PremiereBeginner
Thanks for taking a look at the suggestions.
As for
I can't find where to set the project preset to "NTSC/ DSLR/ 1080p/ DSLR 1080p30@29.97".
File Menu/New/Project and Change Settings to do the manual setting of the project preset.
A fuller description is found in the How To in the following
Do not forget the check mark next to Force Selected Project Setting on This Project. All that is done before you
import your source media into the project.
I am working on the reply to the rest of your post numbered 2 and hope to have a workflow for you soon to experiment
with (hoping to get that done by tomorrow).
ATR