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Adobe Premiere Pro Help Capturing and Importing Source Clips
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Using automatic scene detection
Instead of manually logging In and Out points, you may want to use the Scene Detect
feature. Scene Detect analyzes the video for scene breaks indicated by the tape’s
timecode, such as those caused when you press the camera’s pause button while
recording. When Scene Detect is on and you perform a capture, Adobe Premiere Pro
automatically captures a separate file at each scene break it detects. Scene Detect works
whether you are capturing an entire tape or specific In and Out points. If you turn on
Scene Detect and capture using In and Out points, Scene Detect may break up clips
between the defined In and Out points if a scene break is detected.
To turn on automatic scene detection:
In the Capture window, do any of the following:
• Click the Scene Detect button below the image.
• Select Scene Detect in the Capture section of the Logging tab.
• Choose Scene Detect from the Capture window menu.
Batch-capturing clips
When you finish logging clips, you’re ready to batch-capture the clips. Unless specific clips
use their own capture settings, Adobe Premiere Pro captures the offline files using the
capture settings that were specified when the clips were logged. See
“Specifying batch-
capture settings” on page 74. Choosing the Batch Capture command starts the batch-
capturing process for clips selected in the Project window.
For efficient capture, Adobe Premiere Pro captures clips from the start of a tape to the end
regardless of the order in which you selected the offline files. If you select offline files to be
captured from multiple tapes, Adobe Premiere Pro captures each tape’s clips in one pass,
so you have to insert each tape only once.
To batch-capture clips:
1 In the Project window, select the offline files you want to capture or select a bin
containing the offline files you want to capture.
2 Choose File > Batch Capture.
3 If needed, specify a Handle Length to capture extra frames before and after the In and
Out points specified for each clip (see
“About clip handles and transitions” on page 170).
4 Do one of the following:
• To capture each selected clip using its own settings (or the project settings for clips that
have no capture settings), click OK.
• To specify settings that apply to all selected clips, click Override Clip Settings and
specify the settings you want. This option is rarely needed for DV capture.
5 Verify that the deck and source videotape are set up properly for capture,
and then click OK.
6 When the Insert Tape dialog box appears, insert the requested tape and click OK. If you
are capturing from multiple tapes, be ready to insert each of them as Adobe Premiere Pro
requests them.
To cancel batch capture:
Click the Stop button in the Capture Window, or press the Escape (Esc) key.