Adobe Premiere Pro; Familiarity With Premiere Pro; Before You Launch Premiere Pro - MOTU HDX-SDI User Manual

Adobe Premiere Pro

CHAPTER 7
OVERVIEW
The HDX-SDI serves as a powerful video capture
and playback device for Adobe Premiere Pro.
Operation is straightforward and follows the
general workflow prescribed by Premiere Pro for
capture procedures and time line playback.
Familiarity with Premiere Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Before you launch Premiere Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Sequence presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
HDX-SDI video settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Video capture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Playback and monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Audio hardware settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Device control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Export to tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Batch capture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

FAMILIARITY WITH PREMIERE PRO

This chapter assumes that you have a working
knowledge of basic Premiere Pro operation.

BEFORE YOU LAUNCH PREMIERE PRO

Before you launch Premiere Pro, be sure to:
Insert the HDX-SDI software, as explained in
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chapter 3, "Installing the HDX-SDI Windows
Software" (page 15).
Install the HDX-SDI hardware and connect your
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video devices to it as explained in chapter 4,
"Installing the HDX-SDI Hardware" (page 17).
Power on the HDX-SDI and run the MOTU
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Video Console to make sure that installation has
been successful. If MOTU Video Console launches
without any error messages, then Premiere Pro
should successfully communicate with the
HDX-SDI.
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