Creating a batch list to redigitize project clips

You can redigitize the clips in an existing project using batch capture, and the clips can be logged automatically according to the In and Out points you used in the Timeline. This is helpful when you originally used low-resolution clips for faster editing and are ready to digitize the clips again at high resolution for the final version. By recapturing only the essential segments from the original source reels, you keep file sizes to a minimum. The following procedure does not replace the clips in the current project, but creates a new project.

Note: If you know you will be redigitizing clips, be sure to capture the original clips with timecode using device control. This ensures that the clips will have reel names and valid timecode. Premiere cannot use a batch list to digitize clips if no timecode is specified in the batch list or if timecode is not available from the source videotape.

To prepare a batch list for automatic redigitizing:

1 With a project open, choose Project > Utilities > Project Trimmer.

2 Select Create Trimmed Batch List, and deselect Copy Trimmed Source Files.

3 For Keep _ Frame Handles, type the number of frames you want to capture before the In point and after the Out point of each clip. Specify just enough frames to give you flexibility in fine-tuning edits.

4 Click Create Project.

5 When asked, specify the location and name of the new project based on the trimmed clips, and then click Save.

6 When asked, specify the location and name of the batch-list file that you are creating, and then click Save.

7 Make sure that the deck and source videotape are set up properly for capture, and click Capture in the Batch Capture window that appears.

To redigitize project clips manually:

1 If the clips you want to recapture are already on your hard disk, close the project and delete or move (Windows only) the clips.

2 Open the project, and when the Locate File dialog box opens, select Offline All (Windows) or All Offline (Mac OS).

3 If you have customized your project settings after starting the project, choose Project > Project Settings > General, click Save, and then name and save the project settings as a preset file.

4 Choose File > Capture > Batch Capture to open the Batch Capture window.

5 In the Project window, select all the clips you want to redigitize, and drag them to the Batch Capture window. Repeat for each bin containing clips you want to redigitize.

6 In the Batch Capture window, select all the clips, and then choose Attach Settings from the Batch Capture window menu.

7 In the Open dialog box, locate the preset settings file used for the project (see step 3)and click Open. (By default, preset files are located in the Premiere 6.0\Settings folder.)

8 With the Batch Capture window active, choose File > Save; type a name for the batch list and click Save.

9 Close the project. (If you don't close the project, recaptured clips will be imported into the project as new clips instead of replacement clips.)

10 Verify that the deck and source videotape are set up properly for capture, and then click the Capture button () in the Batch Capture window.

11 In the Locate File dialog box that appears, either select an existing bin and click Open, or click New, type a filename, and click Save. This bin is used to collect your captured clips.

12 Premiere automatically begins capturing the batch list. To cancel the capture, press the Escape (Esc) key one or more times as necessary.

13 When the batch capture is complete, open the project.

14 In the Locate File dialog box, locate and select the newly captured clips from the Captured Movies scratch disk (see Setting up Premiere's scratch disks).

15 After all of the clips are open in the project, choose File > Save.

Capturing and Importing Source Clips > Batch-capturing video > Creating a batch list to redigitize project clips