Description
Adobe Premiere Pro is a powerful program for editing digital video. Premiere lets you create videos, as well as perform colour correction and work with audio. Students attending this course will learn the fundamentals of non-linear editing techniques. You will also go on to learn more advanced features of the software.
This course helps you understand and work with advanced concepts and features of Adobe Premiere Pro. You will run through a typical series of steps for creating, editing and fine-tuning a series of video pieces. We also recommend this course for those planning to obtain the Adobe Certified Associate status.
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(The exam is not taken in class but at a later date and is included in the price)
Course Content
Understanding Premiere
• System specifications
• Tapeless workflow
• Welcome window
• Render files
Organisation
• Creating bins
• Using labels
• Exploring workspaces
• Importing media
Sequencing and Editing
• Understanding the timeline
• Using the Project panel to develop a sequence
• Automate to Sequence command
• Understanding the Source and Program Monitors
• Creating a rough cut
• Refining a rough cut
• Using the Source Monitor to set in/out points
• Performing Insert and Overlay edits
• Using subclips
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Using the Ripple, Slide, Slip and Razor tools
• Adding J – L cuts
Cutaways
• Understanding Cutaways
• Inserting a cutaway
• Refining
Working with Audio
• Fixing audio issues
• Mono/Stereo
• Adding a background music
• Audio transitions
• Fade in/out
Transitions
• Understanding transitions
• Inserting a transition
• Changing the attributes of transitions
• Previewing
• Different uses of transitions
Multipoint Editing
• Understanding three-point and four-point editing
• Performing different types of edits
• Effective uses of a three-point edit
• Linking/Unlinking clips
• Handling unsynchronized clips
• Track targeting
Titles and Credits
• Creating a simple title
• Rolling/Crawling titles
• Adding titles to the timeline
Colour Correction
• Understanding Levels
• Using Curves
• Three-way Colour Corrector
Creative Techniques
• Basic compositing
• Clip motion
• Split screen
Output
• Exporting a sequence
• Using Adobe Media Encoder
Handling Different Frame Rates
• Overcranking
• Undercranking
• Creating time-lapses
• Using pan/scan in your video
Multicam Editing
• Understanding the multicam concept
• Setting up the shooting environment
• Syncing clips
• Cutting a multicam sequence on the fly
Colour Correction
• Understanding colour
• Working with scopes
• Levels
• Primary/Secondary colour correction
• Using the three-way colour corrector
• Creating a cinematic look
• Changing the “feel” of a shot
• Creating a vignette
Mastering Effects
• Creating a lens flare
• Changing time
• Creating custom transitions
• Lighting Effects
Compositing
• Changing the opacity level
• Working with keyframes
• Creating a split screen
• Different blending modes
• Nesting
Keying
• Creating a garbage matte
• Colour keying
• Ultra Key
• Working with alpha channels
Advanced Audio
• Unlinking audio from its source video
• Using L and J cuts
• Recording narrations
• Audio effects
• Keyframing audio
• Fixing audio issues
Integration with other CS5 products
• Using Photoshop
• Adding After Effects compositions to Premiere
• Using Dynamic Link
Output
• Understanding different file formats
• Exporting the sequence
• Exporting audio
• Adding multiple sequences to the export queue
• Using Adobe Media Encoder
• Authoring with Encore
Moving Beyond Premiere
• Establishing a shot
• Continuity editing
• Matching action
• Understanding the 180 degree rule