Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 User Manual
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Note: For tips on making movies smaller, see the online Help for After Effectsand Adobe Premiere Pro.
Match the color palette to the correct mobile devices. Mobile devices, in general, have a limited color range. Previewing in Device Central
can help determine if the colors used are optimal for an individual device or range of devices.
Adjust clips. Grayscale view is helpful to compare values.
Use the presets available in Adobe Media Encoder. Several presets are designed for export to 3GPP mobile devices in Adobe Media
Encoder. 3GPP presets come in standard sizes: 176 x 144 (QCIF), 320 x 240, and 352 x 288.
Crop wisely. A common practice is to work at standard DV project settings and output to a combination of DV, DVD, Flash, WMV and mobile
3GPP. Use the usual presets, but at encoding time manage the difference between 4:3 or 16:9 video and the 11:9 aspect ratio of mobile
3GPP. The AME crop tool allows constraint to arbitrary proportions in the same manner as Photoshop’s Crop tool and adds an 11:9
constraint preset to the existing 4:3 and 16:9.
Work at an aspect ratio consistent with mobile output. New project presets (available only on Windows) make this easy. The frame
dimensions are larger than the ultimate output size (working at 176 x 144 can be difficult, for example, for titling), but they match the output-
frame aspect ratio to facilitate easy encoding. Each Windows project preset renders to uncompressed video, but most computers can
manage the data rate at these reduced frame sizes and halved frame rates. (This process is for projects where the only output is for mobile
devices.) Two frame aspect ratios account for the majority of support in mobile devices: 4:3 (QVGA, VGA etc.) and 11:9 (CIF, QCIF,
Sub-QCIF). These two common project settings are included in the Adobe Media Encoder “Mobile & Presets” folder.
Note: Do not use the device data in Device Central to determine how to configure a custom preset. Device Central does not have
information about video or audio support (frame sizes, codecs, bit rates, and so on). The frame size data in Device Central refers to screen
size and wallpaper and screen saver sizes, which are different from video sizes.
For more tips and techniques for creating content for mobile phones and devices, see
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