Class Description
This class is designed for experienced editors who are moving to Premiere Pro. It covers all the material from the Premiere Pro Introduction class at a faster pace and in more depth, and also covers some topics from the Premiere Pro Advanced class. Topics include: a thorough overview of the interface, importing media, organizing media, basic editing, intermediate editing, transitions, audio mixing, video effects, color correction, titles and exporting your film. We will also cover multicamera editing, motion graphics, and several other intermediate editing techniques. By the end of the class, you will be able to efficiently apply your editing knowledge within the Premiere Pro environment.
Who should take class?
- Experienced video editors who are moving from another professional program such as Final Cut Pro or Avid
What’s Included?
- Instruction from an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) and Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI), who is also an experienced filmmaker and editor
- Detailed notes
- Lesson files and hands-on exercises
- Follow up sessions with the instructor by phone and email
Detailed Curriculum
Note: The following is the standard curriculum for the class, and is always customized to meet the needs of the students who attend.
1. Getting Started
- What is Premiere Pro?
- Organizing files and media
- Optimizing Premiere Pro
2. Creating a Project
- Project settings
- Sequence settings
- Mercury Playback Engine
- Tour of interface
3. Importing Media
- Importing files from hard drive
- Working with Media Browser
- Importing images and graphics
- Importing Photoshop files
- Importing Illustrator files
4. Organizing Media
- Project panel
- Bins and folders
- Searching for clips
- Thumbnails and poster frames
- Renaming clips
- Hover scrub
- Examining clip metadata
5. Essentials of Video Editing
- Previewing clips
- Setting In and Out points
- Working with Timeline
- Insert edit
- Overwrite edit
- Ripple edit
6. Refining the Edit
- Trimming clips
- Deleting clips
- Removing gaps
- Changing order of clips
- Playback settings
7. Transitions
- Types of transitions
- Adding transitions
- Modifying transitions
- Edit points and handles
- Fine tuning using A/B mode
- Audio transitions
8. Motion Graphics & Animations
- Adjusting clip position, size and rotation
- Adjusting motion effect
- Adding keyframes
- Animating stills and graphics
- Other motion effects
- Animating multiple properties at once
- Nesting
9. Editing and Mixing Audio
- Adjusting workspace for audio
- Audio basics
- Volume
- Audio gain
- Normalizing audio
- Split edit
- Adjusting levels for a sequence
- Working with audio mixer
- Fading audio
- Transitions and keyframes
10. Video Effects
- Working with effects
- Keyframing effects
- Image stabilization with Warp Stabilizer
- Other common effects
11. Advanced Editing Techniques
- 3-point editing
- 4-point editing
- Ripple edit
- Roll edit
- Slip edit
- Slide edit
- Retiming clips (changing speed)
- Freeze frames
- Replacing clips
- Nesting sequences
- Creating subclips
12. Color Correction
- Lumetri color panel
- Lumetri scope essentials: Waveform, Vectorscope, RGB Parade
- Basic color correction techniques
- White balance
- Exposure, contrast
- Shadows and highlights
- White point and black point
- Saturation vs. vibrance
- Adjustment layers in Premiere Pro
- Master clip effects
13. Adding Titles and Graphics
- Using the Type tool
- Video typography essentials
- Creating titles
- Stylizing text
- Adjusting fill, stroke, drop shadow
- Working with shapes and logos
- Making text roll or crawl
14. Multicamera Editing
- The multicamera workflow
- Synchronizing footage from multiple cameras
- Creating a multicamera source sequence
- Editing a multicamera sequence
- Changing camera angles
- Refining multicamera edit
- Finalizing a multicamera edit
15. Managing Your Projects
- Collaborating with a team
- Render files
- Using Project Manager
- Managing hard drives
- Importing projects and sequences
- Moving media
16. Exporting
- Export options
- Overview of codecs
- Export single frames
- Export a master copy
- Using Adobe Media Encoder
- Exporting for web