Production Blog Post: 12/05/21

 Proxies:

    What is a proxy?

        Proxies is a small yet a useful tool in Premiere Pro. They take larger files (such as 4k or 8k footage) and create smaller versions of that clip so Premiere can render and process a lot smoother in situations that are needed. Afterwards when ready for export they take the proxies and recode them into the video files original resolution and quality that was formatted. This icon --------->

is a button that allows you to toggle the proxies on and off to see between the high and low resolution. (Basically turning them off/on). 

    I tested this technique and its very useful for video editing on the go when I'm not connected to a power source to give my processor the full power it needs to professionally edit. It doesn't really buffer and if it does its rare and it gives me the ability to swiftly past through each and every clip with ease. I highly recommended this technique for people who don't have the best of processing computers and or for extremely high resolution videos. It saves a lot of time by taking a short amount of it. When a proxy is being created in Media Encoder it takes a small amount of rendering to to fully create one (And a little bit of storage). To create a proxy you just need select the clips and right click on them and select proxy and choose your formatting of the proxy.