Chapter 2. Capturing Video

Video capture is at the heart of Premiere Proyou can't do much until you have some clips to work with. To get the clips you want at the best quality with the most information for your project, you'll need to understand the Capture panel, as well as capturing fundamentals, such as logging your tapes and striping your DV tapes with timecode. This chapter will take you on a tour of what's new and what's necessary, examining, for example, how Premiere Pro's Capture panel is integrated with your open project. Along the way, you will learn a workflow that provides better media management and long-term project stability. Because Premiere Pro 2.0 supports a handful of new video formats (SD, HDV, and HD) this chapter will also give you guidelines for system requirements and the file sizes you should expect for your captured clips.