Adobe Premiere Pro CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

feature. Still, it opens up significant advantages, both for system performance and for
collaboration, particularly if you’re working with high resolution media on a less powerful
computer.

Let’s check out the options.

Tip

You can also open the Project Settings dialog box to the Ingest Settings tab from the

Media Browser panel by selecting Ingest or by clicking the Open Ingest Settings button

1. Choose File > Project Settings > Ingest Settings.

This dialog box contains the original project setup options you saw when creating the

project. You can change any setting at any time.

By default, all the Ingest options are deselected. Whichever ingest option you choose, the

actions will be performed regardless of the way you import media files from now on. Files

you have already imported are not affected.

2. Enable Ingest by selecting it, and open the first menu to see these options:

Copy: When you import media files, Premiere Pro will copy the original files to a

location you choose from the Primary Destination menu below. This is a valuable

option if you are importing media files directly from your camera storage, since media

files must be available to Premiere Pro when your cards are not connected to the

computer.

Transcode: When you import media files, Premiere Pro will convert the files to a new

format and codec based on the preset you choose and will place the new files in a

destination location you choose. This is useful if you are working in a post-production

facility that has adopted a standard format and codec for all projects.

Create Proxies: When you import media files, Premiere Pro creates additional copies

that are lower resolution, based on the preset you choose, and stores them in the

location you choose from the Proxy Destination menu. This is useful if you are