ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS3
User Guide
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Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 will capture a separate file for each scene it detects (Windows), or it will capture a master
clip for the duration of the capture, with a subclip for each scene, placing all subclips into a new bin (Mac OS).
Common capture issues
If you run into problems while capturing digital footage, refer to Adobe Premiere Pro Help or the documentation
for your camera, deck, or capture card. For more information, check
Adobe Technical Support
. The following are
common issues that may arise when you capture digital video:
•
If your device (camera or deck) goes into sleep mode, close and then reopen the Capture panel; or close the
Capture panel, turn the device off and back on, and then reopen the Capture panel. You can disable sleep mode
on many cameras by connecting them to AC power and ejecting the tape.
•
If video looks grainy in the Capture panel or Monitor panel, Adobe Premiere Pro may have decreased display
quality to preserve capture quality. Video is captured and stored at the quality you determine and always plays at
that quality on an NTSC or PAL monitor. On slower systems, Adobe Premiere Pro may lower the quality of the
capture preview in order to ensure that sufficient CPU resources are available for full-quality capture.
•
If the video image does not appear in the Capture panel, verify your device control and capture settings. Then,
leaving the device on, restart Adobe Premiere Pro.
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If captured audio and video are not in sync, make sure that sections of tape weren’t skipped (left unrecorded)
between shots. Blank tape areas lack timecode, which may cause interruptions in the camera time mode. When
you capture the blank area, the camera doesn’t transmit valid frames, but time continues to be marked.
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If no audio is recording, try playing a source through the computer’s sound input and speaker system without
recording. If you can’t hear it, the audio source may not be connected properly or audio parameters may not be
set properly. Check hardware connections, Sounds And Audio Devices in the Windows Control Panel, and mixer
settings, and refer to the documentation for your sound card. In Adobe Premiere Pro, select Edit > Preferences
(Windows) or Premiere Pro
> Preferences (Mac OS), and check the settings for Audio, Audio Hardware, and
Audio Output Mapping.
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When shuttling, logging, and capturing HDV footage on Mac OS, the preview pane in the Capture panel will
remain blank. You must preview this footage on an external TV monitor or, when the source device is a
camcorder, on its viewfinder.
See also
Troubleshoot digital video capture and playback
Batch capturing
About batch capturing
Adobe Premiere Pro supports batch capturing—automatic, unattended capture of multiple clips from a controllable
device. You can define a batch by selecting a group of clips you have logged. These appear as offline (placeholder)
clips in the Project panel or in a bin. You can capture any number of logged, offline clips by selecting them and
choosing File
> Batch Capture. When you begin capture, Adobe Premiere Pro automatically re-sorts entries by tape
name and timecode In points so that they’re captured as efficiently as possible.
To save time by reducing the number of clips you log manually, consider using Scene Detect. See “
Use automatic
scene detection
” on page 62.
April 1, 2008
