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Adobe Premiere Pro Help Producing Final Video
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Producing Final Video
Introduction
When you have finished assembling and editing clips in sequences, you can generate the
final video. The options you choose when producing the final video depend on how it will
be used.
You can use Adobe Premiere Pro to produce videos in ways such as the following:
• Export a sequence to DVD.
• Record a sequence directly to videotape as it plays from your computer.
• Export a video file for viewing over the World Wide Web.
• Export an AVI or QuickTime video file for viewing from a hard disk, removable cartridge,
or CD-ROM. Through plug-in software modules, Adobe Premiere Pro can also export
formats provided by other software manufacturers or by software included with video-
capture cards.
To create motion-picture film from an Adobe Premiere Pro project, you must have the
proper hardware for video or film transfer or have access to a service provider that offers
the appropriate equipment and services.
For more information about film, see “About creating motion-picture film” on page 311.
Exporting to DVD
If a compatible DVD writer is connected to your computer, you can create a DVD directly
from a sequence. Adobe Premiere Pro makes the best use of the space available on a DVD
by automatically balancing properties such as bitrate and image quality. A DVD you create
using Adobe Premiere Pro automatically plays back from the beginning of the disc when
inserted in a DVD player. If you want viewers to control the DVD by using a menu of
chapters, you must use a DVD authoring program, such as Adobe Encore DVD. Never
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theless, you can still prepare the video using Adobe Premiere Pro and export it in a
standard DVD format for use in an authoring program.
Because Adobe Premiere Pro creates scratch files on your hard disk during export, be sure
that you have enough unused storage for an entire DVD with space to spare. For more
information about the process of creating DVDs from Adobe Premiere Pro, see
“Require-
ments for DVD output” on page 291.
To export a sequence to DVD:
1 Open the sequence you want to export to DVD.
2 Choose File > Export > Export To DVD.
3 Select the General panel, and select settings. For more information about all of the
settings in this dialog box, see
“Export-to-DVD settings” on page 290.
4 Select the Encoding panel, and select settings.