Why importing a project is key in Adobe Premiere Pro
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.พ. 2025
- Many times you find yourself having to import something from a previous project and if you only know how to do this by importing the whole thing then deleting what you don't want, then you 'll be happy to know that you can just as easily pick the clips, titles and sequences you really need.
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Colin, I just re-watched this again, and this is gold! This will save me so much time. Thank you for making this video.
I'm so happy you found it useful. I use this technique on every show I edit.
Absolute Gold! Create a project file that has your bumpers, animations, credits, 3rds, etc, then import them to other projects as needed.
Absolutely. I'm glad you liked it.
So glad that your video came up! Allready thought that my two hour work was useless and i'll have to redo it. Such a relief using Media Browser.
Yay. Glad you hear it.
You literally just saved my life from being incredibly painful! Thank you very much!
That's wonderful to hear!
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*Exactly what I needed!*
ALSO thanks for making the title as it is - because I wanted to learn why is it important to import -(not how to import)-
You're welcome.
after all these years of editing i never knew that existed... thanks for the tip!
i have been using zip files for storing templates, then unzip, copy & rename just to make sure i don't overwrite it, but this is smoother :)
You're very welcome!
Very useful information indeed...saves my time to re-create something I made before. Thank you.
I'm glad you found it useful.
Hi! Thank you sooooo much!!!! You cannot imagine but you just saved a life!! was already thinking that all my efforts of more than six months were in wain, coz i did a mistake in the very beginning with editing all the sequences in different projects. God bless you!
That's wonderful. Glad you liked it.
Great video, Colin. That's helped a lot. Well presented and very clear. Great work, thanks.
You're welcome. I use this tip to start every one of my shows by importing in my template project.
I'm switching from Final Cut, so I'll be doing the same in future, but I needed it for a piece of work just now and I've imported, using the way you've shown, from two separate project files (for the audio in one and video in another) and Frankenstein'd them both together. It worked fine. Thanks again :-)
YES! Thank you so much Colin. Brilliant.
My pleasure!
Playing the DA ( Devil's Advocate ) here ... Also, a good reason to always use ( File - Save As ) always, and overwriting will NEVER happen ... nonetheless for grabbing multiple assets this is a Stellar approach ... but for just grabbing a full template project ie. one asset, Save As is faster and simpler, but do it as habit as soon as you make your dash and grab and overwriting that template will never happen ... trade-off max safety vs speed ... as always the customer is always right !
Thx Mr. Wizard
In my experience, the problem is that users end up changing the original Project accidentally. They don't always remember to Save As.
Thanks! This was incredibly resourceful!
Off to create a template for my future episodes right now!
You bet, it's a great way to work.
I wonder if this technique can be also used when using assets (music, photos, videos) for many projects. Regarding my previous question, in this case we don't talk just about intros. I have a client who every time is asking for using "same clip or same photo used on a past project" and they are long video clips, music loops, which are easily over one GB; so in this case is necessary to save a "copy" of every "repeated" media in the respective project folder? increasing the amount of space of the disk?
I ask this because there is a common belief and "standard practice" stating that we have to save ALL the assets in one only project folder. Or maybe, saving not the intros itself but saving like an "alias" or "direct access". FCPX, I guess is able to call media using aliases , about Premiere I don't know. Is there something you can suggest me? Thx a lot!
If you are using something many times, like an opening, then it makes sense to put that in a "global" folder where all your projects will access it. I do that for my show, I import my template but it points to the same assets each time. There is no need to duplicate those assets.
@@VideoRevealed Nice. Thanks again.
Hello, very useful and helpful tutorial. But how can i insert a sequence into another sequence? I imported 3 sequences from old projects as shown in the video but now I need to insert the 3 sequences (the 3 from different projects) into one sequence (in the new project, the one i'm currently working). When i double click on the sequence it opens on the timeline on a different tab, i need put the 3 sequences in one sequence... Is that possible? Because when i drag and drop to the timeline it dosen't have the effects and the waveform.
This tutorial will help. It shows how to import as clips instead of a Sequence:
th-cam.com/video/QFXsNV43c18/w-d-xo.html
@@VideoRevealed This is what i was looking for. I'm learning a lot with your tutorials. Thank you very much!
Say I have a finished video and I want to show a clip of it in another video. I could take the exported file from that video and put it in the project. But that would be a compressed file wouldn't it? If I take the sequence from the original premiere pro project it would be in better quality because it isn't compressed. Correct?
Correct, importing back in the export isn't the best solution.
All you need to do is drag the whole Sequence into your current Timeline and you'll get the best quality.
Thanks for another very insightful video. I hit a problem though: the project I imported had been fully rendered, but when the timeline appears in my new project, it's not rendered at all (solid red line). I've tried this several times both with media manager and File/Import with the same result. If I reopen my original project (rather than import it) everything's rendered properly. Any ideas about what I should do? Many thanks!
That is the expected behavior. I'm assuming you're rendering for performance purposes?; because you don't need to render for export.
@@VideoRevealed Thanks for your quick response, Colin--I was afraid you would say it's normal! Yes, I render for performance. My sequences are so efx heavy (warp stab, Neat Noise reduction, etc, etc on every clip) that I usually have to render overnight and I can't see any way to avoid it. My project involves restorative work on two old feature films w four hours total run time. I've been working for months on separate sequences, about 15 min each, and now want to import them into a new project so I can string the sequences together to create the two finished films. Is re-rendering everything my only option? Am I correct that there is no way to export the rendered sequences and reassemble them without some quality loss? I'm not a professional editor, but I took on an ambitious professional project. Really appreciate any suggestions you may have!!
