Fundamentals of Adobe Premiere Pro CS4

Objectives

To give students an overview of the key concepts involved in creating digital video for multimedia or video productions using Adobe Premiere.


Pre-requisites:

A working knowledge of the Windows operating system. In addition, a clear idea of the type of project to be developed in Premiere is advantageous.


Course Includes:

A comprehensive set of reference notes covering course topics, follow-up telephone support and, for training on Transmedia premises, lunch and refreshments.


Course Outline


Key Concepts


· A brief history of video
· Aspect ratio
· Timecode
· The working environment
· New Interface/workspaces
· Adobe Bridge
· Native HD/SD support
· Preferences


Starting the Project/Setup


· Importing footage
· Importing stills and sound (Photoshop)
· Capturing: capture settings
· Storyboarding
· Using Adobe OnLocation CS4


Editing Overview


· Editing Tools
· In points and out points
· Instances of clips
· Trimming
· Clip markers
· Poster frames
· Ripple editing
· Roll editing
· Preparing clips for timeline
· Transcription and Using Speech Search
· Viewing and editing metadata


The Timeline


· Understanding the timeline
· Inserting vs. overlaying
· Manipulating clip speed


Sequences


· Creating a new sequence
· Importing one sequence into another
· Nesting Sequences






Transitions


· Video Transitions
· Selecting transitions
· Effect controls for selecting transitions
· Lengthening the transition
· Audio transition: the cross fade
· L-cuts


Audio


· The audio mixer
· Tweaking cross fades
· Recording voice overs
· Audio Effects
· Audio transitions
· Normalising audio


Title


· The Title window
· Integrated tiling tool
· Importing titles from other products


Transparency


· Track hierarchy
· The opacity slider
· Keying: an introduction (green/blue screen keying)


Effects


· Overview of Effects
· Basic effects (topic covered in depth on the advanced course)
· New FAST Colour corrector
· Track Matte



Outputs


· Exporting to tape
· Adobe Media Encoder
· Export to the Web
· Exporting to DVD
· Adobe clip notes (PDF video able to be sent via email)
· New DVD export with menus
· Exporting with the Adobe Media Encoder