It is convenient to create works of art from filmed videos using professional programs. CHIP will talk about the new features of Premiere Pro and After Effects included in the Adobe CS6 Master Collection. In the new version of Creative Suite 6, Adobe has significantly improved its tools for working with video: performance has increased, compatibility with various hardware has been added, and the range of available tools and creative capabilities has significantly expanded. The user now has the functions of deforming objects in the frame, multi-camera editing with support for up to 16 cameras and setting up graphics processing layers in the frame. The improved image stabilization tool can significantly improve the quality of the captured video. The new Mercury Playback Engine makes it possible to play and process HD videos without delay. To speed up frame rendering, work with NVIDIA CUDA technology has been optimized, and support has been added for a configuration of two NVIDIA Maximus GPUs in the MacBook Pro (Quadro and Tesla). In addition, work with GPUs using the OpenCL algorithm has been improved, as well as hardware I/O cards from companies such as Matrox, Blackmagic, etc. The Mercury Transmit I/O interface now allows you to work with them directly.
Premiere Pro in conjunction with After Effects will allow you to develop a special composition for your video, add animation and various effects to the video. The new version of the latter allows you to track objects in three-dimensional space and maintain depth of field for them, correct shadows and even generate reflections from mirror surfaces. CHIP will highlight the major changes and innovations Adobe has made to make working with video easier and faster.
Premiere Pro: new interface
While an untrained user may be confused by the appearance of the main window due to the presence of a huge number of parameters, buttons and indicators, professionals familiar with this package from previous versions will find welcome changes in the interface.
Working space
The main window now contains two main viewing areas - "Source" and "Program" - and the project and track management areas located below them. This has significantly improved the ease of working with video materials. The user can select tools for placement in the “Program” window using the small “Button Editor” button located in the lower right corner. In this case, the settings are saved in the project itself. By the way, you can work with a clip using hot keys by removing unnecessary buttons from the “Program” window. The new version introduces dozens of new shortcuts to Keyboard Shortcuts, including those for performing basic editing tasks on the Timeline. The hotkeys for a number of commands have changed. Thus, “D/F” (removing entry/exit points) has been replaced by “Ctrl+Shift+I/O”, you can “jump” along the joints of a clip using the up/down arrows, rather than “PgUp/PgDn”, the “ T" now calls up dynamic trimming tools, etc. Another new button in the "Program" window with an image of a wrench is responsible for the quality of the video played in the window. By clicking on it, you can quickly change the “Playback Resolution” parameter without going into the window settings. For some reason, the developers decided to get rid of the rather convenient “Jog” and “Shuttle” tools, with which you could control video playback by adjusting the speed and direction of playback with the mouse.
Master of Sound
Work with audio has been significantly updated. For example, in the Audio Mixer panel, you can now flexibly control indicators and color gradient display, as well as set the decibel range. The developers have optimized the workspace of many tools, which has improved perception and increased ease of use. Thus, it became possible to make the “Audio Master Meters” speakers much wider; the panel can be placed horizontally. The right and left channels in the Audio Meters panel can now be soloed, and additional options open when right-clicking. As before, it is possible to refine the audio track in Adobe Audition without leaving the Premiere editing table. Just select a track segment, call up the context menu and select “Insert Audio Track in Project”. Naturally, for this the Audition package itself must be installed on the PC.
Video cameras
Computer requirements
Interface setup
Today, digital video has entered almost every home. Video cameras, VCRs, DVD-Video players have long ceased to be luxury items and have become common household appliances, without which it is difficult to imagine modern life.
Video cameras, which appeared relatively recently, have already undergone significant changes. From bulky and expensive, they have turned into compact devices accessible to anyone. Now everyone has the opportunity to become a screenwriter, a director, and a cameraman.
Affordable videography has made our lives more diverse. We started filming everything: outdoor recreation, a child’s first steps, a graduation party, a wedding. We carry a video camera with us on vacation, on a walk, and even at work. All this has led to the accumulation of mountains of filmed tapes in the home video library, which are often simply impossible to understand.
