Adobe Premiere Pro CC For Dummies von John Carucci

<p><b>When the filming stops, the real video production work begins</b></p><p>Ever wonder how your favorite video creators regularly put out such slick content? They're probably using Adobe Premiere Pro CC, a go-to video production app for both professional and amateur video creators.</p><p><i>Adobe Premiere Pro CC For Dummies</i> walks you through each step of editing and producing slick and stylish videos that stand up to what the pros post. From transferring your digital movie files from your camera or phone to your computer all the way to uploading your latest creation to YouTube or the web, this book has the info you need to bring your ideas to life.</p><p>If you're new to video production, you can begin at the beginning with the handbook's user-friendly guide to the basics of setting clips on the timeline and making them flow seamlessly. Or, if you've already got a few videos under your belt, you can skip right to the more advanced material, like special effects and handy tricks of the trade.</p><p>Youll also find:</p><ul><li>Instruction on joining video clips into a continuous final product, complete with transitions, special effects, and more</li><li>Advice on improving sound, getting rid of color errors, and customizing the look of your videos with filters and aftereffects</li><li>Straightforward guides to adding voiceovers and soundtracks to your videos</li></ul><p>So, if you're new to Adobe Premiere Pro CCor digital video editing in general<i>Adobe Premiere Pro CC For Dummies</i> is the first and last resource you'll need to start editing like a pro.</p>

John Carucciis not a celebrity, though he certainly brushes up against the stars of stage and screen on a regular basis in his role as an Entertainment TV Producer with the Associated Press. Along with hobnobbing with actors and musicians, John is also author ofDigital SLR Video& Filmmaking For Dummies and two editions ofGoPro Cameras For Dummies.

Introduction 1About this Book 1How this book is organized 2Icons Used in the Book 3Beyond the book 4Part 1: Getting Familiar with the Adobe Premiere Pro Universe 5Chapter 1: Perusing the Premiere Pro Landscape 7Understanding What Premiere Pro Can Do 8Dissecting the Workspace 8Breaking down the interface 9Ingesting and Editing 9Understanding the panels 10Getting around the workspace 10Having a Panel Discussion 11Knowing the Project panel 11Spending some time with the Timeline panel 13Making the most of the Source and Program Monitors 14Grasping the Effects and Effect Controls panels 15Feeling out the other panels 16Using the libraries 18Tooling Around the Toolbar 18Chapter 2: Understanding the Premiere Pro Workspace 21Identifying Your Needs 22Working with your computer platform 22Are you a Mac? 22Or are you a PC? 24Naming PC models is a little harder 24The systems are not that far apart 26Look before you leap on your PC 26Understanding Workstation Requirements 27Determining if your computer is right 28Breaking down the differences between Mac and PC 29Respecting the graphics card 29Needing GPU acceleration 30Random access memory 30More Hard Drive Space, Please 30Solid-state drives 31Conventional hard drives 31Not all hard drives are created equal 32Scratch disks 32Managing other computer components 33Keying into keyboard types 33Eeek, a mouse! 33USB-C is the new black 34Looking at Capture Gear 34Smartphone capture 34Top-of-the-line video cameras 35Broadcast video camera 36Consumer-level camcorders 36Digital single-lens reflex 37Point-and-shoot video options 37Mirrorless camera 38Going GoPro 39Card readers and capture devices 39Audio recorders 40Going to the videotape 40Defining Users 41Neophyte user 42Intermediate 42Professional photographer 42Video enthusiast 43Social media influencer 43Chapter 3: Adjusting Premiere Pro to Suit Your Needs 45Setting Up Your Workspace 45Subscribing and installing software 46Feeling welcome 46Using workspace presets 46Edit workspace order 49Adding a clip description 49Customizing and saving your workspace 49Moving panels 50Saving your