Here are quick directions on exporting a video in Adobe Premiere Pro to a compatible format (H.264/MP4) for playing on computers, tablets, smartphones and can also be used for uploading to YouTube and Vimeo. Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 has a new, simplified workflow for exporting single frames. Note that you can use the Export Frame function both in the Source panel, with content selected from the Project panel, and in the Program Monitor, with a frame selected from the active sequence.

This article will help you get started with exporting media with Adobe Media Encoder. If you want to learn how to export media from Adobe Media Encoder, you can start from the beginning of the article and work your way through. However, Adobe Media Encoder is so intuitive, perhaps you only want to know which are the best settings to use, or how to encode to multiple formats. Scroll directly to those topics if that is the information you are looking for.

Getting Started
To get started with learning Adobe Media Encoder (affectionately known as A.M.E.), see this video tutorial: Overview of the Encoding Workflow by Jan Ozer and video2brain. This is an excellent video tutorial to get you started in understanding how to use Adobe Media Encoder.

To get started in the exporting process, click the Timeline, or select the sequence in the Project panel. Then, choose File > Export > Media. The Export Settings dialog box opens with the sequence imported into the Queue. You will choose format and preset in the Export Settings dialog box by clicking pop-up menus to choose the format and preset for the encoded movie clip. See “Choosing media formats for export in the Export Settings dialog box” for information.

Add media to Adobe Media Encoder
You can also use Adobe Media Encoder as a standalone application to encode media files from third party applications, and from other users which provide you source files that need encoding. Choose File > Add Media, or click the Add button (the Plus sign icon) to add files to the Queue. You can drag files to the Queue from Windows Explorer for Mac OS Finder. You can also double-click the Queue to launch an Open dialog. Choose files in the dialog, and then click the Open button to add them to the Queue.

Adding and dragging sequences and compositions into Adobe Media Encoder
With the applications both open, you can add sequences directly from Premiere Pro, or compositions from After Effects directly to Adobe Media Encoder. Choose File > Add > Adobe Premiere Pro Sequence, or File > Add > After Effects Composition. An Import dialog box launches. Choose the sequence or composition in the dialog, and then click OK. The sequence or composition is then imported into Adobe Media Encoder.

You can also drag a sequence from Premiere Pro or a sequence from After Effects directly into the Queue. A good technique is to drag the sequence or composition, then press Alt (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) + Tab to switch applications to Adobe Media Encoder. Once Adobe Media Encoder is the application in focus, drop the sequence or composition into the Queue.

Choosing media formats for export in the Export Settings dialog box
Now that media is in the Export Settings dialog box (or the Queue), make choices for the video format and preset. If you are in the Queue, you can return to the Export Settings dialog box. Click either the current format, or preset and the dialog box will open. For information about the Export Settings dialog box, see this page in Help. Once you’re in the Export Settings dialog box, make choices specifically for your the kind of media you need for your device.

In the Export Settings dialog box, click “Format” to see a menu of all the available media formats. Choose the most appropriate format.

Media formats

Here are suggestions for common media formats:

• Web video (Vimeo, etc.): H.264
• Blu-ray: H.264 Blu-ray
• DVD: MPEG-2

Not sure which media format to choose? You can make this choice easier by asking one question: “Which device will play this media?” The answer you give will greatly narrow down those choices. See this video about the topic of choosing the proper media format.

See this article: File formats supported for export in Help.
See the FAQ entry, “What are the best export settings?”
Available codecs for Adobe Media Encoder are in this blog post.

Choosing presets
After you have selected the proper media type (codec), the next stage in encoding media would be to choose the proper preset. To choose a preset, click “Presets” to see a menu of available presets. From the menu, choose the appropriate preset for your target device, an obvious choice should be available.

Encoding and Batch encoding
Now that you have the media in Adobe Media Encoder, and have chosen a format and a preset, it’s time to encode the file. Click the Export button to begin encoding. Click the Queue button, if you have more movies to add, or if you want to encode in the background.

Sometimes you need to encode multiple clips to a single format, while other times, you have to encode a single clip to multiple formats. You can do either in Adobe Media Encoder by exporting media in batches using the Queue, or by using watch folders.

• If you need to encode a file to multiple formats, see this article.
• See this video tutorial about batch encoding and using watch folders by Jan Ozer and video2brain.
• To see the workflow for batch encoding and for using and creating watch folders, see this video tutorial.

Encoding a portion of a sequence
If you would like to encode only a portion of a sequence, do one of the following:

• Set the Work Area in Premiere Pro for which you wish to export.
• In Premiere Pro CS6, set In and Out points.
• In Adobe Media Encoder, change the In and Out points by dragging the work area bar in the Export Settings dialog box and then clicking the In and Out buttons.

