Specifying Project Settings - Adobe PREMIERE 5 User Manual

Insert the Adobe Premiere Application CD-ROM disc into your CD-ROM drive. (In
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Windows only, a startup screen appears on most systems if the Windows autoplay feature
is enabled. When the screen appears, click the Explore this CD-ROM button.)
Use the Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac OS) to copy the Tour folder from the CD-ROM
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disc onto your hard drive. You'll need approximately 15 MB of space available on your
hard drive.

Specifying project settings

To start any project, you first need to import the clips you'll be using for your video program.
A clip can be digitized film, video, audio, a still image, or sequence of still images; a video or
audio clip might be only a few seconds long.
Start Adobe Premiere.
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2 In the New Project Settings dialog box, choose QuickTime for the Editing Mode.
Choose 30 for the Timebase.
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The Timebase menu specifies the frames per second for your project. If you were producing
the final version of your video program for broadcast, you would choose 29.97, which is the
National Television Standards Commission (NTSC) standard for television, or 25, for the
PAL (Phased Alternating Line) standard, depending on the part of the world in which you
were broadcasting.
4 Click Next to open the Video Settings section of the New Project Settings dialog box.
For Frame Size, type 240 in the leftmost box to set the width of the preview.
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