Import a premiere elements project, Importing libraries (windows only), Importing after effects compositions – Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 User Manual
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USING ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS4
Capturing, digitizing, transferring, and importing
Last updated 11/6/2011
Importing a project into another project is the only way to transfer its complete sequence and clip information.
Also, you can open projects made with Premiere Pro for Windows, including any contents that may have been
imported from earlier versions, in Premiere Pro for Mac OS.
Note: In earlier versions of Adobe Premiere, storyboards were stored in files independent of project files. Premiere Pro
contains all storyboard features within the Project panel. On Windows, you can import storyboard files created in earlier
versions by choosing File > Import.
Import selected sequences from Premiere Pro projects
You can import one or more sequences of your choosing from another Premiere Pro project.
1
Select File > Import, and browse to the project file containing the desired sequence or sequences, and select them.
2
Click Open.
3
In the Import Project dialog box, choose whether to import the entire project or selected sequences, and click OK.
4
In the Import Premiere Pro Sequence dialog box, select each sequence you want to import, and click OK.
Import a Premiere Elements project
1
Select File > Open Project.
2
Browse to a Premiere Elements project file, with file extension PREL.
3
Click Open.
Premiere Pro converts the Premiere Elements project file to a Premiere Pro project file.
Importing libraries (Windows only)
Adobe Premiere 6.5 supports containers called libraries, which store clips from one or several projects in files. A library
(PLB) is a file apart from any project file. Although Premiere Pro doesn’t directly support libraries, it allows you to
import PLB library files, in Windows only. A library converts to a bin when you import it into a Premiere Pro project.
To store a set of clips to make them available for other projects, simply save a project that contains the clips, and import
that project into other projects.
Importing After Effects compositions
You can import After Effects compositions like any other supported file type by using the File > Import command.
You can export a Premiere Pro project file from After Effects and open it for editing in Premiere Pro. You can also
copy and paste layers and assets between Premiere Pro and After Effects. If you have Adobe Creative Suite Production
Premium, or Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection installed, you can create or import After Effects compositions by
using Adobe Dynamic Link. You can also select clips in a Premiere Pro timeline and replace them with an After Effects
composition via Adobe Dynamic Link. Adobe Dynamic Link allows changes made to a file in either application to
appear in both, instantaneously, without a need for rendering.
To move an After Effects project from another computer to the one on which you are running Premiere Pro, make sure
to move all the files associated with the After Effects project.
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