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Premiere CC 2017 Project Setup Guide by Jerry Gambell BEFORE YOU START USING PREMIERE 1. Double click your External hard drive icon (if you don’t have an external on the lab Mac, find the Gambell folder on the Scratch Disc drive and make a folder within it with your last name on it.) 2. Create a Folder in the root directory (the lowest level) called “Premiere Projects” as seen below. (this will be your Scratch Disc) 3. Within the “Premiere Projects” folder, create a folder for each project you are working on, (and for every project here after) in this case: “Exercise 123” 4. Within the Exercise 123 folder create these folders as seen below: “Exports”, “Graphics & Stills”, “music/SFX”, “Raw Footage”, and “the Project”. In order to be organized and efficient, every project folder should look like this. 5. It is incredibly important that you place all your raw footage, still images, music, etc., into these folders BEFORE you Import them into Premiere. Take time now to label all your clips on the External HDD and delete the unusable ones before you Import them into Premiere. Time spent now will be saved during the Editing process.

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Premiere CC 2017 Project Setup Guide by Jerry Gambell

     

BEFORE  YOU  START  USING  PREMIERE    

1. Double  click  your  External  hard  drive  icon    

(if    you  don’t  have  an  external  -­‐  on  the  lab  Mac,  find  the  Gambell  folder  on  the  Scratch  Disc  drive  and  make  a  folder  within  it  with  your  last  name  on  it.)  

2. Create  a  Folder  in  the  root  directory  (the  lowest  level)  called  “Premiere  Projects”  as  seen  below.   (this  will  be  your  Scratch  Disc)  

3. Within  the  “Premiere  Projects”  folder,  create  a  folder  for  each  project  you  are  working  on,  (and  for  every  project  here  after)  in  this  case:      “Exercise  123”  

4. Within  the  Exercise  123  folder  create  these  folders  as  seen  below:    

“Exports”,  “Graphics  &  Stills”,  “music/SFX”,  “Raw  Footage”,  and  “the  Project”.    In  order  to  be  organized  and  efficient,  every  project  folder  should  look  like  this.  

5. It  is  incredibly  important  that  you  place  all  your  raw  footage,  still  images,  music,  etc.,  into  these  folders  BEFORE  you  Import  them  into  Premiere.  Take  time  now  to  label  all  your  clips  on  the  External  HDD  and  delete  the  unusable  ones  before  you  Import  them  into  Premiere.    Time  spent  now  will  be  saved  during  the  Editing  process.  

                   

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 6. Launch  Adobe  Premiere.  

 

7. Select  “New  Project…”    

8. Name  the  Project    (if  you  are  using  a  lab  Mac,  include  your  name  /  initials  in  the  name)    

9. On  the  Location  line,  Click  “Browse”  to  choose  the  target  location  for  the  project  file.  (find  your  “the  Project”  folder  within  your  project  named  folder),  in  this  case  within  “Ex  123”  folder  on  your  External  HDD.)  

 

10. Everything  in  the  General  tab  should  default  to  the  correct  setting    

11. Everything  in  the  Scratch  Disks  tab  should  default  to  “Same  as  Project”    

12. Click  “Ok”                        

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13.  Click:   File  >>>  New  >>>  Sequence    

14. You  must  select  the  same  Sequence  Settings  for  editing  that  will  match  the  camera  

settings  you  recorded  on  with  the  camera.  

15. Click  on  the:  AVCHD  folder,  then  the  1080p  folder,  then  the  

AVCHD  1080p30  preset.  

This  is  the  exact  setting  we  selected  when  setting  up  the  camera.    

16. At  the  bottom,  select  a  name  for  the  Sequence  and  hit  OK.    

(I  typically  call  it  “the  Main”  if  it  is  my  primary  sequence  or  it  could  also  be  named  

after  the  title  of  the  project  such  as  “Ex  123”.   More  sequences  can  be  added  later.  

(The  Settings  and  Track  tabs  usually  have  correct  defaults)          

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     (Double  check  your  Sequence  Settings  anytime:   Sequence  >>>  Settings)  

   

Now  we  need  to  set  some  preferences.    If  you  are  working  on  your  own  laptop,  you  only  have  to  do  these  steps  once.   If  working  on  a  lab  Mac,  do  these  every  time.  17. Navigate  to  Premiere  Pro  >>>  Preferences  >>>  and  select  the  “Auto  Save”  tab.  

 

Set  the  “Automatically  Save  Every  ___  minutes”  to  5  minutes.    

18. Select  “Media”  tab    

Set  the  “Media  Cache  Files”  &  “Media  Cache  Database”  to  your  “the  Project”  folder.  via  the  Browse  button  (Premiere  will  create  folders  for  these  files  automatically)  Select  “Yes”  if  it  asks  to  move  existing  files.  

19. Select  the  “Memory”  tab    

Set  the  “RAM  reserved  for  other  applications”  to  1.5GB,  the  lowest  setting.  Click  ”OK”  at  the  bottom  of  screen.  (all  other  Preference  settings  can  be  changed  to  better  suit  the  user,  but  the  above  ones  are  the  important  ones.)  

