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Saving, exporting, and importing batch lists


    You can save a batch list to disk. In addition, you can export and import a batch list as a text file. You can control the order of the columns in the text file. Saving a batch list and exporting it creates two very different files:

    • Saving a batch list preserves each entry and its capture settings (described in the next section) in a file format that only Premiere can read.
    • Exporting a batch list creates a tab-delimited ASCII text file that lists each entry but does not retain the capture settings. You may want to export a batch list as a text file to edit it in text-editing programs or in video-editing systems that can read text batch lists.

    The Batch Capture window menu contains commands you can use to manage settings for a batch list.

To save a batch list:

  1. Activate the Batch Capture window that you want to save and do one of the following:
    • For a new file, choose File > Save As. Specify a location and filename, and click Save.
    • For an existing file, choose File > Save.

To export a batch list as a timecode-log text file:

  1. Activate the Batch Capture window that you want to export.
  2. In the Batch Capture window menu, choose Import/Export Settings.
  3. Drag columns to rearrange them if desired, and click OK.
  4. In the Batch Capture window menu, choose Export to Text File. Specify a location and filename, and click Save.

To import a batch-list timecode log:

  1. Activate the Batch Capture window that is to be the destination for the list.
  2. In the Batch Capture window menu, choose Import from Text File. Locate and select the file, and click Open.
  3. Tip iconAfter you've logged a tape with comments, you can save the batch list to a disk and store the disk with the videotape. This makes it easy to redigitize clips from that tape in the future.

Moving batch-list entries between lists:

  1. Open two or more batch capture windows simultaneously by doing any of the following:
    • Choose File > Capture > Batch Capture to open a new Batch Capture window.
    • Choose File > Open to open an existing batch-list text file.
  2. Drag a file from one list to another.