ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 7.0
User Guide
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Transitions and titles (except for dissolves) included in your Adobe Premiere Pro project appear in the After Effects
composition as solid layers with their original location and duration.
1 Choose File > Import > File.
2 Select an Adobe Premiere Pro or Adobe Premiere project, and click OK.
3 Do any of the following:
• To import only one sequence, choose a sequence from the menu.
• To import audio, select Import Audio.
ToaddasingleitemfromatrackinanAdobePremiereProproject,copytheiteminAdobePremierePro,andchoose
Edit > Paste in the Timeline panel of After Effects.
See also
“Copying between After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows only)” on page 126
To use Adobe Premiere Pro for capture (Adobe Production Studio only)
IfyouuseAdobeProductionStudio,youcanstartAdobePremiereProfrominsideAfterEffectsanduseittocapture
footage for use in your After Effects project.
❖ Choose File > Import > Capture in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Preparing and importing video and film
About high-definition (HD) video
High-definition video refers to any video format with higher resolution than standard-definition (SD) video formats,
such as NTSC and PAL. There are many competing HD video formats, but the most common have a resolution of
1280 x 720 or 1920 x 1080, with a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9.
HD video formats include interlaced and noninterlaced varieties. Typically, the highest-resolution formats are inter-
laced at the higher frame rates, because noninterlaced video at this resolution would require a prohibitively high data
rate.
HD video formats are designated by their vertical resolution, scan mode, and frame or field rate (depending on the
scan mode). For example, 1080i60 denotes interlaced scanning of 60 interlaced 1920 x 1080 fields per second,
whereas 720p30 denotes progressive scanning of 30 noninterlaced 1280 x 720 frames per second. In both cases, the
frame rate is approximately 30 frames per second.
Each program in Adobe Production Studio (Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Audition, and Adobe
Encore DVD) includes preset settings that are designed for working with various HD formats. Some of the most
common HD video formats you may encounter include the following:
DVCPRO HD Panasonic’s high-definition variant of its DVCPRO format, which also includes DVCPRO25 and
DVCPRO50. Whereas DVCPRO25 and DVCPRO50 support data rates of 25Mbit/s and 50Mbit/s, respectively,
DVCPRO HD supports a data rate of 100Mbit/s, from which it gets its other name, DVCPRO100.
HDCAM Sony’s high-definition version of their Digital Betacam format. A variant called HDCAM SR uses a tape
with a higher particle density to record video with greater color sampling and at higher bit rates. However, HDCAM
SR is supported by decks only, and not camcorders.
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