Click Save Preset (bottom right).
With the rise of vertical video (TikTok, Reels, Shorts), your sequence presets need to evolve. Standard presets are landscape. Create these specialized presets today:
Drag and drop the clip directly onto the empty or onto the New Item icon (the folded piece of paper at the bottom right of the Project Panel).
Organize your custom presets by renaming and moving folders inside this directory. Create categories like:
Creating separate timelines for different platforms can be confusing. Use these standard configurations to build your custom social media preset library: Platform / Format Resolution (Frame Size) Aspect Ratio Recommended Frame Rate 1920 x 1080 23.976 fps / 29.97 fps YouTube 4K Cinema 3840 x 2160 23.976 fps / 24.00 fps TikTok / Instagram Reels / Shorts 1080 x 1920 9:16 (Vertical) 30.00 fps / 60.00 fps Instagram Carousel / Square Post 1080 x 1080 1:1 (Square) Facebook Video / Portrait 1080 x 1350 Best Practices for Preset Management The "Drop and Match" Method adobe premiere pro sequence presets
What you are editing for
TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts demand vertical video.
Click if you want the timeline to adapt completely to that specific video file.
Adobe Premiere Pro sequence presets enable the immediate application of pre-defined resolution, frame rate, and audio settings to a video timeline, streamlining the editing process. Users can utilize built-in, industry-standard presets or create custom configurations for specific aspect ratios, such as 9:16 for social media. For a detailed tutorial on saving custom presets, watch this video from Click Save Preset (bottom right)
Change the dropdown to Custom (usually at the very top of the list).
are not a "set it and forget it" feature. They are a dynamic tool that, when mastered, eliminates technical friction. A correct preset means no red "Media Pending" errors, no surprise black bars, and no hour-long exports that fail because of a codec mismatch.
When you open the dialog box ( Ctrl + N on Windows or Cmd + N on Mac), Premiere Pro provides a massive library of built-in presets categorized by camera formats and industry standards. ARRI, RED Cinema, and Sony RAW
Choose this if you are locked into a specific delivery format (like a master client requirement) and want to scale or crop your clip manually to fit inside that frame size. Presets for Social Media Specifications Create these specialized presets today: Drag and drop
Built specifically for high-end cinema workflows. These presets utilize advanced editing modes to handle raw camera metadata natively.
This happens when your footage aspect ratio does not match your sequence aspect ratio. To fix this without rebuilding your timeline, right-click the clip on your timeline and select or Scale to Frame Size . My audio is only coming out of the left speaker.
A in Premiere Pro is a preconfigured set of parameters for a timeline (sequence). When you create a new sequence, these presets define:
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Sets whether the sequence is Stereo, 5.1 Surround, or Multichannel. Built-in Preset Categories
You can back up this .sqpreset file to an external drive or share it with your entire editing team. By dropping your preset file into the "Custom" folder on a collaborator's machine, everyone in your team starts from the same technical foundation and track structure, ensuring consistency across the entire post-production pipeline.