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!
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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 |