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AVCHD Workflow Using Adobe Prelude
Adobe Prelude is a video logging and ingest program designed for media
organization and metadata entry. Though lacking some key features for movie editors,
Prelude is extremely useful for Documentary filmmakers, or any project that handles a
large amount of recorded footage.
It is also the easiest and most effective way to
ingest and transcode AVCHD footage for editing
in Premiere Pro.
AVCHD
Advanced Video Codec - High Definition
A high definition camcorder video format
jointly developed by Panasonic and Sony as
This workflow utilizes Prelude for the purpose of:
part of a consumer-grade method of directly
burning recorded HD content onto DVD’s for
playback on Blu-ray players. This is why it
1. Ingesting clips from camera media.
2. Transcoding clips for editing in NLE’s.
shares a data architecture with Blu-ray discs.
The Workflow
The AVCHD/Prelude workflow is simple and easy to use. In basic terms, you ingest and
transcode footage inside Prelude out to your project’s external Hard Drive. From there,
you can import the transcoded clips into any Non-linear Editor and begin the assembly
process.
Camera Media
IMPORT
TRANSCODE
INGEST
Prelude
Hard Drive
NLE
Prelude is also capable of adding metadata and exporting sub-clips, but this workflow
does not require those features.
For more information these and many more features in Adobe Prelude:
https://creative.adobe.com/products/prelude
Though the following workflow is based on AVCHD source clips, it can be utilized for any camera system
or codec, including h.264, R3D, and CinemaDNG.
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1. Open Adobe Prelude
- Mount your camera media
and open Adobe Prelude.
If recording to a camera with built-in memory (e.g. Canon
XA10), we recommend recording to removable media like an SD
Card, or simply moving the drive’s contents off of the camera
before ingest, as the camera’s hard drive has trouble working
with Adobe Media Encoder
- Select Ingest in the upper
right-hand options.
2. Select Clips
- Find your camera media storage
and select the file AVCHD.
- Checkmark the clips you are
planning to ingest.
3. Transfer & Transcode Clips to Hard Drive
- Check: Transfer Clips to
Destination
- Primary Destination
- Choose your Hard Drive
- Check: Add Subfolder
- Create in increments of your
choosing (shoot days,
camera drops, camera type,
etc.) Optional
- Check: Transcode
- Format: Quicktime
- Preset: Apple ProRes 422 *
*The ProRes setting you choose is subject
to details of the recorded footage, such as
resolution and frame rate.
Verify ensures that copied media
matches the original file. This
option only applies when the files
are NOT being transcoded.
If the camera has broken footage into
separate clips on another card, Stitch Clips
Together can stitch them into a single clip.
That clip can then be labeled under “Name”
- Then press
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4. Import Transcoded Clips into NLE
- Once the transcoding has
finished, you can find your
clips in the Primary
Destination Subfolder you
created.
- These clips are ready for
assembly in the NLE of
your choice
- There are many ways to
import the clips or the
entire folder into your
program*:
- Drag and drop them
into your Project
Browser
- Locate the them in the
Media Browser, Rightclick and select Import.
- Go to File>Import and
locate the clips.
*These options are based on Adobe Premiere
Pro. Though the process is similar to other
NLE’s, consult your manual for information on
importing footage in other programs.
- Once the clips are
imported, you are free to
start the assembly
process.
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