A home computer will help you collect all your video materials into one movie that you can proudly show to your friends, acquaintances or colleagues.
Developers of computer software could not ignore amateur and professional video recording. Today, there are already many different ways to process digital video. Among software manufacturers, there are clear leaders who are improving their applications year after year, giving users more and more opportunities for creating home videos.
This book will focus on the non-linear video editing program Premiere Pro from Adobe. This unique application with a simple interface will take its rightful place on your computer.
Premiere Pro provides all the tools for creating a film - from transferring footage from a camcorder to your computer's hard drive to creating a video file of any format, which can subsequently be recorded on any medium, sent by e-mail or posted on a page on the Internet. The CS3 version of Premiere Pro also introduced the ability to export a project to one of the most powerful DVD authoring programs, Adobe Encore. Another new feature in this version of Premiere Pro is the ability to create video for mobile devices such as PDAs or mobile phones, and using the Device Central utility included with Premiere Pro, you can see how the created video will look on the screen of a phone or pocket computer of one model or another. This book will demonstrate all the basic steps of making a film using Premiere Pro tools.
Video cameras
Currently, DV (Digital Video) video cameras are widely used. DV is a format for recording data on a video cassette, which provides excellent image quality with high compression of video data, which allows you to place from 60 to 120 minutes of high-quality video on one cassette.
The relatively new video camera format HDV (High Definition Video) allows you to record high-quality video with even higher resolution. HDV cameras are more expensive, but their prices are gradually falling, so they will soon become as affordable as DV cameras.
Premiere Pro can work with the above video camera formats via the IEEE-1394 interface, also called FireWire. This is a high-speed universal interface that allows devices to exchange large amounts of data. Any digital video camera has a connector for connecting to this interface. This connector is usually labeled DV or IEEE-1394. Some Sony camcorders have the i-Link designation next to the connector.
Support for working with video cameras in Premiere Pro is needed to transfer video material from the camera to the computer’s hard drive and, if necessary, record the finished edited film back to the camera’s video cassette.
Owners of analog video cameras can be advised to transfer video materials from a cassette to a computer hard drive using any analog video processing software. This process is called digitization. Once digitized, you can import clips into Premiere Pro for later editing. You can do the same with archival VHS videotapes. To do this, you will need a computer card to capture analog video. A regular TV tuner can handle this. Among the utilities supplied on the disk with TV tuners, there is usually a program for transferring analog video to the computer’s hard drive.
Computer requirements
A computer is an indispensable component of a home video studio. It is with the help of a computer that a film can be edited. Before you start editing video, make sure your computer meets the necessary requirements.
Working with digital video involves a heavy load on computer resources, so when working with non-linear editing programs, the principle “the more powerful the better” is true. Of course, you can upgrade your computer ad infinitum. Almost every day new processors, chipsets, and video cards appear on the market, which literally fall in price by half within a month, giving way to new products. It is not necessary to equip your computer with the latest technology in the IT industry, but it is recommended that your computer meets at least the minimum technical requirements. The system requirements for the CS3 version of Premiere Pro remain the same as for the previous version (Premiere Pro 2.0). The new version adds the ability to run the program on the Windows Vista operating system.
CPU
The computer's central processor is the component that bears the main load when processing video. When editing video and rendering(rendering is a miscalculation, the meaning of this term will be revealed later) a huge number of complex mathematical operations take place in the electronic filling of a computer. Therefore, the faster the processor speed, the faster these operations will be completed. Therefore, the rule “the more powerful the better” applies primarily to the processor.
The manufacturers of Premiere Pro recommend using it on a computer with an Intel Pentium 4 processor with a clock speed of at least 1.4 GHz for working with DV video. To work with HDV video, you need a processor with a clock frequency of at least 3.4 GHz.
The above processor requirements are considered minimum. However, your computer may be equipped with a less powerful processor, but then some processes at various stages of film creation may take a little longer.
