How to work with Insta360-footage in Premiere Pro/After Effects

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Editing 360° video can be a heavy lift. Large files, awkward formats, and sluggish playback can slow you down fast.

Ff you're using the Insta360 X3, X4 or X5 with Premiere Pro, there's a smarter, smoother way to get started. Here'ss a streamlined workflow that can save you serious time and give you full control over reframing:

Step 1: Install the Insta360 Reframe Plugin

Before importing any footage, head over to Insta360’s official website and download the Insta360 Reframe plugin for Premiere Pro.

This plugin isn’t just useful — it’s essential. It does two things that make a huge difference:

2. Automatic Proxy Detection in Premiere Pro

Once you’ve created a timeline:

• Go to the Effects panel and search for Insta360 Reframe.

• Click it once to highlight it.

• Now drag your high-res footage into the Project panel.

If there’s a matching proxy file (from the camera), the plugin automatically links it.

That means no manual relinking, no laggy playback, and no need to edit in full 6K/8K. Your workflow instantly becomes more efficient and stable.

3. Full Keyframe Control for Reframing

Once the plugin is applied, you get creative control over parameters such as pan, tilt, field of view, roll etc. This is more commonly known. Being able to animate from an unbent Dewarped edition of your footage into the more crazy styles of Tiny Planet etc, is a breeze using this plugin in either Premiere Pro or After Effects.

It’s also great for outputting to any format you need: widescreen, vertical, square, 4:5, 9:16, you name it.

🧠 Final Tip

If your clips feel slow to work with, always check that the proxy link is active. You’ll find the proxy toggle in the bottom right of your Program Monitor in Premiere. That's it for the Insta360 X4 Premiere Pro-guide.