Adob Digital Video Curriculum Guide

Custom Settings—Project Settings—Overview
Module 3
ADOBE PRODUCTION STUDIO CURRICULUM GUIDE
When you start a new project, you can review and change project settings in this
Custom Settings window. You should do so only if none of the available presets matches
the specifications of your source media.
Later, you can open Project Settings from within the Adobe Premiere Pro workspace.
The interface is virtually identical to the Custom Settings window. The only difference
is that the Project Settings menu does not have the file location and name section at the
bottom.
Since some settings can't be changed after a project is created, verify all project settings
in the Custom Settings window before starting a project.
The Custom Settings window has four submenus: General, Capture, Video Rendering,
and Default Sequence. Click on each in turn. Here are some brief explanations (refer to
Adobe Premiere Pro Help for further details):
• General—Adjust these settings to match the specifications of the most significant
source media in your project. Usually, the editing mode you select at the top of the
menu determines most of the rest of the settings in this window.
• Capture—Only three options: DV, Adobe HD-SDI, and HDV. And the editing mode
you select in the General submenu auto-selects the correct capture format so this is
essentially a redundant submenu.
• Video Rendering—Two sub-submenus: Previews and Proxies. If you select DV in
the General submenu, there are no preview options. Preview options appear only if
your source media are Adobe HD-SDI or SD-SDI (both require an Aja Xena HS video
capture hardware). Proxies refer to low-bit rate files that you can use to save disk space
and speed up display. You have three basic compression schemes to create proxy files.
You can use them for any type of captured video.
• Default Sequence—Each time you add a sequence to a project, Adobe Premiere Pro
displays a menu that lets you select the number of video tracks and the number and type
of audio tracks. When it pops up, you generally accept the default values. This menu lets
you set those defaults.
Creating a Custom Preset for New Projects
You can create a customized, new project preset: simply make your choices in the four
submenus and then click the Save Preset button. Give your customized project settings
preset a name and click OK. It will show up in the New Project > Load Preset menu.