Specifications

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A Digital Video Primer
DV without delay
If you shot DV or HDV, or if your raw material is on DV tape, capturing your clips can be as easy
as plug-and-play with Adobe Premiere Pro. Built-in support for the IEEE 1394 interface allows
frame-accurate control for all types of DV and HDV devices. You can review footage, set In and
Out points, and use edit decision lists (EDLs) to perform automated batch captures, without
leaving your NLE application. Adobe Premiere Pro lets you customize a wide range of settings to
streamline and optimize your workow.
• Device control customization: Specify the DV device (deck or camcorder) manufacturer and
model, and Adobe Premiere Pro optimizes its built-in device control for maximum reliability,
eciency, and editing precision. Scene detection controls let you automatically detect scenes
and divide raw DV footage into separate scene-based clips that are faster and easier to work
with. You can also scan tapes to create low-resolution, scene-based clips for oine editing.
Aer editing your rough-cut, batch-capture full-resolution versions of the clips for the nal
edit. By default, Adobe Premiere Pro uses the new Adobe DV Codec to capture DV clips in
their native YUV color space to preserve color quality.
• Project presets: Adobe Premiere Pro stores groups of project settings in les called presets,
which include settings for codec, frame size, pixel aspect ratio, frame rate, depth, audio, and
eld order. When you start a project, you’ll be prompted to select a preset, or select individual
settings to customize your own.
Color without compromise
Adobe Premiere Pro provides native support for YUV color, enabling you to preserve the native
color space of the original video material. is support ensures higher color quality in your nal
video productions because the source footage no longer passes through a lossy conversion to
RGB color. It also improves overall performance because the application isn’t performing processor-
intensive color conversions. With native YUV processing, you get better results faster.
Batch capture
If you have the proper setup for device control and a videotape recorded with timecode, you can
set up Adobe Premiere Pro for automatic, unattended capture of multiple clips from the same
tape. is process is called batch capture. You can batch capture clips from camcorders or decks.
First, set In and Out points, and log each segment you want to capture. e segments you log ap-
pear as oine les in the Project panel.
When you’re done, select the oine les and open the Batch Capture dialog box. You can enter
a handle value, which automatically captures additional frames before and aer each segment.
en start the batch capture and Adobe Premiere Pro automatically controls the DV device
and captures each segment to a le. Batch capturing is very useful in a professional production
environment, and can be especially helpful when you need to redigitize footage when returning
to an old project.
Importing still images
e ability to import still images, such as photographs and illustrations, is also an important
feature to look for. You may want to import photographs to create movie montages or acquire
illustrations to incorporate in animations. Tight integration with industry-standard image-
editing soware like Photoshop and leading vector-drawing soware like Illustrator facilitates
this type of work.
For a list of Adobe-compatible third-party capture
cards, visit the Adobe website at www.adobe.
com/products/premiere/6cards.html.
To nd out if your video equipment is compatible
with the built-in DV support in Adobe Premiere Pro,
visit the Adobe website:
For camcorders, see www.adobe.com/
products/premiere/camcorders.html.
For decks, see www.adobe.com/products/
premiere/decks.html.