Starting a Premiere Pro file

2&3 Create a Premiere Pro file & Sequence.mp4

Creating a Premiere Pro file

Once you have some content in your folder to start creating your Slideshow:

Launch the Adobe Premiere Pro program through the Windows Start or search menu.
- If asked to login, make sure to use your TDSB school email.
Select “New Project” from the Welcome screen.
Name the file properly and Browse to the drive and folder where you are saving the project and click OK. Your file will open up in the “Adobe Premiere Pro” work-space.
- Whenever possible, specify a location and name that you won’t have to change later. By default, Premiere Pro stores rendered previews, conformed audio files, and captured audio and video in the folder where you store the project. Moving a project file later may require moving its associated files as well.

3 Adding Media & Sequence Settings.mp4

Importing media

There are various ways to import your media into Premiere Pro:

You can Choose File>Import and locate where the files are in your project folder and import all the necessary files. You can select multiple files too.
To import a folder of files, choose File > Import. Locate and select the folder, and then click Import Folder. The folder, with its contents, is added as a new bin in the Project panel.
You can drag a file or folder directly into the project bin.
You can drag a file directly onto the timeline and it will also show up in the project bin.

Create a sequence

Basically, a sequence is an individual video timeline. Typically, this means a single video is edited on a single sequence. Sometimes, editors edit multiple videos in a single sequence, but that’s not necessarily a good practice.

In many cases, you want to create a sequence that matches the characteristics of the primary assets (clips) that you’ll be editing. You can create a sequence that matches the characteristics of an asset by dragging the asset to the Timeline.

You can also create a sequence by using a sequence preset. The sequence presets included with Premiere Pro include the correct settings for common types of assets. For example, if you have footage mostly in DV format, use a DV sequence preset.

If you plan to specify lower quality settings for output (such as streaming web video), don’t change your sequence settings. Instead, change your export settings later.

When all the parameters of your assets do not match all the settings of any preset, in the Sequence Presets tab of the New Sequence dialog box, do one of the following.

Select a preset with most settings matching the parameters of the assets you want to edit, then select the Settings tab, and customize the preset so that its settings match the asset parameters exactly.
Without selecting a preset, select the Settings tab of the New Preset dialog box. Select Custom from the Editing Mode menu, and customize the settings until they match the parameters of your assets.

The sequence settings must be correct when you create the sequence. Once a sequence is created, some sequence settings, such as the time-base settings, are locked. This locking prevents unwanted inconsistencies that could result from changing sequence settings later.

For our purposes, we will create a sequence and then edit the frame size:

Drag one of your images into the empty timeline. It will create a new sequence based on the properties of the file and add the image to the V1 layer.
With the sequence selected, choose Sequence>Sequence Settings.
Change the Frame Size to 1000 x 750, and then click OK.
You will see a warning message about Previews. Click OK.
- You may notice that your image now appears larger on the Program Window. The following instructions teach you how to fix this.

Resizing imported images

Imported images usually have a higher resolution than imported videos, so they appear cropped when viewed on the Timeline in Premiere Pro. Be careful not to use images that have a lower resolution than your frame size as they will appear small or low quality.

You can individually adjust the scale of the clips to match the sequence frame size. Or you can use the Scale to Frame Size command to quickly resize the image.

1. Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) an image in a Timeline.

- You can select multiple images in the Timeline at once by pressing Shift and clicking the images.

2. Select Scale To Frame Size.

Scale to Frame Size is also available in the bin. Select the clips you want to automatically scale to frame size, and click Clip > Video Options > Scale to Frame Size. When you put the clips on the timeline, they will auto-scale.

3b Adding Audio.mp4

Adding audio (music file)

Make sure to add your audio file to the proper track and, if necessary, trim or clip it.

It's important to do this right away if you are going to be timing clips and titles to your audio.

3c Adding Markers.mp4

Working with timeline markers

Markers indicate important points in time and help you position and arrange clips. You can use a marker to identify an important action or sound in a sequence or clip. Markers are only for reference and don’t alter the video.

Add a marker to a clip in the timeline:

Select the clip. Place the Playhead where you’d like to add the marker.
Right-click > Add Marker.

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