Adobe Premiere Pro CC Essentials
This 2-day Essentials course covers the tools and features of Adobe Premiere Pro, a leading digital-video editing program. Participants will learn the fundamentals of non-linear editing techniques to create and edit video output combining footage, audio and still images with the guidance of the course instructor. The course aims to help participants understand the capabilities of the industry-leading program and take their digital-video editing skills to a new level.
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per person
Level
Duration
Training Delivery Format
Face-to-face (F2F) / Virtual Class
Class types
Public Class
Private Class
In-House Training
Bespoke
About this course
This 2-day Essentials course helps you learn about the tools and features available in Adobe Premiere Pro. We will help you understand how this industry-leading program takes digital-video editing to a new level.
With our guidance, you will learn the fundamentals of non-linear editing techniques to create and edit video output that combines footage, audio, and still images.
Who should attend?
This course is intended for those who need to edit video clips and create digital movies, but who have little or no experience using Premiere Pro or other video-editing programs.
Learning Outcome
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Navigate the Premiere Pro environment
- Organise video projects
- Assemble and fine-tune clip sequences
- Apply transitions and video effects
- Add titles and credits
- Make and refine rough cuts
- Import and adjust audio clips
- Export video
Prerequisites
You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a solid understanding of a computer’s operating system (Windows or Mac OS). You will also need to know how to launch a program, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.
Course Content
The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.
Lesson 1: Introduction
- Opening Premiere Pro – getting started
- Workspaces – what, why, how?
- Importing assets into Premiere Pro
- Media browser
- Organisation – bins and things
- Metadata – what, why, how?
Lesson 2: Getting Started
- Making selections
- Project panel & Source Monitor
- Storyboarding your rough cut
- Creating a timeline
- Thinking ahead – track allocation
- Understanding Track Headers
- Useful Keyboard Shortcuts
- Sub-clips – what, why and how?
Lesson 3: Timeline Tools
- Targeting tracks
- Toggle Sync-lock
- Insert & overlay edits
- Three-point edit options
- Four-point edits
- J and L cuts
- Lift and extract
- Timeline panel options
- Timeline tools
- Moving clips in the timeline
- Extend edits
- Replacing clips in the timeline
Lesson 4: Transitions
- The 2 types of transitions in Premiere Pro
- Jump-cuts & clip transitions – when to use which?
- Default transitions
- Single ended transitions – what, why, when and how?
- Editing transitions
- Layer based transitions
- Light-leak style transitions with blend modes
Lesson 5: Motion (Fixed) Effects
- Pips (Picture in Picture) effects
- Animating objects
- Making pictures fit your timeline
- Additional important preferences
- Perspective corner-pin
- Nesting options in Premiere Pro – why, when, how?
Lesson 6: Effects & Masks Basics
- Applying and customising effects
- Limiting effects to specific areas
- Tracking masks
Lesson 7: Titles
- Organisation – creating and using a titles Bin
- Creating text based titles
- Creating and editing your own title styles
- Exporting and importing titles
- Creating lower or upper thirds
- Inserting graphics into titles
- Title based on previous title
- Creating and using title templates
- Inserting a graphic into rolling/crawling titles
Lesson 8: Audio Introduction
- Creating dual-mono from stereo pairs
- Recording narration directly into Premiere Pro
- Basic keyframe based audio animation
- Audio Clip mixer animation
Lesson 9: Export
- Exporting a still image
- Project management options
- Dynamic Link with After Effects
- Exporting directly from Premiere Pro and using ‘Media Encoder’
- Exporting different formats
- XML/AAF – cross-platform export options – why, when and how?
At this time, this course is available for private class and in-house training only. Please contact us for any inquiries.