Chapter 3: Projects; Project Basics - Adobe 65021048 User Manual

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Chapter 3: Projects

A project stores information about sequences and assets, such as settings for capture, transitions, and audio mixing.
Also, the project file contains the data from all of your editing decisions, such as the In and Out points for trimmed
clips and the parameters for each special effect. Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 creates a folder on your hard disk at the
start of each new project. By default, this is where it stores the files it captures, the preview and conformed audio
files it creates, and the project file itself.

Project basics

About projects
For every project you create, Adobe Premiere Pro creates a project file. This file contains the settings you select for
the project, as well as crucial data about the assets, edit decisions, and effects used in the project.
Adobe Premiere Pro doesn't store video, audio, or still image files in the project file—it stores only a reference to
each of these files based on its filename and location at the time you imported it. If you later move, rename, or delete
a source file, Adobe Premiere Pro can't find it automatically the next time you open the project. In this case, Adobe
Premiere Pro displays the Where Is The File dialog box.
Every project includes a Project panel. This acts as a storage area for all files used in the project. You can organize a
project's media and sequences using bins in the Project panel.
A project may contain multiple sequences. Within a single project, you can edit individual segments as separate
sequences, and then combine the segments into a finished program by nesting them into a longer sequence.
Similarly, you can store multiple variations of a sequence in the same project.
Note: There's no need to save copies of a project when creating different segments or versions of the same video
program. Simply create new or duplicate sequences within a single project file.
See also
"Adjust project settings and presets" on page 23
A digital video primer
Create a project
In most cases, you can start a project simply by using one of the presets provided in the New Project dialog box. The
presets included with Adobe Premiere Pro include common project types. Preserve editing quality by using a preset
that conforms to the specifications of your original assets. For example, if your project uses footage mostly in DV
format, use a DV preset. If you need to specify lower quality settings for output (such as streaming web video), don't
change your project settings—instead, change your export settings later.
If your computer has a capture card compatible with Adobe Premiere Pro, its own optimized presets may appear in
the Available Presets list.
April 1, 2008