Steps For Capturing Video using the Sony DCR-TRV9 Media Center Digital Video Camera and Canopus Converter System

1. Connect the digital camera to the Canopus ADVC-100 video converter using the digital firewire cable. This cable should be in the top desk drawer to the left of the computer.
2. Turn the ADVC-100 on by pushing switch on the left portion of the back panel.
3. Turn the digital video camera on in VTR mode.
4. Launch Adobe Premiere Pro and choose New Project
5. When the New Project pop-up window occurs, you are given a list of presets to choose from. Choose ‘Tisch’ from the Custom folder
6. Once Premiere Pro has opened and all windows are present on the desktop, hit the F5 key to bring up the Capture window.
   
   At this point, all of the transport controls and their respective shortcuts within Premiere can be used to control the digital camera.
   Pressing ‘L’ on the keyboard will start the camera playing.
   Pressing ‘K’ will stop playback.
   Pressing ‘J’ will rewind playback.
   
7. Press ‘L’ to commence camera playback.
8. When you arrive at the point where you want your video clip to begin, press ‘I’ on your computer keyboard. Note: You can stop playback first and then use the left and right arrow keys to move one frame at a time to access the exact frame you want to start at. Holding down the Shift key and using the left and right arrows will advance forward and backward by 10 frames.
9. Continue playback (or resume playback if you have stopped) until you reach the desired end point. Hit the ‘O’ key to enter the out point.
   
   You are now ready to capture the clip. Before doing so, look at the right panel of the capture window. In the option group called “Clip Data”, enter information about the tape and clip you are capturing
   
10. Hit the In/Out button in the Capture option group in the bottom right portion of the capture window.