Tutorial: Adobe Premiere 6.5. Teach yourself in 24 hours

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Adobe Premiere 6.5. Teach yourself in 24 hours

Part I: Getting Started Hour 1. Camcorder and Shooting Tips Gearing Up: Choosing a Camcorder Going Digital Camcorder Selection Tips Video Shooting Tips Summary Workshop Hour 2. Premiere Setup My Different Tack Setting Up Your Hardware for Video Capture Going Over Video Capture Card Features Connecting Your Camcorder and Monitor(s) Starting Premiere for the First Time: To A/B or Not to A/B? Selecting Your Project Settings Making the Easy DV Option Selections Tackling the Trickier Analog Video Project Settings Checking Out General Settings Taking a Quick Tour of Your Workspace Summary Workshop Hour 3. Video Capture and Scene Selection Capturing Video Premiere?A Nonlinear Editor Tour the Video-Editing Workspace Organizing the Workspace Preparing for Video Capture Logging and Transferring Your Clips Automating Your Video Transfers?Batch Capture Completing the Batch Capture Process Tackling Manual Analog Movie Capture Summary Workshop Hour 4. Using the Storyboard and Timeline for Cuts-only Editing Managing Your Assets Playing Your Clips Organizing Your Clips Creating Your First Project Using the Storyboard Taking a Timeline Tour Manipulating Clips in the Timeline Adding a Professional Touch to Your Project Summary Workshop Hour 5. Adding Transitions: From Dissolves to Zooms Editing: From Engineers to Artists Using Transitions with Restraint Adding Some Straightforward Transitions to a Project Resolving Transition Technical Issues Adding Transitions to Your Own Project Summary Workshop Part II: Enhancing Your Video Hour 6. Story Creation, Writing, and Video Production Tips Getting the Story Right Story-Creation Tips Writing in the 'Active Voice' Storytelling with Video Unblocking Creativity Stepping Up to Film The Business of Video Production Doing the Video Production Thing Summary Workshop Hour 7. Adding Audio Selecting the Right Mic for the Job Connecting Mics to Your Camcorder Building a Simple and Inexpensive Voice-Recording Area Voicing Solid Narrations Editing Audio Using Premiere News-Style Editing: Using Cutaways with Sound Bites News-Style Editing: Using J-Cuts and L-Cuts Using the Audio Mixer Summary Workshop Hour 8. Tackling Text: Using the Title Designer Using Supers to Help Tell Your Story Taking a Tour of Adobe's New Title Designer Creating Text Working with Object Style Configuring Properties Adding Fill to Text Creating Shadows Adding Strokes to Text and Objects Creating and Saving Your Text Adding Motion to Your Text?Rolling and Crawling Using the Title Designer to Make Simple Graphics Summary Workshop Hour 9. Advanced Editing Techniques and Workspace Tools Playing Clips Backward, Changing Speed, and Freezing Frames Rolling, Slide, and Slip Edits Creating Special Transitions Adding Music from CDs or SmartSound Quicktracks Setting Timeline Markers and Making an Automated Music Video Summary Workshop Hour 10. Adding Audio Effects Managing Effects Adjusting Sound: An Overview of Premiere Audio Effects Experimenting with Fun Audio Effects Creating Professional Audio Enhancements with TC|Works Summary Workshop Hour 11. Creating Video Effects Introducing Premiere's Video Effects Using Keyframes: Changing Effects Over Time Applying Motion to Clips and Changing Their Shape Summary Workshop Part III: Higher-end Effects Hour 12. Using Higher-Level Video Effects Making Sense of the Plethora of Video Effects Technical Fix Effects Color Appearance Effects Blur/Sharpen Effects Distortion Effects QuickTime Effects Summary Workshop Hour 13. Wrapping Up Effects with After Effects Adobe After Effects: Astounding Visual Effects Enjoying After Effects' Video Effects Color Appearance Effects 3D-Style Effects Applying Techniques Covered So Far Summary Workshop Hour 14. Compositing Part 1: Layering Images and Clips Making Compositing Part of Your Projects Your Assignment: Grab Shots for Compositing Working with the Opacity Rubberband Moving on to Keying Summary Workshop Hour 15. Compositing Part 2: Alpha Channels and Mattes Working with Alpha Channel Transparencies Using Alpha Channel Transparency with 12 Premiere Video Effects Creating and Working with Mattes Summary Workshop Hour 16. Tips, Tricks, and Techniques: Part 1 Highlighting a Portion of Your Clip Following Action with Traveling Mattes Obscuring Someone's Identity Using Virtual Clips Using Split Screens for Animated Mirror Effects Summary Workshop Hour 17. Tips, Tricks, and Techniques: Part 2 Using Keyboard Shortcuts to Simplify Your Editing Applying Productivity Tips to Speed Up Editing and Resolve Minor Annoyances Three Performance-Enhancing Tips More Color Codes What to Do If Premiere Misbehaves Enjoying Some Fun and Fast Editing Tricks Summary Workshop Part IV: Working with Other Adobe Products and Exporting Your Videos Hour 18. Using Other Adobe Products for Video Production Taking a Tour of Photoshop Elements Moving Up to Photoshop Using Photoshop in Video Production?Expert Tips Filling a Narrow Video Production Niche with Adobe Illustrator Expert Tips for First-time Illustrator Users Summary Hour 19. Exporting Premiere Frames, Clips, and Projects: Part 1 Print to Video or Export to Tape?What Does It All Mean? Choosing an Export Format Wading Through Export Options Finally, Exporting Your Project Summary Workshop Hour 20. Exporting Premiere Frames, Clips, and Projects: Part 2 Revisiting MPEG Using the New Adobe MPEG Encoder Preparing Your Projects for Use on the Web Using the Advanced Windows Media Plug-In Using the Advanced RealMedia Export for Web Apps Summary Workshop Part V: DVD Authoring Hour 21. Designing Your DVD Project and Creating Menus DVDs Are Driving the Next Technological Wave Deciding What You Want to Accomplish?Menu Structure DVD Authoring?Initial Phase Creating Menus?Image Backgrounds and Buttons Summary Workshop Hour 22. DVD Authoring Adjusting Image, Text, and Menu Characteristics Adding Videos and Stills and Changing Their Properties Linking Media to Your Menu Buttons to Make Your Project Flow Changing Movie, Image, and Menu Properties Summary Workshop Hour 23. Enhanced DVD Authoring Higher-End DVD-Authoring Enhancements Stepping Up to Mid-range DVD-Authoring Products Top-flight DVD-Authoring Tools Professional DVD Playback Summary Hour 24. Burning Your DVD Testing: Checking All Links and Ensuring Logical Project Flow Choosing DVD Recorders and Recordable Media 'Burning' Your DVD Extra Features in DVDit! SE and PE Dealing with Mass Replicators Summary Workshop