The Ci Workspace extension for Adobe Premiere Pro is available on Adobe Exchange.
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Installing the Ci Workspace Extension
1). Exit Adobe Premiere Pro.
2). If you don't already have it installed, download the Creative Cloud Desktop Application .
3). Go to the Ci Workspace Creative Cloud details on Adobe Exchange and sign in with your Adobe ID.
4). Click the Free button near the upper-right corner on the Ci Workspace page:
Figure 1: Adobe Premiere Pro Ci Workspace Details Page for Install
5). The End-User License Agreement is displayed. Review the agreement and click Accept and Continue.
6). A confirmation is displayed to notify you that you've acquired the CI Workspace extension. Click the Manage link near the upper-right corner:
Figure 2: Adobe My Exchange Page
The Creative Cloud Desktop App will be opened to your Manage plugins page. One of the features on this page is the ability to uninstall & reinstall your extensions. In the following example, you can see that the Ci Workspace extension is installed and ready to use:
Figure 3: Adobe My Exchange View of Installed extensions
Using the Ci Workspace extension
After you install the extension, Premiere will find it and enable it.
1). To open the Ci Workspace extension, choose Window > Extensions > Ci Workspace:
Figure 4: Adobe Premiere Pro enable Ci Workspace extension
2). When you open the panel, you're prompted to log in to your account:
Figure 5: Ci Panel Login
3). After you log in, your Ci dashboard is displayed, and you can choose the Workspace you want to use:
Figure 6: Ci Dashboard
Uploading a bin to Ci
If you use bins to organize clips in your Premiere projects, you can use the Upload Bin command to upload a bin of clips to Ci.
1). In the Ci panel, open a Workspace, click the blue Add New button, and select Upload Bin.
Figure 7: Upload Adobe Premiere Pro Project Bin Upload
2). Click the drop-down list to choose the bin you want to upload, and then click Upload.
Figure 8: Ci Panel Select Bin to Upload
Uploading a sequence to Ci
You can use the Upload Sequence command to upload a sequence from the Premiere timeline to Ci.
1). In the Ci panel, open a Workspace, click the blue Add New button, and select Upload sequence.
Figure 9: Ci Panel Upload Sequence
2). In the following prompt, click the drop-down list to choose the sequence you want to upload and choose a preset to render the sequence:
Figure 10: Ci Panel Select Sequence to Upload & Preset
If you choose Custom Preset, a file browser is displayed so you can choose an Adobe Media Encoder preset (.epr) file:
Figure 11: Ci Panel Select Media Encoder Custom Preset
3). Click Upload and choose the folder where you want to save your rendered sequence. After you click Open, Adobe Media Encoder starts, and you can monitor the progress of the render in the Media Encoder window. The upload will begin when rendering is complete.:
Figure 12: Ci Panel Select location for Media Encoder render
Uploading the project metadata to Ci
In the Ci Workspace panel, click Add New, and then click Upload project to upload the current Premiere project metadata file (.prproj) to Ci. No media is uploaded when you upload a project file, it is only the project metadata file:
Figure 13: Ci Panel Premiere Pro Upload Project file
Importing files from Ci to your Premiere Project
You can use the Import to Premiere command to download individual files from Ci to your computer and add them to the current Premiere project. There are two ways to do this:
Option 1 — In the Ci Workspace panel, select the file you want to import and click the Import to Premiere button from the blue action bar.
Option 2 — Right-click on a file and click the Import to Premiere button from the context menu:
Figure 14: Ci Panel Import to Premiere Pro
Next, a system dialog will display to allow you to choose where to download the file. Choose a folder, and then click OK. A box at the bottom of the Ci Workspace panel will display download progress. The file will be added to the current bin in the Premiere Project panel after the download is complete:
Figure 15: Ci Panel Import Download Progress indicator
Downloading Elements from Ci to your Premiere Project
You can browse file elements (including preview proxies and thumbnail images) from Ci and download them to your computer or import them to the current Premiere project:
1). In the Ci Workspace panel, select a file and open the Elements panel
2). Right-click on an element or select the Options button
3). From the drop-down menu select Import to Premiere: in the top-right corner of the Ci Workspace panel to display a menu:
Figure 16: Ci Panel options to Download or Import File Elements
Next, a system dialog will display to allow you to choose where to download the file. Choose a folder, and then click OK. A box at the bottom of the Ci Workspace panel will display download progress. The element will be added to the current bin in the Premiere Project panel after the download is complete:
Import File Comments as Markers to your Premiere Project
Comments that are posted on a file in Ci can now be imported into the same timestamp, and will be displayed as green markers on your Premiere Pro timeline:
Link Active Sequence:
1). Move the playhead in the Ci panel to frame 0
2). Hover over the blue "Link active sequence" button, click the dropdown button, select the text box and hit Enter on the keyboard
You will notice the button will turn orange, which indicates playback in the Ci panel will sync playback in Premiere Premiere (see Figure 18):
Figure 17: Linking Active Sequence
Exporting Ci File Comments:
3). Click the blue "Import Comments" button in the comment's panel, select "Export all to Premiere Pro"
At this point, you will see the comments populate with green markers in the timeline, indicating the comments were imported successfully:
Figure 18: Importing Comments to Premiere
Additional Tools & Functionality:
— Comments with replies will also be imported into the same timestamp.
— To export comments individually, hover over a comment in Ci and select the button.
— As of now, comments on a time-range will be imported at the start frame.
— If you already have markers in your Premiere timeline, they can be imported into Ci as file comments. Simply follow steps 1 & 2 above Figure 17, click the blue "Import Comments" button in the comment's panel, and select "Import all to Ci" (see Figure 18).
— File comments can be exported into a .txt file (including the note and timestamp) for further use in other systems or for documentation. Simply follow steps 1 & 2 above Figure 17, click the blue "Import Comments" button in the comment's panel, and select "Save as .txt" (see Figure 18).
Setting Premiere Panel Options
Click the button in the upper-left corner of the Ci panel displays a dropdown menu where you can adjust settings for the Ci Workspace panel. You can close the panel, show your in-progress downloads at the bottom of the panel, change the magnification level of the panel, and view the Ci Workspace panel version:
Figure 18: Ci Panel Premiere Pro Options
For any additional questions, please reach out to the Ci Customer Success Team by submitting a request here in the Help Center.