This class will teach you how to import and edit video, add sound effects, music and graphics. Assemble a complete, edited product, learn the principles of non-linear video editing and how to apply them to your own personal projects whether they are films, documentaries, slideshows, tutorials, music clips, weddings/events, etc., enhance with titles, transitions and artistic effects. Learn video effects like picture-in-picture, split screen, green screen, slow/fast/reverse motion, freeze frames, sepia color, & more!
Adobe Premiere Training is for anyone wanting to learn how to import and edit individual videos, add titles, and transitions.
Prerequisite: Basic Computer Skills & File Management on Windows or Mac.
Course Outline:
An Overview of Real-World Usage of Adobe Premiere Pro
- What is Premiere?
- What kind of media is typically created with Premiere?
- What kind of media can be captured with Premiere?
- What kind of media can be imported intoPremiere?
- How is Premiere different from Apple Final Cut Pro?
- The advantages of Adobe product integration: Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator
- What is QuickTime?
- Understanding video production
- A typical digital video work environment setup
- A typical Premiere workflow sequence
Project Management
- Understanding digital video
- Determine what type of media output is required for your Premiere project
- Determine the playback format for final output
- What restrictions are there for the project’s physical window frame size?
- What restrictions are there for the project’s time base?
- What restrictions are there for the project’s frame rate?
- What restrictions are there for graphical screen-based assets?
- What restrictions are there for video assets?
- What restrictions are there for audio assets?
Setting Up a Premiere Project
- Assigning RAM to the program (if not using Mac OSX)
- Booting up Premiere for A-B cuts editing
- Setting Premiere Preferences
- Creating a Premiere “Project”
- Understanding and navigating the Premiere workspace
Capturing Digital Video into the Premiere Environment
- What is Firewire IEEE 1394?
- Can I capture analog video into the Premiere environment?
- Setting capture preferences
Importing and Manipulating Video Clips
- Importing QuickTime movies
- Video compression issues
- Time-base issues
- Frame rate issues
- Laying video clips into the Timeline
- Changing video clip properties
- Animating video clips
Importing and Manipulating Sound
- Sound basics: Music, narrative, sound effects
- Importing audio assets into Premiere
- Audio compression issues
- Manipulating sound cues in the Timeline
- Synching sound to visual events
- Controlling sound volume and sound fades
- Using sound filters
Importing and Manipulating Graphics
- Importing raster Photoshop layered files
- Importing vector images created in Illustrator
- Working with graphical footage
- Editing graphical footage tracks
- Editing files with an external editor from within Premiere
- Superimposing graphics over other visual assets
Working with Transitions and Effects
- Understanding the utility of transitions
- Applying transitions in Premiere ’s transitions track
- Performing color correction
Creating Titles
- Using Premiere’s title generation features
Importing and Manipulating After Effects Projects
- Understanding Adobe After Effects Importing After Effects compositions into Premiere
- Editing After Effects compositions using After Effects as an external editor from within Premiere
- Editing Premiere projects using Premiere as an external editor from within After Effects
Final Project File Rendering
- Testing for final export
- Creating digital video output or output to video tape
- Choosing rendering options
- Exporting an EDL
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.
School Notes: Important - Students must bring their own laptop with the Adobe application loaded to be prepared for class. We do not supply computers. It's Bring Your Own
Computer.
