Course Title:   Adobe Premiere level 1 course

Audience

This course is for individuals who are self-employed and who sell video services, such as wedding videographers. "Prosumers", who are amateurs knowledgeable enough to need professional resources. Other professionals engaged in videography, but for whom videography is not their primary job role. They need to edit video clips and create digital movies, but have little or no experience using Premiere Pro. They need to edit video more quickly, integrate video with other Adobe products, and work in a digital format that can be repurposed for multiple uses. They may have experience using graphic design and illustration programs, such as page layout, photo editing, or illustration programs, but probably do not have experience using other video editing applications.

On Completion

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Assemble a sequence of media clips
Fine tune a sequence
Enhance a sequence with transitions, effects, and titles
Adjust audio clips
Export video 

Description

This two day Adobe authorised course will give you a comprehensive grounding in Adobe Premiere and provide the skills to bring your ideas to life.

Our trainers are experienced digital video editors who have produced commercial video sequences for broadcast, multimedia and the web. The course covers hints and tips on timing, video effects and compression methods that can make all the difference to your final production.

This course provides an excellent introduction to editing digital video the fastest growing communication tool on the web.

Adobe Premiere Level 1 Course Outline

Introduction to Premiere
• Premiere's user interface
• Importing a video clip
• Displaying video clips
• Viewing and defining video and audio properties
• Using presets to simplify the setting options
• Using video windows
• Using the Timeline display
• Displaying time references
• Using video insert and overlay
• Controlling audio mixing levels
• Editing in Timeline or program windows

Project management
• Accessing multiple source material
• Using thumbnails and clip descriptions
• The Project Settings dialog box
• Importing multiple video clips
• Using multiple flexible bins
• Importing different graphics and audio file formats
• The Automate to Timeline command

Editing
• Using the time ruler
• Using the Track Select, Rolling edit and the Sliding edit tools
• Previewing and rendering using the Ripple tool
• Solving SYNC Problems
• Locking layers

Special effects
• Using standard effects
• Using transitions
• Using Premiere's built in effects/transitions library
• Hints and tips on using effects

The image processing filters
• Using colour correction
• Using blur
• Using image altering controls
• Creating text

Record and play
• Capturing video and audio
• Playing video footage from the hard disk
• Variable video playback speeds
• Batch digitising multiple video clips
• Automatic timecodes

Motion control
• Resizing and moving video layers
• Layering digital images
• Using audio processing filters
• Support for additional effects
• Using plug-in image filters
• Using time remapping

Compositing and superimposing
• Working with layers
• Key techniques
• Generating mattes in Premiere
• Using transparency

Professional features
• Precision audio editing
• Exporting from Adobe Premiere
• Dynamic integration with other Adobe applications
• Using Adobe OnLocation (Windows only)
• Compression tips and tricks
• Optimising video playback

Exporting your project
• Quicktime/RealPlayer compression modules
• Using Save for Web output
• DV, HDV and High Definition video formats
• Exporting for broadcast
• Exporting for multimedia
• Exporting for the web
• Exporting for mobile devices
• Using Device Central
• Embedding video into a PDF file for distribution
• Tips and good practice

Practical exercises