Adobe Premiere Pro - .aaf Audio and QuickTime Export for ProTools Mix
- Susanne Kraft
- Vivian Yu Lai (Unlicensed)
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. Click in the source window and hit "X" or 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 |  |
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 .AAF for audio | |
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 |
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Choose a place to save the file. |
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Step 4 - Export the QuickTime | |
Next Export the QuickTime "Chase" Movie Right click the timeline you want to export |
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Choose Export Media Or |
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Go to >File>Export>Media |
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Choose Format DNxHR/DNxHD MXF OP1a
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Choose to Export Audio 2 channel 24 bit Sample Rate |
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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 |
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Check to make sure that the Source Range is set to Entire Sequence |
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| Last step is to Click Export to begin exporting the file. It should export as a .mxf 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 |
