Adobe Premiere Pro 1.

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ADOBE PREMIERE PRO 1.5 README

May, 2004
This file contains late-breaking product information, updates to the Adobe Premiere Pro documentation, and troubleshooting tips.
Please print this document for future reference.
The Help menu in Adobe Premiere Pro contains the entire User Guide. The online version of the User Guide has additional technical
information and examples not found in the printed documentation. For your convenience, PDF versions of the online help
documentation are located on your CD in the User Documentation folder. You can install Adobe Reader from your Adobe Premiere
Pro CD.
For further troubleshooting and information, see the User Guide, online Help, or Adobe.com.
This ReadMe is divided into the following sections:
Installation Instructions
Activating Adobe Premiere Pro
Important: Registration Information
System Requirements
Serial Numbers
Third Party Compatibility
MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Encoding
General Notes and Known Issues
Other Resources
Legal Notices

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
General installation notes
Make sure that your computer meets the system requirements for Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5. The system requirements are listed on the
Adobe Premiere Pro box or on the Adobe Video Collection box if you purchased Adobe Premiere Pro as part of the video collection,
and in this ReadMe file.
After you install Adobe Premiere Pro, visit http://www.adobe.com/register to register your product and obtain product information.
To install Adobe Premiere Pro you must be logged in as an administrator on your Windows XP system. For best results, exit all
programs and disable all utilities such as virus scanners, as they may interfere with or slow down the installation process.
On some systems, having System Restore enabled during installation of Adobe Premiere Pro causes the installation to take an
unusually long time and the computer may appear to lock up. To avoid this, turn off System Restore before installing by choosing Start
> Settings > Control Panel > System > System Restore. Please note that if you disable System Restore, all current restore points will
be lost.
The Adobe Premiere Pro installer will automatically update your version of Microsoft Direct X to version 9. This update has DV and
MPEG improvements. For the latest version of Microsoft DirectX go to http://www.microsoft.com/directx.
If you will be working with QuickTime movies (.mov files), be sure to install QuickTime version 6.1 or later. For best results you should
select the Recommended install option. QuickTime is not included as part of the Adobe Premiere Pro installation. You can download
it at http://www.apple.com/quicktime.
If you encounter problems installing Adobe Premiere Pro from a network server, copy the Adobe Premiere Pro installer folder to a
local drive and then run the installer from there. For best results, install Adobe Premiere Pro on your boot drive (C:) Capture, edit and
output all of your video on a secondary AV-approved drive.

Locating your Adobe Premiere Pro serial number

To install Adobe Premiere Pro, you will need to enter a serial number. You should locate and note this number before you begin your
install. If you are upgrading from a previous version of Adobe Premiere Pro, or if you are installing a new version from CD ROM, your
serial number is located on a sticker affixed to your application CD ROM case. If you downloaded your version of Adobe Premiere
Pro, your serial number was sent to you in an order confirmation e-mail.
For more information, see Serial Numbers below.

Installing and starting Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5

Before you can use Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5, you must install the application onto your hard disk.

To install Adobe Premiere Pro:

1. Restart Windows.
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2. Do one of the following:

If you are installing Adobe Premiere Pro from a CD, insert the Application CD into your CD drive. If the installer starts
automatically, follow the on-screen instructions to install the application. If the installer does not start automatically, double-click
Setup.exe in the Adobe Premiere Pro folder, and then follow the on-screen instructions to install the application.
If you downloaded Adobe Premiere Pro from the Web, the installer should start automatically, when the download completes. If it
doesnt, double-click Setup.exe in the Adobe Premiere Pro folder you downloaded. Follow the on-screen instructions to install
the application.

To start Adobe Premiere Pro:

Choose Start > Programs > Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.

Uninstalling Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5

You can uninstall Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 by using the Add or Remove Programs utility in the Windows Control Panel, or by using the
application CD. You may want to use the CD to uninstall if you are planning to immediately reinstall.

