Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 User Manual
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USING ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS4
Editing sequences and clips
Last updated 11/6/2011
To edit DVCPROHD 720p footage shot at 25fps (e.g. 25pN native mode footage from PAL versions of the Panasonic
HVX200 camera), choose the DVCPROHD 720p 50p preset. Then, select the General tab. Then, from the Timebase
drop-down menu, select 25.00frames/second.
The New Sequence dialog box opens with the Sequence Preset tab selected.
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Select a preset that matches your footage.
3
(Optional) To set the number of channels in the Master audio track, select the Tracks tab. In the Master menu in
the Audio pane, select one of the following:
Mono
Outputs a single mono channel.
Stereo
Outputs two mono channels with stereo panning intact.
5.1
Outputs four mono channels respecting the Left-Front, Right-Front, Left-Rear, and Right-Rear panning.
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Enter a location and name for the project file and click OK.
Note: In Windows, you can create a custom project preset for previewing uncompressed 10-bit or uncompressed 8-bit
footage. For more information, see “
Create a sequence with uncompressed video playback (Windows only)
in Premiere Pro Help.
More Help topics
Exporting HD and HDV sequences
Importing assets from tapeless formats
Create a sequence with uncompressed video playback (Windows only)
For the highest quality previews of sequences on an SDI card or device connected to an external monitor, you should
use one of the uncompressed formats for preview files. Uncompressed 8-bit (4:2:2 YUV) is particularly suitable for
projects meant for SD output, while Uncompressed 10-bit (4:2:2 YUV) is best for projects meant for HD. Additionally,
with Uncompressed 10-bit (4:2:2 YUV) and high bit-depth color rendering Premiere Pro will make use of the color
information in 10-bit assets and will upsample other assets in a sequence to generate 10-bit preview files. Premiere Pro
delivers the best preview performance when using these preview file formats on a system with a supported SD-SDI or
HD-SDI card installed.
Both these uncompressed formats do subsample video files at 4:2:2 YUV, but unlike the other file formats available for
preview files, they do not then run the video data through a compressor. They are called uncompressed because they
do not add this second layer of compression, and thereby retain much higher color depth in the previews than the
compressed formats. As a consequence, uncompressed preview files can be quite a bit larger than compressed preview
files.
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Select File > New > Sequence.
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In the New Sequence dialog box, click the General tab.
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From the Editing Mode menu, choose Desktop.
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In the Timebase menu, choose the desired frame rate, such as 24, 25 or 29.97 frames/second.
5
In the Video section, choose the desired settings for Frame Size, Pixel Aspect Ratio, Fields, and Display Format. For
example, 1920 x 1080, Square Pixels (1.0), No Fields (Progressive Scan), and 30 fps Drop-Frame Timecode.