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Hey there. My name is Thien A. Pham and in this tutorial, I will show you how to work in Premiere Pro and After Effects simultaneously using Adobe Dynamic Link.

In the past, to share media assets between Premiere Pro and After Effects, you had to render and export your work from one application before importing it into another. If you wanted to make any changes, you had to render and export it again. This workflow was inefficient because it was time-consuming and wasted a lot of disk space.

All that changed when Adobe introduced Dynamic Link. With Adobe Dynamic Link, any change you make in the dynamically linked sequence or composition from one application will appear instantly in the other. No exporting, no rendering needed. And the best part is, it’s very easy to use.

Let me show you how.

Here I have a simple sequence in Premiere Pro. As you can see, there’s this thing right here at the edge of the frame that I want to get rid of. Also, the white background color is not even throughout. Let’s fix this in After Effects.

I’m going to right click on the clip and choose Replace with After Effects Composition. It will launch After Effects and since there’s no other After Effects project open, it will ask me to create a new one. Go ahead and give it a name, then hit Save. Once inside After Effects, go to Layer > New > Solid. Use the Color Picker and choose a white color close to the talent, then hit OK. Bring the layer to the bottom. Then choose the Rectangle Tool and draw a mask like this around the talent. Open the Mask settings in the Timeline and choose Subtract then increase the Feather to about 130. Do the same thing to the other side of the talent. Subtract. Feather. That looks pretty good. If I hit Command S or go to File > Save then switch back to Premiere Pro, the change is reflected instantly. The thing at the corner is no longer there and the white seems more consistent now. Pretty cool, isn’t it?

Notice that the original clip has been replaced by an After Effects composition.What if you change your mind and you don’t want to replace this clip with an After Effects composition? Well, you can go back to the After Effects composition and copy the clip. Then come back to Premiere Pro, make sure you patch it and toggle the target for this track. Then hit Command V and paste the clip onto the timeline. Now you have the clip back and you can delete this clip if you want.

Here’s a bonus tip. To avoid having to do this, duplicate the clip that you want to create an After Effects composition from, and paste on the track right above it before right clicking and choosing Replace with After Effects Composition. This way, if you change your mind, you just need to delete this clip.

Now that you know how to create an After Effects composition from clips in Premiere Pro, let me show you how to import an After Effects composition directly into Premiere Pro.

Here’s a composition in After Effects with a simple text that I want to use. To import into Premiere Pro, go to File > Adobe Dynamic Link > Import After Effects Composition. Choose the After Effects project file that has the composition you want to import and click Open. Then choose the composition that you want in the displayed dialog box and click OK. Once it is imported, you can treat it like any other type of asset. You can load it into the Source Monitor and bring it into the Timeline. If you want to modify it, right click on it and choose Edit Original or hit Command E. It will open that composition in After Effects for you to make changes.

Here’s another cool thing. If you want, you can edit this text from inside Premiere Pro. You just need to go back to After Effects, go to Composition Settings, and click on the Advanced tab. Make sure you check Template (Unlocked text layers editable in Premiere Pro). Save and switch back to Premiere Pro.

Now you can highlight it, go to Effect Controls, click on the Master tab, and change the text to anything you want. Let’s change this to 2017 and the change will reflect right away.

If you want to reuse the same layout and just want to change to a different text, hold down Option key and click and drag this clip to copy it. Then go to Effect Controls and change the text. You can do this as many times as you like.

The last thing I want to show you is how to import a Premiere Pro sequence into After Effects. Let’s delete all the dynamically linked compositions on the Premiere Pro timeline and hit Command S to save.

Now, head back over to After Effects and choose File > Adobe Dynamic Link > Import Premiere Pro Sequence. Choose the Premiere Pro project we just saved and choose the sequence you want. As you can see, we now have the entire Premiere Pro timeline as a single clip inside After Effects. You can then create a composition with it and start working normally.

Remember: Adobe Dynamic Link can only work one way, meaning you cannot add a dynamically linked composition on a Premiere Pro timeline and send this Premiere Pro sequence back to After Effects.

And that’s Adobe Dynamic Link. If you like the video, hit like or subscribe. Let me know if you’d like to see a tutorial on a particular subject in the comment area. My name is Thien A. Pham and thanks for watching.