RAM
The minimum required amount of RAM to work with Premiere Pro is considered to be 512 MB for working with DV video format and 2 GB for working with HDV video format.
RAM, like the processor, affects the performance of the entire system as a whole, so it is recommended to increase the amount of RAM on your computer.
HDD
You will be working with data that is video files. They take up quite a lot of space on your computer's hard drive. There are no minimum requirements for a computer's hard drive, since it all depends on your needs and tasks.
It is worth determining how much video data will be stored on your hard drive. One hour of DV video takes up about 13 GB. Of course, you can save the finished film in another format that has a higher compression ratio, but at the capture and editing stage you will be working with DV format files. Add to this figure the disk space needed to accommodate project files, temporary files, graphics and audio you might want to include in your movie, and at least another 1.5 GB to install the trial version of Premiere Pro.
In other words, there must be enough free space on the computer's hard drive to accommodate the original resources for the film (clips, sound, graphics, etc.).
The best solution would be to use a separate hard drive for working with video, on which you will place the captured video material, project files, graphics and sound files.
In addition, when choosing a hard drive, you should consider its speed. It is desirable that it be no lower than 7200 rpm.
The hard drive connection interface doesn't really matter. It is important that the data transfer speed is high enough.
Before capturing video, it is recommended to completely defragment the hard drive - then its head will not waste time searching for a free area to record a portion of data. If you installed a new hard drive or formatted it, you don't need to defragment it. A defragmentation utility can be found among the utilities of the Windows operating system.
Monitor
The Premiere Pro program interface contains many components - windows, palettes, toolbars, so for ease of work it is recommended to use a monitor with a large diagonal size and, therefore, a high resolution.
This does not necessarily mean purchasing a 21-inch monitor, however, if you work with Premiere Pro on a 15-inch or smaller monitor, you will have to constantly move, shrink, and enlarge various windows and other elements of the program's interface.
The most comfortable resolutions for working with Premiere Pro are 1024? 768 – 1280 ? 1024 points. Monitors with a diagonal of 17–19 inches and most TFT monitors with a diagonal of 15–19 inches provide convenient work with such resolutions.
operating system
Stable operation of Premiere Pro is guaranteed on a computer with the Microsoft Windows XP operating system installed with Service Pack 2 or higher installed or Microsoft Windows Vista.
Other components
There are no strict requirements for the remaining components of the computer system, but there are still several recommendations:
The computer must be equipped with an IEEE-1394 (FireWire) controller card. A digital video camera will be connected to the connector of this card to transfer video material to a computer or a finished film to a video cassette. Some motherboards and laptops are already equipped with an IEEE-1394 (FireWire) connector - in this case, a card will not be needed;
To install Premiere Pro, your computer must have a CD or DVD drive installed. If you are going to burn the finished movie to a CD or DVD, your drive must support recording to these media.
There are no special requirements for the computer's video card. It should provide stable and fast performance at your chosen screen resolution and color depth.
Today, every computer has a sound card (most often it is already built into the motherboard). The map will be needed to work on the soundtrack of the film being created. However, if you are going to create a movie with 5.1 surround sound, make sure that your sound card supports this format.
This section listed the basic requirements for choosing computer hardware to work with Premiere Pro. These are optional, but follow the guidelines above to ensure successful digital video creation.
Launching Premiere Pro for the first time
Installing Premiere Pro on your computer is done using a step-by-step wizard. You just need to follow the instructions on the screen.
Let's launch Premiere Pro and create a new project to further familiarize ourselves with the program's interface.
1. Click the Start button and in the main menu that appears, select All Programs > Adobe Premiere Pro CS3. The Premiere Pro splash screen will appear on the screen, and then a dialog with an invitation to get started (Fig. 1.1).
Rice. 1.1. Dialogue with an invitation to start work
Note
A dialog inviting you to work allows you to create a new project, open a previously created one, or launch the help system. The Recent Projects list contains a list of previously created projects, but since this is your first time running this program, this list will be empty.
