Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Premiere Pro in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself)

Sams Teach Yourself Premiere® Pro Adobe® in 24 Hours......Page 2
Copyright © 2004 by Sams Publishing......Page 3
Contents at a Glance......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 6
About the Author......Page 23
Tell Us What You Think!......Page 25
A Collaborative Effort......Page 26
Premiere Pro: Built from Scratch......Page 27
Conventions Used in This Book......Page 28
PART I Getting Started......Page 30
HOUR 1 Touring Premiere Pro and Presenting the DV Workflow......Page 32
Premiere—A Nonlinear Editor......Page 33
Touring Premiere Pro’s Workspace......Page 34
Premiere Pro’s Special Features and Technologies......Page 44
Diagramming the Digital Video Workflow......Page 49
Summary......Page 51
Workshop......Page 53
Going Digital......Page 54
Choosing a Camcorder......Page 56
Moving Up (Way Up) to High-Definition Video......Page 59
Eighteen Tips on Shooting Great Video......Page 61
Expert Advice from Karl Petersen......Page 70
Summary......Page 73
Workshop......Page 74
HOUR 3 Story Creation, Writing, and Video Production Tips......Page 76
Getting the Story Right......Page 77
Writing in the Active Voice......Page 80
Storytelling with Video......Page 84
Stepping Up to Film......Page 87
The Business of Video Production......Page 88
Doing the Video Production Thing......Page 92
Summary......Page 94
Workshop......Page 95
Configuring a Powerful DV Workstation......Page 96
Video Capture Cards—Adding Video Editing Magic......Page 100
Reviewing the Alienware DV Workstation......Page 104
Starting Premiere Pro for the First Time......Page 105
Organizing the Workspace......Page 109
Summary......Page 113
Workshop......Page 114
HOUR 5 Scene Selection and Video Capture......Page 116
Selecting Video Clips......Page 117
Capturing Digital Video......Page 118
Tackling Manual Analog Movie Capture......Page 129
Using Scenalyzer to Automate Video Capture......Page 131
Managing Your Assets......Page 132
Summary......Page 134
Workshop......Page 135
Video Editing: From Engineers to Artists......Page 136
Using a Storyboard Approach......Page 138
Taking a Timeline Window Tour......Page 145
Editing Clips in a Sequence......Page 146
Summary......Page 155
Workshop......Page 156
PART II Enhancing Your Video......Page 158
Using Transitions with Restraint......Page 160
Trying Some Transitions......Page 162
Manipulating Transitions in the A/B Window......Page 172
Summary......Page 183
Workshop......Page 184
HOUR 8 Tackling Text: Using the Title Designer......Page 186
Using a Template to Examine Properties......Page 187
Creating Text......Page 196
Adding Motion and Putting Text on a Path......Page 202
Creating Geometric Objects......Page 206
Summary......Page 208
Workshop......Page 209
HOUR 9 Advanced Editing Techniques and Workspace Tools......Page 212
Adding a Professional Touch to Your Project......Page 213
Playing Clips Backward, Changing Speed, and Freezing Frames......Page 214
Adding News-Style Cutaways......Page 222
Rolling, Slip, and Slide Edits......Page 224
Creating Special Transitions......Page 228
Editing Tips from an Expert—John Crossman......Page 234
Summary......Page 237
Workshop......Page 238
Introducing Premiere Pro’s Video Effects......Page 240
Changing Effects Over Time—Keyframing......Page 248
Using Keyframe Interpolation Controls......Page 252
Summary......Page 257
Workshop......Page 258
Applying Motion and Changing a Clip’s Size......Page 260
Enhancing Motion—Changing Size and Adding Rotation......Page 266
Giving Clips a 3D Look......Page 270
Working with Still Images— Special Issues......Page 273
Summary......Page 276
Workshop......Page 277
PART III Acquiring, Editing, and Sweetening Audio......Page 280
Selecting the Right Mic for the Job......Page 282
Connecting Mics to Your Camcorder or PC......Page 287
Getting the Most from Your Mics— Expert Audio Tips......Page 289
Building a Simple and Inexpensive Voice-Recording Area......Page 292
Voicing Solid Narrations......Page 293
Ripping Music CDs......Page 294
Creating Custom Music with SmartSound Movie Maestro......Page 298
Summary......Page 304
Workshop......Page 305
Premiere Pro—A New Aural Experience......Page 308
Basic Premiere Pro Audio Editing......Page 311
Higher-Level Audio Editing......Page 317
Making an Automated Music Video Using Timeline Markers......Page 324
Summary......Page 326
