Adobe Premiere, one of the most widely used digital video
editing tools today, is used to create everything from
personal projects, professional Hollywood movie trailers,
and animated GIFs and animations for the Web. Updated for
the newest version of Premiere, here is an ideal resource
for editing digital video or film. Lessons contain
step-by-step instructions for creating a specific project.
Topics covered include: basic editing principles, digital
video editing, transitions, audio, creating a title,
superimposing, motion, subclips, and virtual clips.
Contents
Introduction.
1. Premiere Basics.
2. Starting a Project.
Beginning New Projects.
Selecting Presets. Specifying General Settings. Specifying
Video Settings. Specifying Audio Settings. Setting Keyframe
and Rendering Options. Saving and Loading Settings. Using
Suggested Project Settings. Saving and Autosaving Projects.
Opening Existing Projects. Locating Missing and Offline
Files. Importing Clips. Importing Digital Audio. Importing
Still Images. Organizing Clips. Customizing the Project,
Bin, and Library Windows. Managing Clips. Creating a
Leader. Customizing Premiere's Interface. Using Palettes.
Using Shortcuts and the Commands Palette. Correcting
Mistakes.
3. Working with Clips. Understanding the Monitor
Window. Modifying the Monitor Window. Viewing Clips.
Working with Still-Image Clip Windows. Using Audio Clips.
Using Monitor Controllers. Cueing Source and Program Views.
Using Markers. Working with In Points and Out Points. Using
a Clip More Than Once in a Program. Working with Subclips.
Using the Info Palette. Understanding Clip
Properties.
4. Creating a Program. Drag and Drop vs. Monitor
Controls. Drag-and-Drop Editing. Editing with the Monitor
Controls.
5. Editing in the Timeline. Customizing the Timeline's
Appearance. Customizing the Time Ruler. Adding, Deleting,
and Naming Tracks. Monitoring Tracks. Locking and Unlocking
Tracks. Expanding and Collapsing Tracks. Displaying Shy
Tracks. Opening a Clip in the Timeline. Getting Around
theTimeline. Selecting Clips in the Timeline. Deleting
Clips from the Timeline. Enabling and Disabling Clips.
Locking and Unlocking Clips. Using Linked Clips. Moving
Clips in the Timeline. Using Snap to Edges. Splitting a
Clip. Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Clips.
6. Refining the Program. Using Timeline Trimming
vs. Trim View. Trimming in the Timeline. Making Ripple and
Rolling Edits. Making Slip and Slide Edits. Using Trim
View. Working with Links. Keeping Synch.
7. Transitions. Transitions Palette. A/B
Roll vs. Single-Track Transitions. Expanded-Track
Transitions. Collapsed-Track Transitions. Default
Transitions. Transitions Settings. Special Transitions.
Virtual Clips.
8. Previewing Transitions and Effects. Preview Effects.
Previewing Files.
9. Mixing Audio. Adjusting Gain . Fading.
Creating Cross-Fades. Cross-Fading Audio Linked to Video.
Panning and Stereo. Audio Filters. Using Audio
Filters.
10. Working with Filters. Keyframes. Filter Order.
Filters and Image Size.
11. Creating Titles. The Title Window and
Menus. Title-Window Options. Background Clips. Objects and
Attributes. Draft Mode. Text Objects. Text Attributes.
Kerning. Leading. Rolls and Crawls. Graphic Objects.
Objects. Drop Shadows. Color, Opacity, and Gradients. The
Color Picker.
12. Superimposing Clips. Track Hierarchy. Fading
and Keying. The Fade Control. Keying. Keying Controls.
Luminance-Based Keys. Chrominance Keys. Alpha Keys. Matte
Keys. Garbage Mattes.
13. Motion Setting. Using Motion Settings.
Working with Keyframes (Again). Setting Keyframes. Setting
Keyframe Attributes. Using Other Motion-Setting Options.
Saving and Loading Motion Settings.
14. Creating Output. Exporting File Types.
Creating a Movie. Using Special Processing Options. Working
with GIF Sequences and Animated GIFs. Recording to Tape.
Creating Clip Sequences. Exporting QuickTime Fast Start
Movies. Exporting Still-Image Sequences. Exporting
Filmstrip Files. Exporting Still Images. Exporting Edit
Decision Lists.
15. Capture. Preparation for Capture.
The Digitizing Process. Scratch Disks. Capture Settings.
Optional Settings. Hardware-Specific Settings. Basic
Capture. Device Control. Capture with Device Control. Batch
Lists. Batch-List Settings. Batch Capture. Manual Timecode
Settings. Analog Audio Capture.
16. Premiere Online. Unused Clips. Trimmed
Projects. Manual Creation of Batch Lists for Recapturing
Clips. Replacing Clip References.
17. Video and Audio Settings. Choosing Settings.
Index.