Answers.Body: <p>When exporting from Premiere there is a checkbox that says "match sequence settings" which will use the same format as your source video.</p>
  
  <p>The "best quality" checkbox is Premiere does not refer to the codec, but to the internal scaling algorithms.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I record a video step-by-step using Microsoft Expression Encoder 4, encode the file with 'Best Quality' preset, the result info in file its:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ID                                       : 2
  Format                                   : VC-1
  Format profile                           : Advanced@L3
  Codec ID                                 : WVC1
  Codec ID/Hint                            : Microsoft
  Description of the codec                 : VC-1 - VC-1 Advanced Profile
  Duration                                 : 8mn 43s
  Bit rate mode                            : Constant
  Bit rate                                 : 1 045 Kbps
  Width                                    : 1 440 pixels
  Height                                   : 900 pixels
  Display aspect ratio                     : 16:10
  Frame rate mode                          : Variable
  Frame rate                               : 15.000 fps
  Color space                              : YUV
  Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
  Bit depth                                : 8 bits
  Scan type                                : Progressive
  Compression mode                         : Lossy
  Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.054
  Stream size                              : 65.2 MiB
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I play the video in VLC the quality its perfect.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/PiKOJ.jpg" alt="It´s a printscreen of video playing vlc"></p>
  
  <p>After import the video in premiere and export sequence the video loss quality. </p>
  
  <p>The printscreen above its the quality of exported video.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/0KX8P.png" alt="the exported image"></p>
  
  <pre><code>ID                                       : 1
  Format                                   : AVC
  Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
  Format profile                           : Main@L5.0
  Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
  Format settings, ReFrames                : 3 frames
  Codec ID                                 : avc1
  Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
  Duration                                 : 5mn 53s
  Bit rate                                 : 1 708 Kbps
  Width                                    : 1 440 pixels
  Height                                   : 900 pixels
  Display aspect ratio                     : 16:10
  Original display aspect ratio            : 16:9
  Frame rate mode                          : Constant
  Frame rate                               : 15.000 fps
  Standard                                 : NTSC
  Color space                              : YUV
  Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
  Bit depth                                : 8 bits
  Scan type                                : Progressive
  Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.088
  Stream size                              : 72.0 MiB (90%)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When activating the option to export in Premiere , I have customized with the maximum possible quality.</p>
  
  <p>Exporting in Adobe Premiere , using the same or better quality to the source video that was imported ?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you all,</p>
  
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Comments.CreationDate: 2015-02-09T18:51:11.733Z
Comments.Text: When you export in Premiere what codec are you using? h264?
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Comments.CreationDate: 2017-11-20T17:36:26.310Z
Comments.Text: i have the same problem but it shows up like that in premiere before i export it but the video itself is fine
Comments.UserDisplayName: Peyton Donaldson
Tags: <premiere><video-editor><video-quality><codec><compression>
Title: Poor and low quality on import/render Adobe Premiere
UserDisplayName: Jeferson Tenorio
ThreadText: # Poor and low quality on import/render Adobe Premiere
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-02-09)
  
  I record a video step-by-step using Microsoft Expression Encoder 4, encode the file with 'Best Quality' preset, the result info in file its:
  
  ```
  ID                                       : 2
  Format                                   : VC-1
  Format profile                           : Advanced@L3
  Codec ID                                 : WVC1
  Codec ID/Hint                            : Microsoft
  Description of the codec                 : VC-1 - VC-1 Advanced Profile
  Duration                                 : 8mn 43s
  Bit rate mode                            : Constant
  Bit rate                                 : 1 045 Kbps
  Width                                    : 1 440 pixels
  Height                                   : 900 pixels
  Display aspect ratio                     : 16:10
  Frame rate mode                          : Variable
  Frame rate                               : 15.000 fps
  Color space                              : YUV
  Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
  Bit depth                                : 8 bits
  Scan type                                : Progressive
  Compression mode                         : Lossy
  Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.054
  Stream size                              : 65.2 MiB
  
  ```
  
  When I play the video in VLC the quality its perfect.
  
  ![It´s a printscreen of video playing vlc](https://i.sstatic.net/PiKOJ.jpg)
  
  After import the video in premiere and export sequence the video loss quality.
  
  The printscreen above its the quality of exported video.
  
  ![the exported image](https://i.sstatic.net/0KX8P.png)
  
  ```
  ID                                       : 1
  Format                                   : AVC
  Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
  Format profile                           : Main@L5.0
  Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
  Format settings, ReFrames                : 3 frames
  Codec ID                                 : avc1
  Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
  Duration                                 : 5mn 53s
  Bit rate                                 : 1 708 Kbps
  Width                                    : 1 440 pixels
  Height                                   : 900 pixels
  Display aspect ratio                     : 16:10
  Original display aspect ratio            : 16:9
  Frame rate mode                          : Constant
  Frame rate                               : 15.000 fps
  Standard                                 : NTSC
  Color space                              : YUV
  Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
  Bit depth                                : 8 bits
  Scan type                                : Progressive
  Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.088
  Stream size                              : 72.0 MiB (90%)
  
  ```
  
  When activating the option to export in Premiere , I have customized with the maximum possible quality.
  
  Exporting in Adobe Premiere , using the same or better quality to the source video that was imported ?
  
  Thank you all,
  
  **Tags:** premiere, video-editor, video-quality, codec, compression
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: When you export in Premiere what codec are you using? h264?  
  > **username_2**: i have the same problem but it shows up like that in premiere before i export it but the video itself is fine  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2015-06-11. Score: 1
  
  When exporting from Premiere there is a checkbox that says "match sequence settings" which will use the same format as your source video.
  
  The "best quality" checkbox is Premiere does not refer to the codec, but to the internal scaling algorithms.
  
  
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