Supported file formats | Premiere Pro CS4Products affected
For supported file formats for Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, see this page: "Supported file formats - Adobe Premiere Pro CS5"
This table lists the file formats that Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 can import and export. For more information about importing and exporting files, see Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Help.
Video file formats
| Format | Import/Export support | Format details |
| 3GPP Movie (.3gp) | Import and Export | QuickTime player required on Windows |
| Advanced Video Codec (.mts) | Import only | |
| AVCHD (.m2ts, .mts) | Import only | |
| DV stream (.dv) | Import and Export | |
| Flash Video (.flv, .f4v) | Import and Export | |
| Microsoft AVI (.avi) | Import and Export | Export Windows only |
| Microsoft NetShow (.asf) | Import only | Windows only |
| MPEG-1 (.mpg) | Import and Export | Export Windows only |
| MPEG-2 (.m2v, .mpg) | Import and Export | |
| MPEG-4 (.m4v) | Import and Export | |
| Panasonic P2 (.mxf) | Import and Export | |
| QuickTime Movie (.mov) | Import and Export | QuickTime player required on Windows |
| Shockwave Flash object (.swf) | Import only | |
| Sony VDU File Format Importer (.dlx) | Import only | Windows only |
| Windows Media (.wma, .wmv) | Import and Export | Export Windows only |
| XDCam-EX movie (.mp4) | Import only | |
| XDCam-HD movie (.mxf) | Import only |
Image file formats
Note: Adobe Premiere Pro supports still-image formats in RGB or grayscale color modes only.
| Format | Import/Export support | Format details |
| Adobe Illustrator and Illustrator sequence (.ai, .eps) | Import only | |
| Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop sequence (.psd) | Import only | Import does not support files that are CMYK, Duotone, LAB, or Multichannel mode. PSDs containing a 32-bit alpha channel are not supported. Convert your image to an 8- or 16-bit PSD before importing. |
| Adobe Premiere Title (.ptl, .prtl) | Import only | |
| Animated GIF (.gif) | Import and Export | Windows only |
| Bitmap and Bitmap sequence (.bmp, .wbm, .dib, .rle) | Import and Export | 8-bit per channel (bpc) or better only. Alpha channels in BMP files are not supported. |
| CompuServe GIF (.gif) | Import and Export | |
| Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) | Import only | |
| Icon file (.ico) | Import only | Windows only |
| JPEG and JPEG sequence (.jpe, .jpg, .jfif) | Import and Export | |
| PICT and PICT sequence (.pic, .pct, .pict) | Import only | QuickTime player required on Windows |
| Portable Network Graphics (.png) | Import and Export | Export in Mac OS X only |
| Targa and Targa sequence (.tga, .icb, .vda, .vst) | Import and Export | |
| TIFF and TIFF sequence (.tif, .tiff) | Import and Export | 8-bit per channel (bpc) files only |
Audio file formats
| Format | Import/Export support | Format details |
| Adobe Sound Document (.asnd) | Import only | |
| Advanced Audio Coding File (.aac) | Import and Export | |
| Audio Interchange File Format (.aif, .aiff) | Import and Export | |
| Audio Video Interleaved (.avi) | Import and Export | |
| Dolby Digital (.ac3) | Import and Export | After 3 free trial uses, purchase SurCode encoder |
| MPEG Audio (.m4a, .mp3) | Import and Export | |
| MPEG Audio (.mpeg, .mpg) | Import and Export | |
| QuickTime (.mov) | Import and Export | QuickTime player required on Windows |
| Windows Media Audio (.wma) | Import and Export | Windows only |
Other file formats
| Format | Import/Export support | Format details |
| Adobe Clip Notes (.pdf) | Import and Export | |
| Adobe Premiere 6.x Library(.plb) | Import | Windows only |
| Adobe Premiere 6.x Project (.ppj) | Import | Windows only |
| Adobe Premiere 6.x Storyboard (.psq) | Import | Windows only |
| Adobe Premiere Pro Project (.prproj) | Import and Export | |
| Adobe After Effects Project (.aep) | Import and Export | Production Premium or Master Collection |
| Advanced Authoring Format (.aaf) | Import and Export | Windows only |
| Batch list (.csv, .pbl, .txt, .tab) | Import | |
| Edit Decision List (.edl) | Import and Export |
Doc ID
(kb405978)
Last updated
2011-01-07
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