2. Click the New Project button. The New Project window will appear on the screen (Fig. 1.2). It is intended to set the parameters of the created project.
Rice. 1.2. New Project Dialog
Let's select a ready-made preset of project parameters.
3. Make sure the New Project dialog is open on the Load Preset tab.
4. In the Available Presets tree list, select the Standard 48kHz preset located in the DV-PAL folder.
Note
You have selected the Standard 48kHz preset from the DV-PAL folder, since the PAL standard is supported by most camcorders and televisions. The NTSC standard is distributed mainly in the countries of the Western Hemisphere and in Japan.
5. In the Location field, specify the folder where you want to place the project file. To do this, click the Browse button and in the Browse Folder dialog that appears, select the desired folder, for example My Project.
Note
If you have not previously created a project folder, you can do this directly in the Browse Folder dialog by clicking the Create Folder button.
6. In the Name field, enter a name for the project file, such as My First Project. Premiere Pro will create the file extension automatically.
7. Click OK. The dialog will be closed, and the main Premiere Pro program window will appear on the screen (Fig. 1.3).
Rice. 1.3. Premiere Pro window
Note
In the video tutorial “Lesson 1.1. First launch”, which is located on the CD included with the book, shows how to launch the program and create a new project using the presets available in the program.
Premiere Pro Interface
Let's get acquainted with the Premiere Pro program interface. Knowledge of interface elements and their purpose will help you when performing practical tasks that will be offered below.
The interface of Adobe programs is somewhat different from those offered by other manufacturers. At first glance, the Premiere Pro interface seems complex and confusing. You see many windows, and some of them also contain tabs. In fact, the Premiere Pro interface is very convenient, functional and compact. Each window and each tab has its own role here.
Timeline
The Timeline window is perhaps the most important window in Adobe Premiere Pro. In this dialog, you will place and edit the original movie components (video clips, audio files, and graphics). The Timeline window consists of several video and audio tracks. On video tracks you will place clips and graphics, that is, image elements of your film, and on audio tracks you will place sound files (elements of sound) (Fig. 1.4).
Rice. 1.4. Timeline Window
At the top of the Timeline window there is a timeline, which can be used to determine the time position of any frame of the film being created.
The thin vertical line running perpendicular to the tracks of the Timeline window is called cursor of the current editing position. Using this line, you can precisely position the clips, sound fragments and graphics of the created film in time.
In the Timeline window, a subsequence clips and graphics in the exact order they should appear in the film. Imagine playing fragments of a movie one after another. This is how most non-linear video editing programs work. You place film fragments into the project and place them in the desired order. This is the sequence. Remember this term. He will appear throughout the book.
At the top of the main Premiere Pro window are two windows called screens, Source and Program. Despite the similarity of these windows, their purposes are different.
The Program screen is designed to control the image of the film being created (Fig. 1.5). In this window you can view fragments of the film being created or the entire film, as well as see the results of editing and applying various effects and transitions.
Rice. 1.5. Program Screen
On the Source screen, you can view clips before placing them in a sequence, and also edit them by trimming unnecessary fragments (Fig. 1.6). There are currently no clips loaded into the Source screen, so the interface elements of this window are grayed out.
Rice. 1.6. Source Screen
At some stages of movie creation, the Source screen is not needed, so in order to save monitor space, the program's manufacturers have added additional controls to it, placing them on separate tabs:
Effect Controls. This tab contains controls for changing the properties of video and sound effects and transitions. Your project does not currently contain any source components, so this tab is empty. As you add effects and transitions to your project, new controls will appear in the Effect Controls tab;
Audio Mixer. This tab contains controls for changing the characteristics of the sound of the created film. Here you can change the volume and balance of each audio track or overall audio.
