Premiere Pro is a professional video editing program that allows you to edit video from a number of different sources and publish edited videos to many different formats. In this training, you'll be creating a video highlighting a selection of different dances, and in the process you'll gain familiarity with the Premiere Pro interface and learn how to perform a number of different editing tasks.
Learning Objectives
- understand terminology used in video editing
- create, edit, and combine sequences
- edit and combine audio, video, and still images
- create titles and credits for videos
- publish a video to a format suitable for web use
Prerequisite Skills
- Use a mouse and keyboard
- Work with basic video editing programs, such as the video editor in Photos on Windows or iMovie on MacOS
For a more in-depth look at the content of Premiere Pro: The Basics, view the title contents below.
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Premiere Pro: The Basics Contents
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Explore the contents of Premiere Pro: The Basics:
Learn about creating a new project in Premiere Pro, the basic interface, preset workspaces and how to customize your workspace.
See the full content for Learning about the Premiere Pro Interface.
Learn how to import assets into Premiere to be used in a project.
You will create a new sequence that will be the main part of the video project.
Learn to add files to the timeline of a sequence and how to preview the sequence.
See the full content for Adding Video Clips to the Timeline.
Learn about the timeline panel, including how to zoom in and out.
Learn how to use the source monitor to trim videos, to insert videos to the timeline from the source monitor, and how to trim videos on the timeline. Also learn how to remove gaps on the timeline and how to avoid creating gaps.
See the full content for Using the Source Monitor to Edit a Clip.
Learn how to trim clips that are already placed on the timeline.
Learn how to add audio to a project.
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See the full content for On Your Own: Trimming the Ends of the Video Clips.
Learn how to create credits using the preset animations in the Graphics workspace.
See the full content for Creating Ending Credits Using the Essential Graphics Panel.
Learn about transitions and how to apply the default transition to a sequence.
See the full content for Adding Default Transitions to a Sequence.
Learn how to adjust the volume for individual audio tracks and adjust all the tracks volume at once.
See the full content for Using the Audio Mixer to Adjust Volume.
You will create a new sequence that will be the title for the video project. While creating the title you will add still images, text overlays and audio to the sequence.
See the full content for Creating the Introduction for the Video.
Learn how to combine sequences.
Learn how set up the export settings in Premiere Pro to publishing your video using Adobe Media Encoder.
Credits for the audio and video clips used in Premiere Pro: The Basics.
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