Creating Proxies Easier + Common Troubleshooting Issues | Premiere Pro CC 2020

[@joserangelve]

This is the best video I ever seen on this matter. Actually I didn´t realized proxies didn´t work with warp stabilizer on until now.

[@ChrisOlson2]

José Agustín Rangel Rodríguez glad you hear it! :)

[@jiveaces]

I heard Kevin Smith and Marc Bernardin talk about Speed Cubbers on the last episode of their Fatman Beyond podcast.

[@donnelldurden9045]

Nest

[@thestreetfoodconnoisseur]

how do you stab footage when doesn't work?

[@bensipos9842]

I've been working with Premiere and proxies for a while and never even knew about some of these issues, I'm glad I was able to find a solution to problems I haven't even encountered yet, saving me from hours of trying to find a solution in the future. Amazing tutorial, super clear and concise, just the way it should be! Thank you!

[@JosephPaul4real]

This is the most helpful proxies tutorial I've come across in years of editing. Thank you so much.

[@runningwolfmedia568]

was having massive issues with proxies crashing my Mac, just following your advice of not using H.264 saved me, thanks!

[@skinnylou72]

Listened to a different channel on proxies, did everything he said and still had major chop issues - thought my computer was f**ked. Found your video and it fixed everything for me. Specifically the "based on source" boxes, after checking those instead of custom settings, everything is so much quicker for me. Thanks dude!

[@ChrisOlson2]

Glad to hear it!!

[@BobKovacs]

Nice! The absolute easiest editing program for generating proxies is Corel VideoStudio, which makes it just a couple clicks to generate and attach proxies. You really don't have to know anything about the proxies, except to find the menus where you make those clicks. Too bad Corel VideoStudio is otherwise so unstable and not nearly as easy as Premiere in many other ways. This method of generating proxies in Premiere comes close to the simplicity of VideoStudio, and your explanation was excellent -- I found all of it interesting. Thanks for taking the time!

[@StarlightUkes]

"Never import the proxies into the project" Well, I really wish I'd heard that part before I started. I jsut fnished editing proy files and spent hours researching to figure out how to export. Now I have to make notes of my edit and start over. Damn!

[@ni7suj]

Apparently I have already watched this video and liked it in the past so I raise my glass and say thank you for saving me some time yet again. Every now and then I need a refresher on proxies it seems. Salute.

[@freyfrey20]

I just love how straight forward your tutorials are. No extra bullshit i don't need to hear. Subbed

[@bartekbielinski5324]

Yes! Thank You! So many KZbinrs didn't explained it right! You're the master!

[@ConnorEngstromMusic]

Dude, this video is incredible! You deserve FAR more views and subscribers. This is going to speed up my music video workflow SO much! 🤘

[@DeformedLunchbox]

Your videos are seriously helpful, straight-forward, and just great. Just freakin' great. Love your channel.

[@ChrisOlson2]

Thank you!!

[@wafeeq3802]

this video deserves more views because it’s helped me with that nasty black bar issue, thank you!

[@johnstirzaker6281]

This is the best Proxy troubleshooter I have seen to date, excellent!

[@seventysevencats]

Hey Chris, I've been following the guide on the old video and am still amased by how simple you made it. So I was just coming back to thank you once more for sharing this.

[@manosalexakis]

I am fascinated by the way you have arranged your windows!!

[@PatheticTV]

Hey, great tutorial! This really helped. FYI, you can add timestamps in the description and they'll show up on the timeline, it'll help people find sections and looks pretty cool. Keep up the great work from Hong Kong!

[@ChrisOlson2]

Ah, you are right. I thought it worked for the comments as well. I’ll add that. Thanks!

[@davidharveyvideo]

Thank you for the proxy tips! Very thorough explanation. I have a ton of full resolution .mov files for a longer video and this will be a big help in edit on my older Mac.

[@e.c.8048]

Chris... dude you rule! Watched both of your videos: How to PROPERLY Create Proxies and this one, and both are brilliant and super helpful. I agree with you big time concerning the Watermark, I'm still going to configure my own proxies/ingests especially since thanks to you I know how to do it "properly". Thank you very much!

