Step 1: Start Premiere and select New Project and then Custom Settings. Then for General Settings: Editing Mode: Video for Windows - Note: in Premiere Pro 2.0 this is called "Desktop" 23.976 frames/second Frame size 1280 x 720 Pixel Aspect Ratio= 1.0 Fields: No Fields Display Format: 24 fps Audio Sample Rate: 48000 Hz You can also select 1920 x 1080 if your project was shot 1080-24PA. You can also select 25 fps if you shot with the European model camera.
							Step 2: Select Video Rendering settings and select Compressor = DVFilm RAYLIGHT Deselect (uncheck) Optimize Stills Click the Save Preset button and choose a name for the preset like "Raylight 720-24P". Select a project name and click OK. The next time you start a new, similar project you can use the Preset that you created.
		Step 3: Editing You are now ready to start editing by using the File->Import selection to bring the MXF or Raylight AVI files into Premiere. Shown below is the Premiere Monitor during playback: Remember to use the Raylight Control Panel described in Part 1 of this tutorial to set the quality level during playback (see above screen shot of the Premier Monitor with Raylight Control). If the playback is not smooth, reduce the quality level to Yellow or Red. If you need higher resolution, increase the quality level to Yellow or Blue. Note: for MXF files, Red works the same as Yellow. The frame size of the Premiere Monitor should be set to 50% or less for smooth playback, as shown above. You may also need to select Draft Mode for smooth playback. (Technical Detail: If you are playing back from the timeline and there is a mix of high- and low-resolution frames, it's because Premiere is playing back from its internal memory. Sometimes its necessary to save your project and restart Premiere to force it to use all high-resolution frames after changing from Raylight Red to Raylight Yellow or Blue.) Step 4: Export the Movie Remember to select Raylight Blue before rendering your movie for presentation!! If you did the previews in Raylight Red or Yellow, you can redo the previews by changing to Raylight Blue, then in Premiere select Sequence->Delete Previews. The previews will go red and then you can hit Enter to remake them. Playback on the HVX: see Part 6, P2 Authoring. or a DVD Movie Export a finished movie to widescreen DVD format. Click on File->Export and select MPEG-2 file 23.976 fps with 3:2 pulldown, widescreen, if you shot and edited at 24P. The audio should be exported to the Dolby Digital AC-3 format. For more information refer to the Adobe Premiere help facility. or HD-WM9 Export a Windows Media 9 HD movie file at 1280 x 720 or 1920 x 1080. Use 23.976 frames/sec if you shot and edited at 24P. We recommend constant bit rate (CBR) at about 6Mbits/sec for starters, but you can experiment with VBR (variable bit rate) or other CBR's. This format can be burned to a DVD data disk and some DVD players can play it back on either an HD-capable computer system or HD-capable television. For more information refer to the Adobe Premiere help facility or Microsoft's HD-WM9 website, see here and here. or Uncompressed AVI for archive or transfer to film or HDCAM-24P. Click on File->Export and select the Video for Windows file format. Then click on Custom Settings and select the options shown below:
		For Compressor select None For color depth, Millions of Colors For frame size, select 1280 x 720 For frame rate select 23.976. For Pixel aspect ratio, set to Square Pixels (1.0) In the Keyframe and Rendering tab, select field order of None (Progressive scan) In the Audio tab, select 48000 Hz sample rate, 16-bit, stereo. The frame size can also be 1920 x 1080, and the frame rate can also be 25. The resulting AVI can then be delivered on a Firewire or USB external hard drive to DVFilm for transfer to 24P HDCAM or 35mm film.
		(Technical Detail: For cross-platform compatible backups, make an MXF file by using the P2 Maker application (see Part 6). MXF files can be imported into many other HVX-capable editing systems such as Avid, Edius and Final Cut Pro.)
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