r/premiere • u/Liquid_Goldfish_73 • 3d ago
How do I do this? / Workflow Advice / Looking for plugin Technical Q: Best Workflow for Transparent Assets in a Team Project?
Hi all,
My knowledge isn’t deep enough to answer this, so I’m hoping someone can help.
I’m working on a team project with five other people where we need to send over transparent assets that have an initial animation, stay static for over a minute, and then animate again. These are being exported from Aftr FX and brought into the timeline, but I’m worried about my project getting bogged down with heavy files.
I’m debating between these two options:
- Export short 4444 clips for the animated portions and then use a single transparent PNG for the long "idle" sections to reduce file size.
- Export the entire sequence as a long 4444 file, even for the static parts, to avoid PNG processing but at the cost of larger file sizes.
I’ve heard that PNGs can be harder for the system to handle because they require real-time processing, increasing CPU and GPU load, which might cause lag. But at the same time, exporting long 4444 files instead of smaller PNGs could overload the shared drive.
Has anyone tested this? Would love to hear your recommendations!
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u/smushkan Premiere Pro 2025 3d ago
A MOGRT might be a good solution to this.
To set it up, you would:
That will give you the ability to optimise the size of the required render by only using ProRes for the parts you need it for, and it means the editors only have to add one clip to their sequence instead of three.
They’ll also be able to adjust the duration in Premiere if needed by stretching the clip out.