Overview
This Adobe Certified Course provides delegates with the key concepts and skills required for editing digital video using Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. It aims to teach these skills from ‘the ground up’ and is a great place to begin when starting to take your video editing more seriously.
Audience
This class is designed for students who are looking to learn more about digital video editing using Premiere Pro and who prefer hands-on, interactive instruction. This course is billed as an ‘introductory’ course and therefore is suitable for beginner/intermediate skill levels however, as we only use the finest industry experienced tutors be rest assured that the course will be specifically tailored to you, whatever your level of knowledge.
Prerequisites
• Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:
• Basic knowledge of the Macintosh OS
Topics Covered
• Demystifying digital video
• Optimal Settings and workflow tips
• Capturing from tape
• Creating a rough cut
• Applying Transitions
• Video effects and basic compositing
• Editing Audio
• Applying Transitions
Video De-mystified
• What is HD?
• Pixel Aspect Ratio
• Frame rates
• Video formats and Codecs
• Progressive versus Interlaced video
• Timecodes
• Computer hardware requirements
• Storage considerations
Starting Premiere Pro
• How it relates to other Adobe Creative Suite products
• Understanding the workspace
• Customising the layout
• Resetting the layout back to defaults
Configuring Settings
• Explanation of Project settings
• Defining sequence settings
• Understanding the preferences
• Locating Assets
• Importing Assets
• Organising Assets
Working with Tapeless Media
• Fundamentals of importing common tapeless video formats
• Mixing video formats in a project
• Importing Photoshop and Illustrator files
• Issues associated with the scaling of video and still images
• Practicalities of working with tapeless material
Capturing from Tape
• Connecting your camera
• Walkthrough the Capture window
• Efficiency of Batch Capture
• Introduction to Metadata
Creating the Rough Cut
• Creating and automating storyboard
• Considering the edit point
• Trimming clips
• Rippling clip
• Moving clips
• Finding your way round the timeline
• The Trim Monitor
Applying Transitions
• What a transition is and their purpose
• Where to find them and set a default
• How to apply transitions
• How to edit/customise a transition
• Transition alignment and clip handle
• Understanding the types of audio transition
Titles
• Creating titles for your project
• Point Text, Area Text and Text on a Path
• Title Safe boundaries
• Font and character controls
• Creating credit rolls and credit crawls
• Drawing Shapes
• Aligning and distributing
• Exporting titles
Video Effects
• Overview of Video Effects
• Sampling some basic effects
• Keyframing effects
Basic Compositing
• Track hierarchy
• Transparency in movie files
• The opacity property
• An introduction to green/blue screen keying
Editing Audio
• Audio samples compared to video frames
• Basics of foleying
• Adjusting volume
• Recording your voice
• Normalising audio to a consistent loudness
• Using J-cuts in your edits
Certification
Adobe Training at Alchemea is slightly different from the Avid and Apple models whereby the courses are not designed to
prepare a student for a specific exam. Adobe exams are very demanding and certification is meant to reflect not only a users
understanding of an applications functionality but also their experience as a user. If you wish to work towards certification
Alchemea can administer an Adobe exam for you for £150. Please contact Peter Barter on 020 7359 3986 for more information.
Adobe Certified Associate (ACA)
Adobe Certified Associate is an entry-level certification aimed at validating communication skills using a particular digital
medium. An Adobe Certified Associate credential certifies individuals have the entry-level skills to plan, design, build, and
maintain effective communications using different forms of digital media.
Adobe Certified Expert (ACE)
Adobe Certified Expert is a professional-level certification aimed at industry professionals who have attained a deep level of
mastery in using Adobe technology. Demonstrate your Adobe product expertise by becoming an Adobe Certified Expert. Use
Adobe Certification as a way for getting a raise, finding a job, or promoting your vast expertise.
Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI)
Further your knowledge. As an Adobe Certified Instructor, you can take your classes — and yourself — to the leading edge of
Adobe technology.
Find out more at the certification area of the Adobe® website
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