Answers.Body: <p><strong>What presets do you recommend when creating Premiere project for a YouTube video? I read that YouTube recommends uploading 720p videos, but nothing like that exists in Premiere presets.</strong></p>
  
  <p>Any preset works as long as your export settings correspond to what YouTube can ingest.</p>
  
  <p>By the way, 720p presets exist in Premiere, for most codecs.
  Here's a screen capture for the DNxHD codec:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/8oozC.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/8oozC.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p><strong>What settings should I use to render the sequence to have good quality but acceptable file size?</strong></p>
  
  <p>For a 720p file, make sure your data rate is no smaller than 5 Mbps.</p>
  
  <p>For a 1080p file, make sure your data rate is no smaller than 10 Mbps.</p>
  
  <p>Codec: H264.</p>
  
  <p>Field order: progressive usually (depending on your raw footage).</p>
  
  <p>Aspect: square pixel usually (depending on your raw footage).</p>
  
  <p>Audio: AAC, 4100Hz, Maximum Bitrate.</p>
  
  <p>Maximum render quality.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Here is the recommended encoding settings from <a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">YouTube help</a> </p>
  
  <p>I am puzzled why you are using a layout image that you drop in Premiere? You should read through <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/creating-changing-sequences.html#create_a_sequence" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Adobe's Help page</a> about creating sequences. That has good information that should help you out.</p>
  
  <p>For myself, I usually shoot in h.264 Video codec, 4K resolution, and for an interview style video, I would probably choose 30fps (frames per second).</p>
  
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Body: <h1>Context:</h1>
  
  <ul>
  <li>I have Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017</li>
  <li>I am recording interviews with Ecamm recorder for Skype in 480p resolution (size conscious)</li>
  <li>I always record separate files (audio &amp; video) - track 1 and track 2.</li>
  <li>I created a fancy layout image (16:9) in Photoshop which I drop in Premiere and then I adjust the video tracks so they fit in it - the layout has the guest bit bigger than me (they are obviously more important)</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I already tried two different configurations of project/export settings:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>1280x720 and 24fps - which was blurry - you could watch it but it was straining my eyes (presets were SLR 720p)</li>
  <li>4K and 25fps - which was OK (presets were RED Cinema 4K) and surprisingly the size was also comparable, which is a bit confusing.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <h1>Questions:</h1>
  
  <ul>
  <li>What presets do you recommend when creating Premiere project for a YouTube video? I read that YouTube recommends uploading 720p videos, but nothing like that exists in Premiere presets.</li>
  <li>What settings should I use to render the sequence to have good quality but acceptable file size?</li>
  </ul>
  
Tags: <premiere><editing><youtube>
Title: How to setup Adobe Premiere Pro CC to edit Interview type videos for YouTube
UserDisplayName: mkHello
ThreadText: # How to setup Adobe Premiere Pro CC to edit Interview type videos for YouTube
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-07-29)
  
  # Context:
  
  * I have Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017
  * I am recording interviews with Ecamm recorder for Skype in 480p resolution (size conscious)
  * I always record separate files (audio & video) - track 1 and track 2.
  * I created a fancy layout image (16:9) in Photoshop which I drop in Premiere and then I adjust the video tracks so they fit in it - the layout has the guest bit bigger than me (they are obviously more important)
  
  I already tried two different configurations of project/export settings:
  
  1. 1280x720 and 24fps - which was blurry - you could watch it but it was straining my eyes (presets were SLR 720p)
  2. 4K and 25fps - which was OK (presets were RED Cinema 4K) and surprisingly the size was also comparable, which is a bit confusing.
  
  # Questions:
  
  * What presets do you recommend when creating Premiere project for a YouTube video? I read that YouTube recommends uploading 720p videos, but nothing like that exists in Premiere presets.
  * What settings should I use to render the sequence to have good quality but acceptable file size?
  
  **Tags:** premiere, editing, youtube
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-08-02. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  **What presets do you recommend when creating Premiere project for a YouTube video? I read that YouTube recommends uploading 720p videos, but nothing like that exists in Premiere presets.**
  
  Any preset works as long as your export settings correspond to what YouTube can ingest.
  
  By the way, 720p presets exist in Premiere, for most codecs.
  Here's a screen capture for the DNxHD codec:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/8oozC.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/8oozC.jpg)
  
  **What settings should I use to render the sequence to have good quality but acceptable file size?**
  
  For a 720p file, make sure your data rate is no smaller than 5 Mbps.
  
  For a 1080p file, make sure your data rate is no smaller than 10 Mbps.
  
  Codec: H264.
  
  Field order: progressive usually (depending on your raw footage).
  
  Aspect: square pixel usually (depending on your raw footage).
  
  Audio: AAC, 4100Hz, Maximum Bitrate.
  
  Maximum render quality.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-07-31. Score: 0
  
  Here is the recommended encoding settings from [YouTube help](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en)
  
  I am puzzled why you are using a layout image that you drop in Premiere? You should read through [Adobe's Help page](https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/creating-changing-sequences.html#create_a_sequence) about creating sequences. That has good information that should help you out.
  
  For myself, I usually shoot in h.264 Video codec, 4K resolution, and for an interview style video, I would probably choose 30fps (frames per second).
  
  
  ---
  
  