Adobe 25520388 - Premiere Pro - PC Using Manual page 53

USING ADOBE PREMIERE PRO
Workflows and setup
All scratch disk preferences are saved with each project. You can select different scratch disk locations for different
projects. If you reopen an earlier project after editing another project with different scratch disk locations, Premiere
Pro will seek out the files belonging to the earlier project at the scratch disk locations you chose for that project.
If you delete preview files or conformed audio files for a project, Premiere Pro automatically recreates them when you
reopen the project.
By default, scratch disk files are stored where you save the project. The scratch disk space required increases as
sequences become longer or more complex. For best performance, dedicate a hard disk or disk strictly for your media
assets. Choose a disk for the assets other than the disk where you keep your project file, operating system files, or the
files for applications. That way your media disks can access and play media files as fast as possible, without having to
access other files. Use the Project > Project Settings > Scratch Disks command to specify which disks Premiere Pro uses
for media files. Choose scratch disks when you set up a new project.
In terms of performance, it's best to dedicate a different disk to each asset type, but you can also specify folders on the
same disk. You can specify unique scratch disk locations for each of the following types of files:
Video files that you create using File > Capture.
Captured Video
If you transfer video files to a scratch disk folder before creating the project for them, specify the folder containing the
video files for Captured Video.
Audio files that you create using File > Capture, or by recording through the Audio Mixer as when
Captured Audio
recording a voice-over.
Files created when you use the Sequence > Render Entire Work Area command, export to a movie file,
Video Previews
or export to a device. If the previewed area includes effects, the effects are rendered at full quality in the preview file.
Audio preview files are created by all of the following commands:
Audio Previews
• Sequence > Render Entire Work Area,
• the Clip > Audio Options > Render And Replace command,
• use export to a movie file,
• export to a DV device.
If the previewed area includes effects, they are rendered at full quality in the preview file.
Specify scratch disks
You set up scratch disks in the Scratch Disk pane of the Preferences dialog box. Before changing scratch disk settings,
you can verify the amount of free disk space on the selected volume. by The amount appears in the box to the right of
the path. If the path is too long to read, position the pointer over the path name. The full path appears in a tool tip.
Choose Project > Project Settings > Scratch Disks.
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Identify a location for each type of file named in the dialog box. Premiere Pro creates a subfolder named for each
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file type (for instance, Captured Video) and stores the folder's associated files in it. The menu lists three default
locations:
My Documents (Windows) or Documents (Mac OS)
Documents folder (Mac OS).
Stores scratch files in the same folder where the project file is stored.
Same As Project
Allows you to specify a location of your choosing. Choose Custom, then click Browse and browse to any
Custom
available folder.
Stores scratch files in the My Documents folder (Windows) or
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