To uninstall previous or current versions of Adobe Premiere Pro:

1. Close Adobe Premiere Pro.
2. Do one of the following:
Open the Windows Control Panel, and double-click Add or Remove Programs. Select the Adobe Premiere Pro version that you
want to uninstall, and then click Change/Remove.
Insert the Adobe Premiere Pro application CD into your CD drive. If the installer does not start automatically, double-click
Setup.exe in the Adobe Premiere Pro folder.
3. In the Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 Setup dialog box, select Remove, and then click Next.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions. Note that if you are uninstalling Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5, and you choose to uninstall using the
Advanced Uninstall option, you will need to also reactivate your product. See the following section for information on activation.
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ACTIVATING ADOBE PREMIERE PRO 1.5

You need to activate your copy of Adobe Premiere Pro within 30 days of installing the software. You can activate your copy by using
your Internet connection or by calling customer service.
Activation is an anonymous series of simple and quick steps users of Adobe Premiere Pro take upon installation in order to begin
using the application. Product activation is built in to help Adobe prevent copying of the software onto more than the number of
computers permitted by the license agreement governing the software.
You can choose the activation process you prefer: by Internet, by phone using the 24-hour automated Adobe Software Activation
System, or by phone speaking directly with a Customer Care Representative. If youve activated more than two times using your
Internet connection, youll need to activate by phone.
During the activation process, youll provide Adobe with the randomly-generated activation number given to you. Because each
activation code and serial number is unique, Adobe can compare the numbers from your activation request with our database to help
ensure that your copy of the software has not been activated more times than allowed under its license agreement.

When you need to activate

Adobe's activation system offers you a choice on when and how to activate. Adobe offers a 30-day grace period during which you can
use the software without activating. There are activation reminders during the grace period. After the 30-day grace period you wont
be able to use the software until you activate.
Some circumstances may require you to activate again. If you replace or reformat your computers hard drive, you may need to
activate again on that computer. You may also need to activate again if you uninstall Adobe Premiere Pro. There are two uninstall
options. Advanced Uninstall removes all components of the software, requiring you to activate again when you reinstall. If you uninstall
using the Standard option, you wont need to activate again (certain activation related files and information remain on your computer).

How activation information is used

The unique serial number assigned to each copy of Adobe Premiere Pro is combined with a randomly generated number, assigned
to your computer. Adobe's activation system does not transmit, or collect, any personal information, including your hardware
configuration.
Activation is separate from product registration, which is optional. Registration is for those customers who want to receive information
about product updates and other special offers from Adobe. Adobe stores registration and activation information on separate secure
servers, and there is no linking of these sets of data.

Note: No personal information is collected by Adobe Systems when you activate your software. No information about your use of
the product or the files you create with the product is provided to Adobe Systems. Data necessary for activation is sent to Adobe
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Systems only at the time of activation.

To activate Adobe Premiere Pro:
1. Start Adobe Premiere Pro. (If youve just installed the software, the Activation screen appears automatically.)
2. When the first Activation screen appears, do one of the following:
If Adobe Premiere Pro detects an Internet connection, a message appears on the screen asking if you would like to activate
over the Internet. Click Next to start the Internet activation process.
If Adobe Premiere Pro does not detect an Internet connection, or if you want to activate by phone or at a later time, click Other
Activation Options.
3. If you clicked Other Activation Options, do one of the following:
Choose Over The Internet, and then click Next to start the activation process immediately. A status screen lets you know how its
progressing. If youre having trouble, try activating by telephone.
Choose By Telephone Via The Automated Software Activation System to begin phone activation. Click Next to bring up a
screen with the Adobe Customer Service phone number, information about your copy of Adobe Premiere Pro, and instructions
for entering your authorization code. Once you call Adobe with this information youll receive an authorization code. Enter the
authorization code just as you hear it. Click Next to complete the activation.
Choose Remind Me if you want to delay the activation process by a few days. Choose a reminder option from the pop-up menu,
and then click Next. You still need to activate within 30 days if you choose this option.

IMPORTANT: REGISTRATION INFORMATION

The activation process does not take the place of product registration.
Please complete your registration card and mail it today or register on-line at http://www.adobe.com/register. You must register to
receive technical support and important product update information. After registering, you will be able to download Red Giant's Magic
Bullet Movie Looks plug-in. Movie Looks enables you to give your video a style similar to those of recent popular movies.
For the latest information please visit: http://www.adobe.com/premierepro.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Intel Pentium III 800MHz processor (Pentium 4, 3 GHz recommended)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Home Edition with Service Pack 1
256 MB of RAM (1 GB or more recommended)
800 MB of available hard-disk space for installation
Microsoft DirectX compatible sound card (ASIO-compatible sound card recommended)
1024x768 32-bit color video display adapter (1280x1024 or dual monitors recommended; Open GL card recommended)
CD-ROM drive, CD recorder (CD-R/-RW) required for CD creation
Compatible DVD recorder (DVD-R/RW, +R/RW) required for Export to DVD
For DV: OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 interface and dedicated large capacity 7200 RPM UDMA 66 IDE or SCSI hard disk or
disk array
For third-party capture cards: Adobe Premiere Pro certified capture card
Optional: Surround speaker system for 5.1 audio playback
For the latest info on system requirements and 3rd party compatible hardware, you can refer to
http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/systemreqs.html.
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SERIAL NUMBERS
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 uses a 24-digit serial number that can be found on your registration card or on the back of your CD ROM
case. If you are installing a full, new version of Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5, enter this serial number when prompted by the application.
Do not use the number on the bottom of the Adobe Premiere Pro box.