[@sultansayed8778]

all in 1 detail of proxies, best video ever

[@sylvesterharding]

Looking for solutions to working faster in premiere and you explanation really killed it. I'm all the way in Sierra Leone and want to extend a big thank you from my team. big up

[@ChrisOlson2]

This is a follow up video to my original proxy video. Since Premiere 14.3.2 Adobe has made creating proxies much easier and for most of you, this will be the tutorial you want to follow. This video also dives deep into many of the issues people face with proxies and how to fix them. Timestamps: 0:00 intro 0:41 The new way to make proxies / can you make proxies after starting a project? 4:04 Why do my proxies have black bars? 8:45 Never import the proxy files into Premiere 10:26 Does Premiere use my proxies for export? 11:37 Can Windows users use ProRes? 12:00 Why are my proxies choppy? 13:24 Proxy must match full resolution media audio channels 16:37 Proxy footage doesn't line up with original 18:19 warp stabilizer disables proxies 19:00 4k reframing

[@mccardrixx5289]

Wicked!!!

[@NolanKoop]

ive been making proxies with 4k 120fps footage for months without any issues. why all of a sudden has it stopped working for me

[@ferrrrb]

hey thanks for making this video it really helped - also, I used to cube so I was pretty surprised seeing your name again, it really brought back some memories haha

[@BLADE-4]

Hi me again. Very well done! Nice. You cut down on the Go Ahead. There is a 12 step program for that. LOL. Kidding you. Very well done. Informative! Love it. You really dove into the heart of the matter and explained everything for the very beginner to the intermediate like myself. I'm sure there are Pr Monsters out there that can learn here. Definitely made the complex to simple. Mark of a great instructor.

[@themikker2898]

Wow. thanks so much! Loved that video! I didn't even notice, that it was so long! Keep on doing such great stuff! 😁👍

[@keithfoster3537]

Wish i had watched this 3 weeks ago now i cant wait to edit Thank you Chris so well explained... invaluable!

[@KushnaBrev]

This video is so informative coming from an audio background. Only thing I would say is that AUDIO IS SUPERIOR IN FILM. Good/ Bad audio literally makes or breaks the whole viewing experience. But thanks for explaining this in-depth

[@johnstirzaker6281]

Time to work in radio I feel ( whatever that is).

[@rolytallarico4650]

awww men you made my life (in editing) muuuuuuuch easier, I can't thank you enough.

[@mndoci]

This video solved my number 1 source of frustration. I was driving myself nuts and wondering why my exported video didn't match my edit. Stopped interpreting footage, and voila, it all lines up. Same with warp stablizer. Thanks.

[@andovideando]

Thank you for this great guide to start working with Proxies!

[@jeremyzhu8885]

As a cuber and filmmaker, I learned so much from you, hope you do more tutorial, and one day I can be your DIT on set

[@scamdetector]

Chris, when i am clicking "Create Proxy" on the clip and after choosing the location, the Media encoder doesn't automatically open the file for rendering. The Encoder opens but the clip is not on the queue. What do i do wrong?

[@brightjohntv]

I synced my footages with recorded audio in Plural Eyes and premiere pro won't create proxies. How do I fix this please?

[@jiveaces]

Awesome video, answered a lot of questions I didn’t know I had but was about to have!

[@heady281]

this channel is GOLD

[@mccardrixx5289]

WOW!!!!!! Loved the vid man

[@rjbruzo3346]

u just explained everything i want to know about proxy. thank you, man!

[@victorsvanventures6753]

Great video! Thank you so much. You just resolved my greatest issue with using Premiere Pro! Thank you.

[@martinmcglone8456]

this is just fantastic, answers so much by explaining clearly

[@NLV_Films]

I’ve avoided proxies for so long but with the a7siii they feel like a necessity ahhah thank you so much for the simple guide

[@AdamVenturesTravel]

thank you so much! this is seriously going to speed up my workflow on my travel youtube videos! thank you!

[@KILLMOORE]

Hey bro do you know why my proxy clips are like, a lot brighter than the original? I can't find the answer anywhere. I'm selecting prores and have tried 2 other tutorials but same thing happens.

[@kenyatraveltips]

I am able to create the proxies. When I scrub (the timeline) it is smooth, but when I playback it lags - seriously lags like moves one frame per second. what could be the problem I have tried to create different types of proxies. Somebody help please. Am using Premiere version 14.0.3

[@DavidHarrisandPuddy]

and I agree with Connor Engstrom Music, great video and explained beautifully.

[@brijuegacrisandrewr.7498]

What happens if you created your proxies already in premiere pro... And then replaced the footage to an after effects composition after? Would you still need to create new proxies for after effects for the same footage? Even if you made one already from premiere pro?

