Cross-platform workflow
You
can work on a project across computer platforms, for example, by
starting on a Windows machine and continuing on a Macintosh®, or the other way around. A few functions
will change, however, as the project moves from one platform to
the other. For a video on editing in a multi-platform environment,
see www.adobe.com/go/vid0236.
- Sequence settings
- If
a project is created on one platform and then moved to another,
the equivalent sequence settings will be set automatically for the second
platform if an equivalent is found. For example, if a DV project
containing DV capture and device control settings is created in
Windows, when the project is opened on a Macintosh the appropriate
Mac DV capture and device control settings will be applied. Saving
the project will record these Macintosh settings and a translation
to Windows settings will occur if the project is later opened in Windows.
- Effects
- All video effects available on the Mac are available in Windows.
Windows effects not available on the Mac will appear as offline
effects if the project is opened on the Mac. These effects are designated
“Windows only” in Adobe Premiere Pro
Help. All audio effects are available on both platforms. Effect presets
will work on both platforms (unless the preset applies to an effect
not available on a given platform).
- Adobe Media Encoder presets
- Presets created on one platform are not available on the
other.
- Preview files
- Preview files made on one platform are not available on the
other. When a project is opened on a different platform, Adobe Premiere Pro
re-renders the preview files. When that project is then opened on
its original platform, Adobe Premiere Pro must
render the preview files yet again.
- High bit-depth files
- Windows AVI files containing either 10-bit 4:2:2 uncompressed
video (v210), or 8bit 4:2:2 uncompressed video (UYVU) are not supported
on the Mac.
- Preview rendering
- Playback quality of unrendered non-native files (for example,
AVI in Mac OS and MOV in Windows) will not be as high as playback quality
of these files on their native platforms. Preview files must be
rendered for them on the current platform. Preview files always
are rendered in a native format. A red bar in the timeline indicates
which sections contain files needing rendering.