Upgrading from a previous version of Adobe Premiere

If you are upgrading to Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 from a previous version of Adobe Premiere, you will need both your new serial
number and your old serial number. The new serial number is located on the Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 application CD ROM case.
Your old serial number may be located on your old Adobe Premiere application CD ROM case, on your old registration card, or on the
front page of your User Guide.

For bundled products

If you received a copy of Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 bundled with a capture card, camera, computer, or other hardware, the serial
number may be found in one of the following locations:
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In the documentation included with the capture card, computer, or hardware device
On the Adobe Premiere or other software CD which may have come with your hardware device
In the document in the Windows XP Program folder in which Adobe Premiere Pro is installed

Upgrading from Adobe Premiere LE or Adobe Premiere Standard

You can upgrade from Adobe Premiere LE or Adobe Premiere Standard to Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5. If you have questions about
whether you can upgrade from Adobe Premiere LE, please contact Adobe Customer Service (see For Further Assistance below).
When upgrading to Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 from Adobe Premiere LE or Adobe Premiere Standard, you will need to enter your
previous Adobe Premiere serial number. Your serial number may be located on your Adobe Premiere LE application CD ROM case,
on your old registration card, or on the front page of your User Guide. It may also be located in a document in the Adobe Premiere
folder.

For further assistance

If you cannot find your previous version serial number, contact Adobe Customer Service for assistance. In North America, call 888724-4507. For a list of phone numbers outside North America, visit http://www.adobe.com/support/intlsupport.html.
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THIRD PARTY COMPATIBILITY

A large number of third party hardware and software solutions are available for use with Adobe Premiere Pro.

DV Capture Cards
Adobe Premiere Pro includes DV capture support for any third party IEEE 1394 DV connector (commonly known as DV, iLink or
FireWire capture cards). If your PC doesn't have a built-in DV connector you can add any third party DV capture card that has the
"Designed for Windows XP" logo.

Real Time, SD, and HD Capture Cards

All real time capture cards require updated Adobe-certified drivers. Users of earlier versions of Adobe Premiere should check to
make sure their capture card is supported by Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5. Please check with the manufacturer for updated drivers, or an
upgrade path to Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 supported hardware.

Sound Cards
Adobe Premiere Pro now works with ASIO 2.0 compatible hardware for professional audio recording and playback.
Adobe Premiere Pro now supports VST (Virtual Studio Technology) compatible audio plug-ins for filters and effects. VST
Synthesizers are not supported.
DirectX Audio filters are not supported in Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5, but are supported in Adobe Audition, Adobes audio editing
application. For more information on Adobe Audition, see http://www.adobe.com/audition.

Video Plug-ins
Adobe Premiere Pro now supports the Adobe After Effects plug-in architecture. Many of your third party After Effects plug-ins will also
work with Adobe Premiere Pro.
Third party plug-ins for Adobe Premiere version 6.5 and earlier are RGB-based. Adobe Premiere Pro now uses a YUV internal color
format for improved real time performance of effects and transitions. Please check with the manufacturer to see if they have updated
Adobe Premiere Pro compatible plug-ins.
For a full list of Adobe certified solutions please see http://www.adobe.com/premierepro
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MPEG-1 AND MPEG-2 ENCODING

The MPEG encoding technology used in Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 is powered by MainConcept. MainConcept hosts a User to User
Forum on Adobe.com where you can discuss problems and techniques for MPEG encoding. Please see
http://www.adobe.com/support/forums/main.html.
To export to MPEG-1 or MPEG-2, use the Adobe Media Encoder (File > Export > Adobe Media Encoder). The default presets
included in the Adobe Media Encoder match those found in Adobe Encore DVD and Adobe After Effects 6.5 and emphasize quality
over speed of encoding. You can also perform two-pass MPEG encoding for even better quality at lower bit rates. Settings that
emphasize quality may make the encoding process take longer. You can increase encoding speed by adjusting the quality control. A
setting between 2 and 3 should increase speed significantly while maintaining excellent quality with most material. Higher quality
settings may be needed for complex video, especially material with a great deal of motion.
You can download additional free presets at http://www.mainconcept.com/adobemedia.html, including presets which are comparable
to those used in the Adobe Premiere Pro MPEG Encoder. You'll also find helpful information on MPEG encoding in general.
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GENERAL NOTES AND KNOWN ISSUES

