Let me introduce you to the Adobe Premiere Pro work area…

Let me introduce you to the Adobe Premiere Pro work area…

Let me introduce you to the Adobe Premiere Pro work area… Project Window

Let me introduce you to the Adobe Premiere Pro work area… Project Name (if you’ve named it already) Effects tab Bins (which hold clips and/or other bins) Clips (pieces of audio and/or video which are your material, raw footage, songs, images, titles, etc) Dropangles Project Window

Let me introduce you to the Adobe Premiere Pro work area… Source Window Project Window

Let me introduce you to the Adobe Premiere Pro work area… Source Title Effect Controls Tab Source Content Source Window Playhead Mark In/Out (i, o) Project Window

Let me introduce you to the Adobe Premiere Pro work area… Source Window These two go together Project Window

Let me introduce you to the Adobe Premiere Pro work area… Playhead Source Window These two go together Project Window Sequence Window When you drag and drop from the Source Window Into the Sequence window…

Let me introduce you to the Adobe Premiere Pro work area… Playhead Source Window Program Window These two go together Project Window Sequence Window When you drag and drop from the Source Window Into the Sequence window…

Let me introduce you to the Adobe Premiere Pro work area… Playhead Source Window Program Window These two go together Project Window Sequence Window When you drag and drop from the Source Window Into the Sequence window…

Let me introduce you to the Adobe Premiere Pro work area… Playhead Source Window Program Window These two go together These two go together Project Window Sequence Window When you drag here, things can get confusing…

The Sequence or Timeline Window Playhead Cursor Audio/Video Tracks Time Display Area Work Area Bar Render Area

The Sequence or Timeline Window Playhead Cursor Audio/Video Tracks Time Display Area Work Area Bar Render Area

The Sequence or Timeline Window Playhead Cursor Audio/Video Tracks Time Display Area Work Area Bar Render Area

The Sequence or Timeline Window Playhead: an icon which indicates the frame displayed in a window at a particuluar moment. Cursor: an icon representing mouse movements.

The Sequence or Timeline Window Playhead Cursor You can have multiple Sequences, each on its own tab… and you can open a project within a project! Audio/Video Tracks Time Display Area Work Area Bar Render Area

The Sequence or Timeline Window Playhead Cursor Audio/Video Tracks Unlimited video and/or audio tracks! Time Display Area Work Area Bar Render Area

The Sequence or Timeline Window Playhead Cursor Audio/Video Tracks Duration of your project and/or what time signature you are watching in the Program Window.… Time Display Area Work Area Bar Render Area

The Sequence or Timeline Window Time Display Area: Move the Playhead around here. You can now also move the Playhead in the sequence itself.

The Sequence or Timeline Window Playhead Cursor Audio/Video Tracks Time Display Area Work Area Bar Render Area To show the Work Area Bar, click this, then click “show work area bar” and it will show the Work Area Bar – it’s not there by default.

The Sequence or Timeline Window Render Area: Red: no preview file Yellow: same Green: has preview file No color: no need for preview file “What the heck does all that mean?!”

The Sequence or Timeline Window Rendering MAY BE necessary when a RED LINE appears above any section of your timeline. This means you have placed an effect or changed some aspect of the footage there, so the computer must do some MATH on that section creating ANOTHER FILE it looks at so the sequence may be played at normal speed without “hanging;” this means “render.”

The Sequence or Timeline Window You DO NOT need to render UNLESS YOUR PROJECT “HANGS” OR DOES NOT PLAY SMOOTHLY. This does not happen often—only if you have MAJOR effects in your sequence. If you play your project and it hangs, you may Render.

The Sequence or Timeline Window If you ever do need to render: Place the Work Area Bar over the PART of the sequence you want to render (or the whole thing) Press “Enter.”

The Sequence or Timeline Window Render: 1. cause to become; make Render Bar: Stretch the ends to the head and tail of your work to render if necessary To Render a section: Place the Render Bar above the desired area to render; Press “Enter” After it renders, the RED turns to GREEN