Adobe Premiere Level 1

Summary

Course Aim:

This course provides an introduction to designing and developing video multimedia using Premiere Pro. Participants will be able to edit efficiently and use the application for the production and output of digital video.

Courseware includes the official Adobe Class in a Book.

Course Prerequisites:

Previous experience using applications on a PC or Macintosh is an essential prerequisite for this course. Experience with Photoshop is preferred.

Participants are encouraged to bring along their digital video camera with firewire cable.

Course Duration:

Two days 9:00am – 4:30pm

Classroom courses include:

  • Adobe Certified instructors (with min 10 yrs experience)
  • Alpha prepared comprehensive coursenotes with tutorials and exercises (updated frequently to reflect industry trends)
  • Certificates
  • eLearning DVD Package (FREE at course registration where available, see our SPECIALS)
  • After course support, unlimited HELP DESK (via email, to reinforce the learning), helpdesk@alphacc.com.au
  • Training guarantee
  • FREE repeat of public course within 6 months (where required, and on same version), see terms & conditions

Content

Course Content

During this course you will learn about:

Topic 1 Digital Video Introduction

  • Topic Objectives
  • The main video production stages
  • Measuring video time
  • Frame size and resolution
  • Video & compression
  • Digitising: Capturing video
  • Transparency and superimposing
  • Using audio

Topic 2 Starting a Digital Video Project and Workflow Overview

  • Setting up a new project
  • Bins and Importing Clips
  • The Rough Cut
  • Preview and the Monitor window
  • Smoothing: Trimming Clips
  • Insert versus Overlay editing
  • Setting In and Out points
  • Special effects
  • Creating Titles
  • Audio
  • Output

Topic 3 The Interface: Workspace

  • Getting to know the Workspace
  • Working with the Project window
  • Importing clips and image files
  • Working with the Monitor window
  • Working with the Timeline window
  • Navigating in Time: The timeline and Program view
  • Tools
  • Labels
  • Palettes
  • Customizing keyboard shortcuts

Topic 4 Sequencing and Basic Real-Time Editing

  • The Real-Time editing experience
  • Adding clips to the Timeline
  • Developing a sequence and using Automate to Sequence
  • Using the Automate to Sequence command
  • Multiple sequencing
  • Viewing the rough cut
  • Refining the rough cut
  • Pre-trimming clips using the Source view
  • Fine-tuning in the timeline
  • Exporting the Timeline as a movie

Topic 5 Transitions

  • About transitions
  • Detail: The Effects palette
  • Inserting transitions
  • Previewing transitions
  • Pre-trimming the clip & adding transitions
  • The Effects palette and transitions
  • Changing the attributes of transitions
  • Adding multiple transitions at once
  • Transitions used as special effects

Topic 6 Colour and Opacity

  • Colour management and correction
  • The value of key frame techniques
  • Opacity
  • Creating a split screen
  • Intro to the Blue Screen opacity key
  • Applying Chroma key
  • Applying Track Matte opacity key type

Topic 7 Motion Paths

  • Creating animations
  • Creating travelling matte

Topic 8 Special Effects: The Effect Controls

  • Why use effects?
  • Getting to know the Effects workspace
  • Using effects from other Adobe programs
  • Applying effects
  • Applying effects in correct order
  • Copying effects, keyframes, and settings
  • Changing effects over time
  • Applying audio effects

Topic 9 Adobe suite Integration (Photoshop & Premiere Pro)

  • Using effects from Photoshop
  • Photoshop “inside” Premiere Pro

Topic 10 Output

  • Export to CD-ROM
  • Export to DVD command
  • VCD/SVCD

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Duration

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