Click the button at the bottom of the window. Give your preset a clear, descriptive name (e.g., Vertical_1080x1920_23976fps ) and add a brief description of its intended use case. Click OK . Your new template will now permanently appear under the Custom folder inside the Sequence Presets tab. Recommended Presets for Social Media and Web

Once you find a combination you use repeatedly (e.g., 1920×1080, 23.976 fps, square pixels, 48 kHz audio), save it as a custom preset:

For a vertical video (TikTok/Shorts), swap the traditional 16:9 dimensions. Set horizontal to 1080 and vertical to 1920 (9:16 aspect ratio).

A common confusion point is the difference between and Proxy Presets .

A red bar at the top of your timeline indicates that Premiere Pro is struggling to process the effects, transitions, or codecs in real time. This often happens if your sequence preview format is poorly optimized.

Begin by launching Adobe Premiere Pro. Navigate to the top menu bar, click . Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+N (Windows) or Cmd+N (Mac). This action will bring up the New Sequence dialog box, where all the configuration takes place.

Useful if you shoot on Canon Cinema cameras like the C300. But for a Canon R5 or R6, you are better off with the next section.

The shape of individual pixels, usually set to Square Pixels (1.0) for modern digital video.

: In the Essential Graphics panel, create a look (font, color, shadow) and select Create Style under the "Track Style" menu to apply it across all captions in a project.

If your entire project was transcoded into an intermediate editing codec, matching your sequence preset to that exact codec keeps your timeline highly responsive. AVC-Intra / AVCHD / XDCAM

Drag and drop that clip directly onto the empty or onto the New Item icon at the bottom of the Project Panel.