General
When customizing your keyboard shortcuts, Adobe Premiere Pro will allow windows-specific shortcuts to be assigned. This is not
recommended as it can make for conflicting behavior. Some Adobe Premiere Pro shortcuts depend on which window is active.
For best performance turn off your screen saver, and do not have any other applications running in the background. In particular, 3D
screen savers may interfere with performance, and Microsoft Outlook email desktop alerts can cause playback stuttering or otherwise
interfere with performance.

Hardware
Adobe Premiere Pro makes extensive use of the Intel SSE instruction set. If an AMD Athlon processor is used, the processor and the
motherboard BIOS of the system must both support the SSE instruction set. Adobe is investigating extensive support for 64-bit
processors in subsequent releases of Adobe Premiere Pro.

Legacy Projects
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 can open project files created in Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Premiere Standard or Adobe Premiere 6.5
(Windows or Mac OS).
Projects created in Adobe Premiere 6.0 or later can be imported directly into an Adobe Premiere Pro project. To open an Adobe
Premiere 5.1 or earlier project in Adobe Premiere Pro, the project must first be opened and saved in Adobe Premiere 6.x. For
projects saved in Adobe Premiere 6.x format or earlier, the projects timeline becomes a sequence at the top level of the bin that
results from importing the project.

Copying items from Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 to Adobe After Effects 6.5
You can copy video or audio elements from an Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 sequence and paste it into an Adobe After Effects 6.5
composition. Pasted track items are converted to composition layers and the source footage is copied into the Adobe After Effects
Project window. Any Motion or Opacity keyframes associated with the copied track item are converted and displayed in Adobe After
Effects. If the layer contains an effect that is also used by Adobe After Effects, the effect and all its settings and keyframes are
converted.

Note: The copy and paste feature works only with Adobe After Effects 6.5. It will not work with previous versions of Adobe After
Effects.
Keyframes, effects, and other properties are converted as follows when the layer is pasted into an Adobe After Effects composition:

Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5

Item

Converted to in Adobe After Notes

Effects 6.5

Color matte
Nested sequence
Offline files
Photoshop still

Solid layer
Nested compositions
Missing footage
Photoshop layer

Color settings are retained

Photoshop layer information is

retained
Motion or Opacity values and Transform property values and The keyframe type Bezier,
keyframes
keyframes
Auto Bezier, Continuous
Bezier, or Hold is retained.
Video filter properties and Effect properties and
keyframes
keyframes, as long as the effect
also exists in After Effects
Crop filter
Mask layer
Video transitions: Cross
Opacity keyframes
Other video transitions are not
Dissolve
converted
Volume and Channel
Stereo mixer effect
Other audio filters are not
Volume audio filters
converted
Speed property
Time Stretch property
Speed and time stretch have
an inverse relationship, for
example, 50% speed in
Premiere Pro is converted to
200% stretch in After Effects
Frame Hold
Time Remap
Clip marker
Layer marker
Sequence marker
Not converted

To copy a track item from Adobe Premiere Pro to Adobe After Effects:

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Select a track item from the Adobe Premiere Pro Timeline window.
Choose Edit > Copy.
Switch to Adobe After Effects and open a composition in the Timeline window.
With the Timeline window selected, choose Edit > Paste. To paste the layer at the current time indicator, position the current
time indicator and press Control + Alt + V (Windows).

Copying items from Adobe After Effects 6.5 to Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5
You can copy a footage layer from an Adobe After Effects 6.5 composition and paste it into an Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 sequence.
When pasted into Premiere Pro, footage layers are converted into track items and the source footage is copied to the Premiere Pro
Project window. Any Transform property keyframes associated with the copied layer will be converted. If the layer contains an effect
that is also used by Premiere Pro, the effect and all its settings and keyframes will be converted.

