Adobe
Premiere
Pro1.5
Basics
When you open
Premiere you will see this screen after the splash screen disappears.
Click the blue link to open a recently used project
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Click here to start a new Project
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Click here to open a project not on the recent projects
list
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We are going to start a
new project, so click New Project. This window will
appear.
Select a folder to store your project
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Click OK to
continue, an empty workspace will appear.
If you are new to video editing you may be a little intimidated by this
workspace, so lets break it down by function.
Project window – contains all files used by the
project, including
Sequences, video,
sound, titles, stills, and other elements in your project.
Effects Tab – Contains Audio/Video Effects and
Transitions
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Project Bin - contains all
files used by the project, including Sequences, video, sound, titles,
stills, and other elements in your project
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This window is used to display a raw clip OR to edit and
key frame an effect. To add video to timeline, mark in and out point and
drag to timeline
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Marks in and out points
of clip
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Jogs the play Head Frame by
Frame
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Selects
Audio only/
Video only/
Or
Audio and Video
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Monitors – The Monitor window resembles a conventional edit bay's video
monitors and edit controller. The left side of the Monitor window, or Source view, displays source clips; the right side, or Program view, displays the active Timeline
The Timeline – This is where you assemble
your video. The video tracks are like the layers in Photoshop; note that the video 1 track gets
covered by the video 2 track. When you first open a new Sequence (Timeline) you
may only get a single video track, you can add up to 99 video tracks. You may
also have up to 99 audio tracks; audio may be placed in any track, because
audio tracks don’t cover each other like video tracks.
Putting It All Together
Double click on the video clip you want to
work with.
The video clip will open
in the source monitor
Move the play
head to where you want the clip to start and mark as in point, use the I key or the left brace { . next move
to where you want the clip to end and mark as the end point by pressing the o key or by clicking the right brace
}. Now click anywhere in the source
monitor and drag the clip to the timeline. After you place the clip on the time
line you can adjust the playback speed, fine tune the clip length, and add
effects. Audio clips are treated the same way. You only need to preview audio
and video clips; titles and other static images like jpegs can be dragged
directly from the project window to the timeline.
Now that we have dragged a few clips to the timeline, let’s see
how it looks. Drag the play head, the blue handle over the red line, to the
point where you want the playback to start. Then press the space bar to start
and stop the playback.
Now let’s add a title
Click the new item icon on the project window and select title. The adobe title designer will appear, use the
tools on the right to create your title. Be careful not to put an object
outside of the two white “safe” boxes. If an object is outside of the boxes it
may be cut off by some televisions. When
you are finished making your title close the title designer window. You will be
prompted to save your title; titles are separate files and should be saved in
the same folder as the project with a meaningful name. After the title is saved
it will appear as an object in the project window. This object can be dragged
to the timeline.