workspace 50Hiding workspace presets 51Using a second monitor 51Using your iPad as a second monitor 52Set up your iPad monitor 53Using a broadcast monitor 53Breaking down keyboard shortcuts 54Personalizing keyboard commands 55Single Key shortcuts 56Using a skin 56Setting your scratch disk 56Render files 57Pointing in the right direction 57Tweaking Program Settings 57Setting preferences 58Optimizing performance 60Fine-tuning your setup 60Customizing the Windows 61Doing the panel dance 61Sizing the monitor 61Whats inside counts 62Adjusting the timeline 63Modifying the Project panel 63Freestyling with Freeform 63Understanding the Audio Mixers 64Audio Clip Mixer 66Part 2: Gathering Content 67Chapter 4: Sorting Out the Elements of Video Production 69Defining Digitized Video 69Binary refinery 70Digital Video 70High Definition is the flavor of the day 71Fawning over 4K 71Vying with VHS 72Explaining Digital Video Fundamentals 72Understanding how video works 72Dealing with aspect ratio 73Frame rates 73Understanding timecode 74Understanding formats 74Breaking down the best file types 74Capturing Great Video 75Controlling the camera 75Arranging the scene 77Understanding shot lingo 79Lighting the scene 80Waiting for the sun 80Communicating through light 81On-camera video lights 81The French call it mise-en-scène 83Chapter 5: Prepping Your Movie Projects 85Starting Your Project 86Creating a project 86Opening an existing project 88Tweaking the Settings 88Project settings 88Title safe margins 89Getting those preferences right 89Timeline preferences 91Auto Save preferences 91Playback preferences 92Scratching the scratch drive surface 92Making a Sequence 94Setting each sequence 94Making a custom setting 94Adjusting the Timeline 96Increasing the height of the video and audio tracks 97Fill the screen with a panel 98Chapter 6: Importing Media into a Project 101Starting Your Project 102Ingesting media 102Adobe Bridge 103Transferring from a card reader 103Editing directly from a card 105Capturing tape from a camcorder 105Downloading clips 107Importing media 107Adding music and audio clips 108Recording ADR 108Sound effects 108Adding a soundtrack 109Finding the right music 109Grabbing royalty-free music from the web 110Prepping still images for the timeline 111Organizing Media 112Creating bins 113Color coding your bins 113Tagging with metadata 113Understanding data types 115Move it on over 115Entering data 116Bins versus tags 116Part 3: Editing Your Masterpiece 117Chapter 7: Preparing Your Video for Editing 119Getting the Lowdown on Your Clips 120Analyzing clip details 120Keeping bins lean and clean 121Playing clips smoothly 121Altering playback resolution 122Knowing how far can you go 122Changing playback resolution 123Working the In and Out Points 123Setting In and Out points 123Using markers 125More than a bookmark 125Types of markers 125Making your mark 126The Markers panel 127Modifying Clips 128Scrubbing through the clip 128Using keys 128Using the arrow keys 128Marking the scrubbed clip 128Adjusting clip duration 129Changing speeds 129Rate Stretch tool 130Heres how to use it 130Reversing the action 130Understanding Clip/Speed Duration 131Rippling through the Ripple tools 131Ripple Edit tool 132The Rolling Edit tool 132Chapter 8: Editing in the Timeline 133Managing Your Sequence 134Populating the timeline 134Adding clips 134Backing it up a bit 135Moving clips 136Dragging clips into the timeline 136Adding clips through the Program panel 136Source Patching and Targeting 137What you drag isnt always what you get 138Fine Tuning Your Clips 139Trimming clips 139Handling enough clip frames to trim 140Naming clips 140Expanding to see waveforms 141Freezing frames 141Choosing Insert Frame Hold Segment 143Advanced Timeline Tricks 143More advanced clip movement 143Using the Track Select tool 143Overwrite a clip with an adjacent clip 143Considering the three-point edit 144Back-timing edits 145Trying a four-point edit 146Making the right choice 147Chapter 9: Transitioning between Clips 149Choosing Effective Transitions 150Perusing the transition palette 151Why do you need transitions? 