Introduction to Premiere Pro CC

In this course, you'll get a thorough introduction to Adobe Premiere Pro software and learn about the powerful video- and audio-editing tools that give you precise control over virtually every aspect of your production.

What You'll Learn

• Interface
• Tools
• Features
• Production flow

Who Needs to Attend

• Anyone who'd like to learn Adobe Premiere Pro CC
• Anyone taking the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) exam

Prerequisites

• Working knowledge of Mac OS X or Windows
• Basic knowledge of editing terminology

Course Outline

1. Touring Adobe Premiere Pro CC

• Nonlinear editing in Adobe Premiere Pro
• Expanding the workflow
• Touring the Adobe Premiere Pro interface

2. Setting up a Project

• Setting up a project
• Setting up a sequence

3. Importing Media

• Importing assets
• Working with the Media Browser
• Importing images
• The media cache
• Capturing the videotape

4. Organizing Media

• The Project panel
• Working with bins
• Organizing media with content analysis
• Monitoring footage
• Modifying clips

5. Essentials of Video Editing

• Using the Source Monitor
• Navigating the Timeline
• Essential editing commands

6. Working with Clips and Markers

• Program Monitor controls
• Controlling resolution
• Using markers
• Using Sync Lock and Track Lock
• Finding gaps in the Timeline
• Moving clips
• Extracting and deleting segments

7. Adding Transitions

• What are transitions?
• Edit points and handles
• Adding video transitions
• Using A/B mode to fine-tune a transition
• Adding audio transitions

8. Advanced Editing Techniques

• Four-point editing
• Retiming clips
• Replacing clips and footage
• Nesting sequences
• Regular trimming
• Advanced trimming
• Trimming in the Program Monitor panel

9. Putting Clips in Motion

• Adjusting the Motion effect
• Changing clip position, size, and rotation
• Working with keyframe interpolation
• Using other motion-related effects

10. Multi-camera Editing

• The multi-camera process
• Creating a multi-camera sequence
• Switching multiple cameras
• Finalizing multi-camera editing
• Additional multi-camera editing tips

11. Editing and Mixing Audio

• Setting up the interface to work with audio
• Examining audio characteristics
• Adjusting audio volume
• Adjusting audio gain
• Normalizing audio
• Creating a split edit
• Adjusting audio levels in a sequence
• Working with the Audio Mixer

12. Sweetening Sound

• Sweetening sound with audio effects
• Adjusting EQ
• Applying effects in the Audio Mixer
• Cleaning up noisy audio

13. Adding Video Effects

• Working with effects
• Keyframing effects
• Effects presets
• Frequently used effects

14. Color Correction and Grading

• Color-oriented workflow
• An overview of color-oriented effects
• Fixing exposure problems
• Fixing color balance
• Specials color effects
• Creating a look

15. Exploring Compositing Techniques

• What is an alpha channel?
• Using compositing in your projects
• Working with the Opacity effect
• Working with alpha-channel transparencies
• Color keying a greenscreen shot
• Using mattes

16. Creating Titles

• An overview of the Titler window
• Video typography essentials
• Creating titles
• Stylizing text
• Working with shapes and logos
• Making text roll and crawl

17. Managing Your Projects

• The File menu
• Using the Project Manager
• Final project managment steps
• Importing projects or sequences
• Managing collaboration
• Managing your hard drives

18. Exporting Frames, Clips, and Sequences

• Overview of export options
• Exporting single frames
• Exporting a master copy
• Working with Adobe Media Encoder
• Exchanging with other editing applications
• Recording to tape

19. Authoring DVDs with Adobe Encore

• Overview of DVD authoring in Adobe Encore
• Adding Adobe Encore chapter markers to the Timeline
• Creating an Autoplay DVD
• Creating a menu DVD
• Previewing the DVD
• Creating a Blu-ray Disc
• Exporting DVD projects for the Web