Preparing And Importing Source Clips - Adobe PREMIERE 5 User Manual

Chapter 3: Preparing and
Importing Source Clips
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ou can import clips from any source—videotapes, motion-picture film, audio, still
images—as long as they exist as digital files stored on disk. The topics in this section
describe how to import clips and describe requirements for converting other media
types before they can be used digitally in your project.
Source material exists in two main forms:
Digital media is stored in a file format that a computer can read and process directly. Many
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newer video and audio recorders and still cameras can save images and sound in a digital
format. Digital media stored on tape must be transferred to disk before Premiere can use it
in a project. You can use Premiere to capture digital video from tape and save it to disk as
clips you can then add to your project.
Analog media must be digitized, or converted to digital form, before a computer can store and
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process it. Some examples of analog media are motion-picture film, conventional audio tape,
and slides. You can use Premiere to digitize analog videotape such as Hi-8 and save it to disk
as clips you can then add to your project.
Although digital media equipment is becoming increasingly common, a great amount of video
and audio continues to be recorded and stored using analog equipment. For this reason you
may need to capture analog video and audio as part of your workflow. You can digitize analog
video directly into Premiere if you use digitizing hardware to connect an analog video player
or camera to your computer. Video-digitizing hardware is built into some personal computers,
but usually must be added to a system by installing a hardware expansion card. The first part
of this chapter describes procedures for digitizing analog source clips, and the second part
describes importing clips that are already digital.
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