Resolve Premiere
Adobe Premiere Pro

One file. One import. Done.

Premiere builds the whole sequence straight from the XML, with every marker on the frame you tapped. There is no second step and nothing to configure.

earwig-xxxxxxx.xml

This is the one. It carries the sequence, the timecode and all of your markers.

earwig-xxxxxxx.edl

Leave this one. It is there for DaVinci Resolve, which needs it to colour its markers. Premiere does not read it.

Why import rather than build it by hand

A new Premiere sequence starts at 00:00:00:00. Earwig markers are stamped with the actual time of day of your shoot, so on a hand-made sequence they land hours away, or not at all. The XML carries your camera's start timecode — which is why the imported sequence below opens at 12:42:58:10, with every mark on the frame where you tapped it.

Three steps

Import the XML

Works in a new project or one you are already cutting. Premiere adds the sequence alongside your work rather than replacing anything.

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So you know where to start

Open your project

An empty project is fine. You do not need to import your footage first, and you do not need a sequence to exist yet.

An empty Premiere Pro project showing the Add your media panel and an empty timeline.
Nothing in the project. That is the right starting point.
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Three routes, one destination

Open the import dialogue

Go to File ▸ Import, press ⌘I, or click Import media in the project panel.

The macOS import dialogue open over Premiere Pro, showing the Downloads folder with the Earwig files listed.
File ▸ Import, then find your downloads
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So you pick the right one of the two

Choose the .xml and hit Import

Both Earwig files share a name and sit next to each other. Take the one ending .xml.

The import dialogue with earwig-46a9af9e.xml highlighted, ready to import.
The .xml, not the .edl
✓
From the shoot to the cut

Your sequence appears

Premiere creates a sequence named after your shoot, at the frame rate you recorded, starting at your camera's timecode. Every mark you made is on the timeline ruler.

Double-click any marker to read the line that was said.

A Premiere Pro project panel showing the imported sequence at 25 fps, and a timeline with markers on the ruler.
25 fps, starting at 12:42:58:10, markers in place

It arrives without picture. That's normal, not broken.

Right-click the offline clip in the project panel, choose Link Media and point Premiere at your rushes.

Markers land by timecode, so they snap into the right place the moment the footage connects.

Questions

If something looks wrong

My markers are drifting out of sync

Check the sequence frame rate against your footage. A 25 fps sequence carrying 23.98 material looks fine at the top of an interview and is seconds out by the end, which is the classic symptom.

If the offset is the same all the way through rather than growing, the camera timecode and the timecode Earwig recorded do not match. Scan the camera's display again at the top of your next shoot.

All my markers are the same colour

Premiere brings markers in at its own default colour and has no way to import colours from a separate file. You can recolour them by hand in the Marker panel, but nothing will do it on import.

Earwig Sync builds the sequence with your Earmarks, Greats, Notes and B-roll already separated, which is the quicker route if colour matters to how you work. Get the Premiere plugin →

Nothing happened when I imported

Look in the project panel rather than the timeline. Premiere adds the sequence to the project but does not always open it. Double-click the sequence to bring it up.

What is the .edl file for?

DaVinci Resolve only. Resolve needs a second import to colour its markers, and the EDL is what carries those colours. Premiere ignores it.

Can I skip all of this?

Yes. Earwig Sync reads your camera card, matches your markers to the footage and hands Premiere a sequence with everything already linked. Same account, no extra cost.

Want it built for you?

Timelines that build themselves

Automatic timeline builds — correct colour markers, word-perfect transcription, no relinking — come from our plugins for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve Studio.

Get Earwig Sync