Note: The copy and paste feature works only with Adobe After Effects 6.5. It will not work with previous versions of Adobe After
Effects.
Keyframes, effects, and other properties contained in a copied layer are converted as follows when the layer is pasted into a
Premiere Pro sequence:

Adobe After Effects 6.5

Item

Converted to in Adobe
Premiere Pro 1.5

Nested compositions
Photoshop layer

Nested sequences
Photoshop still

Solid layer
Transform property values
and keyframes

Color matte
Motion or Opacity values and
keyframes

Effect properties and

keyframes

Effect properties and

keyframes, as long as the effect
also exists in Premiere Pro
Channel Volume filter
Channel Volume filter
Not converted
Speed property
Speed and time stretch have
an inverse relationship, for
example, 200% stretch in After
Effects is converted to 50%
speed in Premiere Pro
Not converted
Not converted
Not converted

Audio volume property

Stereo mixer effect
Masks and Mattes
Time Stretch property

Layer markers
Transfer modes
Text, camera, 3D, light, or
adjustment layers

Notes

Photoshop layer information is

retained
The keyframe type Bezier,
Auto Bezier, Continuous
Bezier, or Hold is retained.

To copy a layer from After Effects to Premiere Pro:

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Select a layer from the After Effects Timeline window.

Choose Edit > Copy.
Switch to Premiere Pro and open a sequence in the Timeline window.
Move the current time indicator to the desired location, and choose Edit > Paste or Edit > Paste Insert.

Important issues when copying and pasting between Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 and Adobe After Effects 6.5
A PSD sequence (numbered stills) in an Adobe After Effects composition will not paste into Adobe Premiere Pro as a sequence. The
sequence will paste as the first still of the sequence.
Paste options in Adobe Premiere Pro may not be available when attempting to copy very large After Effects compositions with
hundreds of clips and nested sequences in them. Increase your system memory or copy and paste the After Effects elements in
smaller batches.
When pasting large sequences from Adobe Premiere Pro to Adobe After Effects, the Paste function may sometimes fail. You may
need to return to Adobe Premiere Pro and recopy the sequence, or you may need to restart Adobe After Effects.
Pasting a 5.1 audio clip or only the video portion of a 5.1 AVI from Adobe Premiere Pro into Adobe After Effects causes errors in
After Effects.
Copying individual Adobe Illustrator layers from Adobe After Effects and pasting them into Adobe Premiere Pro results in flattened
footage of the entire Illustrator file, but they maintain the name of the individual layer.
Clips copied from Adobe After Effects that use an expression to control parameters will have those parameters set to 0 when pasted
into Adobe Premiere Pro.

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Working with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop

Using the Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 Edit Original command to add, remove, or rename layers in an Adobe Photoshop (.psd) file may
result in missing layers when you switch back to Adobe Premiere Pro. To modify add, remove, or rename layers in a Photoshop file,
open the file directly in Adobe Photoshop and then re-import it into Adobe Premiere Pro.
Linked images in Adobe Illustrator files are not supported in Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5. The linked images will not be imported.
If you import files created in Adobe Illustrator version 6.0 or earlier, they may import as black images in Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5. To
successfully import them, you may need to open and resave the images in a newer version of Adobe Illustrator. This is a known issue
with Adobe Illustrator version 6.0 and earlier.
In order to import an Adobe Illustrator CS file into Adobe Premiere Pro, the Create PDF Compatible File option must be turned on
when saving the file in Illustrator.
The command File > New > Photoshop File in Adobe Premiere Pro creates a new Photoshop file based on default templates in
common project sizes. To create a template to match your specific project requirements, please read the section Creating
Photoshop file from Adobe Premiere in the User Guide supplement.

Importing and exporting AAF files

Some files can take a long time to export to AAF. No progress bar is displayed during export. Please do not attempt to quit Adobe
Premiere Pro 1.5 during export as you may lose AAF data.
Before importing an AAF file into an AVID PAL project, the video resolution must be changed from DV25 411 to DV25 420.
Exporting a clip with keyframes to AAF will result in new keyframes added to the beginning and end of the clip when re-importing into
Adobe Premiere Pro. These are simply start and end reference keyframes and will not affect the appearance of your video.
AVID may generate an error if you import an AAF file created in Adobe Premiere Pro that contains insufficient footage. AVID does
not support insufficient footage in the timeline.
When you export an Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 project containing nested sequences to AAF, audio for the nested sequence may be
offset or placed in an unexpected track when you import the AAF file into an AVID system. This due to the different nature of nested
sequences between Premiere Pro and AVID. It is recommended to not export AAF files from Premiere Pro 1.5 with nested
sequences.
An AAF export from AVID using titles will not import into Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5. Removing the titles before exporting will allow the
import, then recreate the titles in Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.

