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1. Steve Grisetti,

Mar 12, 2013 5:23 AM in reply to LindaColli

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Premiere Elements projects are not cross-platform. You can't open a PC project on a Mac or vice versa.

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2. LindaColli,

Mar 12, 2013 7:20 AM in reply to Steve Grisetti

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Thanks Steve, I thought that would be the case. If I start a project in PE11 on my Mac, is there any way that I can later copy that project across to the PE11 Windows platform as a once off event, even if it takes a little effort? When I travel I only have my laptop to work on but prefer to use my desktop on my return as it is more powerful.

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3. Steve Grisetti,

Mar 12, 2013 7:38 AM in reply to LindaColli

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As I said, no. The project files are not cross-platform.

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4. nealeh,

Mar 12, 2013 7:57 AM in reply to LindaColli

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You could share the file from your Mac version to a standard format (e.g. DV-AVI for standard definition material). You could then load that file into a project on your PC. But that is all it would be - a source file like any other. You couldn't for example edit effects that you had applied in the Mac version.

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5. LindaColli,

Mar 12, 2013 8:15 AM in reply to nealeh

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Thanks Neale. If I shared it to an HD format eg AVCHD then loaded it into a new windows PE project and continued editing from there (understanding that previous edits would not be changeable) do you know how much quality I would loose as a result of compressing it twice ie once from the mac and then again in the final share?

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6. nealeh,

Mar 12, 2013 4:08 PM in reply to LindaColli

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Quality measurements are very subjective so I suggest you do some tests with short clips at differing quality settings to find settings that you find acceptable.

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7. Bill Hunt,

Mar 13, 2013 9:32 PM in reply to LindaColli

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Linda,

I do a lot of X-platform work, though at a slightly different level.

I hire some 3D animators, who are on a Mac, while I am on a PC. I request that they output their work to MOV with the Animation CODEC. Those are large files, but work perfectly in my PrE, or PrPro Projects on my PC.

Now, as has been stated, the Project, itself, will NOT be X-Platform, but much editing can be done on the Mac, and finished on a PC, with a PC PrE Project. Just Import that MOV as an Asset.

Besides the MOV [Animation], there are other otptions, as well, such as MOV [JPEG], or MOV [PNG]. Those will result in slightly smaller files, but with some compression in Motion-JPEG, and none in Motion-PNG. I just stick with the Animation CODEC, and do not mind the larger files, as I have tons of HDD space. To date, I have never had any issue with any of those delivered files.

Good luck,

Hunt

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8. Bill Hunt,

Mar 13, 2013 9:36 PM in reply to LindaColli

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When dealing with PrE, the main issue with X-Platform Projects is due to the authoring part (creating DVD, or BD files for those discs) of the operation. PrE uses many of the same Sonic AuthorCore modules, that Adobe Encore does, and those are NOT X-Platform, unfortunately.

With Premiere Pro, there is no authoring that goes into a Project. All of that is handled in Adobe Encore, part of PrPro, as of CS 3.

For use with PrE, a workaround is required, and that will yield a separate Project for the Mac, and for the PC, but one can output an AV file FROM the Mac PrE Project, and Import that (obviously not the full Project), into a similar Project on the PC. Close, but not the same.

Good luck,

Hunt

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9. LindaColli,

Mar 21, 2013 2:56 PM in reply to Bill Hunt

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Hi Bill,

I have not been able to get back to this at the moment but I really do appreciate your help and will get back to you as soon as I am able.

Thank you so much.

Kind regards

Linda

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10. Bill Hunt,

Mar 21, 2013 4:35 PM in reply to LindaColli

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Linda,

Since your post, one user reported that they had been able to move Projects (PREL's) between a PC and a Mac. IIRC, they were using PrE 11. Maybe things have changed?

Good luck,

Hunt

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11. Bill Hunt,

Mar 21, 2013 4:44 PM in reply to Bill Hunt

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Linda,

This is the thread, to which I was referring to: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5159691#5159691

Not having both a PC and a Mac, I cannot test.

Good luck,

Hunt

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12. LindaColli,

Mar 28, 2013 1:47 PM in reply to Bill Hunt

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Bill, thank you so much for the link and all your help. It sounds hopeful. I will try it. I am a bit snowed under for a month but if I find out anything useful I will post it here.

Kind regards

Linda

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