Workshop......Page 327
Sweetening Sound—Premiere Pro’s Audio Effects......Page 330
Revealing the Power of VST Plug-ins......Page 334
Following Premiere Pro’s New Audio Tracks......Page 338
Working with the New Audio Mixer......Page 340
Summary......Page 346
Workshop......Page 347
HOUR 15 Professional Audio Tools: SmartSound Sonicfire and Adobe Audition......Page 350
Making Music with SmartSound Sonicfire Pro......Page 351
Introducing Adobe Audition......Page 353
Audition’s Audio Effects......Page 357
Using Audition to Craft a Tune......Page 361
Summary......Page 369
Workshop......Page 370
PART IV Higher-End Visual Effects and Editing Techniques......Page 372
HOUR 16 Using Higher-Level Video Effects......Page 374
Making Sense of the Plethora of Video Effects......Page 375
Technical Fix Effects......Page 376
Blur & Sharpen Effects......Page 379
Distort Effects......Page 382
Color and Appearance Effects......Page 397
Adobe After Effects: Astounding Visual Effects......Page 405
Summary......Page 410
Workshop......Page 411
HOUR 17 Compositing Part 1—Layering and Keying Clips......Page 414
Making Compositing Part of Your Projects......Page 415
News-Style Cutaways and Multitrack Audio Rules......Page 416
Your Assignment: Grab Shots for Compositing......Page 423
Working with the Opacity Effect......Page 424
Keying Clips......Page 427
Summary......Page 438
Workshop......Page 440
HOUR 18 Compositing Part 2—Alpha Channels and Mattes......Page 442
Working with Alpha Channel Transparencies......Page 443
Using Video Effects with Alpha Channel Transparencies......Page 447
Using the Motion Effect to Make Pictures-in-a-Picture......Page 457
Two Multiple Track Video Effects: Blend and Texturize......Page 461
Creating and Working with Mattes......Page 463
Using Mattes to Build Split Screens......Page 468
Summary......Page 473
Workshop......Page 474
HOUR 19 Tips, Tricks, and Techniques— Part 1......Page 476
Highlighting a Portion of Your Clip......Page 477
Applying Realistic Drop Shadows to Rotating Objects......Page 480
Working with Nested Sequences......Page 483
Enhancing Two Effects Using Nested Sequences......Page 485
Giving Motion to Two Immovable Effects......Page 490
Obscuring Someone’s Identity......Page 496
Fine-tuning Keys Using a Nested Sequence......Page 497
Summary......Page 500
Workshop......Page 501
HOUR 20 Tips, Tricks, and Techniques— Part 2......Page 504
Adjusting Color—Three Color-Correcting Effects......Page 505
Working in the Trim Window......Page 511
Four Fun Editing Techniques......Page 514
Five Fast Editing Tips......Page 519
Timeline Window Keyboard Shortcuts......Page 522
Checking Out Several Workspace Shortcuts and Tools......Page 526
Tips from an Adobe Corporate Premiere Pro Evangelist......Page 527
Summary......Page 531
Workshop......Page 532
Exciting Effect and Transition Plug-ins......Page 534
Innovative Graphics—Editor’s Toolkit from Digital Juice......Page 542
High-Definition Video—Cineform’s Aspect HD......Page 546
Multiple-Camera Editing with Multicam......Page 548
Creating Multimedia Movies with CyberCam......Page 549
Speeding Up Editing with Contour Design’s ShuttlePRO V.2......Page 550
Summary......Page 551
PART V Working with Other Adobe Products and Exporting Your Videos......Page 554
HOUR 22 Using Photoshop and After Effects to Enhance Your DV Project......Page 556
Introducing Photoshop CS......Page 557
Using Photoshop CS in Video Production......Page 560
Introducing After Effects......Page 568
Animating Text with After Effects......Page 571
Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects......Page 575
Summary......Page 581
Workshop......Page 582
HOUR 23 Exporting Premiere Pro Frames, Clips, and Sequences......Page 584
Introducing Exporting......Page 585
Recording Your Sequence to Videotape......Page 587
Creating Basic Media Files......Page 590
Using the Adobe Media Encoder......Page 598
Using the Adobe Media Encoder to Export MPEG-1 and MPEG-2......Page 605
Using Premiere Pro to Burn a Video to a DVD......Page 612
Summary......Page 614
Workshop......Page 615
HOUR 24 Authoring DVDs with Encore DVD......Page 618
Introducing the Authoring Process......Page 619
Overview of Adobe Encore DVD......Page 620
Assembling Assets and Editing Media......Page 623
Editing Menus in Encore DVD and Photoshop......Page 630
Linking Menus, Buttons, and Media......Page 637
Burning the DVD......Page 646
Summary......Page 647
Workshop......Page 648
Index......Page 650