[@maxedvideo]

Love your content! Just have subscribed. Thank you!

[@kaleabyalewdeg9433]

What a beautiful explanation! 🙏

[@DoctorDamian]

Great video. Thank you!

[@antoniluc2069]

dude, that was unspeakably helpful, thank you!!

[@gcfilms2840]

Hey man i have a problem when making a ingest proxy. Whenever i save the preset and name it and press ok, it say "preset error" unknown error. Why?

[@Vincent_Films]

My proxy will not work for go pro hero 9 5k footage, still choppy and super slow after attaching proxy to base file

[@runneround8459]

Whenever I create proxies in Premiere pro, i always lose the timecodes. Premiere gives me comepletely different ones to their original. One camera will start the day at around 7am/ the other at 11am but both cams begun shooting at the same time. What am I doing wrong?

[@M.ZAYANE]

thanks man. i made a proxy out of 100fps to a 25fps timeline . the proxy file was not matching with the original file on playback cos it was based on the original file 100fps just changed to 25. in media encorder and it has worked

[@MaikKleinert]

Love the video and use also the standard proxy now. Thanks

[@Mondesi100]

Thank you for making this... very informative and easy to understand.

[@swashy8933]

IMMENSELY HELPFUL. Thank you sir

[@abhishektripathi7571]

Thanks bro for this deep insight...Love from India💐👌👍

[@lumberjack2146]

My English is not really good. I'm having that issue about the media audio with my drone videos, sorry but I didn't even understand what is that "resolve"proxy when you said if we use it. Theres any other option? You said to make sure the audio channels match the original footage the proxies, but like you said, my drone doesn't has audio, so what I should do, sorry, maybe is simple and my poor English is not helping me. Thanks

[@roadcrewfilms]

Mate thanks so much for this videos!!! Your channel is great!

[@ChrisOlson2]

Thanks for watching!

[@GDoggProductions]

for the life of me, i can't attach multiple proxies at once 🙃🙃🙃 do the proxies have to be in the same folder as the full rez folder ?

[@StarlightUkes]

I need help! This is the 3rd video I've seen that says, "Premiere will ALWAYS export the originals". I have version 14.9.0, I made proxies and added a proxy LOGO to them. I created a sequence with the Proxy videos, did my editing, and now when I export they always export with the logo attached. Even when the "use proxies" option is not clicked, and even though all videos are "online." What am I doing wrong?

[@ChrisOlson2]

It sounds like you are importing the proxy files into Premiere and editing with them. You aren’t supposed to do this. You create the files, and then use the “proxy” button to toggle them on and off. If you import them into the project and edit them, premiere WILL export those files.

[@StarlightUkes]

@@ChrisOlson2 Oh man, I think you're right. Could you assist once more? I created proxies, they are in my Media Browser next to my originals. I want to do Multicam. When I highlight them all the option for "Create Multicam Source Sequence" is grey out. Why?

[@onabstudios8572]

best video ever on proxies thanks man

[@ArtemisX]

none of these videos are working for me--proxies are as slow as the original and there's the danger of exporting them as actual footage. I find the best method is 1/4 resolution and I make frequent exports which I then put on the timeline to see where changes need to be made.

[@ChrisOlson2]

You probably aren’t using the proxies if you aren’t seeing a difference. 720p proxies should be night and day better than just doing low res playback. Possible error of export shouldn’t be an issue either. It doesn’t use proxies unless you specifically click “use proxies” for export. Very low risk.

[@Audiotechnical]

Great video as always Chris! It was great to see Adobe bring in their 'smart' proxies, but do you know why attempting to create proxies using Adobe's Low Res preset, for iPhone footage shot in portrait, it's warping the output file? (Original format 720x1280, HEVC). I've got about 30 tracks playing together, as I'm editing together a choir, and just need lighter ProRes formats so my system doesn't keep juddering. Thanks.

[@lwjc09]

I was searching things about it and I don't know why it does this !! how to fix this problem ?

[@cactusstudiossouth]

My GoPro Hero 4 Silver Edition 4k footage is still jittery! Proxy mini icon is hilighted blue on my timeline! Proxy Icon also toggled to blue! P.S. I see the, "watermark" on my Preview Screen but not on my Program Screen!

[@graceelliot3959]

when I click "create proxies" it says "adobe media encoder not installed." I am 100% certain that I have adobe media encoder (it's literally open right now) so why is it telling me this?

