Adobe Premiere Pro Sequence Presets
This is the bread and butter of online video. If you are shooting on a mirrorless camera (Sony A7, Canon R5), a DSLR, or even a high-end smartphone, this is likely where you start.
“How do I know which one?” Sam asked.
Alex pointed to his footage properties. “Right-click a clip in the Project panel → Properties. Look for Frame Width, Frame Height, and Frame Rate. Match that to a preset. For example, if your clip is 1920×1080 at 23.976 fps, choose HD 1080p > 1080p 23.976fps.”
Sam tried it. His clip fit perfectly into the sequence — no black bars, no render issues. adobe premiere pro sequence presets
Sam wasn’t working alone anymore. His team needed identical sequence settings so their timelines would swap without errors.
Alex showed him where presets live:
Documents/Adobe/Premiere Pro/[version]/Profile-username/Settings/SequencePresets
Sam copied that folder to a shared drive and told his team to paste it into the same location on their computers. Everyone restarted Premiere — and bam, all presets appeared identically. This is the bread and butter of online video
If you see these, you are likely on a Mac. These are excellent presets for proxy workflows and high-quality previews.
Pro Tip: Ignore the "DV" (Digital Video), "HDV", and "GoPro" presets. They use outdated codecs like MPEG-2 that will choke your modern computer.
When you open the "New Sequence" dialog box (File > New > Sequence), the list of presets can be overwhelming. 90% of the time, however, you only need to look at one folder: Digital SLR. Alex pointed to his footage properties
Here is the breakdown of the most commonly used presets:
Adobe includes hundreds of presets for legacy camcorders (like the Sony Z1 or Panasonic DVX100). However, in the modern era of mirrorless cameras (Sony A7SIII, Canon R5), iPhones, and screen recordings, the default "AVCHD" presets are often inefficient.
For example, the default "DSLR 1080p" presets usually use MPEG Preview Codecs. These generate huge, blocky preview files that slow down your editing. The industry standard is to use custom presets that leverage QuickTime wrapped codecs like ProRes or GoPro CineForm.