151Grasping Transition 101 153Setting default transitions 155Apply default transitions 156Controlling transitions 156Using clip handles 158Advanced Transition Techniques 158Planning for your transitions 159The one-sided transition 159Differentiating transitions in the timeline 159Changing and deleting transitions 159Copying and pasting transitions 160Plug in to your transitions 160Chapter 10: Finishing Your Edited Video 161Exercising Video Correction 161Fixing exposure issues 162Tweaking those tones 162Adjusting color 163Cropping to fill the frame 163What can you do about it? 164Correcting Color and Tone 165Grasping Lumetri Color 165Understanding the Lumetri Color Landscape 166Adjusting tone 167Making a quick correction 169Codec limits 170Using color for style 170Matching color in the scene 171Using Video Scopes 171Accessing the scopes 172Different scopes for different folks 173Defining the scope of terms 174Exploring Some Advanced Techniques 175Making adjustment layers 175Making an informed decision 176Using Comparison view 176Removing a color cast 177Adding punch to the clip 178Quickly correct luminance 178Color correction with an Adjustment Layer 179Chapter 11: Constructing the Video Composite 181Understanding Compositing 182Layering clips 182Adjusting opacity to reveal 183Messing with opacity 183Using the Opacity and Blend modes 184Striking the right balance between clips 184Lets look at the Blend modes 187Introducing the Blend modes 187Applying a Blend mode to an adjustment layer 192Transform effect and adjustment layers 192Merging clips in a nest 192Working with the nested clip 193Understanding alpha channels 193Creating an image mask 195Working with Keyframes 195How keyframes work 195Keyframing in action 196Compositing with Special Effects 199Keen on green screen 199Blue too for chroma 199Shooting your very own chroma key 199Putting your green-screen composite together 201Fine-tuning your key 202Layering video 202Making clips side-by-side 204Chapter 12: Choosing Cool Effects for Your Movie 207Understanding Effects 207Enhancing the look of your video 208Improving the scene with Lighting Effects 208Controlling Lighting Effects 209Breaking down light types 210Scaling video 212Cropping video 214Making Corrections 215Dealing with shaky footage 215Understanding Warp Stabilization 215Warp Stabilization settings 216Blurring video 217Using Blur under a still image 217Making video sharper 219Creating a mosaic 219Removing effects 220Adding a timecode 221Playing with Your Clips 222Flipping video 222Changing speeds 223Time lapsing your video 224Trying Turbulent Displace 224Chapter 13: Working with Audio 227Understanding Your Audio Needs 227Sound matters 228Defining great sound 228Adjusting audio levels 229Mixing audio 230Get those levels right 230Simplifying varying audio levels 231Beginning with Recording the Audio 232Considerations for capturing audio 233Be aware of sound on the scene 233Working with Audio in Your Movie 235Linking and unlinking tracks 235Working with separate tracks 237Navigating the Essential Sound Panel 239Using the Essential Sound panel 239Working with audio tracks in the Essential Sound panel 240Organization is key 241Assigning audio track roles 241Delving into the Dialogue presets 241Looking into the Music option 243Effecting the SFX track 244Adjusting Ambience 245Making voices sound better 246Chapter 14: Dazzling with Titles and Graphics249Understanding Titles and Motion Graphics 250Using the Text Tool 250Navigating the Essential Graphics panel 250Browsing the templates 250Using Text to Speech 251Creating a transcript 252Creating Captions 253Understanding Create Captions Controls 254Editing text 255Editing Graphics 255Searching for a graphic is easy 256The Browse section 256The Edit section 257Putting words on the screen 258Breaking down text adjustments 258Replacing fonts 258Create graphics 260Adjusting graphics 260Making a text layer 260Creating titles 261Adding static titles 261Title Safe and Action Safe 262Making a graphic title 263Smartening up your movie 263Crediting your movie 