Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 - Manual (Page 257)

Creating special clips (synthetics)
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Wipe Color
Background Color
Line Color
Target Color
Numeral Color
Cue Blip On Out
Cue Blip On 2
Cue Blip At All Second Starts
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Create a counting leader (Windows only)
Create color bars and a 1-kHz tone
Create HD color bars and a 1-kHz tone (CS6)
Create black video
Create a color matte
Create a transparent video clip
Create a counting leader (Windows only)
If you plan to create film output from a sequence, you may want to add a counting leader. A counting leader helps a projectionist verify that audio
and video are working properly and are synchronized. You can create and customize a universal counting leader to add to the beginning of a
project. The leader is 11 seconds long.
1. In the Project panel, click the New Item button at the bottom of the Project panel and choose Universal Counting Leader.
2. In the New Universal Counting Leader dialog box, set Width, Height, Timebase, Pixel Aspect Ratio, and Sample Rate to match these same
settings for the sequence in which you will use the counting leader. Click OK.
3. In the Universal Counting Leader Setup dialog box, specify the following options as needed:
Specifies a color for the circular one-second wipe area.
Specifies a color for the area behind the wipe color.
Specifies a color for the horizontal and vertical lines.
Specifies a color for the double circles around the numeral.
Specifies a color for the countdown numeral.
Displays a cue circle in the last frame of the leader.
Plays a beep at the two-second mark.
Plays a beep at the beginning of every second during the leader.
4. Click OK.
You can customize a counting leader clip by double-clicking it in the Project panel.
Create color bars and a 1-kHz tone
You can create a one-second clip containing color bars and a 1-kHz tone, as a reference for calibrating video and audio equipment.
1. In the Project panel, click the New Item button at the bottom of the Project panel and choose Bars And Tone.
2. In the New Synthetic dialog box, set Width, Height, Timebase, Pixel Aspect Ratio, and Sample Rate to match these same settings for the
sequence in which you will use the bars and tone. Click OK.
Some audio workflows must be calibrated at a specific tone level. The default level of the 1-kHz tone is -12 dB referenced to 0 dBFS. You
can customize the tone level to match your audio workflow by choosing Clip > Audio Options > Audio Gain with a clip selected. If you select the
bars and tone clip in the Project panel, you set the default gain level for new clip instances. If you select a clip in a Timeline panel, you change the
level for that clip instance only.
Franklin McMahon created this video tutorial on synthetic media: transparent video, color bars and tone, and color matte on the Layers Magazine
website.
Create HD color bars and a 1-kHz tone (CS6)
Premiere Pro CS6 now has HD color bars which comply with ARIB STD-B28 standard for calibrating video output. The synthetic also include a 1-
kHz tone.
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