How to EDIT FASTER with Proxy Files in Premiere Pro (2022)

Is your computer struggling to edit 4K? Here's how to create proxy files in Premiere Pro 2022 to EDIT FASTER! Plus, I will show you how to make your proxies work with slow motion footage! If you've used my previous version of this tutorial and got stuck at the interpret footage step because it was grayed out, this updated tutorial has a workaround for you!

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0:00 Download my Proxy Cheat Sheet!
1:03 How To Make Proxies FAST
3:29 Time To Enable Proxies
5:07 Using Slow Motion Footage With Proxies (NOT Interpreting)
9:12 When You Should Disable Proxies
9:56 Do You Need To Disable Proxies When Rendering?
10:41 BONUS for Video Editors

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[desertbornproductions]

Honestly Matt as a fellow professional in the field I'd like to thank you for all your time and effort you have put into sharing your knowledge. I just upgraded to 2023 and you were my first search to help me with seeing what's new and in this case the best way to create proxies. Thanks so much

[Jmmy]

Matt, you're a hero. I come to your channel at least 1-2 times a week and you've unknowingly become an essential part of my workflow. Thank you for your service sir.

[jameskrick]

Literally perfect timing Matt! I just finished a wedding shoot last night and was scratching my head on how I was going to make proxies in 2022, especially with a lot of my footage in 30, 60, and 120fps! Thanks so much for sharing the knowledge 🙏🏼

[lotusfilms]

Something I started doing as of late is going straight to Media Encoder, adding the footage there, and creating the proxies INSIDE of Encoder. This way you skip the step of sending them to encoder, and simply need to attach proxies once they render. This also allows you to continue editing in Premiere.

[IanSfirebirdflame]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video and learned a lot. You included information for beginners (such as, shift + select multiple videos, or how to add the proxy switcher icon), but still present material that even advanced users may not have known. This is a hard balance to strike, and I think you did it very well.
Thank you for this content, I look forward to more!

[unknownman]

Still useful nearly 2 years later. Timeless content. Thanks Matt

[MJCGAMING]

Thank you Matt! Nearly a year later, this video is a real help. I appreciate ya!

[Valhallan]

Damn, the proxy trick saved me thanks to your old vid from 5 yrs ago! just updated to Premiere Pro 2023 and I can't believe it's even smoother! you da best! Cheers!!

[KevinBurton]

I gotta say. The "how-to" proxy tutorials across the Intertubes for Premiere were getting old and tired. Thank you Matt. This is a very nice refresh. The "Speed/Duration" method has always been my MO so thank you for getting it out to the masses. 🙏🏼

[repomanband]

Awesome. I thought I was using proxies until I saw this and knew I did not create any proxies. Much better now!

[michaelpoczynek]

Thanks, Matt. Very well done, informative and helpful! Have a great day! 😀

[ShawnCHeron]

I was doing some more tests and if you nest a clip and then add warp stabilizer you can enable proxies on stabilized clips. The clips seem to be stabilized perfectly and exactly the same on both the proxy and native file (no difference if there's a watermark). Try it out and see if you get the same result. I'm going to put it to the ultimate test with my next wedding video I'm starting to work on. So far, so FAST.

[onlysublime]

I was looking for your proxies video and I guess you replaced it with this updated one! thanks! :D

[reesmedia_]

Coming back to this as I have a couple days of footage that I need to re-proxy! Unfortunately Premiere has changed the Create Proxies Dialogue box so I'm piecing together what I need! This was such a huge help and I honestly felt capable of working out what I need in this project thanks to this and the practice I got months ago from this video!

Currently doing custom with the resolution set to match my other proxies and my preset to ProRes Quicktime Proxy to hopefully match what you did here Matt! Not sure if this will help anyone going forward and I'm definitely up for some feedback if I could be doing this better! I'm still new to proxies but will be implementing them into my Team workflows very soon!

[brodie_hart_filmmaker]

I love you, Matt. So helpful. God bless you, young man. God bless you.

[inkvideo]

I love the way you describe the videos and the excitement in which you explain everything!!

[StudioLaneCreations]

Thank you! Moving over from Final Cut Pro to Premiere Pro has been a slight headache with things like this.

[aprilangeli]

Incredible video! literally answered every question I had and the cheat sheet is super helpful too. thank you :)

[tonibetzner]

I just started editing in premiere pro, and this was helpful. I forgot about creating proxies, and even my workhorse of a laptop couldn't handle the few videos I had. Going to try this tonight and I have subscribed. thank you

[jordyncreates]

Thank you so much for this! Super helpful, timely, and very well explained!