Preparing Editing Material

When preparing material for editing we must know what Mac computer we were on. This is because with the mac protects this data from any corruption people might accidentally do. When we make a project we choose a mac an log on with specific username and password. From this screenshot the username is media c which is part of the other mac computers however your data is protected as this is an individual user that restricts the files from being on any other username e.g. Media A, Media B, Media D, Media E and Media F on the different Macs.
When we want to edit some material for an assignment we must put in an SD card into the Mac to transfer the data into the Mac by placing it into one of your folders. This is important because the footage must come from the Mac itself rather than the SD card as you will find that editing from the SD card will leave you with problems. To do this we must first make a folder in the movie document on the Mac. This ideally would be the name of your project or something distinctive so you can remember it. You would then need to go into the file in which your footage is in and transfer the folder called Private into the folder you created. Once this is done you need to then rename this folder to the date you created the footage.

To do this you double click on the current file name and the text should be highlighted for you to edit the name. Once this is done the you should be able to see the footage. Usually when this process is done right the footage will turn into a folder with your the footage inside with an item called AVCHD, this is your footage you want to import into a project on Adobe Premier Pro but first you have to make the project.

First you must select new project which then gives you the option to edit the audio and video type however I just left it how it was. Then you must give your project a name and also select the right format and frame rate for it to present itself in the way you want it to be presented. For my project I had to select the AVCHD 1080p at 25 frames as the camera I filmed in was a 1080p video camera.
Furthermore the program will then open for you to start editing. Before you start editing you will need to import your footage into the program for you to edit this. First you must select the option file in the top left hand corner then go to import to bring up the menu were you can locate your footage. When this is done some bins will appear and inside them will be your footage.

Organizing your footage into separate bins can make it much more easier for you to locate footage. Also when you do this you must have all the files on the Mac PC rather than on your SD card otherwise your project will not include the files in your project, this is because when you import your footage into premier pro the bins are only images of the file which are actually pathways to the files that are on the mac to Premier Pro. If this isn't understood the files in your project might get a question mark on which means Premier Pro can't find your files.