Amazing - thank you for sharing your inner-workflow.
You're welcome.
Thank you for this. If i import something from one project (x) to another (y) and delete the project (x) Im importing from... will It disappear from the new project (y)
It's important to understand that some things are saved in the Project and other things are linked to your hard drive.
1 - SAVED IN THE PROJECT:
Sequences
Legacy Tiles
New Essential Graphics
Markers
Adjustment Layers
Subclips and Subsequences
...and other things too.
2 - SAVED ON YOUR HARD DRIVE:
All media (audio and video)
Premiere Pro Projects
So when you copy something from one Project to another (in the list 1 above), you will be creating a new independent version of what it is you're copying and deleting one will not affect the other.
Like Always, I find the right content in your channel. Big thank you
You're welcome!
Hey, damn thank you so much! I just opened a project and like you said in the video wrecked the project because there's an autosave! I never use the media browser before!!!!
Media Browser is the way to go.
Hi, Smith.hope you can answer my question. I can't find the answer anywhere. When I try to import my sequence from another project, the system not working, and keep saying "Dynamic Link server failed". I am in the latest version of PR. Many thanks, if you can reply. Your fan!
Try opening the Project where the Sequence is and Save As a new version. Now try importing the Sequence from the newly saved Project.
I have a current issue of trying to import an entire project and it gets stuck on stupid. any suggestions? TIA
You may have to open the Project on its own and fix it first. Here's a tutorial:
th-cam.com/video/4JPMYbYs0RM/w-d-xo.html
I noticed the browser, somewhat similar to Lightroom and hadn't used it much
but certainly will from now on (I edit satirical trailers and news clips).
I was looking into Prelude but for some basics, this works fine, thanks!
+Foolio - That's great!
I have one older project that I am attempting to import into a newer project. However, when I open the project in media browser, I don't see the "tracks" icon to import the whole timeline as it is within the project as it shows when you do it here. I tried several times but only keep getting all the files.
+Video Master - Try Right-clicking on the project itself and choose Import.
Colin, that is gold. Thanks for pointing me here in your other comment. Is importing via file menu not the same as importing via media browser?
+Kamil's View - Correct, the FIle menu> Import command is not as smart as the Media Browser. It does not invoke Dynamic Link Server to allow you to poke inside other Sequences.
+VideoRevealed I see. Of course. Big cheers, mate.
If you make changes to the sequence you have imported in the new project, will it affect project the sequence came from?
No. Once you import a Sequence, it's duplicated and the original is still unchanged.
Thank you!
how to work on the file of the imported sequence because files are shown in just one box on timeline?
The only thing I can think of is that you're trying to edit a Nested Sequence. Have a look at this tutorial:
th-cam.com/video/QFXsNV43c18/w-d-xo.html
exactly what I was looking for. Thank you
You're welcome.
I dont see the media browser option. Any suggestions? I have the newest version too. Thanks
Try choosing and/or resetting the Editing Workspace. If that fails, look in the Window menu. If it's still not there, and you're absolutely sure you have CC2017 installed, then uninstall Premiere Pro, reboot and reinstall.
clear and easy to follow
Thanks.
Thanks. Did not know that. I usually close the Media Browser, because I see it to be totally useless. This seems to be the only reason to use it.
You mean Media Browser. I suggest you use it all the time for video import because if you don't, one day it will bite you in the butt and something will go wrong.
@@VideoRevealed well, also, when media is missing and you need to re-link it - I never use the Premiere built-in browser, because it is not good. I uncheck the "Use media browser to locate files" because I can find it so much better and faster with explorer. Maybe you can make a video that goes through all the stuff Media Browser offers?
OMG where have you been all my life!?!?!?
I've been right here, creating tutorials! Glad you stopped by.
Perfect thanks, very helpful.
You're welcome.
Kindly make the video on
Best way to save the project in premiere pro so that we can easily upload it and give it to our clients.
Have a look at this tutorial on archiving: th-cam.com/video/jiytlYDiofI/w-d-xo.html
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Thanks a lot.
It really helped me.
You're great!
GREAT tips there :)
Thanks for taking the time to watch my tutorials.
Great
Thanks.
Don´t you think this audio is too low ?
Yes. All new episodes have louder audio.
the video in the background on the greenscreen is pretty distracting
Sorry. I changed it a couple years ago so you won't see it on my new content.
There's a healthy debate, I think it's fair to add, about how the Media Browser is a danger zone for Premiere beginners - and I think you'd maybe find the majority of Premiere Pro "Pro" users skipping it entirely as an interface! In my classes, in forums, and simply from helping people in quandaries, I've found a recurring theme: that people think they've imported stuff just because they see it in the Media Browser. Better, I say, to go through the "visceral" formality of importing into the Project Panel, even via drag-and-drop which is actually easier than the Media Browser. In short, I wish Adobe killed the Media Browser entirely. It's an open sore...
FocusPulling (.com) Using FIle> Import or drag and drop misses all metadata and that can cause major issues with spanned clips, etc. It may be a little confusing for beginners at first, but the Media Browser has more important uses than just being an alternative to File> Import.
Also, Media Browser is here to stay and you'll see it in After Effects and Audition too.
If users are having issues, and they are not related to user error, they should inform Adobe so they can address it.
FocusPulling (.com) And I forgot, the focus of this tutorial is to be able to use clips, titles, music, etc. from *within* an existing Project and that can only be done using Media Browser.