If an offline clip appears in a Timeline panel, “Media Offline” appears in the Program Monitor and in the track. When you log clips from a tape, Premiere Pro automatically creates offline clips containing the exact information required to capture the clips later. You can also create offline clips manually.
Premiere Pro provides Offline and Offline All buttons in this case. Online and offline clips in Premiere Pro are not related to the concepts of online and offline editing. You can create an offline clip, that is, a placeholder clip for footage you capture later.
Premiere Pro helps you locate and relink offline media by using the Link Media and Locate File dialog boxes. When you open a project containing offline media, the Link Media workflow lets you locate and relink the offline media, bringing them back online for use in your project. For more information on offline files, see Working with offline clips.
What is an offline clip?
Offline clips contain information about the source files they represent, and they give you flexibility when actual files are not available. If an offline clip appears in a Timeline panel, “Media Offline” appears in the Program Monitor and in the track.
How do I edit an offline clip in Premiere Pro?
You can assign a keyboard shortcut to the Clip > Edit Offline command. The Edit Offline File dialog box opens. Edit settings as needed, and then click OK. You cannot edit ‘contains’ or ‘audio format’ for an offline clip if it is located in the timeline.
A common inquiry we ran across in our research was “How to recapture online clips in Premiere Pro?”.
Recapturing clips requires making the online clips offline by using the Make Offline command. A source file is unavailable when you open a project, so that Premiere Pro can’t locate it automatically and you can’t locate it manually. Premiere Pro provides Offline and Offline All buttons in this case.
Yet another inquiry we ran across in our research was “How to find missing clips in Premiere Pro?”.
Anytime Premiere Pro can’t find a media asset on your computer, you will see a red Media Offline screen. The first thing you need to do is find which clips are offline in your project. To do this, simply navigate to the project panel or hit Shift + 1 on your keyboard.
Why can’t Premiere Pro find a source file?
A source file is unavailable when you open a project, so that Premiere Pro can’t locate it automatically and you can’t locate it manually. Premiere Pro provides Offline and Offline All buttons in this case. Online and offline clips in Premiere Pro are not related to the concepts of online and offline editing.
If you move your media files to a new location, Premiere Pro may not be able to locate them and maintain the link between the clips in your project and the media files they link to. When the Link Media dialog box will appear If clips go offline, the Link Media dialog box appears automatically, so you can locate and relink your media files.