Broadcast Journalism student 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.

Open Premiere
If you need a refresher on how to start a project refer to this wiki	Adobe Premiere Pro - Get Started Using Premiere - Project Setup
Create a new timeline/sequence by clicking on the new item icon Choose "Sequence..."
Choose "Canon XF MPEG2 > 1080i > Canon XF MPEG2 108030..." Name your timeline/sequence Click OK
Your project window should look like this
Unless you have already imported your media. Then it will look more like this
Canon XF 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"
Still no video and sound at the switcher and mixer? Keep reading...
Choose "Premiere Pro CC > Preferences > Playback..."
Choose Blackmagic Playback Click OK
Choose "Premiere Pro CC > Preferences > Audio Hardware..."
Make sure you Preferences look like this
If you get this error click Yes
Click OK
Don't forget to pan channel 1 LEFT & channel 2 RIGHT and don't use any other tracks
USE ONLY TRACK MIXER not CLIP MIXER

Broadcast Journalism student Premiere settings - Project Setup

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