Adobe Premiere Pro Essentials

In the introductory Premiere Pro training course you will learn the skills and techniques to organise, edit and export video projects in a variety of formats. This class provides a solid foundation in the use of this widely-used video editing application. No previous video editing experience is required.

What you will learn

• Digital video basics: the foundations for capturing and editing video
• The Premiere tools, timeline and workspace
• How to edit clips
• How to apply titles and work with imported graphics
• How to apply effects and colour grading
• The audio editing controls
• How to export video for your specific needs

Private and customised classes

Delivered as a private class for groups or individuals, the content is always customised to your specific needs. It is designed for those who need to use Premiere professionally. No previous experience with Premiere or digital video is required.

On-site at your choice of location, or come to us

We are one of the very few editing training businesses happy to travel to remote regions of Australia. Based in Cairns, we believe all Australians should have access to the best products and services, so we will provide training wherever you conduct your business.

Who this course is for

• Anyone unfamiliar with timeline-based video editing who wants to understand the basics
• Staff feeling overwhelmed by having to learn Premiere as part of their work
• Those who want to save a fortune on production costs by learning to edit with an expert
• People wanting to edit across smartphone, tablet and desktop in a seamless workflow
• Amateurs with an interest in video editing and an eye for professional productions
• Photographers needing to create engaging videos for their portfolios

Do you already know Premiere?

You might be self-taught, or have attended a different course a while ago, and are not sure whether this introduction is suitable. Read the course outline below. If you know 75% or more of the content, choose the Intermediate course. If less than 75%, this Essentials course will give you the building-block skills you need.

Day One

Interface and setup

• Computer and editing system hardware requirements
• Interface tour, basic panels, arranging around the screen
• Using workspaces and resetting them
• Preference settings menu
• The importance of file management
• Creating a project, and what scratch disks are and where to store them

Importing

• Importing videos and photos via media browser or import menus
• Importing Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator files
• Preferences, media and default media scaling
• Considerations for DSLR cameras

The project panel and source window

• Creating and working with bins
• Recommendations for bin types and organisation
• Colour coding clips and bins
• Searching, viewing and controlling clips in the project bin
• Using and creating sub-clips, and when to use them

Timeline and sequences

• What a sequence is, and choosing the correct timeline settings
• The masters of in and out points
• Getting organised with metadata
• Navigating the timeline and understanding tracks
• Targeting tracks and source track selection
• Timeline operations and keyboard shortcuts
• Linking and syncing clips
• Rearranging clips, extracting and deleting segments
• Searching and changing keyboard shortcuts
• Why and when to lock a track

Trimming, slip and slide, and sync

• Basic trimming in sequence and preview windows
• Trimming multiple edits
• Rippling and rolling edits
• Trimming in the program monitor
• Slipping and sliding an edit in the timeline and source monitor
• Maintaining and breaking sync
• Linking and unlinking audio and video

Day Two

Four-point edits, speed and transitions

• Revision of the previous day, and questions
• Editing with four-point edits and the fit to fill option
• Changing the speed and duration of a clip
• Rate stretch tool and time remapping
• Clip replacement techniques
• Adding transitions, and when to use them stylistically
• Saving presets and defaults
• Adding audio transitions

Audio mixing and repair

• Showing audio waveforms
• Adjusting and keyframing clip levels
• Adding audio effects: bass, delay, pitch and others

Colour correction and effects

• Basic colour corrections
• Effects to fix exposure
• Applying Lumetri colour effects and LUTs
• Using adjustment layers
• Using and saving effects presets

Titles and graphics

• Essential Graphics panel
• Creating and editing titles
• Saving MOGRTs, the Premiere graphic templates

Export, publishing and archiving

• Exporting basics
• Choosing the correct codec and file format for your distribution platform
• Archiving via Project Manager

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