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Exporting OMF files for Pro Tools

You can export all the active audio tracks from an entire sequence in Premiere Pro to an Open Media Format (OMF)
file. DigiDesign Pro Tools imports OMF files, when the DigiTranslator feature is licensed. With DigiTranslator in Pro
Tools, you can sweeten soundtracks from Premiere Pro.
Note: The OMF files exported by Premiere Pro are not officially supported for platforms other than ProTools. Premiere
Pro does not import OMF files.
Export an OMF file for Pro Tools
1 In a Timeline panel, select a sequence.
Select File > Export > OMF.
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In the OMF Export Settings dialog box, type a title for the OMF file into the OMF Title field.
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4 From the Sample Rate and Bits Per Sample menus, choose the settings needed for your sequence.
From the Files menu, choose one of the following:
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With this setting, Premiere Pro exports an OMF file containing the project metadata and all the audio for
Encapsulate
the selected sequence. Encapsulated OMF files typically are large.
With this setting, Premiere Pro exports individual mono AIF files into an _omfiMediaFiles folder.
Separate Audio
The folder name contains the OMF filename. Using AIF files assures maximum compatibility with legacy audio
systems.
From the Render menu, choose one of the following:
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With this setting, Premiere Pro exports audio for the entirety of each clip used in the
Copy Complete Audio Files
sequence, no matter how many times the clip is used nor how many parts of the clip are used.
With this setting, Premiere Pro exports only the portions of each clip that are used in the sequence:
Trim Audio Files
the clip instances. You can choose to export each clip instance with extra length, handles, added to the start and end of
the file.
7 In the Handle Frames field, specify the length of the handles, in video frames. This amount of time is added to the
start and end of the exported files when you choose Consolidate Media. The default setting is one second, in frames,
at the sequence frame rate. If the length of the handles you specify exceeds the length of the clip instance, Premiere
Pro exports the whole clip instance.
8 Launch Pro Tools, and import the OMF file. For more information on importing files into Pro Tools, see Pro Tools Help.
Features supported in OMF files
On export to OMF, Premiere Pro exports files with the following attributes and metadata:
Note: Premiere Pro applies only the effects listed, on export to OMF. Also, since OMF values are clip-based, Premiere Pro
does not export most track-based values to OMF.
Premiere Pro places all transitions and keyframe points on audio sample boundaries. Video
Sample accurate exports
frame boundaries do not constrain these locations.
Premiere Pro converts sound clips to the same consistent sample rate, as required by Pro
48k and 96k sample rates
Tools. You can select the sample rate at the time of export.
You can choose the bit-depth at the time of export.
16-bit and 24-bit depth
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