Once you have selected the export range, choose one of the following in the Source Range menu:

• Entire Sequence
• Sequence In/Out
• Work Area
• Custom

Create a SWF, DVD or Blu-ray disc by using Send to Encore via Dynamic Link
If you are creating a DVD or Blu-ray disc, you can circumvent Adobe Media Encoder by using Send to Adobe Encore via Dynamic Link instead. For details, see this article in Help. You can also create an Auto-play DVD (sometimes called a first play DVD) using this method. See this article for details.

Create video for HTML5
If you need to encode video made especially for HTML5 applications, see this video tutorial entitled, “Producing for HTML5” by Jan Ozer and video2brain.

Use Adobe Media Encoder for background rendering
You can use Adobe Media Encoder for background rendering for Adobe digital video products. Karl Soulé shows you how in this video: Save Time with Powerful Background Rendering Using Media Encoder.

Additional online resources

Video tutorial: Gems inside of Adobe Media Encoder by Dennis Radeke
Help article: Compression Tips
Video tutorial: Publish your DSLR projects with Adobe Media Encoder by Richard Harrington
See this page for a quick-start guide to using Adobe Media Encoder for exporting media.
See the video tutorial, “Get results with the Adobe Media Encoder,” by Richard Harrington.
See this video by Jan Ozer for What’s new in Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5

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video2brain: Producing great video with the Adobe Media Encoder
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Now that your edit is complete and ready for delivery, there’s one step left. Exporting a finished video with Premiere Pro is a required skill in any edit.

To export a video in Premiere Pro, go to File>Export>Media. You could also press the shortcut key Ctrl + M on PC, or Cmd + M on Mac. Make sure the sequence you want to export is selected when you do this.

This will bring up your Export Settings window. In this window, you’ll select your desired settings (or presets) for the video, before sending it to Media Encoder for exporting.

The first thing to think about when exporting a video is where the video will be delivered and how it’ll be viewed. Are you going to upload to YouTube and Vimeo? Are you compressing down the video so you can send it easily to a client? Are you exporting a hi-res master version for presentation? The delivery destination is very important on deciding what the settings need to be. There are loads of useful presets already installed with Premiere Pro and Media Encoder. You can use these presets to quickly choose settings for your exported file.

If you want to bypass these custom settings and export with the EXACT settings of your sequence, you can select Match Sequence Settings at the top. That’ll change your export settings to exactly match your sequence settings. Although, I don’t recommend this because most delivery destinations require codecs other than your common editing or intermediate codec.

For this example, we’ll be exporting from Premiere Pro to upload to YouTube. Premiere Pro also has presets for both YouTube and Vimeo that’ll export your project in the best recommended settings for both. However, for this example, we’re going to be exporting with custom settings.

The best setting for web playback is the H.264 codec. So, we’ll select our format as H.264. That is also the most common codec for video exports through Premiere. For eighty to ninety percent of your exports, you’ll be using H.264.

We’ll select a preset that matches our sequence and desired output. Our sequence is 1080p with a frame rate of 23.976 fps.

Click the output name to specify an output name for the exported video file. To learn more about properly naming a file, check out this article. Make sure that Export Video and Export Audio are both checked so the file has both video and audio.

If you feel comfortable with changing settings to make them more customizable, you can do so in this window. Here’s my recommended settings for most of my videos exported in Premiere:

Click the Render at Maximum Depth box.

Change the Bitrate Encoding Settings to VBR, 2 Pass, then drag your Target Bitrate to your selected file size. The size will be shown at the bottom of the window. Make your Maximum Bit Rate double the Target Bit Rate.

Now, you can select one of two Premiere Pro export options: Queue or Export.

Selecting Queue will send you to Media Encoder, with the sequence added to a queue.

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Then, all you have to do is press the green play button at the top to start the export. This is good if you want to add multiple Premiere Pro sequences to export at the same time. This also allows you to continue working in Premiere Pro while Media Encoder exports in the background. This is the method of exporting I use most often.

Selecting Export simply exports the sequence right from that window. You won’t be able to use Premiere Pro while it’s exporting this way.

That’s it! You just exported your finished video.

If you find yourself using a custom setting frequently, you can save your export settings as a new preset. Click the Save Preset button next to the preset dropdown in the export window. You can then name the preset whatever you like. Now you can use that saved preset in the future.

As you can see, exporting a finished video from Premiere Pro is super easy and very customizable. Want to streamline your exporting even more? You can also add additional output files from the same source sequence in Media Encoder — very useful for creating different file types and sizes of the same video.

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