Problems with Proxies
Yesterday when I got back from College, I spent the evening creating Proxy Files of all my footage. I had initially thought that maybe I could get away without creating Proxy Files, since it was an extra step and one that, when I investigated it, I could see that it would take a long time. In the YouTube video that I had watched, the presenter said that it is not worth creating Proxy Files if your editing is only going to take a day, since creating the Proxy Files will take that long. I knew I would be editing longer than a day, but I wasn’t initially convinced that it would make enough of a difference, to spend the amount of time that it seemed I would need to spend to create the Proxy Files.
I was wrong.
My initial attempt to do a (very) rough cut, and also the test editing I was doing, showed me that editing 4K footage is a different ball game to editing my usual 1080p footage. I was reluctantly realising that I really did need to look at Proxies in more detail, to find a solution to my editing issues. The original YouTube video seemed to provide instructions. I knew I first wanted to get all my video (and audio) files renamed to meaningful names, to make them easier to work with, and when I was asking my tutor Nick for feedback on my plans for Post-Production, he confirmed that he usual does rename his footage too, so it was good to know that I am on the right track. So, I wanted to get all my renaming done first. As I mentioned in a previous Journal, the renaming took much longer than I had anticipated.
I didn’t realise I had to click the “+” and put “Toggle Proxies” onto the toolbar
Two videos I used. The first one is for Apple which I’m not using but it still was useful.
Also I helped Ellie to create Proxy Files in Premiere too, so that she could edit her 4K footage on her laptop.
I am pleased that I have learnt how to make proxies since I intend to do more 4K filming in the future, especially on the Level 4 course, and it really is helping to make editing quicker and easier.