Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 User Manual

ADOBE® PREMIERE® PRO CS3

April 1, 2008

USER GUIDE

April 1, 2008

® Premiere® Pro CS3 User Guide for Windows® and Mac OS

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April 1, 2008

Chapter 1: Getting started

Installation

About Adobe Help

Resources

What’s new

Chapter 2: Workspace

Customizing the workspace

Tools, clip details, and menus

Chapter 3: Projects

Project basics

Aspect ratios

Special projects

Workflows

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Chapter 4: Setting up, and bringing in assets

Setting up your system

Bringing assets into a project

Capturing and digitizing

Batch capturing

Timecode

Online and offline editing

Importing files

Chapter 5: Managing and viewing assets

Customizing the Project panel

Organizing assets with the Project panel

Working with assets

Work with proxy files

Source and Program Monitors

Playing assets

Reference Monitor

Chapter 6: Editing a sequence

Editing basics

Trimming clips

Assembling a sequence

Correcting mistakes

Changing clip scale, duration, speed, or interlacing

Working with clips in a sequence

Rearranging clips in a sequence

Previewing sequences

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Chapter 7: Editing: Beyond the basics

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Using markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Editing audio in the Timeline panel

Creating special clips

Multiple sequences

Subclips

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Editing a multi-camera sequence

Working in other applications

Adobe Dynamic Link

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Chapter 8: Transitions

Transition overview

Adding transitions

Fine-tuning transitions

Customizable transitions

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Chapter 9: Audio

Working with audio

Working with clips, channels, and tracks

Recording audio

Adjusting volume levels

Audio transitions

Applying effects to audio

Recording audio mixes

Panning and balancing

Advanced mixing

Editing audio in Adobe Soundbooth

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Chapter 10: Titles

Creating titles

Adding text to titles

Adding shapes and images

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Working with text and objects in titles

Adding fills, strokes, and shadows in titles

Working with styles

Rolling and crawling titles

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Chapter 11: Applying Effects

Working with effects

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Applying, removing, and organizing effects

Adjusting effects

Customizing effect presets

Motion

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Color correction

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Special color and luminance adjustments

Vectorscope and waveform monitors

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Chapter 12: Animation

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Keyframing effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Activating and selecting keyframes

Adding and setting keyframes

Moving and copying keyframes

Controlling effect changes using keyframe interpolation

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Chapter 13: Effect reference

About the effect reference

Gallery of effects

Adjust effects

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Blur and Sharpen effects

Channel effects

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Color Correction effects

Distort effects

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GPU effects (Windows only)

Generate effects

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Image Control effects

Keying effects

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Noise & Grain effects

Perspective effects

Stylize effects

Time effects

Transform effects

Transition effects

Utility effects

Video effects

Audio effects

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Chapter 14: Compositing

Compositing video

Transparency (masks, alpha channels)

Defining transparent areas with keys

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Chapter 15: Exporting

Choosing export formats

Exporting editable movie and audio files

Exporting still images and still-image sequences

Exporting PDFs for comments

Exporting to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or CD

Exporting projects for online editing or archiving

Exporting to videotape or film

Exporting for the web

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Chapter 16: Keyboard shortcuts

Finding and customizing keyboard shortcuts

Default keyboard shortcuts

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Chapter 1: Getting started

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If you haven’t installed your new software, begin by reading some information on installation and other preliminaries. Before you begin working with your software, take a few moments to read an overview of Adobe Help and of the many resources available to users. You have access to instructional videos, plug-ins, templates, user communities, seminars, tutorials, RSS feeds, and much more.

Installation

Requirements

❖ To review complete system requirements and recommendations for your Adobe® software, see the Read Me file

on the installation disc.

Install the software

1 Close any other Adobe applications open on your computer.

2 Insert the installation disc into the disc drive, and follow the on-screen instructions.

Note: For more information, see the Read Me file on the installation disc.

Activate the software

If you have a single-user retail license for your Adobe software, you will be asked to activate your software; this is a simple, anonymous process that you must complete within 30 days of starting the software.

For more information on product activation, see the Read Me file on your installation disc, or visit the Adobe website at www.adobe.com/go/activation.

1 If the Activation dialog box isn’t already open, choose Help > Activate.

2 Follow the on-screen instructions.

Note: If you want to install the software on a different computer, you must first deactivate it on your computer. Choose Help > Deactivate.

Register

❖ To register, follow the on-screen instructions in the Registration dialog box, which appears after you install and

activate the software.

If you postpone registration, you can register at any time by choosing Help > Registration.

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Read Me

The installation disc contains the Read Me file for your software. (This file is also copied to the application folder during product installation.) Open the file to read important information about topics such as the following:

• System requirements

• Installation (including uninstalling the software)

• Activation and registration

• Font installation

• Troubleshooting

• Customer support

• Legal notices

About Adobe Help

Adobe Help resources

Documentation for your Adobe software is available in a variety of formats.

In-product and LiveDocs Help

In-product Help provides access to all documentation and instructional content available at the time the software ships. It is available through the Help menu in your Adobe software.

LiveDocs Help includes all the content from in-product Help, plus updates and links to additional instructional content available on the web. For some products, you can also add comments to the topics in LiveDocs Help. Find LiveDocs Help for your product in the Adobe Help Resource Center, at www.adobe.com/go/documentation.

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Most versions of in-product and LiveDocs Help let you search across the Help systems of multiple products. Topics may also contain links to relevant content on the web or to topics in the Help of another product.

Think of Help, both in the product and on the web, as a hub for accessing additional content and communities of users. The most complete and up-to-date version of Help is always on the web.

Adobe PDF documentation

The in-product Help is also available as a PDF that is optimized for printing. Other documents, such as installation guides and white papers, may also be provided as PDFs.

All PDF documentation is available through the Adobe Help Resource Center, at www.adobe.com/go/documen-

tation. To see the PDF documentation included with your software, look in the Documents folder on the installation

or content DVD.

Printed documentation

Printed editions of the in-product Help are available for purchase in the Adobe Store, at www.adobe.com/go/store. You can also find books published by Adobe publishing partners in the Adobe Store.

A printed workflow guide is included with all Adobe Creative Suite® 3 products, and stand-alone Adobe products may include a printed getting started guide.

Using Help in the product

In-product Help is available through the Help menu. After you start the Adobe Help Viewer, click Browse to see Help for additional Adobe products installed on your computer.

These Help features facilitate cross-product learning:

• Topics may contain links to the Help systems of other Adobe products or to additional content on the web.

• Some topics are shared across two or more products. For instance, if you see a Help topic with an Adobe

Photoshop® CS3 icon and an Adobe After Effects® CS3 icon, you know that the topic either describes functionality that is similar in the two products or describes cross-product workflows.

• You can search across the Help systems of multiple products.

If you search for a phrase, such as “shape tool,” enclose it in quotation marks to see only those topics that include all the words in the phrase.

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Adobe Help A. Back/Forward buttons (previously visited links) B. Expandable subtopics C. Icons indicating shared topic D. Previous/Next buttons (topics in sequential order)

Accessibility features

Adobe Help content is accessible to people with disabilities—such as mobility impairments, blindness, and low vision. In-product Help supports these standard accessibility features:

• The user can change text size with standard context menu commands.

• Links are underlined for easy recognition.

• If link text doesn’t match the title of the destination, the title is referenced in the Title attribute of the Anchor tag.

For example, the Previous and Next links include the titles of the previous and next topics.

• Content supports high-contrast mode.

• Graphics without captions include alternate text.

• Each frame has a title to indicate its purpose.

• Standard HTML tags define content structure for screen reading or text-to-speech tools.

• Style sheets control formatting, so there are no embedded fonts.

Keyboard shortcuts for Help toolbar controls (Windows)

Back button Alt+Left Arrow

Forward button Alt+Right Arrow

Print Ctrl+P

About button Ctrl+I

Browse menu Alt+Down Arrow or Alt+Up Arrow to view Help for another application

Search box Ctrl+S to place the insertion point in the Search box

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Keyboard shortcuts for Help navigation (Windows)

• To move between panes, press Ctrl+Tab (forward) and Shift+Ctrl+Tab (backward).

• To move through and outline links in a pane, press Tab (forward) or Shift+Tab (backward).

• To activate an outlined link, press Enter.

• To make text bigger, press Ctrl+equal sign.

• To make text smaller, press Ctrl+hyphen.

Resources

Adobe Video Workshop

The Adobe Creative Suite 3 Video Workshop offers over 200 training videos covering a wide range of subjects for print, web, and video professionals.

You can use the Adobe Video Workshop to learn about any Creative Suite 3 product. Many videos show you how to use Adobe applications together.

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When you start the Adobe Video Workshop, you choose the products you want to learn and the subjects you want to view. You can see details about each video to focus and direct your learning.

Community of presenters

With this release, Adobe Systems invited the community of its users to share their expertise and insights. Adobe and lynda.com present tutorials, tips, and tricks from leading designers and developers such as Joseph Lowery, Katrin Eismann, and Chris Georgenes. You can see and hear Adobe experts such as Lynn Grillo, Greg Rewis, and Russell Brown. In all, over 30 product experts share their knowledge.

Tutorials and source files

The Adobe Video Workshop includes training for novices and experienced users. You’ll also find videos on new features and key techniques. Each video covers a single subject and typically runs about 3-5 minutes. Most videos come with an illustrated tutorial and source files, so you can print detailed steps and try the tutorial on your own.

Using Adobe Video Workshop

You can access Adobe Video Workshop using the DVD included with your Creative Suite 3 product. It’s also available online at www.adobe.com/go/learn_videotutorials. Adobe will regularly add new videos to the online Video Workshop, so check in to see what’s new.

Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 videos

Adobe Video Workshop covers a wide range of subjects for Adobe Premiere Pro® CS3, including these:

• Editing and color correcting video

• Importing footage

• Managing media

• Sending work for review using Clip Notes

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• Exporting video and FLV files

Videos also show you how to use Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 with other Adobe products:

• Using Dynamic Link

• Creating video for mobile devices

• Creating DVDs using Adobe Premiere Pro and Encore®

To access Adobe Creative Suite 3 video tutorials, visit Adobe Video Workshop at

www.adobe.com/go/learn_videotutorials.

Bridge Home

Bridge Home, a new destination in Adobe Bridge CS3, provides up-to-date information on all your Adobe Creative Suite 3 software in one convenient location. Start Adobe Bridge, then click the Bridge Home icon at the top of the Favorites panel to access the latest tips, news, and resources for your Creative Suite tools.

Note: Bridge Home may not be available in all languages.

Adobe Bridge CS3 videos

Adobe Video Workshop covers a wide range of subjects for Adobe Bridge CS3, including these:

• Using Adobe Bridge

• Searching, sorting, and filtering in Adobe Bridge

• Applying keywords and adding metadata

• Rating images and documents

Videos also show you how to use Adobe Bridge CS3 with other Adobe products:

• Using Adobe Stock Photos

• Using Adobe Bridge in a design workflow

• Using Adobe Bridge in a photography workflow

• Using Adobe Bridge in a web design workflow

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To access Adobe Creative Suite 3 video tutorials, visit Adobe Video Workshop at

www.adobe.com/go/learn_videotutorials.

Adobe Device Central CS3 videos

Adobe Video Workshop covers many subjects for Adobe Device Central CS3, including these:

• Using Device Central with Photoshop

• Using Device Central with Flash®

• Using Device Central and Adobe Bridge

• Creating mobile content in Flash

To access Adobe Creative Suite 3 video tutorials, visit Adobe Video Workshop at

www.adobe.com/go/learn_videotutorials.

Encore CS3 videos

Adobe Video Workshop covers a wide range of subjects for Adobe Encore® CS3, including these:

• Animating menus

• Creating disc navigation

• Creating and modifying menus

Videos also show you how to use Encore with other Adobe products:

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• Using Dynamic Link

• Creating DVDs using Adobe Premiere Pro® CS3 and Encore

• Working with markers and cue points

To access Adobe Creative Suite 3 video tutorials, visit Adobe Video Workshop at

www.adobe.com/go/learn_videotutorials.

User communities

User communities feature forums, blogs, and other avenues for users to share technologies, tools, and information. Users can ask questions and find out how others are getting the most out of their software. User-to-user forums are available in English, French, German, and Japanese; blogs are posted in a wide range of languages.

To participate in forums or blogs, visit www.adobe.com/communities.

Customer support

Visit the Adobe Support website, at www.adobe.com/support, to find troubleshooting information for your product and to learn about free and paid technical support options. Click the Training link for access to Adobe Press books, a variety of training resources, Adobe software certification programs, and more.

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Downloads

Visit www.adobe.com/go/downloads to find free updates, tryouts, and other useful software. In addition, the Adobe Store (at www.adobe.com/go/store) provides access to thousands of plug-ins from third-party developers, helping you to automate tasks, customize workflows, create specialized professional effects, and more.

Extras

You have access to a wide variety of resources that will help you make the most of your Adobe software. Some of these resources are installed on your computer during the setup process; additional helpful samples and documents are included on the installation or content disc. Unique extras are also offered online by the Adobe Exchange community, at www.adobe.com/go/exchange.

Installed resources

During software installation, a number of resources are placed in your application folder. To view those files, navigate to the application folder on your computer.

• Windows®: [startup drive]\Program Files\Adobe\[Adobe application]

• Mac OS®: [startup

drive]/Applications/[Adobe application]

The application folder may contain the following resources:

Plug-ins Plug-in modules are small software programs that extend or add features to your software. Once installed,

plug-in modules appear as options in the Import or Export menu; as file formats in the Open, Save As, and Export Original dialog boxes; or as filters in the Filter submenus. For example, a number of special effects plug-ins are automatically installed in the Plug-ins folder inside the Photoshop CS3 folder.

Presets Presets include a wide variety of useful tools, preferences, effects, and images. Product presets include

brushes, swatches, color groups, symbols, custom shapes, graphic and layer styles, patterns, textures, actions, workspaces, and more. Preset content can be found throughout the user interface. Some presets (for example, Photoshop Brush libraries) become available only when you select the corresponding tool. If you don’t want to create an effect or image from scratch, go to the preset libraries for inspiration.

Templates Template files can be opened and viewed from Adobe Bridge CS3, opened from the Welcome Screen,

or opened directly from the File menu. Depending on the product, template files range from letterheads, newsletters, and websites to DVD menus and video buttons. Each template file is professionally constructed and

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Fonts Several OpenType® fonts and font families are included with your Creative Suite product. Fonts are copied

to your computer during installation:

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drive]\Windows\Fonts

• Mac OS X: [startup drive]/Library/Fonts

For information about installing fonts, see the Read Me file on the installation DVD.

DVD content

The installation or content DVD included with your product contains additional resources for use with your software. The Goodies folder contains product-specific files such as templates, images, presets, actions, plug-ins, and effects, along with subfolders for Fonts and Stock Photography. The Documentation folder contains a PDF version of the Help, technical information, and other documents such as specimen sheets, reference guides, and specialized feature information.

Adobe Exchange

For more free content, visit www.adobe.com/go/exchange, an online community where users download and share thousands of free actions, extensions, plug-ins, and other content for use with Adobe products.

Adobe Labs

Adobe Labs gives you the opportunity to experience and evaluate new and emerging technologies and products from Adobe.

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At Adobe Labs, you have access to resources such as these:

• Prerelease software and technologies

• Code samples and best practices to accelerate your learning

• Early versions of product and technical documentation

• Forums, wiki-based content, and other collaborative resources to help you interact with like-minded developers

Adobe Labs fosters a collaborative software development process. In this environment, customers quickly become productive with new products and technologies. Adobe Labs is also a forum for early feedback, which the Adobe development teams use to create software that meets the needs and expectations of the community.

Visit Adobe Labs at www.adobe.com/go/labs.

What’s new

New features

Adobe Premiere® Pro CS3 is now available for both Windows and Mac OS X. Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, in combination with Adobe® OnLocation™ and Adobe® Encore® CS3, makes every step of video production more efficient; from on-location capture, through post-production, to final delivery: on-disk, on-line and on mobile devices. Here's a quick look at some of the new features that help make Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 an integral part of Adobe's comprehensive solution for even the most demanding productions.

Adobe® OnLocation now included Eliminate the capture process by recording SD and HD video directly from your

camera to a laptop or workstation. Instantly review any shot. Log clips during your shoot. Maximize camera image quality during shoots by calibrating your camera, checking levels, and monitoring your signal. Avoid problems and improve quality on location with the virtual reference monitor, comprehensive waveform monitor, vectorscope, and audio spectrum analyzer. Save tape and save time with Adobe OnLocation. (Requires Bootcamp for Mac OS.)

Adobe® Encore® CS3 now included Create DVDs and take advantage of Blu- ray Disc technology using Adobe

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High quality slow motion with time remapping Create dramatic slow and fast motion effects without exporting

clips to another application. The Time Remapping effect gives precise keyframe control, real-time feedback, and advanced frame-blending quality. You can change speed slowly or quickly, and even make a clip run backwards before resuming normal forward motion. With the Time Warp effect borrowed from After Effects, you can generate even better in-between frames through pixel-motion analysis. The Clip Speed effect has also been improved, with high-quality de-interlacing borrowed from After Effects.

Other new effects Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 includes the Color Key effect borrowed from After Effects. This is now

the preferred effect for chromakey. Also, in the effects folders, you will find a Difference Matte effect, a Dip To White transition, and six new audio filters: Chorus, DeClicker, DeCrackler, Flanger, Phaser, and SpectralDeNoiser. For more information on using Dip To White, watch the online training video on the Total Training website.

Publish DVD projects to the web With one click, easily create Adobe Flash® versions of DVD and Blu-ray Disc

projects for publishing to the web. Use Encore, included with Adobe Premiere Pro, to create Flash content, complete with DVD interactivity and menus, without learning Flash programming.

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Smart File Search Find files faster with search tools that instantly update their results lists as you type. Sort and

organize assets into multiple project panels, each with its own graphical or text view setting. Manage your project and its assets with greater ease and efficiency.

Improved editing efficiency Work faster with powerful and flexible editing tools. No more waiting for audio to

render when working with nested sequences. Replace any clip in the timeline with a new clip while preserving the replaced clip's attributes, filters, and settings.

Output for mobile devices Make your video viewable on the latest delivery platforms. Encode video for delivery to

cell phones, portable media players, and other mobile devices. Check playback through emulations of the interface, screen size, and data rate of specific popular devices. Download profile updates to simulate the latest devices as they are released.

Flash Video export with markers converted to cue points Encode video and audio for Flash projects and web

playback with direct Flash Video (FLV) export. Adobe Premiere Pro timeline markers become Flash cue points that trigger interactivity and navigation. Create Flash Video with ease.

Broader format editing support Edit the progressive HDV formats and frame rates found in new cameras from

Canon, Sony, and JVC. Saving time, Adobe Premiere Pro indexes HDV files during capture, rather than after.

Edit MXF files imported from P2 media.

Work with emerging camera formats through the wide range of third-party products, both software and hardware, optimized to work with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3.

Broader support of keyboard shortcuts You can map keyboard shortcuts to bring focus to any panel, and use a

keyboard shortcut to load a clip from the Project panel into the Source Monitor. You can select clips, load them into the Source monitor, mark their In and Out points, and drop them into any spot in the timeline, all without touching the mouse.

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The consistency among all Adobe video and audio workspaces supports cross-application familiarity. This design allows users to move projects through the application best for any task in the workflow.

Customizing the workspace

About workspaces

Adobe video and audio applications provide a consistent, customizable workspace. Although each application has its own set of panels (such as Tools, Properties, Timeline, and so on), you move and group panels in the same way across products.

The main window of a program is the application window. Panels are organized in this window in an arrangement called a workspace. The default workspace contains groups of panels as well as panels that stand alone.

You customize a workspace by arranging panels in the layout that best suits your working style. You can create and save several custom workspaces for different tasks—for example, one for editing and one for previewing.

You can drag panels to new locations, move panels into or out of a group, place panels alongside each other, and undock a panel so that it floats in a new window above the application window. As you rearrange panels, the other panels resize automatically to fit the window.

You can use floating windows to create a workspace more like those in previous versions of Adobe applications, or to place panels on multiple monitors.

Example workspace A. Application window B. Grouped panels C. Individual panel

For a video about the Adobe workspace, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0249.

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Choose a workspace

Each Adobe video and audio application includes several predefined workspaces that optimize the layout of panels for specific tasks. When you choose one of these workspaces, or any custom workspaces you’ve saved, the current workspace is redrawn accordingly.

❖ Open the project you want to work on, choose Window > Workspace, and select the desired workspace.

Dock, group, or float panels

You can dock panels together, move panels into or out of a group, and undock a panel so that it floats in a new window above the application window. As you drag a panel, drop zones—areas onto which you can move the panel— become highlighted. The drop zone you choose determines where the panel is inserted, and whether it docks or groups with other panels.

Docking zones

Docking zones exist along the edges of a panel, group, or window. Docking a panel places it adjacent to the existing group, resizing all groups to accommodate the new panel.

Dragging panel (A) onto docking zone (B) to dock it (C)

Grouping zones

Grouping zones exist in the middle of a panel or group, and along the tab area of panels. Grouping a panel stacks it with other panels.

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Dragging panel (A) onto grouping zone (B) to group it with existing panels (C)

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Dock or group panels

If the panel you want to dock or group is not visible, choose it from the Window menu.

2 Do one of the following:

• To move an individual panel, drag the gripper area in the upper-left corner of a panel’s tab onto the desired drop zone.

Drag panel gripper to move one panel

• To move an entire group, drag the group gripper at the upper-right corner onto the desired drop zone.

Drag group gripper to move entire group

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The application docks or groups the panel, according to the type of drop zone.

Undock a panel in a floating window

When you undock a panel in a floating window, you can add panels to the window or otherwise modify it, as you do the application window. You can use floating windows to make use of a secondary monitor, or to create a workspace like those in earlier versions of Adobe applications.

❖ Select the panel you want to undock (if it’s not visible, choose it from the Window menu), and then do one of the

following:

• Choose Undock Panel or Undock Frame from the panel menu. Undock Frame undocks the panel group.

• Hold down Ctrl (Windows®) or Command (Mac OS®), and drag the panel or group from its current location.

When you release the mouse button, the panel or group appears in a new floating window.

• Drag the panel or group outside the application window. (If the application window is maximized, drag the panel

to the Windows task bar.)

Resize panel groups

When you position the pointer over dividers between panel groups, resize icons appear. When you drag these icons, all groups that share the divider are resized. For example, suppose your workspace contains three panel groups stacked vertically. If you drag the divider between the bottom two groups, they are resized, but the topmost group doesn’t change.

To quickly maximize a panel beneath the pointer, press the tilde (~) key. (Do not press Shift.) Press the tilde key again to return the panel to its original size.

1 Do either of the following:

• To resize either horizontally or vertically, position the pointer between two panel groups. The pointer becomes a

double-arrow .

• To resize in both directions at once, position the pointer at the intersection between three or more panel groups.

The pointer becomes a four-way arrow .

2 Hold down the mouse button, and drag to resize the panel groups.

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Dragging divider between panel groups to resize them horizontally A. Original group with resize icon B. Resized groups

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Open and close panels and windows

Even if a panel is open, it may be out of sight, beneath other panels. Choosing a panel from the Window menu opens it and brings it to the front.

When you close a panel group in the application window, the other groups resize to make use of the newly available space. When you close a floating window, the panels within it close, too.

• To open or close a panel, choose the panel from the Window menu.

• To close a panel or window, click its Close button .

Display any panel full-screen

You can expand any panel to display it in full-screen mode, and toggle back to normal view.

1 Select the panel you want to view full-screen.

2 Press the tilde key (~).

Press the tilde key again to toggle back to normal view.

Working with multiple monitors

To increase the available screen space, use multiple monitors. When you work with multiple monitors, the application window appears on the main monitor, and you place floating windows on the second monitor. Monitor configurations are stored in the workspace.

Save a custom workspace

As you customize a workspace, the application tracks your changes, storing the most recent layout. To store a specific layout more permanently, save a custom workspace. Saved custom workspaces appear in the Workspace menu, where you can return to and reset them.

❖ Arrange the frames and panels as desired, then choose Window > Workspace > New Workspace. Type a name

for the workspace, and click OK.

Note: If a project saved with a custom workspace is opened on another system, the application looks for a workspace with a matching name. If it can’t find a match (or the monitor configuration doesn’t match), it uses the current local workspace.

Reset a workspace

Reset a workspace to return to its original, saved layout of panels.

❖ With the workspace you want to reset active, choose Window > Workspace > Reset workspace

name.

Delete a workspace

1 Choose Window > Workspace > Delete Workspace.

2 Choose the workspace you want to delete, and then click OK.

Note: You cannot delete the currently active workspace.

Brighten or darken the interface

You may prefer to lower the brightness when working in a darkened editing suite or when making color corrections. Changing the brightness affects panels, windows, and dialog boxes but doesn’t affect scroll bars, title bars, and menus that aren’t inside panels. In addition, the change doesn’t affect the application background on Windows.

1 Choose Edit > Preferences > User Interface (Windows) or Premiere Pro > Preferences > User Interface (Mac OS).

2 Drag the User Interface Brightness slider to the left or right. Click Default Brightness to restore the default

brightness level.

Tools, clip details, and menus

Tools

The Tools panel contains a number of tools for editing sequences in a Timeline panel. When you select a tool, the pointer changes shape according to the selection. For example, when you select the Razor tool and position the pointer over a clip in a Timeline panel, the icon changes to a razor . However, the Selection tool icon may change to reflect the task currently being performed. In some cases, pressing a modifier key (such as Shift) as you use a tool changes its function, and its icon changes accordingly. Select tools from the Tools panel, or use a keyboard shortcut. You can resize the Tools panel and orient it vertically or horizontally.

Note: The Selection tool is the default tool. It’s used for everything other than specialized functions. If the program isn’t responding as you expect, make sure that the Selection tool is selected.

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A B C D E F G H I J K

Toolbox A. Selection tool B. Track Selection tool C. Ripple Edit tool D. Rolling Edit tool E. Rate Stretch tool F. Razor tool G. Slip tool H. Slide tool I. Pen tool J. Hand tool K. Zoom tool

Select any tool to activate it for use in a Timeline panel by clicking it or pressing its keyboard shortcut. Let the cursor hover over a tool to see its name and keyboard shortcut.

Selection Tool The standard tool for selecting clips, menu items, and other objects in the user interface. It’s

generally a good practice to select the Selection Tool as soon as you are done using any of the other, more specialized, tools.

Track Selection Tool Select this tool to select all the clips to the right of the cursor in a sequence. To select a clip and

all clips to the right in its own track click the clip. To select a clip and all clips to its right in all tracks, Shift-click the clip. Pressing Shift changes the Track Selection Tool into the Multi-track Selection Tool.

Ripple Edit Tool Select this tool to trim the In or Out point of a clip in a Timeline. The Ripple Edit Tool closes gaps

caused by the edit and cascades clips to the right or left in the Timeline in order to preserve all edits to the left or right of the trimmed clip.

Rolling Edit Tool Select this tool to roll the edit point between two clips in a Timeline, simultaneously trimming the

In point of one and the Out point of the other, while leaving the combined duration of the two unchanged.

Rate Stretch Tool Select this tool to shorten a clip in a Timeline by speeding up its playback, or to lengthen it by

slowing it down. The Rate Stretch Tool changes speed and duration, but leaves the In and Out points of the clip unchanged.

Razor Tool Select this tool to make one or more incisions in clips in a Timeline. Click a point in a clip to split it at

that precise location. To split clips in all tracks at that location, Shift-click the spot in any of the clips.

Slip Tool Select this tool to simultaneously change the In and Out points of a clip in a Timeline, while keeping the

timespan between then constant. For example, if a 10-second clip has been trimmed to five seconds in a sequence, you can can use the slip tool to show an earlier part of the clip, while retaining its five-second duration and its location in the Timeline.

Slide Tool Select this tool to move a clip to the left or right in a Timeline while simultaneously trimming the two

clips that surround it. The combined duration of the three clips, and the location of the group in the Timeline, remain unchanged.

Pen Tool Select this tool to set or select keyframes, or to adjust connector lines in a Timeline. Click and drag a

connector line vertically to adjust it. Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) on a connector line to set a keyframe. Shift-click non-contiguous keyframes to select them. Drag a marquee over contiguous keyframes to select them.

Hand Tool Select this tool to move the viewing area of a Timeline to the right of left. Click and drag left or right

anywhere in the viewing area.

Zoom Tool Select this tool to zoom in or out in a Timeline viewing area. Click in the viewing area to zoom in by one

increment. Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) to zoom out by one increment.

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Clip details in the Info panel

The Info panel displays information about a selected item. For clips, the Info panel displays duration, In point, Out point, and more. The information displayed may vary depending on the media type, the current window, and so on. For example, the Info panel displays information unique to an empty space in the Timeline panel, a rectangle in the Titler, and a clip in the Project panel display.

In the Info panel, the Video line indicates frame rate, dimensions, and pixel aspect ratio, in that order. The Audio line indicates sample rate, bit depth, and channels, in that order.

Display context and panel menus

In addition to choosing from the menus at the top of your screen, you can choose from context menus, which display commands relative to the active tool or selected item. Panel menus display commands relative to the active panel.

• To display panel menus, click the triangle in the upper right corner of the panel.

• To display context menus, right-click a panel.

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A project stores information about sequences and assets, such as settings for capture, transitions, and audio mixing. Also, the project file contains the data from all of your editing decisions, such as the In and Out points for trimmed clips and the parameters for each special effect. Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 creates a folder on your hard disk at the start of each new project. By default, this is where it stores the files it captures, the preview and conformed audio files it creates, and the project file itself.

Project basics

About projects

For every project you create, Adobe Premiere Pro creates a project file. This file contains the settings you select for the project, as well as crucial data about the assets, edit decisions, and effects used in the project.

Adobe Premiere Pro doesn’t store video, audio, or still image files in the project file—it stores only a reference to each of these files based on its filename and location at the time you imported it. If you later move, rename, or delete a source file, Adobe Premiere Pro can’t find it automatically the next time you open the project. In this case, Adobe Premiere Pro displays the Where Is The File dialog box.

Every project includes a Project panel. This acts as a storage area for all files used in the project. You can organize a project’s media and sequences using bins in the Project panel.

A project may contain multiple sequences. Within a single project, you can edit individual segments as separate sequences, and then combine the segments into a finished program by nesting them into a longer sequence. Similarly, you can store multiple variations of a sequence in the same project.

Note: There’s no need to save copies of a project when creating different segments or versions of the same video program. Simply create new or duplicate sequences within a single project file.

Create a project

In most cases, you can start a project simply by using one of the presets provided in the New Project dialog box. The presets included with Adobe Premiere Pro include common project types. Preserve editing quality by using a preset that conforms to the specifications of your original assets. For example, if your project uses footage mostly in DV format, use a DV preset. If you need to specify lower quality settings for output (such as streaming web video), don’t change your project settings—instead, change your export settings later.

If your computer has a capture card compatible with Adobe Premiere Pro, its own optimized presets may appear in the Available Presets list.

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The project settings must be correct when you create the project file. Once a project is created, some project settings, such as the timebase settings, are locked. This prevents unwanted inconsistencies that could result from changing project settings later.

1 Either choose New Project on the Welcome screen that appears when Adobe Premiere Pro starts up or, after the

application is open, choose File > New > Project.

2 Do one of the following:

• To apply a preset, select it from the Available Presets list.

• To customize settings, choose the preset that most closely matches your source footage, click Custom Settings,

and then select your specific project settings. For Location, specify where you want to store the project on disk.

3 Type the name of the project, and then click OK.

Note: Whenever possible, specify a location and name that you won’t have to change later. By default, Adobe Premiere Pro stores rendered previews, conformed audio files, and captured audio and video in the folder where you store the project. Moving a project file later may require moving its associated files as well.

Open a project

Adobe Premiere Pro for Windows can open project files created with earlier versions of Adobe Premiere Pro or Adobe Premiere 6.x. You can open only one project at a time. To transfer the contents of one project into another, use the Import command.

Use the Auto Save command to automatically save copies of your projects in the Adobe Premiere Pro Auto-Save folder.

You may encounter missing files as you work on a project. You can continue working by substituting offline files as placeholders for the missing files. You can edit using offline files, but you must bring the originals back online before rendering your movie.

To bring a file back online after the project is open, use the Link Media command. You can continue working without having to close and reopen the project.

1 Choose File > Open Project.

2 Browse to the project file and select it.

3 Select Open.

4 If the Where Is The File dialog box opens, locate the file using the Look In field, or choose one of the following

in the Where Is The File dialog box:

Find Launches the Windows Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac OS) search feature.

Skip Replaces a missing file with a temporary offline file for the duration of a session. When you close your project

and then reopen it, you see a dialog box that asks you to locate the file or allows you to skip it again.

Skip All Like Skip, Skip All replaces all missing files with temporary offline files.

Important: Select Skip or Skip All only when you are certain that you want to rework all the instances where the file is used in the project. If you want to keep the file in the project but can’t locate it at the moment, use Offline instead.

Skip Previews Stops Adobe Premiere Pro from searching for any preview files already rendered for the project. This

allows the project to load faster, but you may need to render parts of its sequences for best playback performance.

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Offline Replaces a missing file with an offline file, a placeholder that preserves all references to the missing file

everywhere in the project. Unlike the temporary offline file created by Skip, the one generated by Offline persists between sessions, so you won’t have to locate missing files every time the project is opened.

Offline All Like Offline, Offline All replaces all missing files with persistent offline files.

Note: Do not delete source files while you are using them as clips in an Adobe Premiere Pro project unless they were captured using device control and you plan to recapture them. After you deliver the final movie, you can delete source files.

Adjust project settings and presets

All project settings apply to the whole project, and most can’t be changed after a project is created.

Project settings presets are groups of project settings. Adobe Premiere Pro comes with several categories of project settings presets installed: DV-24P, DV-NTSC (North American standard), DV-PAL (European standard), Panasonic P2 DVCPRO50, Panasonic P2 DVCPROHD, HDV, and Mobile & Devices. These contain the correct project settings for the most typical project types. The Panasonic P2 DVCPRO50 and Panasonic P2 DVCPROHD categories of project settings presets are for editing DVCPRO material recorded to MXF files using a Panasonic P2 video camera. For DV25 material recorded in Panasonic P2 format, use a preset for DV-NTSC or DV-PAL, depending on the television standard of the footage.

When creating a new project, you can either select from among the standard project settings presets or customize a group of project settings and save the customized group as a custom project settings preset. If you want full control over almost all the project’s parameters, you must start a new project and customize its project settings presets.

After you begin working in a project, you can review project settings, but you can change only a few of them. Choose Project > Project Settings to view the settings you can change.

Project settings are organized into the following categories:

General Controls the fundamental characteristics of the project, including the file format Adobe Premiere Pro uses

for its preview files and playback (Editing Mode), count time (Display Format), and play back video (Timebase).

Capture Controls how Adobe Premiere Pro transfers video and audio directly from a deck or camera. (None of the

other project settings options affect capturing.) The contents of this panel depend on the editing mode. If you’re capturing DV footage, you don’t need to change capture settings. When DV/IEEE 1394 Capture is the selected capture format, no options are available because the options are automatically set to the IEEE 1394 standard. Additional capture formats and options may appear if you install other software, such as software included with a capture card certified to be compatible with Adobe Premiere Pro.

Note: For P2 DVCPRO 50 and P2 DVCPRO HD projects, the Capture Format setting is not relevant, because the assets are captured and recorded directly to the P2 card as digital files by the camera.

Video Rendering Sets the file format, compressor, color depth, and bit depth Adobe Premiere Pro uses for its

preview files and playback.

Default Sequence Controls the number of video tracks and the number and type of audio tracks for new sequences

you create.

Note: If you must change project settings that are unavailable, you can create a new project with the settings you want and import the current project into it. However, if you import the current project into a project with a different frame rate or audio sampling rate, check video and audio edits carefully. Although edit positions made under the old settings are preserved, they may not synchronize precisely with the new settings. Edits or changes you make after importing are synchronized with the new settings.

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Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 User Manual

Contents

Chapter 1: Getting started

Installation

Requirements

Install the software

Activate the software

Register

Read Me

About Adobe Help

Adobe Help resources

Using Help in the product

Resources

Adobe Video Workshop

Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 videos

Bridge Home

Adobe Bridge CS3 videos

Adobe Device Central CS3 videos

Encore CS3 videos

User communities

Customer support

Downloads

Extras

Adobe Labs

What’s new

New features

Chapter 2: Workspace

Customizing the workspace

About workspaces

Choose a workspace

Dock, group, or float panels

Resize panel groups

Open and close panels and windows

Display any panel full-screen

Working with multiple monitors

Save a custom workspace

Reset a workspace

Delete a workspace

Brighten or darken the interface

Tools, clip details, and menus

Tools

Clip details in the Info panel

Display context and panel menus

Chapter 3: Projects

Project basics

About projects

Create a project

Open a project

Adjust project settings and presets