 

         

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         You  are  almost  ready  to  Import  your  footage  into  this  project.  

   IMPORTING  

 

1. Remember,  everything  you  Import  must  first  be  placed  in  a  folder  on  your  

External  HDD  or  on  the  Scratch  Disc  drive  on  the  lab  Macs.  

2. To  help  stay  organized,  go  to  File  >>>  New  >>>  Bin.   Bins  are  folders.    Create  a  few  

Bins  &  label  them.  In  the  below  example  I  created  two  Bins:  Raw  footage  &  graphics.  

3. Click  on:  File  >>>  Import,  then  navigate  to  your  Raw  footage  folder,  find  the  clip  you  

want,  Select  it  and  hit  “Import”  (or  just  double  click  it)  

The  clip  will  appear  in  your  Project  window.  (See  “mad  dogs.mov”  below)    If  you  click  

once  on  the  Bin  you  wish  the  clip  to  be  in  before  you  Import,  the  clip  will  appear  in  

that  Bin.    If  not,  it  will  appear  at  the  bottom  of  the  Project  window.    

You  can  also  Import  an  entire  folder,  such  as  your  Raw  Footage  folder  on  your    

Ext  HDD.    This  may  keep  you  from  creating  Bins  but  you  run  the  risk  of  Importing  

your  unusable  footage  also.    

In  this  example:  * You  can  see  two  Bins:  “Graphics”  bin  and  “Raw  footage”  bin  

* There  are  two  stills  within  the  Graphics  bin:   a  .png  and  a  .jpg  

* There  are  two  .mov  files  within  the  Raw  footage  bin.  

* Both  bins  can  be  collapsed  by  hitting  the  triangle  icon.  

* At  the  bottom  of  the  window  is  the  sequence  icon,  it  represents  “the  Main”  sequence  we  created.  

* Notice  the  color  schemes:  video  clips  are  blue,  stills  are  pink,  folders  orange  and  sequences  are  green.   These  may  be  different  on  your  computer  and  can  be  changed  via  Preferences  >>  Label  Colors.  

* Lastly,  since  the  Copyright.jpg  is  highlighted,  it  shows  up  in  the  upper  left  preview  window.  

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Your  Premiere  project  should  look  something  like  the  below  graphic,  but  there  are  a  number  of  variations.    If  your  windows  are  out  of  sorts,  go  to:  Window  >>>    Workspace  >>>  Editing  This  will  reset  your  workspace  windows.    When  looking  at  Premiere:  * The  upper  left  window  is  called  the  Source  window  (Window  >>>    Source  Monitor)  Notice  the  multiple  tabs  at  top:  Project,  Source,  Effects,  Effects  Control.  When  you  double  click  any  imported  material  in  the  Project  window,  it  shows  up  in  the  Source  window.  (below  note  the  “Danny  rope  swing.mov”)  * The  upper  right  window  is  the  Program  window  (Window  >>>    Program  Monitor)  This  window  reflects  what  is  on  the  Timeline  below,  specifically  where  the  playhead  is.  * The  bottom  window  is  called  the  Timeline  (Window  >>>  Timeline)  The  Timeline  shows  all  audio,  video,  graphics,  etc  that  you  have  brought  over  from  the  Source  window  to  build  your  Sequence.   In  the  below  example  the  Timeline  has  one  clip,  the  “mad  dog.mov”.  The  clip  is  shown  in  the  Program  window  because  the  playhead  is  on  it.  * In  the  extreme  lower  left  corner  is  the  vertical  Tool  bar.  (Window  >>>  Tools)  The  main  tool  is  the  upper  most,  the  Pointer.  The  Razor  and  Pen  tools  are  used  often  too.  * In  the  extreme  lower  right  corner  is  the  Audio  Meter.  (Window  >>>  Audio  Meter)  Keep  your  levels  peaking  around  -­‐-­‐-­‐12  db  

 You  are  now  ready  to  Edit.  

     

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***  Shortcut  Keys  ***    

Apple/command  key:  apple  +  c  =  copy  apple  +  v  =  paste  apple  +  x  =  cut        apple  +  z  =  undo  apple  +  a  =  select  all  apple  +  s  =  save  apple  +  w  =  close  current  window  apple  +  h  =  hide  program  apple  +  r  =  change  speed  /  duration  of  clip  apple  +  i  =  Import  apple  +  m  =  export  

Hit  these  keys  alone:  v  =  pointer  /  selection  tool  c  =  razor  tool  p  =  pen  tool  s  =  snapping  tool  

hit  return  =  render  (Sequence  >>>  Render  effects  in  to  out)    While  working  in  the  Source  window:  i  =    mark  in  point  o  =  mark  out  point  j  =    place  in  reverse,  double  click  to  play  2x,  3x  click  plays  in  reverse  at  3x  speed  k  =  pause  l  =    play  forward,  double  click  to  play  2x,  3x  click  plays  forward  at  3x  speed    The  arrow  keys:  left  =  one  frame  left   right  =  one  frame  right  up  =  previous  edit  point   down  =  next  edit  point