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Premiere Pro

Adobe

2 Day Essentials Course

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Adobe Premiere Pro Essentials Course - 2 Days

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

 

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS TRAINING COURSE

• Learn digital video basics: the foundations for capturing and editing video

• Understand the Premiere Pro tools, timeline, and workspace

• Learn to edit clips in Premiere Pro

• Discover how to apply titles and work with imported graphics in Premiere Pro

• Find out how to apply effects and colour grading within Premiere Pro

• Understand the audio editing controls of Premiere Pro

• Learn to export video from Premiere Pro for your specific needs

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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 Pro professionally. No previous experience with Premiere Pro or digital video is required.

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ONSITE AT YOUR CHOICE OF LOCATION OR COME TO US

We are one of the very few editing training businesses that are 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.

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WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR

  • Anyone who is unfamiliar with timeline-based video editing and wants to understand the basics

  • Staff who are feeling overwhelmed by the idea of having to learn Premiere Pro as part of their work requirements

  • Those who want to save a fortune on production costs by learning to edit with an expert

  • Individuals wanting to access a number of different platforms, including smartphone, tablet and desktop to edit 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

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DO YOU ALREADY KNOW PREMIERE PRO?

You might be self-taught or have attended a different Premiere Pro course a while ago and not sure if this Premiere Pro Introduction course is suitable. We recommend that you read the course outline below and if you know 75% or more of the content then choose the Intermediate Course - if less than 75% then this Essentials course will provide you with the building-block skills you require.

Day One

 

Computer and editing system hardware requirements

 

Interface tour​

  • Basic panels, arranging around the screen

  • Using workspaces, resetting

  • Preference settings menu

  • The importance of file management 

  • Creating a project

  • What scratch disks are where to store them

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Importing

  • Importing videos and photos via media browser or import menus

  • Importing Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator files

  • Preferences/Media/Default Media Scaling

  • Considerations for DSLR cameras

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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, creating and when to use sub-clips

 

Timeline introduction and creating a sequence

  • What is a sequence?

  • The masters of 'in and out' points

  • Choosing the correct timeline settings

  • Get organised with metadata

  • Navigating the timeline

  • Understanding what tracks are

  • Targeting tracks (source track selection)

  • Timeline operations & keyboard shortcuts

  • Track assignment and track selection buttons

  • Linking and syncing clips

  • Rearranging clips in a sequence

  • Extracting and deleting segments

  • Searching and changing keyboard shortcuts

  • Knowing when the clip has finished

  • Why and when to lock a track

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Video trimming, slip & slide and video sync​

  • Basic trimming in sequence and preview windows

  • Trimming multiple edits

  • Rippling and rolling edits

  • Trimming in the program monitor

  • Slipping and slide edits

  • Slipping and sliding an edit in the timeline and source monitor

  • Maintaining (and breaking) sync

  • Linking and unlinking audio and video

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Questions and Answers

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 Day Two

 

Revision of previous day and questions

 

Four-point edits, speed, replace and transitions​

  • Editing with four-point edits (fit to fill option)

  • Changing the speed/duration of a clip

  • Rate stretch tool

  • Time remapping

  • Clip replacement techniques

  • Adding transitions and when to use (stylistically)

  • Save presets/defaults

  • Adding audio transitions

 

Audio mixing and repair, sound fix and mix​

  • Showing audio waveforms

  • Adjusting and keyframing clip levels

  • Adding audio effects, bass delay, pitch, etc.

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Colour correction and special effects

  • Basic colour corrections

  • Adobe Premiere Pro effects to fix exposure

  • Applying Lumetri colour effects and LUTS

  • Using adjustment layers

  • Using and saving effects presets

 

Creating titles, use of graphics

  • Essential Graphics Panel

  • Creating and editing titles

  • Saving Mogrts (Premiere graphic templates)

 

Export, Publishing and Archiving your video

  • Exporting basics

  • Choosing the correct codec/ file format for your distribution platform

  • Archiving via Project Manager

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Questions and Answers

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