Introduction to Premiere Pro CS6 TV, Film and Digital Media Ms. Copeland

Open Premiere Pro If you do not see the icon on your desktop, click the Start button (Windows) and type “Pre.” Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 will show in the resulting list if it is installed on you computer. Click the name of the program to open it.

Premiere Pro Projects To create a new project select the New Project folder. To open an exiting project select the Open Project folder.

Project Settings New Project Dialogue Box On the General tab, verify the following: Video Display Format > Timecode Audio Display Format > Audio Samples Capture Format > DV Location: C\ - Save your project locally. Always make sure you have a non-local back-up. Name: Spartan Values – (your topic) i.e. If you are doing your spot on Bullying, name your project Spartan Values - Bullying. Click OK

Project Settings New Sequence Dialog Box Sequence Presets > Available Presets Open the DV-NTSC folder and select Standard 48kHz Sequence Name: Name your sequence your Spartan Values topic i.e. If you are doing your spot on Bullying, name your sequence Bullying. Click OK

Premiere Pro CS6 Workspace Selection The Editing workspace is Premiere’s default workspace. Select Window > Workspace and be sure Editing is checked. If not, select it. If Editing is checked, select Reset Current Workspace.

Premiere Pro CS6 Main Panels Source Monitor The Source Monitor plays back individual clips. In the Source Monitor, you prepare clips that you want to add to a sequence. You set In points and Out points, and specify the clip’s source tracks (audio or video). You can also insert clip markers and add clips to a sequence in the Timeline panel. Insert and Overwrite buttons are available in the Source Monitor to place clips on the Timeline. Program Monitor The Program Monitor plays back the sequence of clips that you are assembling. It’s your view of the active sequence in a Timeline panel. You can set sequence markers and specify sequence In points and Out points. Sequence In points and Out points define where frames are added or removed from the sequence. Lift and Extract buttons are available in the Program Monitor to edit clips on the Timeline.

Premiere Pro CS6 Main Panels Project Monitor Use to view and sort assets (audio and video) and their details. Sequence Panel Used to assemble and arrange assets into sequences (a group of individual assets used to create a movie).

Creating Asset Bins (folders) Click the Project Monitor to select it. When selected a yellow outline will appear around the panel. Click the New Bin icon at the bottom right of the panel. Premiere will name the new bin “Bin 01” by default. Rename the bin for what it will contain, for example, “Video,” “Audio” or “Mario’s Scenes.” Close the bin and open the next one being uploaded to. Do this for all of your assets. You may group them as you like.

Importing Assets Double-click the bin you want to upload assets to, to open it. On the Menu bar, Select File > Import and navigate to your saved footage (unedited video). Select the footage to upload. If you a message appears asking if you want to change the capture format select “Yes.” Upload all of your assets: audio, video, still images.

Source Monitor You can view assets by either clicking the small clip icons in the Project Monitor bins or by double-clicking on the clip icons to open the footage / audio in the Source Monitor. ACTIVITY: Setting In and Out Points Drag the Source Monitor current-time indicator (CTI) to where you want to put the In point in the clip.

Source Monitor Icons

Source Monitor ACTIVITY: Setting In and Out Points (continued) Click the Mark In button from the Source Monitor trimming tools. A left-bracket appears in the time ruler, with a light-blue shading to the right. Play the clip, look for a logical Out point, and drag the Source Monitor CTI there. You may also type the timecode point into the display to go directly to the out point.

Source Monitor ACTIVITY: Setting In and Out Points (continued) Click the Mark Out button from the Source Monitor trimming tools. A right-bracket appears and the shading falls between the In point and Out point.

