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Adobe Premiere Pro Help Capturing and Importing Source Clips
Using Help | Contents | Index Back 63
Capturing and Importing Source
Clips
About importing clips
You can import clips from any source—videotapes, motion-picture film, audio, still
images—as long as they exist as digital files stored on disk. Media that isn’t on disk, such
as videotape, must first be
captured to disk. The topics in this section cover how to capture
and import clips and describe requirements for converting other media types before they
can be used digitally in your project.
Capture checklist
For details about each of the following guidelines, search for these topics.
Be aware of the state of the timecode on your tape. If it’s frame-accurate (such as from a DV camera) and
continuous from start to finish, you have maximum flexibility when capturing. If it isn’t continuous, your
ability to batch capture and recapture may be limited. If it’s not frame-accurate (such as from a non-DV
home camera), you may want to set timecode manually.
Connect the DV or analog camcorder or deck to your system. See “Connecting a DV source” on page 93 or
“Connecting an analog video source” on page 94.
Set up your system for capture. See “Digitizing analog video as DV” on page 94 or “Preparing for DV
capture” on page 94.
If you use multiple hard drives, set up scratch disks before capturing because Adobe Premiere Pro defaults
to the My Documents folder for file storage. See “Using scratch disks” on page 57 or “Preparing for DV
capture” on page 94.
Capture video using any of the following methods:
• To capture video manually, see “Capturing clips without using device control” on page 71.
• To capture video manually using device control, see “Using device control” on page 67.
• To capture video automatically using device control, see “Batch-capturing video” on page 72.
Capture additional material using any of the following methods:
• To capture audio from an analog source, see “Capturing analog audio” on page 79.
• To import audio from an audio CD or other digital source, see “Importing digital audio” on page 78.
• To import still images, see “Importing clips” on page 81.
• To import animation or sequences, see “Importing an animation or still-image sequence” on page 84.
• To import a project, see “Importing another project” on page 85.