Info, History, Effects tabs
In the lower left part of the Premiere Pro program window there is a window with three tabs (Fig. 1.7):
Rice. 1.7. Window with tabs Info (Information), History (History), Effects (Effects)
Info displays information about the selected clip, sound or graphic file of the project: duration, resolution, time position of the beginning and end in the sequence, etc. This tab is for informational purposes only;
History contains a growing list of all your actions during one session of working on a project. Each action (adding a clip, trimming, applying an effect, changing effect properties, etc.) adds a new item to the History tab list. Using the list in this tab, you can easily go back by undoing one or more recent actions;
Effects contains a list of various video and audio effects and transitions. All effects and transitions, according to their purpose and nature of action, are combined into folders called baskets. You can open a particular folder (trash) by clicking on the triangular button located to the left of the folder icon. There you can also create your own baskets into which you can place frequently used effects and transitions.
Other windows
At the top left of the Premiere Pro window is the Project window. This dialog contains all the original components of the film (clips, sound and graphic files). Components that you create while working on a film (title files and clip fragments) also automatically appear here.
At the top of the Project window (Figure 1.8) is a small preview window in which you can view a clip or graphic file before placing it on the Source screen or Timeline sequence. This dialog also allows you to create bins to sort the various source components of your movie. For example, one basket may contain video clips, another – audio files, etc. This can be convenient if the movie is created from a large number of fragments.
Rice. 1.8. Project Window
In the lower right part of the program window there is tool palette, containing 11 buttons. By clicking one or another button on this palette, you can select various editing tools. You will learn about the purpose of specific buttons on the tool palette while completing practical tasks (Fig. 1.9).
Rice. 1.9. Tool palette
Just above the tool palette there is a small window with an indicator of the volume level of the film's soundtrack. Using this indicator, you can evaluate the sound volume level and change it.
Interface setup
The developers of Premiere Pro gave the user the opportunity to change the program interface to their liking. You can move windows to other parts of the screen, change their size, swap tabs, and also move the contents of a tab into a separate window.
At different stages of your work, you may need to resize windows and hide or show individual tabs. For example, when setting video effect parameters, the Audio Mixer tab or the Source screen are not needed, but the Program screen and the Effect Controls tab are necessary at this stage, so you can increase their size. When working with audio, you may need to increase the size of the Audio Mixer tab while reducing the size of other tabs. At different stages of your work, you will choose the configuration of Premiere Pro windows at your discretion, and here we will only show how this is done.
Let's resize the Program screen.
1. Position the mouse pointer on the left edge of the Program screen so that it appears as opposite arrows.
2. While pressing and holding the mouse button, drag the border of the Program screen to the left, and then release the mouse button. The Program screen will be enlarged (Fig. 1.10).
Rice. 1.10. Enlarging the Program screen size
Please note that as the Program screen increases in size, the adjacent window, the Source screen, decreases proportionally. The borders of Premiere Pro windows are related to each other so that when they are resized, windows do not overlap each other and do not create empty space.
Similarly, you can resize the Program screen by dragging its bottom border. This will resize the Timeline window proportionally.
Try resizing the Project and Timeline windows yourself. Don’t be afraid to experiment; a little later you will learn how to return the window configuration to its original form.
Now let's turn the Effects tab into a separate floating window.
1. Select the Effects tab by clicking on its title.
2. Place your mouse pointer over the area marked with five dots to the left of the Effects tab title.
3. Press and hold the Ctrl key.
4. Click and hold the mouse button and move the Effects tab to another part of the screen. The Effects tab will become a separate window that you can move to any part of the screen (Fig. 1.11).
Rice. 1.11. Effects tab as a separate window
You can move a tab from one Premiere Pro window to another. As an example, let's move the Effects window you created so that it becomes one of the tabs of the Source screen.
1. Place your mouse pointer over the area marked with five dots to the left of the Effects tab title.
2. Click and hold the mouse button and move the window to the tab title area of the Source screen. When you move a tab, a blue area appears that shows where the tab will be placed after you release the mouse button (Figure 1.12).
Rice. 1.12. The dark area shows where the tab will be added
3. Release the mouse button. The Effects tab will be placed in the position you selected.
It is possible that the Effects tab is not located where you wanted. Nothing wrong with that. Moving windows and tabs requires some skill. Practice on your own by moving different windows and tabs around.
