ADOBE® PREMIERE® PRO Help and tutorials February 2013 Contents What's New....................................................................................................................................................1 What's New in CS6..................................................................................................................................................................2 What's New in Adobe Media Encoder CS6.............................................................................................................................8 What’s new (CS5.5)..............................................................................................................................................................16 What’s new (CS5).................................................................................................................................................................17 Premiere Pro getting started tutorials..........................................................................................................19 Learn Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 and CS5.5..........................................................................................................................20 Workspace and workflow.............................................................................................................................22 Workspaces...........................................................................................................................................................................23 Working with Panels..............................................................................................................................................................28 Using the Source Monitor and Program Monitor...................................................................................................................31 Customizing the Project panel...............................................................................................................................................37 Basic workflow.......................................................................................................................................................................41 Default keyboard shortcuts in CS6........................................................................................................................................47 Default keyboard shortcuts (CS5 and CS5.5)........................................................................................................................60 Preferences...........................................................................................................................................................................68 Adobe Dynamic Link..............................................................................................................................................................72 Cross-application workflows..................................................................................................................................................75 Cross-platform workflow........................................................................................................................................................81 Finding and customizing keyboard shortcuts.........................................................................................................................82 Setting up your system..........................................................................................................................................................84 Project setup................................................................................................................................................91 Creating and changing projects.............................................................................................................................................92 Archiving projects..................................................................................................................................................................95 Trim or copy your project.......................................................................................................................................................96 Importing footage.........................................................................................................................................98 Transferring and importing files.............................................................................................................................................99 Importing assets from tapeless formats...............................................................................................................................105 Importing still images...........................................................................................................................................................107 Importing digital audio..........................................................................................................................................................110 Importing sequences, clip lists, libraries, and compositions................................................................................................112 Importing XML project files from Final Cut Pro....................................................................................................................114 Support for growing files......................................................................................................................................................117 Working with Adobe Prelude CS6.......................................................................................................................................118 Batch capturing and recapturing..........................................................................................................................................119 Capturing DV or HDV video.................................................................................................................................................124 Capturing HD video.............................................................................................................................................................125 Capturing and digitizing.......................................................................................................................................................126 Capturing content for DVD...................................................................................................................................................133 Create clips for offline editing..............................................................................................................................................134 Digitizing analog video.........................................................................................................................................................135 Working with timecode.........................................................................................................................................................137 Managing assets........................................................................................................................................141 Customizing the Project panel.............................................................................................................................................142 Organizing assets in the Project panel................................................................................................................................146 Managing metadata.............................................................................................................................................................153 Working with aspect ratios...................................................................................................................................................157 Working with markers..........................................................................................................................................................161 Monitoring assets.......................................................................................................................................167 Using the Source Monitor and Program Monitor.................................................................................................................168 Playing assets......................................................................................................................................................................174 Using the Waveform monitors and vectorscope..................................................................................................................178 Using the Reference Monitor...............................................................................................................................................181 Editing sequences and clips......................................................................................................................183 Creating and changing sequences......................................................................................................................................184 Creating and playing clips....................................................................................................................................................200