Adobe Premiere Pro - .aaf Audio and QuickTime Export for ProTools Mix

This wiki doc will explain how to prepare and export your "PICTURE LOCKED!!" timeline for use in a ProTools Project.

Open your Final Premiere Pro Project and select your final Picture Locked Timeline.

Download these two files Countdown and Universal Tail Leader	Countdown - ProRes.mov Universal Tail Leader.mov
Duplicate your Timeline that you will be prepping for export to ProTools Select the timeline>Right Click it and choose > Duplicate
Rename the copy of the timeline so you can easily identify it.
Click on the Media Browser Tab Navigate to the Countdown and Universal Tail Leader files that were downloaded In this instance they are in Macintosh HD>Users>(your user account)>Downloads>
Shift click the two files and choose to Import them into your project
Double click the Countdown - ProRes.mov file to load it into the source monitor
Mark the entire clip. Click in the source window and hit "X" or Go to the head of the clip and mark an inpoint and go to the end of the clip and mark and outpoint. The duration should be 8:00 seconds
Place the timline indicator at the head of the timeline
Make sure there are not any other in our out points in the timeline. Right click on the timeline on the ruler and choose Clear In and Out
On the source side click the Insert icon or the "comma" key on the keyboard to insert the Countdown and 2 Pop at the head of the timeline
Select the timeline to modify in the "Timeline" window click on the 3 dashed lines next to the name
Choose "Start Time"
type in 59:52:00 and select OK you don't have to type in the decimals they will be added automatically Click OK
Notice that now the timeline start time is 59:52:00
Make sure that first picture starts at 1:00:00:00
Next load the Universal Tail Leader from the Media Browser
Mark the entire clip. Go to the head of the clip and mark an inpoint and go to the end of the clip and mark and outpoint. The duration should be 8:00 seconds
Put the timeline indicator at the end of the timeline
Make sure there are not any other in our out points in the timeline. Right click on the timeline on the ruler and choose Clear In and Out
Click the Overwrite or "period" shortcut key on the keyboard to place the tail leader at the end of the timeline.
Next Select the Timeline Window>go to File>Export>AAF
Check the Box Enable Sample rate 48 and 24 Bits Choose to Embed Audio Change the Format to Broadcast Wave Render - Trim Audio Files Handles 196 Frame Click OK
Choose a place to save the file. Click Save
Next Export the QuickTime "Chase" Movie Right click the timeline you want to export
Choose Export Media Or
Go to >File>Export>Media
Choose Format QuickTime
Preset Settings won't work we will have to make a custom setting. But in the meantime choose GoPro whatever so we can modify it
Click on the Video tab and choose the Video Codec as a DNxHR/DNxHD
Click on "Video Tab" Video Codec should be set to Avid DNxHR/DNxHD Resolution 1080p DNxHD LB 8-bit If you don't have this choice from the drop down then you need to download the codecs from here and install them. Close Adobe Premiere before you install. Then Re-Open Premiere Windows DNxHD Codec Mac DNxHD Codec
Go to Video>Basic Video Settings Uncheck all boxes on the side to access the settings individually. Change to 1920 x 1080 23.976 Field Order - Progressive Aspect - Square Pixels Make sure to leave HDR Graphics White unchecked
Click on Output Name - and choose where you want to save the file.
Navigate to your hard drive and title the file Click Save
Check to make sure that the Source Range is set to Entire Sequence
Last step is to Click Export to begin exporting the file.
If you got errors exporting an .aaf then you should use this .omf wiki	Adobe Premiere Pro - .omf Audio and QuickTime Export for ProTools Mix