Source Monitor ACTIVITY: Setting In and Out Points (continued) Click the Go To In button and then the Go To Out button to navigate back and forth between the In point and Out point. Play the trimmed segment by placing the CTI at the In point, and clicking the Play/Stop Toggle button

Adding Clips To A Sequence Using the Source Monitor When you use the Source Monitor to add a clip to a sequence, you can use an Insert edit or an Overlay edit. You can choose to add both video and audio, audio only, or video only. To add clips: 1. Click the Go To In button to return your chosen In point. 2. In the Timeline panel, move the CTI to the beginning of an empty sequence. Note: You may need to create a new empty sequence. 3. Check to see that the Video 1 and Audio 1 track headers are targeted (highlighted). To target a video or audio track, click its header. 4. In the Source Monitor, click the Insert button to place this clip at the CTI line in the sequence.

Adding Clips To A Sequence Using the Source Monitor To add clips (continued): 5. In the Project panel, double-click a second video clip to put that clip in the Source Monitor. 6. In the Source Monitor, set In and Out points for the newly added clip. 7. Check that the Timeline panel CTI is at the end of the first clip (it goes there automatically after an Insert or Overlay edit). 8. In the Source Monitor, click the Insert button. The newly added clip (the second clip) appears in the sequence to the right of the first clip. Do this for each of your clips.

Adding Clips To A Sequence Using the Source Monitor To add clips (continued): Do this for each of your clips. To view your current sequence, press Play on the Program Monitor transport.

Editing: Trimming Put your cursor at the beginning or end of where you want to trim. When it becomes red, you can drag the clip to the desired trimmed spot. You can drag your clip over into the gap. Make sure they “snap” together. If it does not snap together, press “s” key. By Samantha Harlow Media & Digital Resource Librarian High Point University

Editing: Transitions Right click on where you want to add transitions – Select Apply Default Transitions. If you want something other than Default Transition, you can go to the Effects tab in your Project box and then Video Transitions. Once you select your transition, you can drag and drop it into desired location on the timeline. By Samantha Harlow Media & Digital Resource Librarian High Point University

Editing: Titles You can upload your titles through your own personalized images, such as files made in Photoshop, PowerPoint, or Keynote. One tip is that you can make titles in Photoshop with transparent backgrounds that you can put over footage. Premiere does not come with default titles – you will always need to make your own. Once you have the image prepared, all you have to do is drag it into a layer on your timeline. By Samantha Harlow Media & Digital Resource Librarian High Point University

Editing: Music You can drag your music from the Project folders to the Source Pane or the timeline to begin. The Source Pane will allow you to edit the music within Premiere. By Samantha Harlow Media & Digital Resource Librarian High Point University

Editing: Music To view your waves in the timeline, take your cursor to the top of your audio file and drag it down – the blue is the waves of the video file and the green is the waves of an added music track. The two waves represent the left and right channel of the audio. By Samantha Harlow Media & Digital Resource Librarian High Point University

Editing: Music To adjust the volume, hover your mouse in the middle of the channels and then bring the waves up or down. This way you can make voices louder, and music softer. By Samantha Harlow Media & Digital Resource Librarian High Point University

Editing: Music If you drag the Audio option on the left on the timeline out, the middle circle button is where you can add and remove Keyframe. A keyframe allows you to split the audio in order to change volumes at different spots on your music or voice tracks. By Samantha Harlow Media & Digital Resource Librarian High Point University

Editing: Music Make sure your audio is selected and you make at least two keyframes. This way you can keep one at high volume and then bring your volume down at the split (see above). You can add more for subtly fading in or out if desired. By Samantha Harlow Media & Digital Resource Librarian High Point University

Exporting Project Make sure timeline is selected and go to File – Export – Media. By Samantha Harlow Media & Digital Resource Librarian High Point University

Exporting Project You will get this dialogue box. To select which format you want to export, to to the format tab. See image to left for all the options. By Samantha Harlow Media & Digital Resource Librarian High Point University

Exporting Project Be sure to select the “Entire Sequence” getting exported on the bottom left. By Samantha Harlow Media & Digital Resource Librarian High Point University

Exporting Project When all of your settings are done, push the export key. Be sure to allow for plenty of time to export since you are combining many types of high quality media. ***Allow for at least as long as your video – most likely you will need longer to export than you think. By Samantha Harlow Media & Digital Resource Librarian High Point University