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GETTING STARTED xvii
About Classroom in a Book . . . xvii
Prerequisites . . . xvii
Installing Premiere Pro CC . . . .xviii
Optimizing performance . . . .xviii
Using the lesson files . . . .xviii
Relinking the lesson files . . . .xix
How to use these lessons . . . xx
Online content . . . xx
Additional resources . . . .xxi
Adobe Authorized Training Centers . . . xxii
1 TOURING ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CC 2 Starting the lesson . . . 4
Performing nonlinear editing in Premiere Pro . . . 4
Expanding the workflow . . . 8
Touring the Premiere Pro interface . . . 9
Keyboard shortcuts . . . 20
Review Questions . . . 23
Review Answers . . . 23
2 SETTING UP A PROJECT 24 Starting the lesson . . . 26
Creating a project . . . 27
Setting up a sequence . . . 39
Review Questions . . . 46
Review Answers . . . 47
CONTENTS
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3 IMPORTING MEDIA 48
Starting the lesson . . . 50
Importing assets . . . 50
Working with ingest options and proxy media . . . 52
Working with the Media Browser panel . . . 54
Importing still image files . . . 60
Using Adobe Stock . . . 64
Customizing the media cache . . . 65
Recording a voice-over. . . 67
Review Questions . . . 68
Review Answers . . . 69
4 ORGANIZING MEDIA 70 Starting the lesson . . . 72
Using the Project panel . . . 72
Working with bins . . . 78
Monitoring footage . . . 86
Modifying clips . . . 92
Review Questions . . . 97
Review Answers . . . 97
5 MASTERING THE ESSENTIALS OF VIDEO EDITING 98 Starting the lesson . . . 100
Using the Source Monitor . . . 100
Navigating the Timeline . . . 106
Using essential editing commands . . . 114
Review Questions . . . 121
Review Answers . . . 121
6 WORKING WITH CLIPS AND MARKERS 122 Starting the lesson . . . 124
Using Program Monitor controls . . . 124
Setting the playback resolution . . . 130
Playing back VR video . . . 132
Using markers . . . 134
Using Sync Lock and Track Lock . . . 140
Finding gaps in the Timeline . . . 143
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Selecting clips . . . 143
Moving clips . . . 146
Extracting and deleting segments . . . 149
Review Questions . . . 153
Review Answers . . . 153
7 ADDING TRANSITIONS 154 Starting the lesson . . . 156
What are transitions? . . . 157
Using edit points and handles . . . 158
Adding video transitions . . . 160
Using A/B mode to fine-tune a transition . . . 165
Adding audio transitions . . . 171
Review Questions . . . 175
Review Answers . . . 175
8 ADVANCED EDITING TECHNIQUES 176 Starting the lesson . . . 178
Performing four-point editing . . . 178
Changing playback speed . . . 180
Replacing clips and footage . . . 186
Nesting sequences . . . 190
Performing regular trimming . . . 192
Performing advanced trimming . . . 193
Trimming in the Program Monitor . . . 198
Review Questions . . . 204
Review Answers . . . 205
9 PUTTING CLIPS IN MOTION 206 Starting the lesson . . . 208
Adjusting the Motion effect . . . 208
Changing clip position, size, and rotation . . . 213
Working with keyframe interpolation . . . 223
Using other motion-related effects . . . 227
Review Questions . . . 233
Review Answers . . . 233
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10 MULTICAMERA EDITING 234
Starting the lesson . . . 236
Following the multicamera process . . . 236
Creating a multicamera sequence . . . 238
Switching multiple cameras . . . 242
Finalizing multicamera editing . . . 245
Review Questions . . . 246
Review Answers . . . 247
11 EDITING AND MIXING AUDIO 248 Starting the lesson . . . 250
Setting up the interface to work with audio . . . 250
Examining audio characteristics . . . 259
Recording a voice-over track . . . 260
Adjusting audio volume. . . 262
Creating a split edit . . . 267
Adjusting audio levels for a clip . . . 268
Review Questions . . . 272
Review Answers . . . 272
12 SWEETENING SOUND 274 Starting the lesson . . . 276
Sweetening sound with the Essential Sound panel . . . 276
Adjusting dialogue . . . 278
Review Questions . . . 294
Review Answers . . . 295
13 ADDING VIDEO EFFECTS 296 Starting the lesson . . . 298
Working with effects . . . 298
Working with master clip effects . . . 310
Masking and tracking visual effects . . . 313
Using keyframing effects . . . 316
Using effect presets . . . 320
Using frequently used effects . . . 323
Rendering and replacing . . . 328
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Review Questions . . . 330
Review Answers . . . 331
14 IMPROVING CLIPS WITH COLOR CORRECTION AND GRADING 332 Starting the lesson . . . 334
Following a color-oriented workflow . . . 335
Exploring the color-oriented effects . . . 349
Fixing exposure problems . . . 353
Fixing color balance . . . 357
Using special color effects . . . 361
Creating a look . . . 362
Review Questions . . . 364
Review Answers . . . 365
15 EXPLORING COMPOSITING TECHNIQUES 366 Starting the lesson . . . 368
What is an alpha channel? . . . 369
Making compositing part of your projects . . . 370
Working with the Opacity effect . . . 372
Working with alpha-channel transparencies . . . 376
Color keying a greenscreen shot . . . 377
Masking clips . . . 382
Review Questions . . . 385
Review Answers . . . 385
16 CREATING TITLES 386 Starting the lesson . . . 388
Getting an overview of the Essential Graphics panel . . . 388
Mastering video typography essentials . . . 392
Creating titles. . . 397
Styling text . . . 400
Working with shapes and logos . . . 404
Making text roll and crawl . . . 407
Introducing captions . . . 409
Review Questions . . . 413
Review Answers . . . 413
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17 MANAGING YOUR PROJECTS 414
Starting the lesson . . . 416
Using the File menu . . . 416
Using the Project Manager . . . 418
Performing the final project management steps . . . 426
Browsing projects with the Media Browser panel . . . 426
Managing collaboration . . . 429
Using the Libraries panel . . . 430
Managing your hard drives . . . 430
Review Questions . . . 432
Review Answers . . . 433
18 EXPORTING FRAMES, CLIPS, AND SEQUENCES 434 Starting the lesson . . . 436
Understanding the export options . . . 436
Exporting single frames . . . 437
Exporting a master copy . . . 438
Working with Adobe Media Encoder CC . . . 441
Uploading to social media . . . 447
Exchanging with other editing applications . . . 447
Final practice . . . 449
Review Questions . . . 451
Review Answers . . . 451
INDEX 452
