Adobe Premiere is one of the best prosumer video editing programs on the market. It has all the features you need to transform your video into a professional looking end product. But to get started in Premiere, you first have to bring your video files into the program and place them in the timeline. The following will show you exactly how to do this.
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Step 1
Open a new document in Premiere. This should usually match the size, format and resolution of the video you recorded. On the other hand, if you are using video you saved to your hard drive from an online source, you may not want to go with its size and resolution, but with something larger. You can always export to something different. Name your project. Click OK.
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Step 2
Go to the Menu and click on File, select Import, and click File. Go to the location on your hard drive where you saved the file, click on it, and click OK.
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Step 3
The selected video file has now been imported into Premiere and placed in the Bin. The Bin is a file cabinet where all the files you import for a project are kept until you need them.
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Step 4
Go the bin and, with the cursor, left click and drag the imported file from the Bin to the timeline and place it in the section called Video 1. You could also right click on the item in the Bin, and select Insert at Edit Line, and the Video will automatically be place at the current edit point in the timeline.