[@ChrisOlson2]

That’s odd! Maybe uninstall and reinstall?

[@ChrisOlson2]

Also make sure PR and media encoder are up to date fully. Mismatched updates can cause issues

[@graceelliot3959]

@@ChrisOlson2 Thank you! The problem was that I had an older version of premier installed, so I had to also download the 2021 version of that.

[@timpetherick708]

Hey Chris thanks for the video but it's missing the information that I imagine a lot of people will be looking for which is the proxy workflow for remote editing. i.e. I want to send my project to someone to be edited with proxies and then have the working file sent back to me, I reconnect all the high resolution files and export it. Any tips?

[@nathankarimi9228]

Hi Chris! I appreciate the video. Subscribed, great information. I have an issue that's not come across on the video. I made proxies for footage that I shot for a music video and somehow, only 50% of them attach, the other ones are showing Offline and when I go to attach them, they show the generic MP4 or .MOV icon. The footage is the same frame rate, and from the same day, any idea why some of my footage refuses to create and/or attach? I have looked everywhere to answer this question and I cannot and it's killing me. Thanks so much ahead of time!

[@tommullinerart]

one thing I've noticed with some of my proxies is that if the camera happened to film in portrait orientation (I was filming looking straight down), the proxies come out all squashed across one dimension. Is there a quick workaround to rotate all of my footage before creating the proxies in Premiere Pro? Thanks

[@ChrisOlson2]

That's because the proxy dimensions you are exporting are intended for 16x9 and not 9x16. The only easy way I can think of is: 1. Just make sure your videos aren't ever vertical. 2. Import your footage, rotate it, and then export it and start editing.

[@intuitiveknowledge7766]

Hi i adobe media encoder Shoe Error: Faild. In pemiere pro shows failed rendering check media encoder for mor details. Do u know why plz?

[@EdVenturesVlog]

I noticed you chose ProRes Low Resolution Proxy, but is there a reason why that specific one? Is that the same as putting the playback quality down to 1/8? I thought proxies would allow me to be able to see close to original quality while maintaining smooth playback. If I choose a higher quality proxy will my computer not be able to handle it, or is it worth it? And why QuickTime and ProRes? Is there something about them that makes it work better? (I'm on PC btw) Thanks for this video though, it's very helpful. I was just wondering about those specific questions.

[@ChrisOlson2]

You choose ProRes because it’s a codec designed to edit smoothly. Most people are editing H.264 which is very compressed and hard on the computer. ProRes doesn’t have this issue. You can certainly pick a higher quality, but the idea of proxies is that you can edit something small and low resolution and toggle back to the full resolution anytime you want. So if you were going to just do full resolution ProRes proxies (that is also called transcoding) then there wouldn’t really be a need to link them as proxies. You could just transcode to ProRes and edit with those files instead of the original. So ultimately it depends on how you want to edit.

[@EdVenturesVlog]

@@ChrisOlson2 thanks for the reply! I tried using proxies on gopro footage on Adobe Premiere Pro CC 13.1.5 and these options weren't available. I chose the ProRes GoPro option since it seemed appropriate for my GoPro footage and it totally messed up my program. All of a sudden the program wouldn't load properly (some elements being blank instead of having information on those sections like the toolbar, effects panel, etc.) and the timeline bar wasn't showing up, etc. It was chopper than normal, idk what I did wrong lol.

[@MahabubMithun]

After creating the proxy can I leave the RAW file on the portable hard drive and finish the editing with the proxy file on a laptop or MacBook?

[@kpetsas]

Hey thank you for the tutorial and going through this troubleshooting. As a documentary filmmaker shooting handheld most of the time, I use warp stabilize on many clips on the timeline. So if you think of a 30 minutes timeline it eventually becomes unplayable even with proxies (because of the stabilize, in combination with color correction and the rest of the effects). The thing is that I need to preview the edit, even at the last stage to check out if the stabilize looks ok (if it looks wobbly I'd rather use another part of the clip or even toggle it off), but you arrive at a point where it is really impossible to playback the timeline, and this is with proxies.... It is really a nightmare, especially if you need to use parts of this finished timeline in another timeline. Is there any viable solution/workaround to this problem, or is the only solution to move away from premiere pro?

