RTF 318 Student Adobe Premiere settings - Project Setup

This document discusses the proper Premiere settings for student packages for the Broadcast Journalism Reporting Texas program. If these settings are not used, videos will not play-to-air properly.

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Open Premiere
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Create a new timeline/sequence by clicking on the new item icon Choose "Sequence..."
Choose "Canon XF MPEG2 > 1080p > 24 > Canon XF MPEG2 1080p24 The Editing Mode will be 1920 x 1080 at 23.98
Name your timeline/sequence
Click OK
Your project window should look like this
Now Save your Project >Got to >File > Save As Navigate to your hard drive and save your Premiere Project
Now import your footage Right click in your Bin and choose >File>Import
Navigate to your card archive that you backed up to your hard drive. If you are still working off your SD card stop right now and backup your card to a hard drive see this wiki Click Here for backup instructions - VERY IMPORTANT!!
Canon footage you will get this error it's okay to ignore it and click OK
WARNING! If you proceed to edit without following the next step, your audio may not work correctly!
Select all of your imported footage From the clip menu choose "Modify > Audio Channels..." or Press Shift + G
Select "Mono" from the "Clip Channel Format" drop down
Set the "Number of Audio Clips:" to 2
Route your audio Click OK
Drag you clips into the timeline
If you get this warning, choose "Keep existing settings"

RTF 318 Student Adobe Premiere settings - Project Setup

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