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Bring your existing Premiere Pro projects into Kino to leverage agentic editing, collaboration, and AI search on projects you’ve already started.

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Archive Import

The easiest way to import a Premiere Pro project is to use Project Manager to create an archive folder containing both your timeline and all media files.
Using Archive Import means you don’t need to manually ingest media first—Kino handles both the media and timeline in one step.
1

Open Kino's import page

Visit Kino’s import page to begin importing your Premiere project.
2

Open Project Manager

With your project open in Premiere Pro, go to File → Project Manager
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3

Select sequences and settings

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  • Select all sequences you want to import (or just the ones you need)
  • Uncheck “Include Preview Files” and others. All boxes in the Options panel can be unchecked.
  • Choose “Collect Files and Copy to New Location”
  • Select a destination folder
4

Create the archive

Click OK to create the archive. This creates a folder containing your .prproj file and all linked media files.
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5

Drag into Kino

Open the Timeline Import Tool in Kino and drag the entire archive folder onto the drop zone. Kino will automatically:
  • Detect the Premiere Pro project
  • Start ingesting all media files in the background
  • Parse and display your timeline
6

Select a sequence

If your project has multiple sequences, select which one you want to import.
7

Create your storyboard

Enter a name for your new storyboard and click Create Storyboard to complete the import.
You can delete this archive once you’re all done, but Kino works best when its pointed to real media on your computer.

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Manual Import

If you prefer to import just the timeline file (or already have your media in Kino), you can drag and drop your .prproj directly. Note: Kino matches timeline clips to your library by filename. Make sure the filenames in Kino match the original filenames used in your Premiere project.

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What Gets Imported

ImportedNot Imported
Clip positions on timelineEffects and plugins
Multiple video tracksColor corrections (Lumetri)
Multiple audio tracksSpeed ramps
Transform properties (scale, position)Nested sequences
Source file referencesAdjustment layers

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Troubleshooting

Reach out to us at support@kino.ai and we’ll help you out.