Edit 4K offline in Premiere Pro

Proxies run locally on your SSD, no Wi-Fi required during the edit.

Watch the Premiere plugin in action

Cloud editors fail when the network drops

Tools like LucidLink present the cloud as a drive, which means every scrub on the timeline hits the internet. A two-second WiFi glitch during a client review turns into a frozen Premiere and an awkward silence. On a train, on set, or in a cafe with weak bandwidth, cloud drives are close to unusable for 4K.

Real edit sessions need real local files. Proxies solve the CPU and disk-space problem, but most proxy workflows leave you with two copies of the same rush on the same disk.

True offline editing with Sanbila

After import, Sanbila generates 4K-friendly proxies (720p or 1080p H.264) and stores them on your SSD. The Sanbila plugin attaches each proxy to its 4K original inside Premiere. Your internet can go down for hours and the edit keeps working. Scrub, JKL, mark in and out, export proxy preview: all local, all instant.

Internet only comes back into play at two moments: when you import new footage (upload to the cloud), and at final export, when Premiere reads the full 4K originals streamed from the cloud. Because each proxy is already attached to its 4K original, you leave "Use Proxies" unchecked and export the full resolution by default, with no relink and no reconform. Between the two, Premiere plays the local proxy and never needs the cloud.

100% offline timeline

Once proxies are cached, Wi-Fi down is not a problem. Edit, scrub, render previews, all local.

4K proxy presets

H.264 1080p and 720p presets that look fine on a 4K timeline and play smooth on any laptop.

Ingest once, edit anywhere

Sync proxies to a second machine via Sanbila to keep editing on the go.

No permanent mount point

No cloud drive running in the background. No battery drain from constant sync.

Sanbila by the numbers

Real specs from the live Sanbila product, not marketing claims.

NLEs supported (Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Avid)

Proxy presets: from 540p H.264 to 1080p DNxHR LB

File formats supported (MP4, MOV, MXF, R3D, BRAW, WAV…)

up to 85%

Less disk space with proxies vs editing on the full-resolution originals

Zero egress fees: stream originals at no extra cost

Parallel cloud connections on macOS (4 on Windows / Linux), 4 MB block cache

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to relink or reconform at export in Premiere?+

No. The Sanbila plugin attaches each proxy to its 4K original inside Premiere using the native proxy workflow, so you leave Use Proxies unchecked and export full resolution by default. There is no symlink swap, no relink and no stuck-at-proxy-resolution reconform.

Can I keep editing in Premiere when the Wi-Fi drops?+

Yes. Once the proxies are cached on your SSD, the timeline is fully local: scrubbing, JKL, in and out marks and proxy preview exports all work with no connection. Premiere only needs the internet to import new footage and to read the 4K originals at final export.

Does the proxy workflow leave two copies of each clip on my disk?+

No. The 4K originals live in the cloud, not on your SSD, so only the light proxy sits locally. That is the point: you get local-speed editing without the full 4K master taking up disk space next to it.

Edit 4K on the train, in a cafe, anywhere

Download Sanbila and work offline like it is 2015 again, with cloud-backed safety net.

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