PROXY FILES: How To Create Proxies, Attach Proxies and Proxy Presets in AdobeCC 2018

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How to make your own 4K Proxies IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PRESET


Programs: Using Adobe CC 2018 and Adobe Media Encoder

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is the settings for 4K footage sized 4096x2160

HAVE THE PRESET: IF YOU HAVE A PRESET ALREADY JUST RIGHT CLICK ENTIRE FOLDER OF FOOTAGE IN ADOBER PREMIERE CC AND HIT CREATE PROXIES AND USE BELOW PRESET - SHOULD BE CALLED BMPCC1024x540Proxy422INGEST



PROCESS TO CREATE PROXY PRESET!:


-Open Adobe Media Encoder and hit the + button and hit Create Encoding Preset

-Format is QUICKTIME

-Based on NEW PRESET

-Video Codec is Apple Prores 422 (proxy)

-Make it Aspect Ratio 1024x540

-Frame Rate hit the check box so it says “based on source”

-Field Order hit the check so it also says “based on source”

-Call it Projectname1024x540Proxy422Encoding

-Hit OKAY

-Right Click this new encoding you just made in the preset window and hit “CREATE INGEST PRESET”

-In this new window check the box that says Transcode files in destination (forget the rest)

-Make sure you hit the format drop down to be on Quicktime otherwise it doesn’t come up

-Under the PRESET drop down select your encoding preset you just made Select 1024x540 Preset

-Save it as Projectname1024x540Proxy422INGEST

-Hit OKAY


TO DOUBLE CHECK IF PRESET WAS DONE:


-Right click the new INGEST FILE in the preset window and and hit reveal preset file to see if it is there, etc. now move on


HOW TO CREATE PROXIES:


-Open your premiere CC edit and select the folder with all the footage - select the entire folder of footage and hover over PROXY right click hit CREATE PROXIES

-Format Quicktime

-Hit ADD INGEST preset

-Select the new Projectname1024x540Proxy422INGEST

-At the end, they will be THERE just right over the top of your footage - you would need to toggle proxies on/off to see if on they are faster to scrub through with and off - slower to scrub through with

-If you do want to double check that they were created, check your footage folder - you should see a brand new folder called proxies - open this and see if you have all the footage you need in that folder - the end!  READY to edit!!!



A great video that goes through this here:





HOW TO ATTACH PROXIES THAT ARE ALREADY MADE SOMEWHERE IN A FOLDER IF THEY WERE NOT MADE BY YOU:




Here is a simple how to for attaching proxy files to footage in Premiere Pro CC.
-Highlight every clip from the entire day of shooting
-Right click and hit PROXY > ATTACH PROXY
-Click on the first file lets call this "BLUECLIPA"
-Hit ATTACH in the bottom right corner
-On your hard drive go to your proxy folder - click on this
-In this window now, type in that first file name - remember we said that was "BLUECLIPA"
-Hit search and it will narrow everything down to 1 FILE on the hard drive
-Click on this 1 File (the only one it can be, really) and hit OK!
Remember in Premiere CC, the BLUE proxy symbol means PROXIES ON and WHITE means off
CC 2018 was the answer for getting 4K footage edited on my older MAC.

MORE INFO ON SPECIFIC 4K RESEARCH: