Premiere Project Settings

• Premiere is optimized for DVD playback and not for the Web, so have to establish Custom Settings based on one of the presets..
• Then can save the custom settings for reuse later
• Can also develop movie for DV and change settings for web when exporting it, but larger DV movies take longer to render during development.

Create project preset

• Premiere prompts you for settings for new file when you open it -- same choices when you do File>new>project. 
• To create custom settings, choose custom settings tab in New Project Window:

General Settings:

• Editing Mode: Desktop
• Timebase: select 29.97 frames/secont
• Frame Size: 360 or 180 horizontal, 240 or 120 Vertical so that ration is 4:3
• Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square Pixels (1.0)
• Fields: No Fields (Progressive Scan) -- what computers do
• Display Format: 30 fps Drop‑Frame Timecode
• Title Save Area & Action Save Area: accept defaults

Audio Settings

• Sample Rate: lowest 32000 Hz
• Display Format: Audio Samples

Video Rendering

• File Format: Video for Windows
• Compressor: Cinepak Codec by Radius - compresses 24-bit video for data rates suitable for Internet download, CD-ROM playback, or playback on older computers

Color Depth

• millions of colors gives best reproduction of image
• Frequently set by codec
• Optimize stills uses still images efficiently in sequences -- if same image lasts 2 seconds, only changes frame every second.

Save the Present for future use

• Click Save Preset Button
• Save the project settings as "Video for Web" to list it as a preset that you can use again.
• Choose location for project and for preview files
• Name the project & click OK

Next, practice creating a movie