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Start an HDV or HD project

You can edit HDV footage in the 720p, 1080p, or 1080i formats. When creating a new project for these formats, make sure you select the Project preset from the HDV presets that matches the specifications of your source footage.

Premiere Pro does not contain its own presets for HD footage. HD footage presets are usually installed into Premiere Pro when an HD capture card that supports Adobe Premiere Pro is installed.

For best playback performance, it is sometimes helpful to render HD footage when you first place it in a sequence.

  1. Do one of the following:

    • From the Welcome screen, click New Project.

    • Select File > New > Project.

  2. In the New Project dialog box, select the Load Preset tab.
  3. Do one of the following:

    • For an HDV project, select an HDV preset that matches your footage.

    • For an HD project, select a preset supplied with your HD capture card.

  4. Enter a location and name for the project file and click OK.
Note: On Windows, you can create a custom project preset for previewing uncompressed 10-bit or uncompressed 8-bit footage. For more information, see Create A Project With Uncompressed Video Playback (Windows Only) in Adobe Premiere Pro Help.