19 Importing Premiere Pro Projects into After Effects


#19 Importing Premiere Pro Projects into After Effects

Sometimes you want to import a Premiere Pro project or sequence into After Effects for final tweaking and output. Here's how to do it.

Overcoming Interapplication Incompatibilities

Only the effects shared by After Effects and Premiere Pro will import with the project. If such critical incompatibilities affect your project, the most straightforward option is render a DVAVI file, import that into After Effects, and re-render to your final target output. Alternatively, you could start by applying the After Effects filter to your target clip, saving it as an After Effects project, and importing and editing it via Dynamic Link. This would make the project slightly more complex, but would likely save at least one rendering generation.


1.

To start, choose File > Import > Project then navigate to and select the Premiere Pro project file. After Effects will open the dialog box shown in Figure 19a; choose the desired option and click OK.

Figure 19a. When you import a Premiere Pro project into After Effects, you can choose all or any sequence.


2.

Once imported into After Effects, you can open any Premiere Pro sequence as a composition by double-clicking the sequence in the Project panel (Figure 19b). As you can see, the After Effects timeline presents an individual layer for all project content, very much like Photoshop.

Figure 19b. This timeline will be quite a shock if you're used to Premiere Pro, but will make tons of sense if you're a heavy Photoshop user.


Applying an Effect to Multiple Layers

You can apply an effect to multiple layers in After Effects by clicking Ctrl+A to select all layers, then dragging the target effect onto any layer. Changes made to the Effects panel flow through to all layers until you deselect them by clicking Ctrl+Shift+A.


3.

To ensure that changes made to the Premiere Pro project in After Effects flow back to the original project, save the After Effects project and import it back into Premiere Pro via Dynamic Link (see #20). (You might consider doing the same for rendering, since the rendering options in Premiere Pro are much easier to use than the options in After Effects.)




Adobe Digital Video How-Tos. 100 Essential Techniques with Adobe Production Studio
Adobe Digital Video How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques with Adobe Production Studio
ISBN: 0321473817
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 148
Authors: Jan Ozer

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