Premiere Pro comes with several preset interface configurations. In addition, you can create your own configurations, arranging the windows as you see fit, and switch between these configurations.
1. Execute the menu command Window > Workspace > Editing (Window > Workspace > Editing). The program windows and tabs will return to the original order in which you saw them immediately after loading the program. According to the developers, this configuration is the most convenient for film editing.
2. Now go to Window > Workspace > Effects. The program windows will open the Effects and Effects Control tabs. This configuration is useful when adding effects and transitions to your movie and changing their properties.
3. Run the command Window> Workspace> Audio (Window> Workspace> Sound). The Audio Mixer tab will open. It will be increased in size, and the remaining windows will be reduced. This configuration is convenient when working with film soundtracks.
1. Change the configuration of program windows according to your requirements (increase or reduce their size, swap tabs, or create floating windows).
2. Select the menu command Window > Workspace > New Workspace. The New Workspace dialog will appear on the screen (Fig. 1.13).
Rice. 1.13. New Workspace Dialog
3. In the Name field of the dialog, enter the name of the configuration to be saved, for example My configuration 1.
4. Click the OK button of the dialog. The dialog will be closed and the window configuration will be saved.
Now let's load the configuration you created.
1. Change the configuration of the program windows by resizing the windows.
2. Execute the menu command Window > Workspace > My Configuration 1 (Window > Workspace > My Configuration 1). The program windows and tabs will be located in accordance with the configuration you saved.
A new command, My Configuration 1, has appeared in the Window > Workspace menu (Fig. 1.14). This is the name of the interface configuration you created. Premiere Pro also automatically created a keyboard shortcut (Alt+Shift+5) to quickly load your configuration.
Rice. 1.14. The name of your configuration in the program menu
You can create several different configurations, calling them different names. The name of each configuration you create will appear in the Window > Workspace menu, and each will be assigned a shortcut key.
To delete a previously created configuration, run the command Window > Workspace > Delete Workspace, then in the dialog that appears, in the Name field, select the name of the configuration to be deleted and click OK.
Summary
This chapter gave you a first introduction to Premiere Pro. You have created a project file and reviewed the main interface elements of this program. The material in this chapter is of an overview nature, but it is very important to understand this information well. Later in the book it will say "go to the Effects tab" or "drag the clip into the Timeline window." Try to remember the names and locations of windows and tabs. This will allow you to quickly complete practical tasks and not return to this chapter in search of a description of interface elements.
This concludes our review of Premiere Pro. In the next chapter, you'll start creating a movie from the very first step - transferring video footage to your computer's hard drive.
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Hello, friends!
I decided to write a short instruction for beginning video bloggers on how to use the professional video editing program Adobe Premiere Pro CC
I know that many people are afraid of this monster and prefer simpler editors like those that I reviewed in this article.
But I assure you that despite the fact that Adobe Premiere Pro CC is considered a professional editor, even a beginner can work in it.
Well, those who master it in depth will receive an indispensable tool for creating high-quality videos for their YouTube video channel.
I am currently using the sixth version, and I will use it to write this instruction. I also want to clarify a few points right away.
1. I’m not a super expert in editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CC, I just work with the program at the user level, but it seems to me that it’s easier to explain to a simple user how to get started.
2. For ease of operation, I installed the Russian interface. It’s easier for me, like the vast majority of Runet users. The crack can be downloaded here, it is suitable for the sixth version.
3. I do not chase the latest versions of the program. The functionality that is in my version is quite enough for me for now. New versions include features for professional editing. We are not like that and you shouldn’t overload your computer and brain with unnecessary problems.
4. I admit that in the future I will be drawn in by this editor and I will start working at a professional level, chasing new versions, etc. but for now I'm a regular user.
I have outlined the main points, so if I make a mistake somewhere or make a mistake in the description, see point one!
But I’m sure that these instructions will help even a dummies start working in Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Today let's look at the following points.
