This is not the case with DV format or heavy DVCPRO HD format for example, which have no GOP (all pictures are full). Any format change implicates a loss.Īpart from that, it is true that the more you edit any lossy format like XDCAM and AVCHD, which are GOP based formats with hight level compression, the more your deteriorate them. Then if you mould back your clay sculpture in bronze, I debt it will be as good quality as the first one. Yes for shure you can mould in clay your bronze sculpture without quality loss, but it won't be bronze sculpture anymore. Note there is no current editor does smart render of AVCHD properly ( Vegas can only do appending, simple cuts cause the entire section to be re-rendered), and currently there is no plugin that allows you to do this.Īnyways, this has nothing to do with the original thread topic of importing AVCHD It's only the case when smart render is used that unedited segments are allowed to pass through. For example you can re-wrap your XDCAM footage into another container losslessly, and that would be a format change, but no quality loss.Įven if you exported XDCAM or AVCHD, there would be quality loss. It's not so much the format change, but the re-encoding with lossy format that causes the quality deterioration. Then, depending on demand and need, you can of course export a copy from these archives in any video format. That's why, unlike Premiere Pro CS4, many others professionnals videos softwares allow you to export in XDCAM and AVCHD. To archive anything, the original has allways been the best. In order to archive properly any video, you have to use the format used to shoot your film. wmv) Import and Export Export Windows only Sony VDU File Format Importer (.dlx) Import only Windows only Shockwave Flash object (.swf) Import only QuickTime Movie (.mov) Import and Export QuickTime player required on Windows MPEG-1 (.mpg) Import and Export Export Windows only Microsoft NetShow (.asf) Import only Windows only Microsoft AVI (.avi) Import and Export Export Windows only

For more information about importing and exporting files, see Adobe Premiere Pro Help.įormat Import/Export support Format DetailsģGPP Movie (.3gp) Import and Export QuickTime player required on Windowsįlash Video (.flv. This table lists the file formats that Adobe Premiere Pro can import and export. Supported file formats in Premiere Pro CS4

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