263Arranging your opening movie credits 264Closing credits 265Adding credits to your movie 266Making your own rolling credits 266Identifying a subject with a lower third 270Tweaking fonts 270Making a (simple) motion title 271Part 4: Finishing Off Your Project 275Chapter 15: Finalizing Your Project 277Being Your Own QC Monitor 278Watching and studying 278Assuring clip continuity 278Matching audio levels 280Checking graphics and titles 280Previewing the Timeline 280Casting a critical eye 281Having gap insurance 281Watching on an external monitor 282Viewing the meters 282Listening on speakers 283Being a good listener 283Hearing with your eyes closed 283Fine-Tuning Video for Export 284Pre-export process 284Being efficient 284Bumping up the preview quality 285Avoiding crashes 286Checking the timeline closely 288Dividing the export 288Relinking media 289Grabbing freeze frames 290Heres how to make a freeze frame 291Exporting a JPEG sequence 292Chapter 16: Kicking Out Your Movie295Exporting Your Movie 295Familiarizing yourself with the Export panel 297Choosing a format 297Introducing the presets 298Understand the top video file extensions 298Popular file formats 299Checking the Summary 300The lower section of the Export panel 300Bitrate Setting 300Checking the right boxes 301Knowing the difference between file containers and codecs 302Setting output names for delivery 303Choosing the Right File Format for Your Needs 304Exporting uncompressed video as a master file 304Pre-export checklist 305Exporting a portion of the movie 306Pointing the file to a folder 306Saving settings for future exports 306Converting outside Premiere Pro 307Chapter 17: Spanning the Globe with Your Movie 309Showing Your Movie 310On your computer 310Watching on a smartphone 310Tablet viewing 311Projecting on a screen 311Playing on a home theater 312Cast a movie on your iPhone or iPad 313A warning about intellectual property 313Using the Worlds Largest Screening Room 314Uploading your movie 314Sharing videos on YouTube 315Sharing video on Vimeo 317Using Social Media 320Showing your movie on Facebook 321Instagram 321Twitter video is meant to be short 323Twitter video upload requirements 324TikTok 324Sharing your Movie 325WeTransfer 325iCloud 326iCloud Drive 326Dropbox 327Hightail 327Google Drive 327Going Old School 328Burning to DVD 328DVD creation software 330Export to tape 330Color bars 331Adding a good leader 332Part 5: The Part of Tens 333Chapter 18: Ten Ideas for Making Fantastic Movies 335Making Your OwnBrady BunchOpening (Or Something Like It) 336Exploiting Montage Editing 337Showing Restraint While Using Plug-ins 338Transforming Your Movie to Film Noir 339Making Still Images Move (The Ken Burns Effect) 340Adding a voiceover 340Producing Your Own News Segment 341Using Transitions to Help Tell the Story 342Applying a Filter Over Your Movie 343Having Fun by Reversing Motion 344Chapter 19: Ten Essential Premiere Pro Plug-Ins 345Knocking Out Your Movie with the Cine Punch Bundle 346Roll with Motion Array Premiere Pro Transitions 346Making Your Still Photo Pop Using Photo Montage 2 347Producing the Look of Film Stock with Film Convert Nitrate 347EmulatingStar WarsOpening Titles with the Free Star Titler 347Sweetening Up Audio with Accusonus ERA 5 Bundle 348Prettying Up Your Subjects Skin Tones with Make Up Artist 3 348Adding Pizazz between Shots with Andys Swish Transitions 348Making Seamless Time-Lapse and Slow-Motion Video with Flicker Free 349Simulating Beams of Light Coming through Portals with Light Rays 349Chapter 20: Ten Tips for Making Video Easier to Edit351Shooting Movies Horizontally with Your Smartphone 352Producing Better Video to Edit by Keeping It Steady 353Shooting to Edit for Quicker Turnaround 354Taking Advantage of Natural Light 356Handling Each Shot for Your Edit 357Seeing True Video Quality with a Calibrated Monitor 358Adding Drives for Scratch Space 358Ditching the Pinhole for a Microphone 359Using an Audio Recorder for Great Sound 360Converting Master Files into the Right Format 360Index 363

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