Editing videos is complicated.
It's made more complicated by all the files you have to deal with, and loose, and accidentally delete.
All those clips, sound files, images, project files, folders, all spread over different drives. How are you meant to keep up with them all??
The answer?
Organise first.
Yep, before you shoot a second of footage, make a place for all of your files to live. I'd suggest the folder structure below. It covers all the common files you'll have and you can always add to it.
Premiere Pro Project
Assets - Images and text file go in here
Final Videos - Exported videos go in here
Footage - Raw video from your camera goes here
Music - Audio files and music videos go here
Project Files - The Adobe .pprj files go in here
SFX - Sound effects files go here
I've made a copy of this structure in mediashare/resources. Just 'Copy' the folder and 'Paste' it into your own mediashare folder. Then rename it some thing like 'Joe Bloggs - cousework project folder', so you and others know whats in it.
Here's a video explaining this folder system.
You can always make your own system, but, remember, the secret is to put your stuff in these folders BEFORE importing it to Premiere. That way Premiere knows where things are.
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