Timeline Import

When an AI generation completes, modelBridge imports the result directly into your Premiere Pro project — right track, right timecode, right scale. The plugin reads the model type and your timeline state to determine the correct action automatically. You never choose between replace, insert, or audio routing — modelBridge decides based on context. This is one of five intelligence layers that make the system adaptive.

Context-Aware Import Routing

The Import to Timeline button uses automatic routing based on how the generation was created:

Generation Type	Import Behavior
Image-to-video	Replaces the source image on the timeline at its original position and scale
Video-to-video	Replaces the source video on the timeline at its original position and scale
Image-to-image	Replaces the source image on the timeline
Text-to-video	Inserts at the playhead on the first available video track
Text-to-image	Inserts at the playhead on the first available video track
Audio / TTS	Inserts at the playhead on the first available audio track
Dual-frame interpolation	Replaces both source clips as a single clip spanning their combined duration

You do not need to choose between these behaviors — the plugin reads the model type and your timeline state to determine the correct action automatically.

Contextual Preview Instructions

Before you click import, a short instruction line on the preview card tells you exactly what will happen:

• “Replaces the source image on the timeline with the generated video.”
• “Inserts the video at the playhead on the first available track.”
• “Inserts the audio at the playhead on the first available audio track.”
• “Replaces both source clips on the timeline with the generated video.”

This adapts in real time to the model type and the current timeline state, so you always know what to expect.

Source Monitor Preview

Before committing to import, you can preview the result in Premiere Pro’s Source Monitor — the same viewer you use for evaluating traditional footage.

In/Out Point Support

Set In (I) and Out (O) points in the Source Monitor to import only a subregion of the generated clip:

1. Generate a clip → result opens in Source Monitor
2. Scrub through the result and set In/Out points using the I and O keys
3. Click Import to Timeline → only the marked subregion is imported
4. Adjacent clips are protected — no ripple, no overrun

This gives you the same precision workflow you are used to from traditional source monitoring, applied to AI-generated content.

If no In/Out points are set, the full clip is imported.

Import Options

Every completed generation offers three actions:

• Import to Timeline — context-aware routing as described above
• Save to Project Bin — imports the file to your project without placing it on the timeline
• Discard — removes the result without importing anything

For Dual Mode results, there is also a Discard All option to clear both results at once.

Fit-to-Frame Scaling

When a result replaces a source clip on the timeline, modelBridge applies fit-to-frame scaling automatically. The generated clip is scaled to match the sequence frame size, maintaining aspect ratio. This matches the behavior you would expect from a manual “Set to Frame Size” operation in Premiere Pro.

How Replace Works

When importing a source-based generation (image-to-video, video-to-video):

1. The original clip is removed from the timeline without ripple — adjacent clips are not affected
2. The generated clip is placed at the exact same timecode and track
3. Fit-to-frame scaling is applied
4. The original clip remains in your Project Bin — nothing is destroyed

This is a non-destructive workflow. You can always revert by dragging the original clip back from the bin.

Smart File Naming

Generated files are named descriptively: ProjectName_model-name_16x9_2026-03-22.mp4 instead of opaque hashes. This makes results easy to find in the Project Bin or in Finder.