Types of exporting

Exporting files for further editing

In the course of editing, you might export editable movie or audio files in order to preview your work with effects and transitions fully rendered, or to continue editing the files in applications other than Premiere Pro. Similarly, you may want to export a still-image sequence to be edited in a paint or photographic program. Also, you may want to export a still image from a single frame of video for use in a title or graphic.

After editing assets recorded to MXF files on a P2 card, you can export the edited sequence to P2 format for transfer to another editing system that can use MXF media.

Exporting to tape

You can export a sequence or clip to videotape in a supported camcorder or VTR. This is an option sometimes useful for archiving a master tape, or for delivering rough edits for screening from VTRs.

Export PDF documents for collaboration

Editors commonly need to show preliminary edits to clients and other collaborators, soliciting feedback for improvements. In Premiere Pro, you can use Clip Notes to generate PDF files containing clips of those edits. You can send these to collaborators who can then return their comments to you in sequence markers you can read at specific frames in the timeline.

Send to Encore for DVD, Blu-ray disc, or SWF creation

You can send video from any sequence into Adobe Encore for output to DVD, Blu-ray disc (Windows only), or SWF. Changes made in the timelines of either Premiere Pro or Encore are reflected in the other, by way of Adobe Dynamic Link. You can send content from Premiere Pro to Adobe Encore for creating an autoplay disc without menus, or quickly create menu-based discs using the professional templates in Adobe Encore. Alternately, you can use the deep authoring tools of Adobe Encore, Adobe Photoshop and other applications, to author professional-quality discs. You can also export in formats appropriate for video CD (Windows only) or CD-ROM distribution.

Export project files for other systems

You can export project files, not just clips, to standard EDL files. You can import EDL files into a variety of third-party editing systems for finishing. When done, you can trim Premiere Pro projects down to their essentials and ready them, with or without their source media, for archiving.

Export formats for various devices and web sites

Finally, using the Adobe Media Encoder, you can export video in formats suitable for devices ranging from professional tape decks to DVD players to video-sharing web sites to mobile phones to portable media players to standard- and high-definition TV sets.