Adobe premiere pro manual

This tutorial PDF is packed with useful tips, in addition to step-by-step instructions with example clips! For people that learn visually, this is a good PDF to read. For a great middle ground in terms of length and detail, this PDF guide is perfect.

At 28 pages, it covers all of the basics of Premiere Pro, as well as some level of detail in important areas. This will take you through all of the important things you need to know. This was written by a band who recorded and edited a music video. They go through the process from that perspective. Which means there is a bit of bumbling around, and referencing other good tutorials. This is a very human approach that opens the door to plenty of other lessons.

Your email address will not be published. FilterGrade is a digital marketplace for creators. Read more. Is Your Photography Business Overspending? July 9, at AM. Mike says:. Joshua says:. July 16, at AM. July 26, at AM. Cross-application workflows Cross-platform workflow Finding and customizing keyboard shortcuts Setting up your system Project setup Creating and changing projects Archiving projects Trim or copy your project Importing footage Transferring and importing files Importing assets from tapeless formats Importing still images Importing digital audio Importing sequences, clip lists, libraries, and compositions Support for growing files Working with Adobe Prelude CS Batch capturing and recapturing Capturing HD video Capturing and digitizing Capturing content for DVD Create clips for offline editing Digitizing analog video Working with timecode Managing assets Organizing assets in the Project panel Managing metadata Working with aspect ratios Working with markers Monitoring assets Playing assets Using the Waveform monitors and vectorscope Using the Reference Monitor Editing sequences and clips Creating and changing sequences Creating and playing clips Adding clips to sequences Working with offline clips Trimming clips CS Trimming clips CS5 and CS5.

Synchronizing audio and video with Merge Clips CS5. Modifying clip properties with Interpret Footage Creating special clips synthetics Correcting mistakes Rearranging clips in a sequence Remove alerts with the Events panel Rendering and previewing sequences Working with clips in a sequence Editing audio Overview of audio and the Audio Mixer Working with clips, channels, and tracks Editing audio in a Timeline panel Recording audio Adjusting volume levels Recording audio mixes Advanced mixing Editing and mixing audio in Adobe Audition Editing audio in Adobe Soundbooth Panning and balancing Titling and the Titler Creating and editing titles Creating and formatting text in titles Drawing shapes in titles Add images to titles Working with text and objects in titles Fills, strokes, and shadows in titles Rolling and crawling titles Titler text styles Effects and transitions About effects Applying, removing, finding, and organizing effects Viewing and adjusting effects and keyframes Applying effects to audio Working with audio transitions Effect presets Stabilize motion with the Warp Stabilizer effect CS Color correction and adjustment Adjustment Layers CS The rolling shutter repair effect CS Three-way Color Corrector effect CS Audio effects and transitions reference Creating common results Duration and speed Effects and transitions reference Eliminate flicker Interlacing and field order Modifying and customizing transitions Motion: position, scale, and rotate a clip Transition overview: applying transitions Animation and keyframes Adding, navigating, and setting keyframes Moving and copying keyframes Controlling effect changes using keyframe interpolation Optimize keyframe automation Compositing, alpha channels, and adjusting clip opacity Blending modes Workflow and overview for exporting Formats exported directly from Premiere Pro Export to Panasonic P2 format Export a still image Smart rendering Exporting for the Web and mobile devices Exporting projects for other applications Exporting to videotape Improved audio channel functionality in Source monitor Use timecode from master audio in merged clips.

Premiere Pro CS6 has a new default editing workspace with larger Source and Program monitors a configuration referred to as "2-up". This view allows you to view high-definition video much more easily in this workspace. To return to the standard editing workspace found in Premiere Pro CS5.

In thumbnail view, scrub clips by dragging the mouse across a thumbnail. This technique is called "hover scrubbing". In thumbnail view, clips can be selected and scrubbed with the Clip Playhead, or by using the JKL and Spacebar keyboard shortcuts.

Mark In and Out points on clips as you are scrubbing, or on the fly as you are playing back by using the JKL and Spacebar keyboard shortcuts. To toggle Cinema mode on and off, press the Ctrl key and the Accent key, and then click either the Source monitor or Program monitor. Press the keyboard shortcuts once more to return to the interface. Both the Source and the Program monitor now have the option to display an icon that indicates if frames are being dropped during playback.

