2 Setting Up a Project

Lesson overview

In this lesson, you’ll learn about the following:

Choosing project settings

Choosing video rendering and playback settings

Choosing video and audio display settings

Creating scratch disks

Using sequence presets

Customizing sequence settings

This lesson will take about 60 minutes to complete. You will not need any of the

downloadable lesson files.

Before you begin editing, you need to create a new project and choose some settings

for your first sequence. If you’re not familiar with video and audio technology, you

might find all the options a little overwhelming. Luckily, Adobe Premiere Pro CC

gives you easy shortcuts. Plus, the principles of video and sound reproduction are the

same no matter what you’re creating.

It’s just a question of knowing what you want to do. To help you plan and manage

your projects, this lesson contains information about formats and video technology.

You may decide to revisit this lesson later, as your familiarity with Premiere Pro and

nonlinear video editing develops.

In practice, you’re unlikely to make changes to the default settings when creating a

new project, but it’s helpful to know what the options mean.