Adobe Premiere Pro CC v.7.xx User Manual
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Direct-Link workflow between Premiere Pro and SpeedGrade
New in the October 2013 release of Premiere Pro CC (version 7.1) and SpeedGrade CC (version 7.1)
About Direct Link
Edit and grade Premiere Pro sequences with Direct Link
Open Premiere Pro projects directly in SpeedGrade
Limitations in Direct-Link mode
About Direct Link
The Direct-Link workflow is a new and integrated edit-and-grade workflow between Premiere Pro CC and SpeedGrade CC.
In the past, to use SpeedGrade to color grade your footage from Premiere Pro, you rendered and exported your sequences to SpeedGrade either
as DPX still image sequences or edit decision lists (EDLs). After completing color grading in SpeedGrade, you exported the projects as stand-
alone video files back into Premiere Pro for more editing.
Direct Link offers a fast and efficient alternative to this workflow. Leveraging the power of the Mercury Playback Engine, Direct Link lets you send
or open Premiere Pro projects directly in SpeedGrade. You can color grade Premiere Pro sequences in SpeedGrade and send it back to Premiere
Pro in a few clicks.
To achieve optimal performance when using Direct Link, use an NVIDIA CUDA graphics card with GPU acceleration on Windows. For more
information about Adobe-certified NVIDIA graphics cards, see the
Edit and grade Premiere Pro sequences with Direct Link
The Direct-Link workflow lets you roundtrip Premiere Pro projects between editing and grading without time-consuming or complex tasks like
rendering and conforming.
Premiere Pro-SpeedGrade Direct-Link workflow
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