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Training Course Summary:

This course is designed for those who want to take their editing skills in Adobe Premiere to the level of a professional editor.

This is a two day 'power user' course which will enable you to increase your productivity and expand your range of creative choices. We also recommend this course for those planning to gain Adobe Certified Expert status in Premiere.

The course covers advanced editing techniques, media management issues, getting the best from Premiere's and After Effects' filters, optimising your system, working with sound, visually effective ways of working with text, working with motion and transparency, optimising video for broadcast, multimedia and the web and the options available when exporting for DVD.

Training Course Overview/Content:

Overview of features
Media handling
Effective media management
Batch capture procedures
How to re-capture material
into a project
Archiving Premiere projects
Effective use of scratch disks

Optimising your system
Working in realtime: what
hardware is needed?
Adding a PAL or NTSC monitor
Setting external video parameters
Checking playback settings
and sound
Working with third party video
capture cards

Advanced Editing
Using Ripple and Roll
Using Slip and Slide
The Rate Stretch tool
Using the Trim window
AB vs single track editing
Unlinking video and audio
Editing hints and tips
Using multiple, nestable timelines

Working with effects
Using Effects controls
Channel and Directional blur
Using Ramp blends
Lightning effects
Using After Effects filters
Keyframing effects

Importing files
Importing from Photoshop
Importing Photoshop layers as a sequence
Using effective graphics and
logos designed in Photoshop
Working with transparency and
Alpha channels

Customising keyboard shortcuts

More about text
Using the text tool
Looking at optimised fonts
Using text on a path
Using kerning and leading
Using textures
Creating rollers and crawls
Creating text backing straps
Hints and tips for effective
text creation

Using Sound
Sample level editing
VST filters
Track based effects
5.1 surround sound

Working with motion and transparency
Setting keyframes
Using alpha channels
Using the colour key
Using a track matte

Exporting video
Exporting to tape
Exporting for broadcast
The importance of de-interlacing
Using different Quicktime codecs
Exporting for multimedia
Exporting for the web
Exporting stills
An effective export guide

Exporting to DVD
The Export to DVD feature
Burning to DVD
Integrating with Adobe Encore DVD
Using the Quicktime and Adobe
MPEG formats
Encoders
Working with variable bit rates
Hints and tips on producing
effective material