How to Export from Premiere to Avid in 2024

While editing videos and preparing them for commercial distribution, there are instances where you need to migrate project files from one application to another, from Premiere to Avid, for instance, for fine-tuning and to fill the gaps that are left behind due to missing features in the first program.

Considering this, and taking the above example to move further, here you will learn how to export an Adobe Premiere Pro sequence to Avid with least efforts. In addition to the above, you will also learn about a workaround that you can follow if the most common and usual method fails to work.

• Part 1. Export a Sequence from Premiere to Avid
• Part 2. What to Do If Avid Refuses to Import

Part 1. Export a Sequence from Premiere to Avid

Since Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer use different formats, you need a common file type called AAF (Advanced Authoring Format) that both the post-production tools recognize and accept. Therefore, before your Adobe Premiere Pro sequence can be imported to Avid Media Composer, it must be exported to AAF with proper configurations.

You can learn how to get this done by following the steps given below:

Step 1: Get to AAF Export Settings Box.

Assuming that you are through with the editing process in your Adobe Premiere Pro sequence, go to File > Export and click AAF to open the AAF Export Settings box.

Step 2: Set Up Export Preferences.

Check the Mixdown video box from the top, and then check the Enable box from under the Breakdown to Mono section in case your sequence has important audio that needs to be treated with care. Next, check the Render audio clip effects and Include clip copies without effects boxes as needed. Also, ensure that the Sample Rate is set to 48000, Bits per Sample to 24, Files to Embed Audio or Separate Audio (depending on the purpose of exporting) (Embed Audio is selected here for simplicity), Format is set to Broadcast Wave (for improved sound quality), and Render is set to Copy Complete Audio Files.

Note: The settings explained above are suitable for ideal scenarios. However, if the tool you want to import the AFF file to (Avid in this case) has some specific requirements, or as a post-production professional, you have any particular configuration in mind, you can set the preferences that best suit your needs.

Step 3: Export to AAF.

Once all the settings and preferences are in place, click OK. On the Save Converted Sequence As box that opens up next, choose a destination folder to save the exported AAF and its supporting files to, enter a name in the File name field, and click Save to start the export process.

Once exporting is successful, you can launch Avid on your PC, and go ahead and import the AAF file to the program for further treatment.

Part 2. What to Do If Avid Refuses to Import

If you have successfully exported a Premiere Pro sequence to AAF, but Avid still refuses to import the file, all your efforts to migrate Premiere to Avid may go in vain, UNLESS, you try a workaround.

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Getting back to point, if the exported AAF file is not recognized by Avid, you can follow the steps given below to convert it to your preferred format, and then take it to Avid for any further editorial tasks:

Step 1 Click Add Files and Import AAF.

Start Wondershare UniConverter on your Windows/Mac computer, ensure from the top that the Converter tile is selected, click the +Add Files icon and locate and import the AAF file (that usually has *.MXF extension) to UniConverter.

Step 2 Choose a Preset.

Still being on the Convert tile, click the Setting icon, choose your preferred tab from the top (Video for this example), select a format from the left (MP4 here), and pick a resolution from the right (Same as a source here).

Step 3 Convert the AAF File.

Choose a destination folder from the File Location field at the bottom, and click Convert to convert the AAF file to the format you selected in the previous step.

Once the conversion is complete, you can go ahead and follow the regular process to import the produced file to Avid for further manipulations.

Conclusion

Usually, it is easy to export Premiere to Avid using the method explained in Part 1. However, if things go wrong due to some erroneous configuration or hardware or software limitations, you can always go for the assured workaround using Wondershare UniConverter, a program that is not only pretty efficient, it is around 30x times faster than other post-production applications, while being less resource-intensive at the same time.