1. Where to get an editor for video editing Adobe Premiere Pro
2. Adobe Premiere editor interface
Where to get an editor for video editing Adobe Premiere Pro
I inserted this item specifically because... I know that there will be questions in the comments and on the blog on my channel.
The program itself is quite expensive. if you buy a full license.
Therefore, at the office. The Adobe website allows you to first download a trial version for a month, and then if the program is suitable, you can subscribe for a year with a monthly payment, which is about $20, or you can buy a whole package of programs for $50 a month.
There are discounts for students and for those who have a license for any of the earlier products in the CS line.
It’s a little expensive, of course, but if you decide to work closely with this editor, it will quickly pay for itself.
Of course, you can easily find this editor for free on all kinds of torrents and Varezniks. Here everyone chooses their own path.
Of course, I will not provide links to such resources, this is illegal.
Adobe Premiere editor interface
When we open Adobe Premiere for the first time, I'm sure that the interface may even be a little off-putting.
But this is at first glance.
Let's look at what's in it and why.
In the first cat we are asked to name our new project, I suggest simply a “trial project”, then the entire program interface opens.
We are given five main panels to work with.
For the smart guys who are ready to correct me, I’ll clarify
When we select the “Editing” workspace, we are provided with five panels by default. What other work environment options there are, you can see on the “Window” - “Work Environment” tab.
1. Panel for project source files. We will upload audio sources into it. Videos, graphics and even effects if you're lucky
2. We have the second panel for already processed project files. After all, we will cut, add effects, add audio, etc.
Here we will have already processed files ready for insertion into the main project
3. In the third panel we will watch, like on TV, how we are tormenting ourselves with our video project.
4. The fourth time panel is perhaps the main one. Such panels are available in every video editor. On it we will edit our videos and arrange them in the right order by time.
5. The fifth panel is tools for working in the time panel.
We import the first files into the first Adobe Premiere Pro project and create a sequence.
We begin to move from simple to complex.
I suggest that you now take several of any video clips that were shot with a camera, a phone and compiled earlier in Camtasia; in general, we need material for bullying.
There are a lot of options for adding files to a project; you can also use the top “File” menu and use the internal “Explorer” tool. I'm used to using the simplest thing - double left click
click on the first panel and the usual Windows Explorer opens, to which we are accustomed.
Adding several files for your first movie.
Files can be displayed in the form of a list, but I like and am used to the display being in the form of visual icons, like in Camtasia or AVS Video.
You can switch the display of files in the lower left corner of the first block.
Now we need to create a "sequence"
Here is the first incomprehensible term!
What is a sequence in Adobe Premiere?
I’ll try to explain in simple words and don’t let the literate people throw tomatoes at me!
A sequence in an Adobe Premiere editor project is a kind of container for video settings: Frame size, Frame rate, per second, Pixel-by-pixel aspect ratio, etc.
These settings should match the format of your prepared videos.
To make it clearer, the program has already prepared sequence templates.
If you know exactly what camera you shot with and in what format, you can choose from ready-made templates.
To do this, click the “New Element” button in the lower right corner of the 1st panel, with the image of a folded piece of paper, as in the figure.
Select the top item “Sequence” in the menu
In the window that opens, we can select the one that is suitable for your video and at the same time see what settings are included in the “sequence” container
For those who are already scared!
Close the window, click cancel and now we will create our sequence.
To do this, left-click your main video and drag it to the “New Element” button
The program automatically creates a sequence with the necessary settings.
In the first panel we have a new element with the name of the video from which we took the settings.
To avoid confusion, I suggest renaming our sequence.
To do this, double-click on the title itself and rename the sequence container, for example “First film”
On the temporary 4th panel we now have a video display; it can be deleted for now.
Click the cursor and press the divide button.
As a result, we get this picture.
Please note that your project-sequence has been created. Now it needs to be filled with files.
Now I’m ready to congratulate you, you have started video editing “like an adult”!
In order to add the desired file to our sequence.