About EDL support in Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5

EDL was developed for the transfer of an offline edit (using a tape-based linear editing system) to an online editing system (using a
linear tape-based system). EDL facilitated the use of less expensive equipment for the time-consuming task of creative editing while
saving the final mechanical assembly for the more expensive online equipment.
The use of EDLs has expanded since the advent of non-linear video editing systems to include the transfer of projects from one NLE
to another. Unfortunately, the EDL format is limited in terms of the kind and amount of information that it can convey. EDL information
was developed in the context of A/B Roll editing and does not handle multiple video layers, nested sequences, or many of the effect
and filter types commonly used today.
CMX 3600 EDLs are the standard supported by Adobe Premiere Pro and are essentially text only files. EDLs generated by Adobe
Premiere Pro can contain the following information:
One track of video
Up to four tracks of audio
Source tape name for a clip
Timecode in and out of the clip (source timecode)
Timecode in and out for the placement of that clip (record timecode)
Start timecode and duration of an audio dissolve
Start timecode and duration of a video dissolve
Start timecode and duration of a video wipe (see below for supported video wipes)
A uniform, non 100% playback speed of a video or audio clip (forward, reverse or freeze frame) within a sequence
The following NLE features not supported by EDLs:
EDLs cannot represent any keyframing, either audio or video
EDLs have no concept of a transition other than the start and duration of a transition. Therefore, it cannot represent any
centered at, ending at or custom start transitions
There is no concept of multiple video tracks within one EDL
There is no concept of more than four audio tracks within one EDL
EDLs cannot represent any video effects including opacity, masking, PIP, etc.
EDLs cannot represent any audio effects including volume controls, reverb, or any other audio effects other than a dissolve to
silence or a dissolve from silence.
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There is no concept of nesting in an EDL.

The following SMPTE wipes numbers are supported:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 41, 42, 47, 101, 102, 119, 201, 202, 203, 204, 241, 242, 243, 244

Limitations when importing and exporting EDL files in Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5
Unsupported transitions will be substituted with supported transitions when importing and EDL into Adobe Premiere Pro.
When importing an EDL with two A/V clips and a single transition, the resulting Premiere Pro sequence will contain three clips: one
instance of clip 1 containing both audio and video; and two instances of clip 2, one containing only video, the other containing only
audio. This is the result of how EDL translates a single video track that supports effects like those in Adobe Premiere Pro and the
traditional linear A/B Roll concept.
If you intend to export an EDL from Premiere Pro to AVID, do not use the tape name AUX as AVID treats AUX as a reserved term
since AUXA and AUXB are used to represent auxiliary sources. Please use a descriptive tape name whenever possible.
The Import Media dialog may not display EDL files when All Supported Media is selected in the File Type field. If this occurs, you can
display EDL files by simply selecting EDL from the File Type drop-down in the Import dialog box.
Sync indicators are not retained when exporting an EDL. If an audio/video slip is made on linked assets to compensate for material
that was captured out of sync, these settings are not read or reflected by an EDL export. This is as designed for Premiere Pro 1.5.

Working with Audio

If you need to mark in and out points on a long clip you should use jog control, or wait until audio conforming is complete. Navigation of
the clip in the source monitor is slow for all controls except the Jog control as long as audio is still conforming.
When snapping audio-only clips in the Timeline while in frame mode, a gap can be left between clips. To have the audio clips snap
together with no gap, you can change to the audio units mode and re-snap the clips.
You may experience latency when Play Audio on DV Hardware is selected in the DV Playback Settings dialog box. This can be
caused by DV hardware latencies in buffering and playing the audio. To avoid this, please select Playback on Audio hardware in the
Playback Setting dialog box. Speakers will need to be connected to your computers audio hardware to monitor the audio playback
from Premiere Pro.
Audio Playback settings are global across all projects, not specific to a particular project. You can change Audio Playback settings by
choosing Playback Settings from the flyout menu in the Monitor window.
If using Aardvark audio hardware, Adobe Premiere Pro might experience difficulties if the SPDIF clock is selected in the Aardvark
ASIO Control Panel before launching Adobe Premiere Pro. Updated drivers from Aardvark may solve this problem.
Adjusting a VST effect continuous parameter via the VST Editor window does not automatch while in Read or Touch automation
mode when keyframes exist. Touch mode behaves as Latch mode when VST Editor controls are used. Also, automation will no longer
be read when adjusting a control in the VST Editor when Automation is set to Read mode.
If the 5.1 channels of an AVI or WAVE do not appear on the expected channels, use Breakout to Mono to create a new sequence mix
that has the appropriate channel mapping using the Audio Mixer.

