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General settings
Choose General settings that conform to the specifications of the dominant source files in your project (for example,
if most of your footage is DV, use the DV Playback editing mode). Changing these settings arbitrarily may result in
a loss of quality.
Specifies which video method is used to play back sequences, which timebases are made available,
Editing Mode
which compression methods appear in the Video Settings panel, and which display formats are available. Choose an
Editing Mode option that best matches the specifications of your source footage and/or capture card. This mode does
not determine the format of your final movie. You specify output settings when you export.
Specifies the time divisions Adobe Premiere Pro uses to calculate the time position of each edit. In general,
Timebase
choose 24 for editing motion-picture film, 25 for editing PAL (European standard) and SECAM video, and 29.97 for
editing NTSC (North American standard) video. Do not confuse timebase with the frame rate of the video you play
back or export from sequences, although timebase and frame rate are often set to the same value. The options listed
for Timebase vary according to the editing mode you selected.
Displays playback options for most of the editing modes. Select it to display a dialog box of
Playback Settings
Realtime Playback, Export, 24P Conversion Method, and Desktop Display Mode options. You can also choose
whether to disable video output when Adobe Premiere Pro is in the background, and whether to enable aspect ratio
correction on external devices.
Specifies the dimensions, in pixels, for frames when you play back sequences. In most cases, the frame
Frame Size
size for your project should match the frame size of your source files. Don't change the frame size to compensate for
slow playback—instead, adjust playback resolution by choosing a different Quality setting from the Project panel
menu, or adjust the frame size of final output by changing Export settings.
Sets the aspect ratio for individual pixels. Choose Square Pixels for analog video, scanned images,
Pixel Aspect Ratio
and computer-generated graphics, or choose the format used by your source. If you use a pixel aspect ratio that is
different from that of your video, the video may play back and render with distortion.
Specifies the field dominance, or which field of each frame's interlaced fields is drawn first. If you work with
Fields
progressive-scan video, select No Fields (Progressive Scan). Note that many capture cards capture fields regardless
of whether you shot progressive scan footage.
Adobe Premiere Pro can display any of several formats of timecode. You may want to see the
Display Format (Video)
project's timecode in a film format, for example, if you are editing footage captured from film; or in simple frame
numbers if your assets were imported from an animation program. Changing the Display Format option does not
alter the frame rate of clips or sequences—it changes only how their timecodes are displayed. The time display
options correspond to standards for editing video and motion-picture film. For Frames and Feet + Frames
timecodes, you can change the starting frame number to match the time-counting method of another editing system
you may be using.
The options made visible in the Display Format field depend on the Editing Mode selected. You can choose from the
following Display Format options, depending on which editing mode is selected:
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30 fps Drop-Frame Timecode
semicolons. Drop-frame timecode assumes a rate of 30 frames per second, but skips some numbers by design: To
accommodate the NTSC actual frame rate of 29.97 fps drop-frame timecode skips, or drops, two frame numbers (not
the actual frames of video) each minute except every tenth minute. Use for output to NTSC videotape.
30 fps drop-frame timecode as indicated by semicolons
Reports time in hours, minutes, seconds, and frames, separating units with
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