Premiere Pro CC 2015 Essential Training

New to Premiere Pro? Start here and learn how to professionally edit video using techniques from the experts.

New to Premiere Pro? Start here and learn how to professionally edit video using techniques from the experts. Ashley Kennedy first introduces a fast-track approach that breaks down the entire import-to-output process into eight quick steps—ideal as an overview for new editors, and a good crash course for editors migrating from other platforms. Then she transitions to an expanded workflow, showing how to import media, create a basic rough edit, refine the cut, and introduce music, sound effects, transitions, visual effects, and titles. Along the way, she demonstrates how Premiere Pro integrates with other Creative Cloud applications, and offers keyboard shortcuts and other workflow-enhancing tricks to help you become more efficient in Premiere Pro. The course wraps up with tutorials on color correction, multicam editing, and the export process.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files
• Relinking media
• What is the Creative Cloud?
• Which version of Premiere Pro CC does this course cover?

What's New (beginners skip this section)

• Who should watch the "What's New" content?
• What's new in Premiere Pro CC? (June 2015)
• What's new in Premiere Pro CC? (November 2015)
• What's new in Premiere Pro CC v. 10.3? (June 2016)
• What's new in Premiere Pro CC v. 11.0? (November 2016)

1. Getting to Know the Premiere Pro Editing Environment

• Launching Premiere Pro and starting a project
• Launching Premiere Pro and starting a project (new Start Screen)
• Taking a tour of the Premiere Pro interface
• Going a bit deeper into the editing tools and layouts

The Fast Track: A Quick Guide to Premiere Pro (beginners skip this chapter)

• Who should watch this fast track chapter?
• Importing and organizing media
• Selecting shots
• Basic editing
• Adding B-roll to supplement your interviews
• Refining the edit
• Performing basic audio adjustments
• Adding basic effects and titles
• Outputting the project

3. Setting Up and Organizing Your Media

• Starting from scratch: Importing media
• Additional ingest options: Exploring the proxy workflow (v. 10.3)
• Importing card-based media
• Importing media from existing Premiere Pro projects
• Organizing assets into bins
• Performing searches and creating search bins
• Relinking offline media

4. Basic Editing

• Playing and marking shots in preparation for editing
• Subclipping shots
• Setting up a sequence
• Performing insert edits
• Moving clips and swapping shots
• Removing material and performing basic trims
• Overwriting B-roll and performing three-point edits
• Reviewing timeline navigation and clip selection techniques
• Editing use Touch and Gesture Controls and Drop Zones in Premiere

5. Refining the Edit: Using Trim Tools

• Trimming shot length using the Ripple Edit tool
• Adjusting transitions using the Rolling Edit tool
• Changing clip content and position: Slipping and sliding edits
• Using the Trim Monitor window
• Trimming tips and shortcuts

6. Additional Editing and Organizational Techniques

• Performing replace edits
• Editing montage with top and tail editing
• Editing montage using markers
• Using markers for organization
• Understanding track monitoring and locking
• Using the History panel to undo and redo actions
• Customizing the keyboard (previous v11.0)
• Customizing the keyboard (v11.0)
• Creating buttons
• Using the Sync Settings features in Premiere Pro
• Using the Adobe Stock Libraries in Premiere Pro v. 9.1
• Using Team Project in a collaborative workflow in v11.0

7. A Brief Look at Creative Suite Integration

• Taking a look at Dynamic Link and round-tripping in the Creative Suite

8. Basic Audio Editing

• Understanding audio channel configuration
• Making basic audio gain and level adjustments
• Keyframing audio
• Basic audio mixing
• Fixing out-of-sync audio
• Recording voice-over in the Timeline
• Syncing your video to high-quality audio
• Sending your sequence to Audition for audio cleanup

9. Working with Stills and Graphics

• Working with stills in a video environment
• Animating stills
• Working with layered Photoshop documents

10. Working with Effects

• Working with basic motion effects
• Adding and modifying transition effects
• Adding, modifying, and saving video effects
• Adding and adjusting audio effects
• Keyframing effects over time
• Applying effects to adjustment layers and nests
• Adding effects to master clips
• Masking and tracking effects
• Chroma-keying with the Ultra Keyer
• Understanding rendering options in Premiere Pro
• Using Dynamic Link to work with Premiere Pro clips in After Effects

11. Manipulating Clip Speed

• Working with freeze frames
• Performing fit-to-fill editing
• Using the Rate Stretch tool to change clip speed
• Using the Clip Speed/Duration window for precise speed changes
• Making variable speed changes with the Time Remapping tool

12. Basic Color Correction

• Color correction: Looking with your eyes
• Taking a brief look at some color correction tools
• Following a proper color correction workflow using the Lumetri color toolset
• Creating looks with Lumetri presets
• Performing secondary color correction
• Additional Lumetri Color toolset options: HSL secondaries (v. 10.3)

13. Working with Titles

• Creating a basic lower third title
• Creating rolling and crawling titles
• Working with Photoshop titles in Premiere Pro
• Working with closed captions and open captions

14. Multicam Editing

• Syncing your multicam group clips
• Performing a multicam edit
• Refining the multicam edit

15. Sharing and Exporting

• Exporting your project
• Batch exporting with Media Encoder
• Using export enhancements

Conclusion

• BONUS: Check out the finished videos
• Next steps