Importing The Clips - Adobe PREMIERE 5 User Manual

18 CHAPTER 1
A Tour of Adobe Premiere
Because the 4:3 Aspect option is checked, 180 appears automatically for the height of the
preview frame. This setting controls how the project is previewed on your monitor.
For Frame Rate, specify 15, and then click OK.
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Many of the project settings you just defined determine how the video program will be built
and exported. Before you create your own videos, read Chapter 2, "Working with projects,"
for a better understanding of the available settings and their importance to the success of
your work.
Now Premiere is set to work with clips you import.

Importing the clips

There are several ways to bring clips into a project. In this chapter you'll import clips directly
into the Project Window, the one place where Premiere lists each clip associated with a project.
1 Depending on your platform, do one of the following:
In Windows, Choose File > Import > File, and then open the Tour folder you copied or
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installed from the Premiere Application CD-ROM disc. Select the Boys.mov file, hold down the
Shift key, and then select the Finale.mov file. This selects the first four movie files in the folder.
Then click Open.