How to export an EDL from Premiere Pro
Click in the Timeline panel, choose File › Export › EDL, pick the video and audio tracks in the EDL Export Settings (CMX 3600) dialog, turn on 32-character names if your clip or tape names are longer than eight characters, and click OK, then Save. EDLs work best with one video track, two stereo audio tracks and no nested sequences.
- Menus from official docs
- Checked 2026-11-12
Step by step
How to export an EDL from Premiere Pro
Current Premiere Pro (Adobe’s help pages now call it Premiere), as documented by Adobe in 2026.
Export the EDL
- 1Open the project and click anywhere in the Timeline panel to make the sequence active.
- 2Choose File › Export › EDL.
- 3In the EDL Export Settings (CMX 3600) dialog, select the video and audio tracks to export.
- 4Select the 32-character names option if clip or tape names are longer than eight characters.
- 5Click OK, choose a location and name for the .edl file, and click Save.
Choose which name each event carries
- 1Each event gets a comment with its clip name as it appears in the timeline.
- 2To use source clip names instead, click the wrench icon in the Timeline panel and switch Show Source Clip Name and Label before you export.
When it goes wrong
Common problems and fixes
- Some tracks or clips are missing from the EDL
- A CMX 3600 EDL describes one picture track at a time and a few audio channels. Adobe recommends one video track, two stereo audio tracks and no nested sequences; flatten anything more complex before exporting.
- Reel names are wrong or cut short
- Give every tape or file a unique reel name, and turn on 32-character names when names are longer than eight characters.
- Merged clips come out as separate sound and picture
- That is expected: Adobe notes merged clips export as separate video and audio events with their original timecodes.
Make an EDL from XML
For Final Cut Pro, which has no EDL export, or for a second picture track: drop an FCPXML or XML on Conform and get a CMX 3600 EDL with dissolves, speed changes, up to four audio tracks and markers as locators. Free up to 40 clips.
Sources
Menu names and behaviour checked against these pages on 2026-11-12. Software updates rename menus; if a step no longer matches, write to conform@niamori.ai.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Something else, or a file that will not convert? Write to conform@niamori.ai.
What do transitions and speed changes look like in an EDL?
Can Final Cut Pro open the EDL?
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