March 2009
Beginner
720 pages
9h 55m
English
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22 LESSON 2 Getting Ready to Edit
Setting up a new project
Adobe Premiere Elements can work with video from any source, from DV cam-
corders shooting 4:3 or 16:9 (widescreen) standard-defi nition (SD) video, to the
latest AVCHD and HDV high-defi nition (HD) camcorders. For the best results,
you should choose a project setting that matches your source footage, following the
procedure described below.
After you choose a setting, Adobe Premiere Elements will automatically use the
same setting for all future projects, which should work well if you use the same
source video format for all subsequent projects. Should you change the format,
however—for ...