Professional Video Editing

Course Overview

In this Two-day course, you’ll get a thorough overview of general introduction of multimedia and graphics by computer and will use a workshop technique to produce a real example by the end of the course to conclude and cover all the course essential knowledge areas by a practical example.

It will cover the theoretical knowledge and practical using the software: the interface, tools, features, and production flow for Premiere Pro CC.

The course is an ideal combination of instructor-led demonstration and hands-on practice to introduce you to Adobe Premiere Pro software, a revolutionary 64-bit nonlinear video-editing application.

You will learn powerful real-time video and audio editing tools that give you precise control over virtually every aspect of your production.

Pre Requisites:

Practical working knowledge of Mac OS X or Windows Basic knowledge of editing terminology is highly recommended.

Premiere Pro CC Course Outline

Lesson 1: Touring Adobe Premiere Pro CC

• Nonlinear editing in Adobe Premiere Pro
• Expanding the workflow
• Touring the Adobe Premiere Pro interface

Lesson 2: Setting up a Project

• Setting up a project
• Setting up a sequence

Lesson 3: Importing Media

• Importing assets
• Working with the Media Browser
• Importing images
• The media cache
• Capturing the videotape

Lesson 4: Organizing Media

• The Project panel
• Working with bins
• Organizing media with content analysis
• Monitoring footage
• Modifying clips

Lesson 5: Essentials of Video Editing

• Using the Source Monitor
• Navigating the Timeline
• Essential editing commands

Lesson 6: Working with Clips and Markers

• Program Monitor controls
• Controlling resolution
• Using markers
• Using Sync Lock and Track Lock
• Finding gaps in the Timeline
• Moving clips
• Extracting and deleting segments

Lesson 7: Adding Transitions

• What are transitions?
• Edit points and handles
• Adding video transitions
• Using A/B mode to fine-tune a transition
• Adding audio transitions

Lesson 8: Advanced Editing Techniques

• Four-point editing
• Retiming clips
• Replacing clips and footage
• Nesting sequences
• Regular trimming
• Advanced trimming
• Trimming in the Program Monitor panel

Lesson 9: Putting Clips in Motion

• Adjusting the Motion effect
• Changing clip position, size, and rotation
• Working with key frame interpolation
• Using other motion-related effects

Lesson 10: Multi-camera Editing

• The multi-camera process
• Creating a multi-camera sequence
• Switching multiple cameras
• Finalizing multi-camera editing
• Additional multi-camera editing tips

Lesson 11: Editing and Mixing Audio

• Setting up the interface to work with audio
• Examining audio characteristics
• Adjusting audio volume
• Adjusting audio gain
• Normalizing audio
• Creating a split edit
• Adjusting audio levels in a sequence
• Working with the Audio Mixer

Lesson 12: Sweetening Sound

• Sweetening sound with audio effects
• Adjusting EQ
• Applying effects in the Audio Mixer
• Cleaning up noisy audio

Lesson 13: Adding Video Effects

• Working with effects
• Key framing effects
• Effects presets
• Frequently used effects

Lesson 14: Color Correction and Grading

• Color-oriented workflow
• An overview of color-oriented effects
• Fixing exposure problems
• Fixing color balance
• Specials color effects
• Creating a look

Lesson 15: Exploring Compositing Techniques

• What is an alpha channel?
• Using compositing in your projects
• Working with the Opacity effect
• Working with alpha-channel transparencies
• Color keying a green screen shot
• Using mattes

Lesson 16: Creating Titles

• An overview of the Titler window
• Video typography essentials
• Creating titles
• Stylizing text
• Working with shapes and logos
• Making text roll and crawl

Lesson 17: Managing Your Projects

• The File menu
• Using the Project Manager
• Final project management steps
• Importing projects or sequences
• Managing collaboration
• Managing your hard drives

Lesson 18: Exporting Frames, Clips, and Sequences

• Overview of export options
• Exporting single frames
• Exporting a master copy
• Working with Adobe Media Encoder
• Exchanging with other editing applications
• Recording to tape

Career Path

The course is an ideal combination of instructor-led demonstration and hands-on practice to introduce you to Adobe Premiere Pro software, a revolutionary 64-bit nonlinear video-editing application.