Contents

Getting Started

About Classroom in a Book

Prerequisites

Installing Adobe Premiere Pro CC

Optimizing performance

Copying the lesson files

Relinking the lesson files

How to use these lessons

How to access updates to this book

Additional resources

Adobe certification

1 Touring Adobe Premiere Pro Creative Cloud

Getting started

Nonlinear editing in Adobe Premiere Pro

Expanding the workflow

Touring the Adobe Premiere Pro workspace

2 Setting Up a Project

Getting started

Setting up a project

Setting up a sequence

3 Importing Media

Getting started

Importing assets

Working with the Media Browser

Importing images

The media cache

4 Organizing Media

Getting started

The Project panel

Working with bins

Organizing media with content analysis

Monitoring footage

Modifying clips

5 Essentials of Video Editing

Getting started

Using the Source Monitor

Navigating the Timeline

Essential editing commands

6 Working with Clips and Markers

Getting started

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

7 Adding Transitions

Getting started

What are transitions?

Edit points and handles

Adding video transitions

Using A/B mode to fine-tune a transition

Adding audio transitions

8 Advanced Editing Techniques

Getting started

Four-point editing

Retiming clips

Replacing clips and footage

Nesting sequences

Regular trimming

Advanced trimming

Trimming in the Program Monitor

9 Putting Clips in Motion

Getting started

Adjusting the Motion effect

Changing clip position, size, and rotation

Working with keyframe interpolation

Using other motion-related effects

10 Multi-camera Editing

Getting started

The multi-camera process

Creating a multi-camera sequence

Switching multiple cameras

Finalizing multi-camera editing

11 Editing and Mixing Audio

Getting started

Setting up the interface to work with audio

Examining audio characteristics

Adjusting audio volume

Creating a split edit

Adjusting audio levels for a clip

12 Sweetening Sound

Getting started

Sweetening sound with audio effects

Adjusting EQ

Applying effects in the Audio Track Mixer

Cleaning up noisy audio

13 Adding Video Effects

Getting started

Working with effects

Keyframing effects

Effects presets

Frequently used effects

14 Color Correction and Grading

Getting started

Color-oriented workflow

An overview of color-oriented effects

Fixing exposure problems

Fixing color balance

Special color effects

Creating a look

15 Exploring Compositing Techniques

Getting started

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

16 Creating Titles

Getting started

An overview of the Titler window

Video typography essentials

Creating titles

Stylizing text

Working with shapes and logos

Making text roll and crawl

17 Managing Your Projects

Getting started

The File menu

Using the Project Manager

Final project management steps

Importing projects or sequences

Managing collaboration

Managing your hard drives

18 Exporting Frames, Clips, and Sequences

Getting started

Overview of export options

Exporting single frames

Exporting a master copy

Working with Adobe Media Encoder

Exchanging with other editing applications

Recording to tape

Index

The bonus chapter in this eBook is available after the index

19 Authoring DVDs with Adobe Encore

Getting started

Overview of DVD authoring in Adobe Encore

Adding Adobe Encore chapter markers to the Timeline

Creating an Autoplay DVD

Creating a menu DVD

Previewing the DVD

Creating a Blu-ray Disc

Exporting DVD projects for the Web