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Kriss Norde
Video editor, Blackmagic Design certified trainer and YouTuber
Kriss Norde is a video editor and YouTuber. He is a Blackmagic Design certified trainer, Blackmagic being the company behind DaVinci Resolve, and he founded Creator Academy, where he runs professional video training for creators, editors and colourists.
His courses cover DaVinci Resolve end to end: the edit page, Fusion, the Color page and audio in Fairlight. He also teaches editing, visual effects, colour grading, 3D and storytelling. It is that daily work across both applications, Premiere Pro on one side and DaVinci Resolve on the other, that produced PR2XML.
PR2XML started from a problem encountered while teaching rather than from a product idea. A Premiere Pro project opens nowhere else, and interchange formats drop a large part of the edit on the way. Every format the converter handles was decoded from real files produced by the applications themselves, then verified by importing the result back into the destination application.
He publishes on two YouTube channels, @krissnorde for long-form and @kriss_norde for tutorials, and works from Belgium through Norde SRL.
Areas of expertise
- Video editing
- DaVinci Resolve
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Colour grading
- Post-production workflows
- Editing interchange formats
Credentials
- Certification
- Blackmagic Design certified trainer (DaVinci Resolve)
- Founder
- Creator Academy
- Profession
- Video editor and YouTuber
- Teaches
- Editing, Fusion, colour grading, Fairlight, VFX, 3D, storytelling
- Company
- Norde SRL, Belgium
- Certificate code
- 8569-242A-D684-44B1
Where to find him
His articles on PR2XML
How to Cancel Your Adobe Subscription Without the Fee (and Keep Your Premiere Projects)
That "monthly" Premiere Pro plan is often a one-year contract. How Adobe's cancellation fee works, how to cancel without paying it, and how to keep access to your .prproj projects afterwards.
FilmCraft vs Premiere Pro: Can the Free Open-Source Clone Replace Adobe?
FilmCraft copies Premiere Pro's layout and shortcuts for free. We compare features, performance and stability to see if it can replace Adobe.
How to Open Premiere Pro Projects in FilmCraft (Free Open-Source Editor)
FilmCraft is the new open-source editor built like Premiere Pro. It can't open .prproj files, but it reads XML. Here's how to move your Premiere projects over
DaVinci Resolve Media Offline: Every Cause, and How to Fix It
DaVinci Resolve says Media Offline? Your footage is probably fine. All 14 causes, from moved files to codecs and GPU drivers, with the fix for each | PR2XML
What is a prproj file, and what can you actually do with one?
A .prproj file holds your edit, not your video. What's really inside a Premiere Pro project, why old versions won't open, and what you can still do with one.
DaVinci Resolve vs Premiere Pro (2026): An Honest Comparison
An honest 2026 comparison of DaVinci Resolve vs Premiere Pro: price, color, motion graphics, audio, collaboration, and what you actually keep if you leave | PR2XML
How to Convert a prproj to MP4 Without Premiere Pro
Good news: there's an easy, reliable way to convert a prproj to MP4 without Premiere Pro, and without an Adobe subscription | PR2XML