Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 - Manual (Page 465)

459 USING ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS4
Exporting
Last updated 11/6/2011
• AAF files exported from Premiere Pro and imported into Avid Media Composer do not automatically relink to the
source footage. To relink the footage, use the Batch Import option in Avid Media Composer.
Export a project as an AAF file
1 Choose Project > Export Project As AAF.
2 If prompted to save your project, click Continue to save it and proceed with the export.
3 Specify a name and location for the saved file, and click Save.
4 In the AAF Export Settings dialog box, check any option desired, and click OK.
About the AAF plug-in
The AAF Export plug-in converts Premiere Pro projects as follows:
Cuts-only mono/stereo audio and video The plug-in fully supports these elements of a project. The plug-in does not
convert audio pan, gain, and level changes, and 5.1 audio. Stereo audio channels are separated into two tracks in the
Avid Media Composer sequence.
Clip speed The plug-in converts video clip speed changes (slow, fast, reverse playback) to Avid Media Composer’
Motion Effect, which is the only supported effect. Clip speed applied to nested sequences is also converted. Avid Media
Composer does not have an equivalent to Motion Effect for audio. If the speed change makes the audio clip longer than
the source media, the plug-in stretches the audio clip to the same length as the rest of the source media. The plug-in
begins at the StartTime, and places filler in the gap. You can fix these portions of the sequence manually in the Avid
editing system.
Batch captured or redigitized files The plug-in retains the tape name specified in the AAF file. Use the Batch Record
capability in Avid Media Composer to recapture the media from tape.
Footage of varying dimensions The plug-in exports the project at its full resolution. However, importing scales all
footage according to the resolution specified in the Avid project.
Nested sequences The plug-in builds the master composition from the nested sequences recursively (because Avid
Media Composer does not support linking to the nested sequences). Therefore, in the AAF file, there’s no linking
between the master composition and the nested sequences.
Titles The plug-in converts titles to offline media in Avid Media Composer.
Bin hierarchy Avid Media Composer places all items into a single bin. Projects with multiple bins convert into one bin.
Graphic files The plug-in saves a reference to all original files, but compatibility in Avid Media Composer is limited
to the formats that it supports. (See the Avid Media Composer documentation for information on supported graphic
file formats.)
Project elements The plug-in converts synthetic clips, such as Bars and Tone, Black Video, Color Matte, and
Universal Counting Leader to offline media in XDV.
Sequence and clip markers The plug-in converts all sequence markers, except the sequence In and Out markers, to
locators on the timecode (TC1) track in Avid Media Composer. The Chapter, URL, and Frame Target fields are not
converted because Avid Media Composer has no equivalents. The plug-in converts clip markers to segment markers
in Avid Media Composer.
Note: The AAF Export plug-in ignores markers located beyond the end of the sequence.
Current-time indicator position In the exported file, the current-time indicator retains its original position if it is
within the duration of the sequence. Otherwise, the plug-in places the current-time indicator at the end of the Avid
Media Composer sequence.