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ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS3 24 User Guide See also "Preview on a television monitor" on page 143 Create a custom preset To customize most project settings, you must start a new project, select an existing preset, and change its settings. 1 Click New Project or choose File > New > Project. 2 In the Load Preset panel, select the preset that most closely matches your video footage or the needs of your capture card. 3 In the Custom Settings panel, modify the General, Capture, Video Rendering, and Default Sequence settings to match the needs of your project. 4 To save your custom settings as a preset that you can use for future projects, click Save Preset. A dialog box asks you to name and describe the custom preset. Here you can choose whether to save the device control settings as part of the preset. 5 Specify where to save the project on disk, give it a name, and then click OK. General settings Choose General settings that conform to the specifications of the main type of output intended for your project (for example, if your target output is DV NTSC, use the DV NTSC editing mode). Changing these settings arbitrarily may result in a loss of quality. Editing Mode Specifies which video format is used for preview files and playback, which timebases are made available, 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 target format, preview display, or capture card. The Desktop editing mode allows you to customize all of the other project settings. The editing mode does not determine the format of your final movie. You specify output settings when you export. Timebase Specifies the time divisions Adobe Premiere Pro uses to calculate the time position of each edit. In general, 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. Playback Settings Displays playback options for most of the editing modes. Select this option to display a dialog box of 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. Frame Size Specifies the dimensions, in pixels, for frames when you play back sequences. In most cases, the frame 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. Pixel Aspect Ratio Sets the aspect ratio for individual pixels. Choose Square Pixels for analog video, scanned images, 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. Fields Specifies the field order, or which field of each frame's interlaced fields is drawn first. If you work with progressive-scan video, select No Fields (Progressive Scan). Note that many capture cards capture fields regardless April 1, 2008