You can simply drag the desired file onto the time panel. But if you first need to trim pieces, for example, at the beginning of the clip and at the end, then we will use the tools of the second panel.
To do this, first double-click on the desired video file.
It appears in the 2nd pre-edit panel.
All we need here is a video slider to quickly find the right moment.
Buttons 1 and 2 to trim the beginning and end. With these buttons we set at what point the clip should start and end.
To more accurately find the moment, we are also given panel 3. Frame-by-frame rewinding is especially helpful.
As you understand, this tool is convenient, for example, when you shoot live video yourself and need to remove the moments when you turn the camera on and off.
After trimming, simply drag the video onto the temporary panel into our sequence.
You can also cut files on the temporary panel itself.
To do this, use the tools of the 5th panel.
Drag the desired video file directly from Time Panel 1 to Time Panel 4.
To cut off the desired piece from the edges of a video clip, you can use the 1 selection tool (arrow)
Simply hold down the desired edge to trim with the left mouse button and drag it to the place to which you need to trim.
Let go and the edge is cut. If you need to return it to its place, then press the combination CTRL-Z or also drag the mouse back to the desired place.
In this matter, of course, you need practice, so experiment and everything will work out.
If you need to cut a piece from inside the clip. Then you need to first divide it in the right place with tool 2 “Cutting”
And then cut the necessary pieces of video.
So, we learned how to create a project, found out what panels are in the Adobe Premiere editor and what they are needed for. We learned how to add video to a project, create a sequence, and make the first video edit.
In order to better understand the actions that we did today in the Adobe Premiere editor, I made a short video.
Today I suggest you consolidate the material received. Create a couple of projects, fill them with videos and learn how to trim the material at the right moments.
I have included a small video with the instructions to help you secure the material.
Many novice video makers ask the question: “Which video editor is best suited to accomplish the tasks?” and their choice falls on a rather complex Adobe Premiere Pro, but first you need to understand the issue - In this short article, we will figure out why this program is needed and what functionality it has.
Adobe Premiere Pro- a program for non-linear video editing from Adobe.
Adobe Premiere 6.5 has become the most popular program on the professional video market. Adobe hasn't released an update for a long time. Then a fundamentally new product appeared, on a new engine - Adobe Premiere Pro .
Premiere Pro Supports high-quality video editing of 4K x 4K resolution and higher, with 32-bit color in both RGB and YUV color space. Editing audio samples; support for VST audio plugins (plug-in); 5.1 surround sound tracks. Architecture Premiere Pro plugins allows you to import and export materials from QuickTime or DirectShow containers, and also provides support for a huge number of video and audio formats from MacOS and Windows.
Main functionality
Each video editor has some functionality to one degree or another. Some editors are more, some are less. Adobe Premiere Pro— carries a huge number of functions that are not available by standard to other editors. A lot of color correction, texture mapping, with the help of plugins it is possible to apply amazing effects, even without using After Effects. Of course, there are tasks that require the installation of additional software, since more detailed editing of effects or audio is not available in Premiere Pro. In such cases it is used Audition or After Effects.
Version history
The new version of Premiere Pro is traditionally announced in April. Before the exhibition NAB Show(taking place in Las Vegas), after which the ban on non-disclosure of new products by partners and reviewers is lifted. In June, an updated version becomes available for download and use. The next stage in the development of the program comes in September, when the exhibition takes place in Amsterdam IBC. Before the start of which a new, significant update is announced, coming out in October or November. The rest of the time the program undergoes minor changes in “minor updates” aimed primarily at eliminating errors. Brand new Premiere Pro features in development are showcased at the show Adobe MAX(held in October or November in San Diego), after which the timing and form of their implementation may be changed.
Bottom line
This product has considerable functionality and helps video makers create masterpiece projects. But it is worth noting that a video editor of this level consumes a large amount of computer resources, and besides, some versions work exclusively on x64-bit operating systems. It is also worth noting that mastering this product will take much more time than other video editors.
