POST|PRODUCTION WORLD 2015
ADOBE PREMIERE PRO
FOR EXPERIENCED EDITORS
TUESDAY, APRIL 14TH - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH
This two day class, running from 10am - 6:15pm each day, is a skills-conversion course,
meant to bring Editor’s accustomed to other NLE’s up to speed on Premiere Pro CC. In
this intermediate level class, students will go step-by-step through the entire editing
process in Premiere Pro CC, from file creation all the way through output. Along the
way they’ll learn the ins-and-outs of file management, essential and intermediate editing techniques, color correction, audio mixing and repairing, titling and effects, and
delivering their video onto tape, the web, and mobile devices. They’ll learn to work
within the Adobe ecosystem as well, getting up to speed on time saving tools such as
Dynamic Link.
This class is designed for experienced editors who wish to learn Adobe Premiere Pro CC
in the most efficient way possible.
This class is not designed to aid student’s in passing the Adobe Certified Exam (ACE).
Adobe Certified Exams are not offered with this class.
For those who wish to learn more about Adobe Premiere Pro certifcation, please consult the exam preparation guide here.
What You’ll Lean...
• Quickly organize your existing projects, or create new projects to use right away in
Premiere Pro CC
• Understand how to use Premiere Pro CC with other Adobe software
• Edit your footage the way you like
• Put your skills to work immediately
It is highly recommended students bring laptops for this course, in order to follow
along with the instructor, and practice some hands-on exercises when time allows.
However, the class is lecture-based, so a laptop is not necessary in order to receive the
full benefit of the class.
Registered students will also receive a copy of “An Editor’s Guide to Adobe Premiere
Pro, second edition” by Rich Harrington, Jeff Greenberg, and Robbie Carman.
Instructor
Abba Shapiro is an Adobe master trainer, certifying university and
training center instructors to teach Adobe Premiere Pro. He is also
a master trainer in several non-Adobe video production tools and
has helped migrate editors to the Adobe platform. Abba is the author of Adobe Premiere Pro Essential Training on Lynda.com.
Abba is an award-winning writer/producer/director with 30 years
of experience in video and film production. He has done work for
a wide range of commercial, corporate and federal clients, including: USA Today, NASCAR, The Associated Press, NASA, Univision and CNN. In addition to
production, Abba teaches video editing on a variety of platforms, DSLR production and
post, scriptwriting, Photoshop for video, and production workshops around the globe
at venues such as: NAB, IBC, InterBee, Photoshop World, and Macworld.
Day 1:
Chapter 1: Adobe Workflow
• Meet Adobe Premiere Pro
• Creative Suite Production Premium
• Editing Workflow
Chapter 2: Configuring Your Nonlinear Editor
• Notable Preferences
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Mercury Playback Engine Performance
• Monitoring and Capture Solutions
Chapter 3: Setting Up a Project
• The New Project Panel
• Creating a Sequence
• Modifying an Existing Project’s Settings
• Importing Existing Projects
Chapter 4: Importing Media
• Importing Files into Adobe Premiere Pro
• Tape-based Workflows
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Tapeless Workflows
Supported File Types
Modifying Clips
An Introduction to Dynamic Link
Chapter 5: Organizing Media
• Understanding the Project Panel
• Searching for Clips
• Working with Bins
• Customizing Bin and Clip Views
• Creating Subclips
• Get Organized with Metadata
• Organizing Clips with Content Analysis
Chapter 6: Essential Editing Skills
• Using the Source Monitor
• Navigating the Timeline
• Essential Editing Commands
Chapter 7: Additional Editing Skills
• Four-point Editing
• Retiming Clips
• Replacing Clips
• Time-saving Editing Techniques
Chapter 8: Timeline Operations
• Selecting Clips
• Moving Clips
• Extracting and Deleting Segments
• Adding Transitions
Day 2:
Chapter 9: The Power Is in the Trim
• Basic Trimming
• Rippling Edits
• Rolling Edits
• Slipping Edits
• Sliding Edits
• Using the Trim Monitor
• Making Split Edits
• Maintaining Sync
Chapter 10: Color Correction and Grading
• Using Video Scopes
• Getting to Know Adobe Premiere Pro’s Color and
• Exposure Effects
• Primary Color Corrections
• Secondary Color Corrections
• Using After Effects and Photoshop to Correct
Chapter 11: Audio Mixing and Repair
• Setting Up the Interface to Work with Audio
• Adjusting Audio Levels on a Sequence
• Using the Audio Mixer
• Using Audio Effects
• Working with Adobe Audition
Chapter 12: Essential Effects
• The Role of Effects
• Understanding Keyframes
• Selected Effects
Chapter 13: Creating Titles
• Video Typography Essentials
• Using Adobe Premiere Pro’s Titler
• Advanced Titling with Photoshop
• Animated Titles with Adobe After Effects
Chapter 14: Quality Control and Archiving
• Eliminating Mistakes
• Broadcast Legalization
• Practical Media Management
Chapter 15: Publish Your Video
• Exporting a Master Copy
• Outputting to Tape
• Meet Adobe Media Encoder
• Creating Flash Content
• Creating H.264 Content for Devices and Web Delivery
• Publishing to DVD and Blu-ray
• Exporting Additional File Types