Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 - Manual (Page 64)

58 USING ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS4
Capturing, digitizing, transferring, and importing
Last updated 11/6/2011
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Specify capture settings (Windows)
1 With a project open, choose File > Capture, and select the Settings tab.
2 In the Capture Settings pane, click Edit.
3 In the Capture Settings dialog box, select an option from the Capture Format menu.
4 Click OK.
Specify capture settings (Mac OS)
These steps store the QuickTime capture settings in the Premiere Pro project settings and in Preferences. Follow these
steps the first time you use a device in a project, whenever you change devices in the project, or whenever you want to
change the capture settings for the project.
1 With a project open, choose File > Capture.
2 In the Capture window, select the Settings tab.
3 In the Capture Settings pane, click Edit.
4 In the Capture Settings dialog box, select an option from the Capture Format menu.
5 Click Video.
6 Make any settings changes as desired and click OK. If no settings changes are required, simply click OK.
7 Select Audio from the Capture Settings Window.
8 If hearing audio during capture is desired, select On in the Speaker settings box in the Sound Window.
If you access the Sound options window again after closing the Sound window dialog, the Speaker option will revert
to Off. Select On each time this dialog is accessed to enable audio to be heard during capture.
9 Select the Sample tab and choose the Rate that matches the audio from your source.
10 Select the Source tab in the Sound Window.
11 Select DV Audio and next choose the desired source for the audio from your DV device. (By default, the Source is
set to Built-in Line Input > Line In.) Choose First 2 Channels.
12 (Optional) You can capture additional or alternate channels of audio. If your source material has additional
channels of audio, select one of the other two options.
13 Make any other changes to the audio settings as desired and click OK.
14 Click OK to close the Capture Settings Window.
15 If Record is still dimmed, select the Settings tab in the Capture Window. Then select Edit.
16 Click Video and then click OK.
17 Press Play.
The Record button becomes available.
Set capture preferences
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Capture (Windows) or Premiere Pro > Preferences > Capture (Mac OS).
2 Specify whether you want to cancel capture on dropped frames, report dropped frames, or generate a batch log file.