Introduction

• Understanding the standard digital video workflow
• Knowing more about the file structure of a Premiere Pro project file

About the Workspace

• Learning about the Premiere Pro workspace and how to manage them
• Customizing Premiere Pro preferences settings to better fit your work style

Setting Up A Project

• Creating a new Premiere Pro project file for the first time
• Exploring the different video rendering & playback settings
• Setting the video & audio display formats based on your final output requirements
• Learning about the setting up of a video sequence

Importing Media

• Importing assets into your Premiere Pro project file
• Working with ingest options & proxy media
• Understanding supported video file types
• Finding assets with the Media Browser panel
• Importing still image files

Organizing Media

• Managing files with the Project panel
• Working with bins to organize your assets
• Using the playback controls to view your video footage

Video Editing Essentials

• Learning how to use the source monitor for previewing your video and audio assets
• Using the Timeline panel for video editing
• Creating a sequence in the Timeline panel
• Understanding what are conforming, tracks, In & Out points
• Knowing the difference between an overwrite edit & an insert edit

About Clips And Markers

• Using the Program monitor controls
• Setting the playback resolution
• Exploring the different types of markers
• Knowing when to use sync locks & track locks
• Finding and removing video gaps in your sequence
• Discovering the different ways to select clips and managing them
• Learning how to delete segments such as lift edit & extract edit
• Disabling a clip in the timeline panel
  
  

Video Transitions

• Introducing video transitions
• Learning how to add video transitions into your sequence
• Using the A/B mode to fine tune a transition
• Adding audio transitions to reduce sudden audio changes

Animating Clips

• Learning about the different ways to animate your clips
• Adjusting the motion effects in your video clips
• Using motion effects to enhance your video
• Adding special effects to your animations

Working With Audio Files

• Introducing audio in video editing
• Setting up your workspace to work with audio
• Recording a voice-over track
• Adjusting audio volume using audio gain
• Standardizing the volume across multiple clips
• Reducing background music during dialog playback
• Understanding advance volume changes with keyframing

Creating Video Effects

• Learning how to work with different video effects
• Working with master clip effects
• Using frequently used effects

Color Correction And Grading

• Understanding the need to correct colors in video clips
• Following a color-oriented workflow in Premiere Pro
• Using the comparison view for color correction
• Learning how to color match your video clips
• Exploring the different color-oriented effects
• Fixing color balance in your footage
• Creating a special “look” in your video

Exporting Video Files

• Exporting a single frame to be used as your title screen
• Creating a master copy for final output
• Introducing the Adobe Media Encoder CC
• Choosing a right file format for exporting
• Uploading your video to YouTube & other social media
• Exchanging your Premiere Pro files with other editing applications

Compositing Techniques

• Using alpha channels to compose your video
• Working with the opacity effect during composition
• Employing tracks and blend mode for advanced composition
• Controlling opacity changes with keyframing

Graphics Creation

• Overviewing of the Graphics panel
• Mastering video typography essentials
• Creating the different types of text
• Working with shapes & logos
• Creating a rolling credits screen at the beginning or end of a video
• Simplifying graphics creation using template titles