You can work on a project across computer platforms, for example, by starting on a Windows machine and continuing on a Macintosh, or the other way around. A few functions will change, however, as the project moves from one platform to the other. For a video on editing in a multi-platform environment, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0236.

Project settings

If a project is created on one platform and then moved to another, the equivalent project settings will be set automatically for the second platform if an equivalent is found. For example, if a DV project containing DV capture and device control settings is created on Windows, when the project is opened on a Macintosh the appropriate Mac DV capture and device control settings will be applied. Saving the project will record these Macintosh settings and a translation to Windows settings will occur if the project is later opened on Windows.

Effects

All video effects available on the Mac are available on Windows. Windows effects not available on the Mac will appear as offline effects if the project is opened on the Mac. These effects are designated “Windows only” in Adobe Premiere Pro Help. All audio effects are available on both platforms. Effect presets will work on both platforms (unless the preset applies to an effect not available on a given platform).

Adobe Media Encoder presets

Presets created on one platform are not available on the other.

Preview files

Preview files made on one platform are not available on the other. When a project is opened on a different platform, Adobe Premiere Pro re-renders the preview files. When that project is then opened on its original platform, Adobe Premiere Pro must render the preview files yet again.

High bit-depth files

Windows AVI files containing either 10-bit 4:2:2 uncompressed video (v210), or 8bit 4:2:2 uncompressed video (UYVU) are not supported on the Mac.

Preview rendering

Playback quality of unrendered non-native files (for example, AVI on Mac OS and MOV on Windows) will not be as high as playback quality of these files on their native platforms. Preview files must be rendered for them on the current platform. Preview files always are rendered in a native format. A red bar in the timeline indicates which sections contain files needing rendering.