Capture / Device Control

Overlay works intermittently on the ATI FireGL E1. Updated drivers from ATI may solve this problem.
If your batch captures fail because of dropped frames you may wish to disable Auto-Save in Preferences.

Using the Timeline and editing video

Opacity effects (fades) applied to virtual clips in Adobe Premiere 6.x projects are not translated when the project is opened in Adobe
Premiere Pro 1.5.
After a track matte is applied, additional effects applied to the track matte target are ignored.
Automate to Sequence always puts the clips on V1 and A1. If you want these clips on other timeline tracks, you can drag them to the
tracks manually, either one at a time or as a group.
MPEG import is supported only for transcoding. Playback of MPEG material will drop frames, but will render correctly. If you need to
edit MPEG regularly, consider using an Adobe Premiere Pro certified hardware card that supports MPEG editing. All supported
hardware capture cards are listed at the Adobe Premiere Pro partner certification web page located at:
http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/6cards.html
Correction: User Guide, page 41-42, Opening a project: In the Missing File window, Skip and Skip All do NOT remove the files
from the Premiere Pro project.

Video Scopes
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When displaying video scopes, set the zoom level to Fit.

Export to Tape
When a Preroll value is used in the Export to Tape dialog, recording will begin at Record In point minus x number of Preroll frames.
This behavior has changed from previous versions of Adobe Premiere. In addition, for the widest compatibility with DV devices, there
is now an intrinsic 2 seconds of Preroll built-in to Export to Tape function. No Preroll will be needed for most DV devices.
When exporting back to a Panasonic NV-MX5000 or NV-GX7 camera, the camera will only accept a DV-NTSC 32kHz audio signal.

Adobe Media Encoder

If the Minnetonka SurCode Dolby surround sound encoder has only one trial usage remaining and muxing is turned on in the MPEG-2
and MPEG-2 DVD presets, video and audio will be exported as separate files. This will not happen in the activated SurCode.
SurCode presets always encode at 448 kbps for 3/2, 2/1, 3/1, 3/0 and at 192 kbps for 1/0, 2/0.
SurCode presets have LFE ON by default.
The Key Frame Distance value set in Adobe Media Encoder Custom presets from Premiere Pro 1.0 is not set when presets are
imported into Premiere Pro 1.5. This does not occur in the System presets.
Audio or A/V clips with the Reverb audio filter applied cannot be exported with an Adobe Media Encoder dual pass setting. This is
caused by the inherent randomness that gives Reverb its unique sound. To workaround this, please export audio or A/V clips with
reverb applied as new audio clips and then re-import them into the project for export.

Exporting to Windows Media

If you use odd numbers for Height and Width when exporting to Windows Media, they will be rounded off to nearest even number.
When using the Reverb effect, you may encounter a situation where the sequence to which the Reverb effect is applied cannot be
exported to Windows Media format. If this occurs, either render the audio to file and then re-import it (or use render & replace), or set
the audio to CBR or 1-pass encoding.

Exporting to Real Media

When exporting Real Media, entering a value for Height and Width that is not a multiple of 4 will result in the value being rounded down
to the nearest multiple of 4.
Exporting Real Media files using markers to indicate a start and stop duration of less than one second for a URL can result in the URL
not opening when the file is played in the RealPlayer. The behavior is inconsistent and happens more often with smaller Real Media
exports. It is caused by the Real Media Encoder translating URL duration from milliseconds into seconds. To work around this, please
use URL durations of greater than one second.

Exporting to QuickTime
Due to limitation in the Sorenson Standard codec, you cannot export longer clips (for example, more than 40 minutes) in QuickTime.
This limitation does not exist with the Sorenson Pro codec.
QuickTime must be installed prior to exporting QuickTime files from the Adobe Media Encoder.

