251: Create Presets for Instagram Stories & IGTV in Adobe Premiere Pro CC

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Tutorial:

How To Create Presets for Instagram Stories & IGTV in Adobe Premiere Pro CC

Overview:
This tutorial will show you how to create a Sequence Preset in Adobe Premiere Pro CC that can be used for Instagram Stories or IGTV (vertical videos).

Sequences are what you create in Premiere to put on the timeline and edit videos. You must create a New Sequence for each project, so having one sized for every platform speeds up your workflow because you just have to click the preset and the sequence will be the correct size.

This tutorial is going to show you how to create an Instagram Stories & IGTV template (same size) that is 1080 pixels wide by 1920 pixels high.

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Dimensions for Instagram Stories & IGTV videos:

Frame Size 1080 pixels wide X 1920 pixels high
Aspect Ratio: 9:16 (width:height)
Frame Rate: 30fps or 24 fps (will likely show as 29.97 & 23.976)

To create a custom preset in Adobe Premiere Pro:

1. Open Premiere Pro & Create New Project
2. Go to File in Menu and Click New Sequence (Cmd + N)
3. Highlight (do not click) a preset in left column as a starting point:

• Start with Digital SLR (recommendation only)
• 1080p 30fps or 1080p 24 fps
• Name the sequence in bottom left (this is for the current project and has nothing to do with the preset)
• Do not click OK yet

4. Click Settings

• Change Frame Size to 1080 pixels horizontal and 1920 pixels vertical

5. Click Save Preset

• Name Preset
• Type notes in Description Box
• Click OK

To use a custom preset in Adobe Premiere Pro:

1. Open Premiere Pro & Create New Project
2. Go to File in Menu and Click New Sequence (Cmd + N)
3. Locate Custom Presets
4. Highlight Instagram Stories & IGTV
5. Name the sequence
6. Click OK

To Open, Modify or Delete

To Edit or Delete Presets:

1. Click on Custom Preset
2. Go To Settings
3. Modify or make changes
4. Save Preset and Overwrite
5. To Delete Preset:

• In Presets, highlight custom preset and click ‘Delete Preset’ in lower left

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