Premiere Pro · Projects and workflow
How to change the frame rate of a clip in Premiere Pro
Short answer
Right-click the clip in the Project panel, choose Modify > Interpret Footage, select Assume this frame rate and type the new rate. The clip plays faster or slower, frame for frame.
In Premiere Pro
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Open Interpret Footage
Right-click the clip in the Project panel and choose Modify > Interpret Footage.
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Set the rate
Choose Assume this frame rate and type the rate, such as 23.976. Click OK.
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To change a sequence
A sequence's frame rate can't be changed once it has clips in some versions. Make a new sequence with the rate you want and paste the edit in.
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Mixed rates
A 30 fps clip in a 24 fps sequence drops frames to fit. Set Time Interpolation (right-click > Time Interpolation) to Frame Blending or Optical Flow if it stutters.
- Phone footage often has a variable frame rate. Transcode it to a constant rate if audio drifts out of sync.
Eddie AI
Do it in Eddie
Eddie keeps your footage's timecode and frame rate through the round trip.
Timecode, frame rate and resolution stay with the media when Eddie reads clips from Premiere and sends the sequence back.
Back to Premiere
Open the edit, click Export and choose Premiere. You get a Premiere project (.prproj) or the older Premiere XML. In the desktop app, Send to Premiere Pro builds the edit inside Premiere through Eddie's panel, which the app installs for you.
If you imported the footage through the desktop app, the timeline points at your original camera files, so Premiere relinks to them. If you uploaded on the web or pulled from cloud storage, it points at Eddie's proxy media; relink to those, not to the camera originals.
From the help center
Questions
- Does Interpret Footage change the audio?
- Yes. Audio speeds up or slows down with the picture, so it may no longer match.
- What frame rate should my sequence be?
- The rate most of your footage was shot at, and the one you deliver.