Adobe Premiere Pro

Duration: 3 days
Time: 10am - 5pm. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled between 12-1pm
Course Materials: Vendor Authorized Courseware provided
Locations: Reston, VA / On-Site
Related Courses: Flash - ActionScript - Photoshop - InDesign - Illustrator - Fireworks
Cost: $1495
Registration: Click Here to Register

Description

Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 is a powerful program for editing digital video. Premiere helps you create dynamic video or film. This course helps you understand and work with basic through advanced concepts and features of Adobe Premiere. 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 Expert status.

Audience

Graphic professionals who need an essential understanding of motion graphics editing. Experienced users will also benefic t from the many tips and tricks and special exercises.

Prerequisites

Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require students to be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers. While we will make every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills may be required to observe the class lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class.

1 Touring Adobe Premiere Pro CS5

Topics covered in this lesson
New features in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
Nonlinear editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
Presenting the standard digital video workflow
Enhancing the workflow with high-level features
Incorporating other CS5 components into the editing workflow
Adobe CS5 Production Premium workflow
Touring the Adobe Premiere Pro workspace
The workspace layout
Customizing the workspace

2 Selecting Settings, Adjusting Preferences, and Managing Assets

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
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

3 Importing and Managing Tapeless Media

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
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

4 Shooting and Capturing Great Video Assets

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
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
Lean forward or backward
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

5 Creating Cuts-Only Videos

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
Using a storyboard to build a rough cut
Arranging your storyboard
Automating your storyboard to a sequence
Editing clips on the Timeline
Trimming a clip
Using the Ripple Edit tool
Moving clips to, from, and within the Timeline
Using the current-time indicator to establish the edit point
Adding clips to the Timeline with the Source Monitor
Working with Source Monitor editing tools
More practice
Adjusting clips in the Trim panel
Using other editing tools

6 Adding Video Transitions

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
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

7 Creating Dynamic Titles

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
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

8 Applying Specialized Editing Tools

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
Exploring timesaving editing tools
Making rolling, slide, and slip edits
Using the Program Monitor's Lift and Extract buttons
Replacing a clip and replacing footage
Using the Replace Clip feature
Using the Replace Footage feature
Using Sync Lock and Track Lock
Using Sync Lock
Using Track Lock
Finding gaps in the timeline
Editing with In and Out points around a clip
Creating subclips from the Source Monitor
Multicamera editing
Creating the initial multicamera sequence
Switching multiple cameras
Finalizing multicamera editing
Changing an edit in the Timeline
Multicam tips

9 Adding Video Effects

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
Sampling some basic video effects
Applying effects to multiple clips
Adding keyframing effects
Extra credit: combining effects
Adding keyframe interpolation and velocity
One additional velocity/interpolation issue
Adding lighting effects
Creating custom presets

10 Putting Clips in Motion

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
Applying the Motion effect to clips
Examining Motion settings
Changing clip size and adding rotation
Adding rotation and changing the anchor point
Working with keyframe interpolation
Creating a picture-in-picture effect
Enhancing motion with shadows and beveled edges
Adding a drop shadow
Using other motion-related eff ects: Transform, Basic 3D and Camera View
Transform
Basic 3D and Camera View

11 Changing Time

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
Using slow-motion and reverse-motion techniques
Speeding up a clip
Changing speed with the Rate Stretch tool
Enabling variable time changes with time remapping
Applying time remapping with speed transitions
Using time remapping with reverse motion
Recognizing the downstream effects of changing time
Changing the speed of multiple clips simultaneously
Changing the length of multiple stills simultaneously

12 Acquiring and Editing Audio

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
Making the connection
Setting up a basic voice-recording area
Voicing professional narrations
Creating a high-quality aural experience
Examining audio characteristics
Adjusting audio volume
Adjusting audio in the Effect Controls panel
Adjusting audio gain
Adding J-cuts and L-cuts
Adding an L-cut

13 Sweetening your Sound and Mixing Audio

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
Sweetening sound with audio effects
Trying stereo and 5.1 surround sound effects
Looking at one more VST plug-in
Editing keyframes by using the clip effect menu
Working with the Audio Mixer
Automating changes in audio tracks
Outputting tracks to submixes
Recording voice-overs
Creating a 5.1 surround sound mix
Fixing, sweetening, and creating soundtracks in Adobe Soundbooth
Cleaning up noisy audio
Adding audio effects in Adobe Soundbooth

14 Analyzing Content

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
Transcribing speech to text
Enhancing the accuracy of speech analysis
Searching transcription for keywords
Setting In and Out points using speech analysis text
Modifying the metadata
Detecting faces in a sequence

15 Exploring Compositing Techniques

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
Making compositing part of your projects
Shooting videos with compositing in mind
Working with the Opacity effect
Combine layers based on a blend mode
Working with alpha-channel transparencies
Using video effects that work with graphic-file
Alpha channels
Color keying a green-screen shot with Ultra Key
Using the Ultra Key effect
Using matte keys
Using mattes that use graphics or other clips
Using Track Matte Key
Making a traveling matte

16 Working with Color, Nested Sequences, and Shortcuts

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
An overview of color-oriented effects
Coloring effects
Color removal or replacement
Color correction
Technical color effects
Adjusting and enhancing color
The Leave Color effect
The Change to Color effect
Color correction
The Color Balance (RGB) effect
The Auto Color effect
The Fast Color Corrector effect
Using nested sequences
Multiple uses for nested sequences
Nesting a video in a newspaper
Nesting clips
Getting to know the recommended keyboard shortcuts
Changing a shortcut
Most frequently used shortcuts

17 Managing your Projects

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
Project menu overview
Making a clip offline
Using the Project Manager
Working with a trimmed project
Collecting files and copying them to a new location
Final project management steps
Importing projects or sequences

18 Exploring Adobe OnLocation

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
Setting up Adobe OnLocation
Calibrating your camera with Camera Setup Assistant
Setting up your frame
Setting your focus
Setting your iris/exposure
Setting your white balance
Recording live video
Recording video to a shot list
Analyzing video with Adobe OnLocation
Working with the Waveform Monitor
Analyzing color with the Vectorscope
Analyzing audio with Adobe OnLocation
Importing clips not captured with Adobe OnLocation
Importing OnLocation clips with the Adobe Premiere Pro Media Browser

19 Using Photoshop and After Effects to Enhance your Video Projects

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
Exploring Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium
Importing Adobe Photoshop files as sequences
Re-creating the lower-third animation
Using Dynamic Link with After Effects
Surveying After Effects features
Looking at the Adobe After Effects workspace
Animating the lower third
Importing a project from Adobe After Effects to Adobe Premiere Pro using Adobe Dynamic Link
Editing an existing dynamically linked animation
Replacing a clip with an After Eff ects composition

20 Exporting Frames, Clips, and Sequences

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
Overview of export options
Checking out export options
Recording to tape
Recording to an analog recorder without device control
Exporting single frames
Exporting a single frame via the Export Frame function
Using the Export Settings dialog
Working with Adobe Media Encoder
Format overview
Using the formats
Exporting to mobile devices
Exporting to Final Cut Pro
Working with edit decision lists

21 Authoring DVDs with Adobe Encore CS5

Topics covered in this lesson
Getting started
Overview of DVD authoring in Adobe Premiere Pro
Adding Adobe Encore chapter markers to the Timeline
Creating an autoplay DVD
Creating a menu DVD
Previewing the DVD
Creating a Blu-ray Disc
Exporting DVD projects to Flash

 

 

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