Usually, you’d choose “Import” from the File menu, double-click empty space in the Project panel, or use the media browser.īy default, when we import footage, we’re creating a clip in the Project panel. But a proxy workflow is slightly different. Most of us know a few different ways to import footage into Premiere Pro. (back to the index) Understanding Ingest Settings
Now that we know how to toggle proxies on and off, let’s get started creating them. The buttons, keyboard shortcut, and preference are all linked, so setting it in one place sets it globally. You can also set a shortcut for Toggle Proxies in Keyboard Shortcuts, if you’d like, or alternatively, you can find the same setting in Preferences -> Media -> Enable proxies.
When it’s white, you’re looking at your full resolution media. When the button clicks blue, you’re viewing proxies in the Source and Program Monitors. Adding the Toggle Proxies button to Premiere Pro’s playback controls.Ĭlick and drag the icon in line with the other buttons in the transport control area. Hover over a button icon to reveal its name, or refer to the image below for the Toggle Proxies Button icon. This opens up a panel of buttons we can add to the transport control area of our monitors. In the bottom right of either the Source Monitor, Program Monitor, or both if you’d like, click the Button Editor (+). By default, it’s not mapped to the monitors or the keyboard, so let’s add it.
With one click, you can seamlessly switch back and forth between the proxy and full-res media.
The Toggle Proxies Button is your first step to a powerful Premiere Pro proxy workflow. So, how does proxy editing work? Let’s start by adding a simple button. Premiere Pro’s proxy workflow essentially combines the two, allowing you to effortlessly switch between offline and online. And the process of relinking the full-res media at the end of a project is called the online edit. The latter is a standard feature on many high-end cameras.Įditing with proxy media is commonly referred to as an offline edit. Either by transcoding raw media to an intermediate codec or by simultaneous in-camera recording. Proxies are lower-resolution copies of your media that are created in one of two ways.
Luckily for us, Premiere Pro makes proxies easy. (If Premiere Pro isn’t your first choice of NLE, we’ve got proxy guides for Avid and Final Cut, too!) Whether that includes a handoff to a mixer or colorist, or exporting a full quality output for a client.
They also allow you to edit seamlessly on laptops and portable drives, and provide a streamlined, no-relinking-necessary project delivery. They don’t just increase playback and editing speed without forcing you to sacrifice quality. A Premiere Pro proxy workflow provides the ultimate in flexibility.