Comprehensive Study of Premiere Pro CC

(This is a 5 day class. The pace of the class is slower. The same content is covered in 'Introduction to Premiere Pro' - a 3 day class. The ACE Exam is included with this course.)

In this five-day course, you'll get a thorough overview of 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.

• Anyone who'd like to learn Adobe Premiere Pro CC
• Those who plan to take the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) exam

• Knowledge of Mac OS X and basic computer navigation
• Basic knowledge of editing terminology is highly recommended

Note: The curricula below comprise activities typically covered in a class at this skill level. The instructor may, at his/her discretion, adjust the lesson plan to meet the needs of the class.

Lesson 1: Touring Adobe Premiere Pro Creative Cloud

• Nonlinear editing in Premiere Pro
• Expanding the workflow
• Touring the Premiere Pro workspace

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

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
• Selecting clips
• 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

Lesson 9: Putting Clips in Motion

• Adjusting the Motion effect
• Changing clip position, size, and rotation
• Working with keyframe 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

Lesson 11: Editing and Mixing Audio

• Setting up the interface to work with audio
• Examining audio characteristics
• Voice-over "scratch track"
• Adjusting audio volume
• Creating a split edit
• Adjusting audio levels for a clip

Lesson 12: Sweetening Sound

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

Lesson 13: Adding Video Effects

• Working with effects
• Master clip effects
• Masking and tracking visual effects
• Keyframing effects
• Effect 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
• Special color effects
• Creating a look

Lesson 15: Exploring Compositing Techniques

• What is an alpha channel?
• Making compositing part of your projects
• Working with the Opacity effect
• Working with alpha-channel transparencies
• Color keying a greenscreen 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