Release the mouse button to drop the clip there. Position the clip at the beginning of the sequence, all the way to the left, at the 00 00 00 00 mark. (You can double-click the clip in your Project panel to preview it in the Source Monitor panel in the upper-left.) Drag the clip from the Project panel onto the Timeline panel to the right, into the V1 ("video 1") channel. In your Project panel, locate the first image for your slideshow.Repeat steps 15-17 as necessary until you have imported all the photos you want to use in the slideshow. Or, select one or more photos inside a folder, and click Open to import those photos.
( File > Import Windows shortcut: Ctrl+ I, Mac: Command+ I.) Right-click the Project panel and click Import.Its duration is the value you set in step 11. The image is imported as a clip (as if it were a video clip). When you import a still image in Adobe Premiere, it's like creating a link to the file on your computer. With this setting, your photos retain all their original pixel data, which improves video quality if you decide to zoom in on an image. When you choose Set to frame size, imported images are scaled to fit the frame in Premiere, rather than being resampled to match the sequence resolution. Set the Default Media Scaling to Set to Frame Size.In the left pane of the Preferences window, click Media.Set the Still Image Default Duration, which is how long a single photo is shown in the video, by default.In this example, we choose 30 frames ( 1 second) for the transition duration. Set the Video Transition Default Duration, which is the default length of transitions (such as a crossfade) from one photo to the next.Your new sequence is displayed in the Project panel.īefore you import your photos, edit some key preferences that affect how they're imported and displayed. This name is used as the default file name of the final video. Enter a descriptive Name for your sequence (such as "Our Vacation").
This preset creates a 1080p video ideal for uploading to YouTube or Vimeo, suitable to view on any mobile device or television. Under Available Presets, select AVCHD > 1080p > AVCHD 1080p30.Most often, it's best to choose one of the Sequence Presets that provide standard configurations for a variety of formats. Here, you can configure the video and audio format of your sequence, such as video resolution, frame rate, color depth, audio quality, etc. In the menu bar, click File > New > Sequence.In this example, we edit everything in one sequence. In Premiere, a sequence contains all the edits for a specific sequence of audio and video.Įvery Premiere project has at least one sequence. You can think of a sequence like a scene in a movie.
The Project panel is where you manage the source media for your project: still images, movie clips, audio files, etc. In the lower-left of the Editing workspace, you see the Project panel. ( Window > Workspaces > Editing Windows: Alt+ Shift+ 5 Mac: Option+ Shift+ 5.) If not, click Editing in the workspace bar now.