Adobe Premiere has been the cream of the semi professional non-linear video editing application for some time. This isn’t an indepth workshop or tutorial, but it’ll arm you with the essential tools to start getting creative and follow the more complex tutorials.

Previous Premiere users may recognise the layout, but there are a few significant changes that will become apparent as you start working. Before we start the project, let’s take a look at the various windows I’ve labelled from one to 6:

1. Project: This provides access all your project files, video and audio effects (transitions, etc). The first tab contains a list of all your files imported into or rendered from your project. You can create subfolders to arrange your files, and preview the clips in the small monitor window at the top. The effects tab underneath provides access to all the effects and transitions available from Premiere Pro

2. Monitor: the monitor window is divided into two windows by default. The first video panel on the left shows the unedited clip from the project window you are currently working on. You can drag a clip from the project window onto this panel and cue the clip for editing. Within this panel is also the effects control tab. This lets you control the effects of a selected clip in the timeline. The second monitor is the timeline window monitor and preview. Here, you can change the quality of the real-time preview by right-clicking and selecting Quality

3. Timeline: This is the business end. You can drag clips from the Project or left monitor window onto the timeline. This represents your actual video and can be preview in the right monitor window. Premiere Pro also provides for the use of multiple timelines - more on this later. You can also render the timeline and zoom in from here.

4. History: this show a history of all actions. You can click on an item in the history window to be taken back to previous actions, or forward should you wish to roll back.

5. Info: this provides information about the currently selected clip

6. Toolbar: the toolbar effects how your curser interacts with the timeline. From here you can select whether left clicking on the time line either cuts, moves, zooms selects etc

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Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 at 7:59 am | by Neezar |