Datasheet

Part I ✦ Getting Started with Premiere

After the Premiere windows open, you’re ready to import the various graphic and

sound elements that will comprise your digital video production. All the items that

you import are stored in the Project window. An icon represents each item. Next to

the icon, Premiere displays whether the item is a video clip, an audio clip, or a

graphic.

When importing files into Premiere, you can choose whether to import one file,

multiple files (by pressing and holding the Shift key), or an entire folder. If desired,

you can even import one project into another, using the File ➪ Import ➪ Project

command.

Here’s how to load the production elements for the Nite Out project:

1. Choose File ➪ Import ➪ Folder.

2. Open the Tutorial Projects folder on the Adobe Premiere 6.5 Bible CD-ROM.

If you want to load the DV files, select the Nite Out folder in the Chapter 1

folder and then click OK. If you want to load the multimedia files that con-

sume less hard disk space, select the Multimedia folder. The DV filenames end

with an f and the multimedia files end with a p.

3. Double-click the Nite Out or the Multimedia folder in the Project window.

If you loaded the multimedia files, you need to import the sound clip from the

Nite Out folder by choosing File ➪ Import File.

4. Assign an alias to each clip. You’ll then be able choose the clip using its alias

rather than its filename. To create an alias, click the clip in the Project window

and then choose Clip ➪ Set Clip Alias. In the Set Clip Name Alias dialog box,

type the name for the clip. Here are the filenames for the low-res and DV clips

and the aliases to use. As you rename the clips, Premiere rearranges them

alphabetically:

• Name the audio clip (705001.aif) Background Music.

• Name clip 705008 Diners.

• Name clip 7005009 Chefs.

• Name clip 705029 Walkers.

Figure 1-4 shows the Project window with all the low-resolution clips needed to cre-

ate the Nite Out project clip.

The Nite Out project requires the following files:

✦ A video clip showing shadows of people walking in the city (Walkers)

✦ A video clip of people out in a restaurant (Diners)

✦ A video clip of chefs working in a restaurant (Chefs)

✦ Two title files created using templates from Adobe Title Designer

✦ A sound clip of background music

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