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Introduction
Welcome to Premiere Pro.
It is time to start editing your film.
The most important part of any project is to start with an organized foundation.
Creating a project and setting up file naming
If you've already offloaded all of your media, the first thing you're going to do is start a new project with a consistent naming structure.
Open up Premiere Pro and save the project to the folder with all of your assets from your film.
Organizing assets with bins and folder structure
Now let's organize our project using the Bins or the folders inside of Premiere Pro.
Click Next to get started.
Before I import all of my footage into Premiere Pro, I create a very specific folder structure inside of the project so I know where all my assets live, starting with Sequences, Footage, Audio, Graphics, and any miscellaneous assets that I'm using inside of my project.
You can then save this structure as a template so you don't have to do this additional work every time you start your project.
Simply go to New, Save as Template..., and I can then use this exact folder structure for all my videos moving forward.
At this point, our foundation is now built and it's time to start importing that footage.
Click Next to move on.
Now the easy part.
Importing footage and preparing select sequences
Simply go to File, Import..., or Command/Control I to import your various files into the appropriate Bins.
At this point in the process, you are now ready to start going through that footage and pulling your selects and creating what I like to call select sequences.
If you are ready to move on to the next chapter, click Next, as we start breaking down how I edit using these select sequences and using some of the shortcuts and tools within your Toolbar to begin the edit.
To set up your editing workspace, create a new project using Import mode. Keep in mind that switching to Import mode will close the Learn panel, but you can reopen it by switching back to Edit mode. To make things easier, a pre-made project has already been created for you and is open in the Project panel.
Organize footage with bins Import your footage and audio
Bins act like folders that help keep your media organized. In the Project panel, click the New Bin icon and name it "01_Sequences." Then, continue creating bins for your footage, audio, graphics, stills, and extras, until your bin structure matches the recommended setup.
Import your footage and audio
Select the "02_Footage" bin, go to File > Import, and choose the video files that start with CAMERA or IPHONE. To add audio, open the "03_Audio" bin and import the clips labeled AUDIO. You can also import your own footage during this step.
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