[@KaylayoungAMG]

How do you edit the already started project with the newly made proxies? I have it all attached as follows but when I got to continue everything is still lagging even tho I'm toggling. pls help! Thank you- struggling editor

[@pourtierbeatz7804]

you got a tuturial on how to make proxies !!

[@thewaliiiii]

Social media vertical videos are stretched! Any solution?

[@danjack2207]

Great video! Best in this topic. What I don't understand is that in my exported video, the export logo appears 4-5 times for a 2-300miliseconds. You barely see it, but it is there.. **Edit***: I had to render the original footage, then the watermark patches disappeared from the exported footage.

[@SThompsonEditorial]

Very helpful! Thank you so much! Aloha.

[@pourtierbeatz7804]

also mine didnt have them checked to based on source does this mean i have to recode my proxies and delete the onesi have

[@radproductionsfl]

Please keep crushing it

[@streetshowproduction9789]

Well explained thank you!

[@andyfroehlich8336]

If i editing my whole video using the proxies files is there any way to fix this?

[@rossasdourian9730]

Great video! Any resource for syncing audio (poly WAV) to footage with 4k and proxies?

[@JoeSalmi]

SUPER HELPFUL... Thank you

[@shahbazalibaloch]

When I try to create proxies, the software media encoder opens but does nothing. status no current encoding :( anyone have solution? i am using 2022 adobe family

[@BernardoBeraldi]

Great explanation. So how to atached PNG proxi image on premiere preset?

[@augmentadam]

Great video yet again! Thanks for doing these! I really want your PREMIERE GURU course... is there any chance you're putting it on discount for black friday?

[@ChrisOlson2]

I am! Message me on Instagram at Premiere Pro Guru and I’ll get you a code.

[@wimpingus123]

Fantastic, thank you so much for your help. Game changer for me.

[@tannercastrofilms]

Hey Chris, so I, unfortunately, edited a 10min video with proxies due to some unclear communication with a client as well as knowing nothing about proxies... do you have a video or source as to the very difficult way to link the proxies to the original media?? Wish I found this video sooner as it would of saved me a TON of headaches...

[@ChrisOlson2]

It should be pretty easy! When you right click the footage and go to “proxy” or “create proxies” there should be a “reattach full resolution media”

[@RogerGonzalezRR]

Also want to say great video thanks alot man!!

[@RogerGonzalezRR]

do you need to make proxy everytime for files you work with often?

[@RoyHessey]

Great tutorial. Can you make one on creating a proxy preset, please?

[@ChrisOlson2]

I do have one on my channel :) it’s my original proxy video.

[@RoyHessey]

@@ChrisOlson2 You have several vids on proxies. Is it possible for you to give me a link to it?

[@ChrisOlson2]

@@RoyHessey kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKnNeXmiaMR1ma8

[@rafaeltorres4548]

Hello Chris ! I have a question regarding that last section: So I want to use the 4K footage to zoom in and reframe, and my final exports are always 1080p. If I import my 4k natives, create 1080p proxies and leave them on, create a 1920x1080 timeline and add the footage, will they match the HD resolution ? or will they be 4K res and i would have to manually scale them down to 50% ? Thank you so much for this video.

[@dubefest]

your proxies will not export as 1080, they will export as 4k. you do not need to rescale, just scale as if the footage is 4k.

[@iusedtobek4m5z]

Omg u helped me thank you so much!!

[@rednaxela5]

Thanks for this video 😁. 12:00 I've literally made presets for every framerates, never realize that I can just check "based on source"

[@ChrisOlson2]

Ooof! That would be rough haha. Glad you know about it now.

[@tykimikk8605]

how can I relink my original high resolution footage?? then?

[@KrushnaChNayak-hh6gx]

Realy i am very very i impresed your tutorial video - i like it thank u bro - u r genius

[@Huntocrates]

You mention the new way of making proxies that does not include making ingest presets, however halfway through the video you then show adjusting the ingest preset to the right frame rate, seems unclear and missed information in the steps of making the presets for the proxies

[@ChrisOlson2]

My previous video on proxies talks about how to use the ingest presets. It's just not necessary to make those presets in mose cases these days.

[@markoserian]

Hey Chris, this is the most amazing video I saw on this topic, I really loved it! Just have one question ; when I finish my edits and send a XML from my seq to Davinci Resolve, will be there any issue in Davince with this XML ? Thanks a lot!!!

[@ChrisOlson2]

Issues in which way? Proxies shouldn’t create any issues for an XML.