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Adobe Premiere Training

Learn to edit video with the industry-standard editor. Import, cut, add transitions, titles, audio and effects, then export for social, web and broadcast.

  • Edit video fast and clean
  • Titles, transitions and audio
  • Color correction and motion graphics
  • Export for social, web and broadcast

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Adobe Premiere Classes, Prices & Dates

Introduction

Premiere | Level 1

Import, edit and export video. Work with sound, graphics, transitions, effects and titles, and finish a real project.

$895per student2 Days | 12 hoursRegister
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Introduction to 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

No public dates posted yet. Request a date, or take it as private or onsite training.

Intermediate

Premiere | Level 2

Color correction, audio mixing, multicam, trimming, keyframe animation, motion graphics and Creative Cloud integration.

$895per student2 Days | 12 hoursRegister
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Color correction

  • Levels
  • RGB Curbs
  • The Fast Color Corrector
  • The Three-Way Color Corrector
  • Shadow/Highlight effect
  • The scopes and legal NTSC values
  • The reference monitor

Audio Enhancements

  • EQ effect
  • Reverb effect
  • Pitch Shifter effect
  • Fill Left/Right effect

The Audio Mixer Part 2

  • Clip vs. track effects
  • Sub-mix tracks and audio routing
  • Track effects and sends
  • Automation modes (read, write, latch, touch and off)

A and B Roll Editing

  • Synchronizing the A and B angles using audio clues
  • Using separate video track for A and B (cutting on the action)

The Multicam Monitor

  • Synchronizing multiple camera angles using audio or video clues
  • Nesting and enabling for Multicam Monitor
  • Re-recording/overriding previous edits
  • Cut touch ups and camera changes
  • Modifying the nested sequence

The Trim Monitor

  • Precision ripple and rolling edits
  • Preferences for pre/post roll and trim increments

Keyframe Animation

  • Animating effects in the Effects Control Panel Popular motion-graphic effects (fade in/out, scale and rotate in/out, etc)
  • Animating effects in the Timeline/Sequence pane (review of selection and pen tool)
  • Keyframe types and interpolation (linear, Bezier, auto Bezier, etc)

Popular Motion-Graphics Effects

  • Rotating in 3D space
  • Animating track mattes
  • Lens flare
  • Animated color changes
  • Using nested sequences as symbols
  • Blending modes

Integration with Adobe Creative Suite Products

  • Taking advantage of AE Text Animation Presets
  • AE backgrounds
  • Chroma Keying form AE

Advanced Preferences Archiving a Finished Project Optimizing your Computer System for Maximum Performance

  • Two and three-hard-drive configurations (7200 rpm and lower HD speeds)
  • Internal, external and server drives
  • Taking advantage of your Graphics Card

Understanding and Managing Premier Generated Files

  • Conformed audio, PEK files, indexed video files
  • Media cash files
  • Preview files
  • Auto-save files

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