Broadcast Journalism student Premiere settings - Project Setup
- Mike Dow
- Susanne Kraft
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 |  |
