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.
Step 1 - Add the 2 Pops Countdown and Tail LeaderDownload these two files Countdown and Universal Tail Leader | |
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. 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 | |
Once the countdown has been inserted into the timeline Right click the clip and choose Fill Frame |
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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. | |
Step 2 - Add Burn In Overlay to the Timeline - | See this wiki on how to add the Burn In to the Timeline |
Step 3 - Export the QuickTime |
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Next Export the QuickTime "Chase" Movie
Right click the timeline you want to export | |
Choose Export Media
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Go to >File>Export>Media | |
File Name - Name the file
Format Choose QuickTime
Video Codec Apple ProRes 422 Proxy
(These settings should be adjustable if you un tick the boxes)
Frame Size - Full HD (1920 x 1080)
Frame Rate 23.976 | |
Choose to Export Audio Sample Rate 48 Hz 24 bit Sample Rate
Click on More to see the Audio Channel Configuration Choose Stereo 1-2 |
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Click on Location of the file - and choose where you want to save the file. |
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Navigate to your hard drive and title the file
Click Save | |
Check to make sure that the Source Range is set to Entire Source |
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Last step is to Click Export to begin exporting the file. |
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Step 4 - Remove Video Tracks From Timeline-The .aaf should only has audio tracks to work more consistently importing into ProTools
Make sure you are working with a duplicate of your timeline
Duplicate your Timeline that you will be prepping for export to ProTools
Select the timeline>Right Click it and choose > Duplicate
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Name the duplicated timeline Copy No Video (example) |
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Double click the No Video timeline to load into the timeline window |
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Next >Lock all your audio tracks so they don’t get messed up Click the lock icon next to each track that has audio in it |
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Select all the Video clips in the timeline "click on command a"
all Video track clips will be selected and delete them Click on the "Delete" key this will remove all of the video clips from the timeline |
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Next Select >Sequence >Delete Tracks |
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Choose Delete Video Tracks >Choose All Empty Tracks
click OK | |
Step 4 - Export the .AAF for audio |
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Next Select the Timeline Window>go to File>Export>AAF
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Check the Box Enable Render - Trim Audio Files
Handles 196 Frame
Click OK | |
Choose a place to save the file. | |
Step 4 - Export the QuickTime |
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Next Export the QuickTime "Chase" Movie
Right click the timeline you want to export | |
Choose Export Media
Or | |
Go to >File>Export>Media | |
File Name - Name the file
Format Choose QuickTime
(These settings should be adjustable if you un tick the boxes)
Frame Size - Full HD (1920 x 1080)
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Choose to Export Audio Sample Rate 48 Hz 24 bit Sample Rate
Click on More to see the Audio Channel Configuration Choose Stereo 1-2 |
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Click on Location of the file - and choose where you want to save the file. |
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Navigate to your hard drive and title the file
Click Save | |
Check to make sure that the Source Range is set to Entire Source |
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Last step is to Click Export to begin exporting the file. |
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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 |