Adobe Premiere Pro Introduction

Selecting Settings, Adjusting Preferences, And Managing Assets

• Selecting project settings by sequence
• Three types of settings
• Specifying project settings Sequence settings
• Adjusting user preferences Importing assets
• Taking a closer look at images Image tips
• Managing media in bins
• Exploring additional bin features
• Having multiple bins open at once
• Finding assets
• Finding assets with the Media Browser

Importing And Managing Tapeless Media

• Using a tapeless workflow
• Panasonic P2 Sony XDCAM AVCHD
• Digital still cameras that shoot high-definition video
• Using the Media Browser
• Importing XDCAM media
• Importing P2 media
• P2 folder structure
• Importing AVCHD media
• Mixing media formats

Shooting And Capturing Great Video Assets

• Tips for shooting great video
• Get a closing shot, get an establishing shot, shoot plenty of video
• Adhere to the rule of thirds, Keep your shots steady
• Follow the action , Use trucking shots
• Find unusual angles, Get wide and tight shots
• Shoot matched action, Get sequences
• Avoid fast pans and snap zooms
• Shoot cutaways, Use lights, Grab good sound bites
• Get plenty of natural sound
• Plan your shoot Capturing video
• Three DV/HDV-capturing scenarios
• Capturing an entire tape
• Using batch capture and scene detection
• Use a clip-naming convention
• Use scene detection
• Tackling manual analog movie capture
• Capturing HDV and HD video

Creating Cuts-Only Videos

• Using a storyboard to build a rough cut
• Arranging your storyboard
• Automating your storyboard to a sequence
• Editing clips on the Time-line
• Trimming a clip / Using the Ripple Edit tool Moving clips to, from, and within the Time-line
• Using the current-time indicator to establish the edit point
• Adding clips to the Time-line with the Source Monitor
• Working with Source Monitor editing tools
• Adjusting clips in the Trim panel
• Using other editing tools

Adding Video Transitions

• Using transitions with restraint
• Adding whimsy / Adding visual interest Trying some transitions
• Sequence display changes
• Changing parameters in the Effect Controls panel
• Using A/B mode to fine-tune a transition
• Working with the Effect Controls panel’s A/B feature Dealing with inadequate (or no) head or tail handles
• Applying transitions to multiple clips at once
• Adding audio transitions

Creating Dynamic Titles

• Strengthening your project with titles
• Changing text parameters
• Building text from scratch Putting text on a path
• Creating shapes
• Aligning shapes.
• Making text roll and crawl
• Adding text effects: sheens, strokes, shadows, and fills
• Experiment with effects