Issue link: https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1010948
C A S Q U A R T E R L Y S U M M E R 2 0 1 8 21 same as the original media in Premiere—kind of like the "Preserve Folder Hierarchy" option when doing a "Save Copy In…" in Pro Tools. In Fig._03, you can see two batches of the same media. The files directly in the "AAF Media" folder were created with that box unchecked while the files in the "Source Audio" folder had the box checked (during a separate export experiment). As you can guess, the original folder the audio files were in was called "Source Audio." When I imported the AAF, I got the Session Note "Pro Tools does not support import of AAF/OMF references to multi-channel audio files." An editor friend created a 29.97 NDF sequence in Premiere 12.1.1 (Version 12 is also known as Premiere Pro CC 2018), and added my audio files (referenc- ing the source files) and a video file. The clip names were: 1234_MonoMixdown_NDF (this is a mono file); 1234_LCRS_NDF (this is a four-channel poly WAV file); and Music_AG_FirstDate_Rough (this is a stereo interleaved music track that I should have named more generically). The sequence length was about 2:30. We performed a couple of edits, making their positions easily identifiable by aligning the files to a 5- or 10-sec- ond interval (this would allow me to see if there was any destination shift). We had versions with no volume or clip gain adjustments, various levels of clip gain only, volume adjusts only, and volume and clip gain adjusts. *Disclaimer: Your results may be different based on the type of source media being used, version of Premiere, how the Premiere sequence is set up, and the length and density of the sequence. EXPORT AND IMPORT OBSERVATIONS… Premiere allows you to export a sequence as an OMF or AAF. Going with AAF, there are a couple of options in the AAF Export Settings box (see Fig._01). For the first export, I selected: Breakout to Mono – Enable; Files – Separate Audio (Embed is the other option); Format – Broadcast Wave; Render – Copy Complete Audio Files. As you can see in Fig._02, Premiere is gen- erating new files with interesting names. Based on whether you check the "Preserve Media Directory Name" box, Premiere will create folders named the Fig._02: Rendering new media during export Fig._03: Premiere Media Directory results Fig._01: Premiere AAF Export Settings options I went into this looking to find a way for all data and metadata to translate across, including file name, source TC, destination TC, channel info, scene, and take numbers as this is necessary to create a dialogue assembly. " "