Sequence 01 on the
Sequence Presets tab, and click OK.
Custom preset for new projects If you expect to use your modified project settings on multiple projects, you can
save them for reuse by creating a customized new project preset. To do so, choose
your settings, and then click the Save Preset button on the General tab. Give your
customized project settings preset a name on the Sequence Presets tab, and click
OK. The name will appear in the Custom folder under Available Presets.
If you’re editing standard DV or native HDV, it’s not necessary to use a custom pre-
set. In this case, choose one of the standard presets on the Load Preset tab.
Adjusting user preferences Preferences are different from sequence settings in that you typically set prefer-
ences once and have them apply to all your projects. You can change preferences
and have them take immediate effect at any time.
Preferences include default transition times, timing and number of autosaves,
Project panel clip label colors, and user interface brightness (you adjusted this in
Lesson 1).
If you’ve been following along with this lesson, you should be sitting at the Adobe
Premiere Pro blank workspace and can skip step 1. If you need to start fresh, load
the Lesson 02-01.prproj project.
1 Start Adobe Premiere Pro, choose Open Project, navigate to the Lesson 02
folder, and choose Lesson 02-01.prproj.
2 Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or Premiere Pro >
Preferences > General (Mac OS).
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Note: You can select any of the Preferences submenus. All choices take you to the Preferences
dialog, with the appropriate category selected. You can easily move from one category to another
by clicking a category name in the list on the left.
Preferences categories The various preferences categories rarely come into play until you’ve used Adobe
Premiere Pro for a while, and most are self-explanatory. Here’s a brief run-through:
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Note: Unlike
Lesson 01.prproj, this
project has no media
files imported. It’s blank.
That’s because you’ll
be importing assets
into the project later
in this lesson.
