Adobe Premiere Pro Training Course

Adobe Premiere Pro Course Contents

Introduction to Adobe Premiere Pro

• Introductory Project
• The Premiere Pro workflow
• Adding footage to the Timeline
• Understanding timecode
• Making basic edits
• Getting familiar with the interface

Importing and Organizing Footage

• Setting up a new project
• Creating a new sequence
• Capturing and ingesting footage
• Importing files
• Sorting and organizing clips

Basic Video Editing

• Making a rough cut
• Making preliminary
• Creating overlay and insert edits
• Using video layers to add B-roll
• Using ripple edits and ripple delete
• Performing slip edits
• Using the Razor tool
• Moving edit points
• Navigating efficiently in the Timeline

The Art of Video Editing

• The job of an editor
• When to cut
• Avoiding bad edits
• The pacing of edits
• Using establishing shots
• Using emotional cutaways
• Fixing problems with cutaways
• Matching action

Helpful Editing Techniques

• Using markers
• Replacing clips
• Exporting a still frame
• Creating alternate cuts
• Rearranging clips in the Timeline
• Targeting tracks
• Disconnecting audio and video
• Reconnecting offline media

Adjusting Clip Properties

• Adjusting the rubber band
• Adjusting clip position
• Moving the anchor point
• Adjusting clip size and rotation

Playing with Time

• Changing the speed of a clip
• Using the Rate Stretch tool
• Playing a clip backward

Attributes of Video

• Understanding pixel aspect ratio
• Understanding frame rates
• About HD standards

Creating Moving Elements

• Using layered Photoshop files
• Animating clip position
• Fading layers in and out

Applying Video Transitions

• Applying transitions
• Using transitions effectively
• Setting up the default transition

Working with Audio

• The importance of ambient audio
• Cutting video to music
• Changing audio volume over time
• Fixing audio problems
• Censoring audio

Applying Video Effects

• Creating censored video
• Creating a lens flare
• Creating a logo bug
• Creating background textures

Basic Compositing

• Intro to compositing
• Removing a green screen background
• Compositing with blend modes

Colour Correction

• Adjusting white balance
• Increasing contrast
• Adjusting luminance
• Creating cinematic colour
• Creating a vignette
• Creating a day-for-night shot

Making Titles, Credits, and Lower Thirds

• Creating titles
• Creating a lower third
• Animating rolling credits

Exporting Video

• Exporting sequences from Premiere
• Exporting with the Adobe Media Encoder
• The most common formats and codecs
• Exporting portions of a sequence
• Rendering letterboxed footage

Working with Other Applications

• Examining the other apps that come with Premiere
• Working with Final Cut Pro

Projects in Adobe

Project1: Final video edit

Project2: Applying sound to edited piece