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Chapter 16: Video output
Exporting basics
About export
When you have finished editing, you can export the final sequence in the form best suited for your viewing audience.
You can use Adobe Premiere Pro to export a clip or sequence to any of the following media:
• Videotape
• DVD-video disks or files
• Movie files
• Sequential still-image files
• Single still-image files
• Audio-only files
Alternatively, you can export a data file that describes the project and enables you to recreate it either with related
media or by using another editing system. These export options include the following:
• Edit Decision List (EDL) files
• Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) files
Using the Project Manager feature, you can create a version of your project, called a trimmed project, that references
only the material essential to your sequences. Trimmed projects are saved under a unique name in the standard
Premiere Pro project file format (.prproj).
To facilitate a collaborative workflow, you can use the Clip Notes feature to share comments on a project in progress.
Clip Notes are embedded in a Portable Document (PDF) file.
Note: When exporting a clip or a sequence as a movie file, you can choose between two export methods: the Export
Movie command and the Export Adobe Media Encoder command. Which method is best depends on your output goals.
(See “Exporting video as a file” on page 378.)
Using video files in other applications
Adobe Premiere Pro exports to many formats that are readable by other applications. When preparing to export to
a video file for use in other video-editing or special-effects software, answer the following questions:
• Which file formats and compression methods does the other software import? This helps determine which format
you will use to export.
• Are you transferring across computer platforms? This may constrain the choice of file formats and compression
methods. Consider using high-quality, cross-platform codecs, such as QuickTime Motion JPEG A or B, or the
Animation codec.
• Are you superimposing the clips over other clips? If so, preserve alpha channel transparency by exporting a format
that supports 32-bit color depth (Millions of Colors +), such as Apple Animation, Apple None, or Uncompressed
Windows AVI.