Open the project in Avid Media Composer.
Learn how to import AAF files from Avid Media Composer into Premiere Pro.
Adobe Premiere Pro cannot read native Avid Media Composer (.avf) project files directly, so you need to export an AAF file from Avid Media Composer, and then import the AAF file into Premiere Pro.
Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) is a file interchange format designed for video post-production and authoring environments. It is used for exchanging project information across applications that don’t ordinarily read one another’s native project formats — such as .prproj for Premiere Pro and .avp for Avid Media Composer.
Before you export an AAF file from Avid Media Composer and bring into Premiere Pro, you need to do some clean-up within Avid. Clean up Sequence tracks prior to exporting an AAF file. Give each asset type a unique track.
It's also a good idea to export a Reference Movie to later use for identification and recreation of effects that do not migrate.
To export an AAF file from Avid Media Composer:
Open the project in Avid Media Composer.
Select the sequence you want to export in the project bin.
Choose File > Export.
In the Export Settings dialog box select AAF Edit Protocol, Include All Video / Data Tracks in Sequence, and Include All Audio Tracks in Sequence.
If you want to limit your export to the section between In/Out points, select Use Marks.
Click the Video / Data Details tab and select Link to (Don’t Export) Media.
Click the Audio Details tab and select Link to (Don’t Export) Media. Optionally, select Include Rendered Audio Effects as well.
Save the AAF file.
After exporting the AAF file from Avid Media Composer, you can import it into Premiere Pro.
Open a project in Premiere Pro or create a new one.
Select the Project panel and choose File > Import.
Locate the AAF file you exported earlier and click Import.
Premiere Pro creates a new sequence in the Project panel with the name of the AAF file and a bin containing the media used in the sequence.
If there are any translations issues, an FCP Translation Results file is added to the main bin.
Double-click the sequence and scrub through it to make sure everything is working as expected.
To read the report, double-click FCP Translation Results in the bin.
The file is opened in TextEdit on Mac or Notepad on Windows. It lists how Premiere Pro dealt with any effects, titles, or transitions that did not translate.
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