Premiere Pro Guru: Transcoding Workflows

Course details

Adobe Premiere Pro made waves when it started supporting native editing of compressed and raw file formats. It's usually the best decision to edit natively. However, there are still advantages of transcoding or changing the format of the video to facilitate the editing process. Do you know your choices if you do choose a transcoded workflow? Premiere Pro Guru: Transcoding Workflows explores all the relevant tools and techniques to help you decide when and how to transcode. Post-production pro Jason Osder helps you understand the pros and cons of transcoding, and introduces different transcoding workflows for Premiere Pro, Adobe Media Encoder, and Prelude: transcoding at the very beginning, in the middle while you're working, or at the end during output.

Learning objectives
Different kinds of transcoded workflows
Codecs and formats for shooting
Important definitions: log, raw, and more
Using Premiere, Media Encoder, and Prelude for transcoding
Creating transcoded presets
Transcoding subclips
Rendering and replacing clips
Transcoding at the end of an edit
Skills covered

Concepts

Getting Started

Welcome
How to get the most from this course
Using the exercise files

Understanding Transcoded Workflows

Native vs. transcoded editing in Premiere Pro
Codecs and formats for shooting
Log
Raw
Codecs and formats for editing
Limitations of native workflows
Pros and cons of transcoded workflows
Factors that go into choosing a workflow
Doing a basic transcoded workflow

Transcoding before You Edit

Using Prelude to transcode footage before you edit
Understanding Adobe Media Encoder in the transcoding process
Essential transcoding settings
Creating a preset for transcoding
Working with highly compressed sources
Working with uncompressed sources
Applying first-pass color correction with a LUT

Transcoding While You Edit

Benefits and possibilities of transcoding while you edit
Examining your sequence at full quality
Sequence settings
Subclip transcoding
Exchanging managed sequence or media with other video professionals
Render and replace

Transcoding at the End of the Edit

Benefits and possibilities of transcoding at the end of your edit
Adjusting pixels and frame sizes
Implementing watched folders for output
Archiving projects

Conclusion

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