Install the Eddie AI extension for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve

Eddie's round trips to Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve run through a small companion piece the desktop app installs for you: a panel for Premiere, a scripting bridge for Resolve. You normally never install either by hand — the desktop app sets each one up automatically the first time you send a project across. This article covers what gets installed, where it shows up in your NLE, and what to do when it doesn't.

Premiere Pro: the Eddie AI AE panel

• What's installed — the Eddie AI AE panel, a standard Adobe CEP extension that ships inside the desktop app.
• When — automatically, as part of Send to Premiere Pro in the desktop app. There's nothing to download separately.
• How — the app hands the bundled extension to Adobe's own installer (the Unified Plugin Installer Agent that comes with Creative Cloud). No third-party ZXP tools involved.
• Where it appears — in Premiere, under Window → Extensions → Eddie AI AE.

Creative Cloud is required. The install runs through Adobe's installer agent, so on a machine without Creative Cloud it cannot proceed. Install Creative Cloud (with Premiere Pro) first, then run the send again.

DaVinci Resolve: the Eddie AI AE script

• What's installed — a small "Eddie AI AE" utility script (Eddie AI AE.lua), the bridge Eddie uses to build your timeline inside Resolve.
• When — automatically, as part of Send to DaVinci Resolve in the desktop app.
• Where it lands — your user-level Fusion Scripts/Utility folder. It's a per-user install, so no admin rights or password are needed.
• Where it appears — in Resolve, under Workspace → Scripts → Eddie AI AE, available from every Resolve page.

Install from the Help menu

You can also run either install on its own, without starting a send:

• Help → Install Premiere Pro Extension… installs the Eddie AI AE panel.
• Help → Install DaVinci Resolve Extension… installs the Eddie AI AE script.

Each one tells you what happened rather than finishing quietly — installed, or why it couldn't. If Creative Cloud isn't on the machine, the Premiere item says so instead of failing with no explanation. If Resolve isn't installed yet, the Resolve item offers to put the script in place anyway, which is what you want when you're setting a machine up before Resolve is on it.

Restart Premiere or Resolve afterwards so it picks up the new panel or script.

Troubleshooting

• Installed, but not visible in the NLE — restart Premiere or Resolve. Both scan for extensions and scripts at launch, so a panel or script installed while the NLE was open won't appear until the next start.
• Premiere: the install fails straight away — the usual cause is a missing Adobe installer agent, which means Creative Cloud isn't installed (or isn't fully installed) on that machine. Install Creative Cloud, then retry the send.
• Resolve: checking the script by hand — look for Eddie AI AE.lua in your user-level Utility scripts folder: on Mac, ~/Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/Fusion/Scripts/Utility; on Windows, %APPDATA%\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Support\Fusion\Scripts\Utility. If the file is there but the menu item isn't, restart Resolve.

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