Multicam clips

  • May 24, 2017
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I can't seem to figure it out. I love the proxy workflow in premiere pro but I don't get to use it on projects shot with separate audio.

I am syncing all my media within a premiere timeline, then merge the clips to a new bin. On films I will make a scene folder and the new merged clips will be named that scene and whichever take it is. i.e. 34B_T01 and so on. But I am not able to create proxies with these merged clips pr when I use the multicam sync method.

How can I edit with proxies when I need to sync the audio in premiere? I don't want to edit from my sync map. Am I missing something?

Thank you in advance,

Alec

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ivom44737016
Participant
April 20, 2019

I'm working on a project where I made Multi-Camera Source Sequence and Merged Clips based on the original files with attached proxies. I only ran into the exact same problem with the merged clips. The Multi-Camera works great with the proxies.

So I suggest that instead of making merged clips you make Multi-Camera. Even though it only has one camera, you can still make the Multi-Camera to link the footage with production audio.

Ivo M.

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ivom44737016
Participant
April 20, 2019

I'm working on a project where I made Multi-Camera Source Sequence and Merged Clips based on the original files with attached proxies. I only ran into the exact same problem with the merged clips. The Multi-Camera works great with the proxies.

So I suggest that instead of making merged clips you make Multi-Camera. Even though it only has one camera, you can still make the Multi-Camera to link the footage with production audio.

Ivo M.

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excited_Genie16B8
Legend
September 3, 2017

You can't use the native Proxy process with dual-system projects.  You can transcode the original assets into Cineform files before import.  At the same resolution, the tanscodes will offer full quality throughout and still offer improved performance.

Nokturnnia
Nokturnnia
Known Participant
September 3, 2017

For multicam, you just chose proxy for the original clips, not the merged multicam, and the multicam will relink automatically.

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Locemania
Participating Frequently
September 26, 2017

As far as I know, this is also the method that Adobe recommends for Hollywood productions. Using multicamera clips instead of merged ones allows you to use proxies and also gives you a better control over your audio channels.

With merged clips, you can create proxies manually:

1. Open your source (video) files in Media Encoder

2. Export proxies to separate folder and make sure that all files are named similar to original files.

3. Make all merged clips offline.

4. Relink your merged clips to proxies you've just created.

Merged clips are always linking to at least two different files, so you also have to relink your audio files.

I haven't use this method with latest versions of Premiere by myself, so I would recommend you to try this with single clip first.

It's been a long time since this thread was created, but I hope this answer helps Alec Balas​.

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