Exporting to MPEG
When exporting MPEG-1 Layer 1 Audio with bit rates of 32, 64 and 96 kbps, audio either does not appear or appears distorted in
transcoded file. Please use other bit rates for MPEG-1 Layer 1 or use the MPEG-1 Layer II Audio format.
When exporting MPEG-1 or MPEG-2, with PCM audio and Muxing on, audio may not be heard in the resulting file. Generic MPEG
formats do not specify how to read non-MPEG Audio, so common MPEG splitters/decoders may not be able to read PCM audio in an
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 stream.
The DVD specification requires chapters to be at least 15 frames apart. Adobe Premiere Pro does not check for legal placement of
chapter markers.
Video encoded as MPEG-1 with a mux type of TS may play back with distorted video in the PowerDVD software player. This problem
has not been reported for set-top DVD players.
If you run out of free hard disk space while transcoding is in progress, transcoding will freeze and pressing Cancel may hang Adobe
Premiere Pro. You will then need to restart the application, create additional hard disk space, and perform the transcode again.
When exporting MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 formats, setting Packets Per Pack to any value other than 1 for mux type VCD, SVCD, or
DVD may result in stuttering video or audio loss. Please set Packets Per Pack to 1 for VCD, SVCD, and DVD mux types.
When exporting to the MPEG-2 SVCD format, if you choose Program Sequence as Progressive, transcode will fail as the SVCD
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You may encounter editing, playback or rendering problems with MPEG files if you have other DVD applications installed on the same
system as Adobe Premiere Pro. For best results, it is recommended that no other DVD applications be installed with Adobe
Premiere Pro. For a smooth DVD authoring workflow, you can run Adobe Encore DVD on the same system as Adobe Premiere Pro.
Since Adobe Encore DVD uses the same MPEG encoding technology as Adobe Premiere Pro, it does not cause conflicts.
When using Adobe Media Encoder to export to MPEG1-VCD, the de-interlace filter will not work correctly when changing the Field
Upper or Field Lower settings. A known workaround for this is to export the file to a Video for Windows format with the same frame
size as the target frame size for the VCD project. Do not scale the resulting video file when re-importing. This new clip will accept the
de-interlace and field setting properly for MPEG-1 VCD exports using the Adobe Media Encoder.

Export to DVD
It is recommended that you close other DVD burning applications before using Export to DVD.
If a newly connected DVD burner is not displayed in the list, quitting and re-launching Premiere Pro should allow Export to DVD to see
the burner.
The Erase command may not work with some previously-written DVD-RW media. Do a full/complete erase from another application
that supports erasing of DVD-RW media.
MPEG-1 Layer II Audio gets converted internally to PCM when used with DVD.
Do not use PCM Audio with Maximize Bitrate options turned on for longer duration exports (for example, more than 2.2 hours CBR
and more than 3.3 hours VBR). This can create files that are too large for single-sided DVD recordable media.
Export to DVD will not work when there are two burners connected to the system and one is already burning a DVD, even if the
second burner is available.
Disable System Standby before exporting to DVD. If your system goes into Standby during burning, the burn will likely fail.
If you are using a DVD-RW disc with prior content, Export to DVD may write over the prior contents.

Device Compatibility
Panasonic PV-DV910: When attached, this camera must be in VCR Mode or turned off when attempting to play media in the source
or program monitor.
ST Audio ADC & DAC 3000 (Audio ASIO device): If the audio is slow when playing back, you may need to do one of the following:
Open the Audio Hardware Preferences and click on the ASIO Settings button. This will not open the dialog but it will reset the
sample rate.
Open the ST Audio Configuration dialog from the task bar and go to the Hardware Settings page. Uncheck the Auto Rate
checkbox and set the Sample Rate manually.

Compatibility with Adobe Audition

When using Edit Original on an Audition 1.5 audio file, please wait for the audio conform to complete before editing.
When using the Adobe Premiere Pro Edit Original command to edit an Adobe Audition file, the original Audition session file will be
opened as long as it resides on the same machine as Adobe Premiere Pro. If the original Audition session file cannot be found, the
Edit Original command will open a stereo mixdown of the session in Adobe Audition.

Adobe Title Designer

Correction: User Guide Supplement, page 27, Adobe Title Designer: When saving a title, you must select a unique filename. The Title
Designer will not automatically name the title using text from the title itself. The default filename is Untitled.

Using Panasonic 24P camera footage

If you capture 24P Advanced footage from a tape recorded with the Panasonic AG-DVX100, Adobe Premiere Pro will export to tape
at 2:3:3:2, regardless of your playback settings.
24PA Export to Tape using the 2:3:3:2 DV Playback settings, may result incorrect pulldown and/or muted audio if exported on a
system only meeting the minimum system requirements due to the added CPU burden this process creates. Please refer to the
recommended system requirements listed earlier in this document.
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OTHER RESOURCES
Visit the Adobe Premiere Pro page on the Adobe Web site: http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/main.html. You will find links to
tutorials, user groups, third-party plug-in developers, Adobe Customer Support, and more.
Adobe offers complete solutions for creating professional digital video productions. Explore the resources listed here to learn more:
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LEGAL NOTICES
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and/or other countries. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United
States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.,
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