The Adobe Mercury Transmit feature enables third-party capture cards to plug directly in to the performance of the Mercury Playback Engine. For an up-to-date list of supported cards, see: www. Ingest clips using Adobe Prelude. Then log clips and create subclips, markers, In and Out points, searchable notes, metadata, and rough cuts.

You can bring the data from the Prelude project right into Premiere Pro. You can now use more than four camera angles in multicam editing. You are limited in number of angles only by the power of your computer. It's also easier to create multicam sequences. There are powerful new options for quickly selecting and shifting edit points using the mouse, new keyboard shortcuts, or the numeric keypad.

JKL dynamic trimming is supported, as well. The new Trim Mode provides a two-up display showing the outgoing and incoming frames right inside the Program monitor. Timeline trimming has also been improved with a keyboard driven workflow. The Timeline transport now continues playback unless the user specifically issues a Stop command.

This feature supports real-time adjustment of common editing actions. Clip markers have been improved with color labels and the ability to span a duration of time. Functionality previously available only in sequence. Customize markers in the redesigned Marker dialog box. View all of your clip markers in the new Markers panel. Improved Dynamic Link, including performance enhancements, and removal of the limitation of Dynamic Link to only work within a suite for example, Dynamic Link will now work between CS6 applications purchased as individual products.

In Premiere Pro CS6 6. Smart rendering in Premiere Pro CS6 6. Growing files are video files which grow in duration after they are ingested. Premiere Pro CS6 now supports growing files for the following codecs:. The Audio Meter panel has been redesigned to be more accurate, customizable, and easier to use. The Audio Meter panel offers these features:. Mono and stereo audio tracks are no longer separate. A new kind of audio track, called "Standard" can contain both stereo and mono clips.

Overview of audio and the Audio Mixer Video tutorial: New audio track functionality. In the Source monitor, you can now view clips with multiple audio channels, including grouped clips, or merged clips. A new DSLR workflow allows you to use the timecode from an audio master clip to be used when you create a merged clip. You can also choose to omit the source camera audio when creating a merged clip. Use timecode from an audio master clip to create a merged clip CS6 Video tutorial: Miscellaneous new and removed features.

Adjustment layers are useful for many things, including greater control in color correction. Video tutorial: Adjustment layers, applying effects, and continuous playback Video tutorial: Working with Adjustment Layers.

Formerly available only in After Effects CS5. Use the Rolling Shutter Repair effect for fixing clips with rolling shutter artifacts. The 3-Way Color Corrector effect is more intuitive.

Tools are easier to find and use. The 3-Way Color Corrector is located in the Effects panel. The Premiere Pro CS6 6. Added Automatic Peak File Generation preference in the Audio category for turning off automatic peak file generation for imported audio.

When this preference is disabled, importing audio or opening projects will not cause peak files to be generated. Queue and Watch Folders: Independent handling of source and output Preset browser.

Import and export presets Improved scaling of source frames Creating custom workspaces Workflow enhancements. Source and output are now handled independent of each other. This independent handling allows a given source to be configured with multiple outputs. Among the advantages, Adobe Media Encoder can simultaneously encode multiple outputs of a given source. Compared to individually encoding each output, simultaneous encoding is faster. The new Preset Browser provides you with options that help streamline your workflow in Adobe Media Encoder.

You can modify these presets to create custom presets, also called User Presets. In the Preset Browser, you can quickly find a preset using search, or using the enhanced navigation provided by the collapsible folder structure. You can modify system presets to create user presets.

You can organize user presets in separate folders called as preset groups. Preset groups allow you to apply multiple presets to a source in a single step. Aliases allow you to create multiple instances of a preset for use in multiple preset groups. For example, if you want a preset to exist in more than one preset group, create aliases to the preset instead of duplicating it.

Then, add the aliases to other preset groups. When you edit the preset, the changes are applied to all its aliases. You can also right-click a preset in the Preset Browser to view the context menu for the available options. User preset B. Alias created to a preset C. Preset group D. Create new preset E. Delete preset F. Create new preset group G. Preset settings H. Import presets I. Export presets J. Search for presets.

Preset Groups can contain user presets, aliases to presets, or other preset groups. To create a preset alias, right-click the preset in the Preset Browser, and select Create Alias. To quickly create an alias to a system preset, drag the system preset to the User Presets and Groups section. To rename a preset, click the name of a selected preset.

Type a name for the preset and press Enter. To delete a preset, select the preset and press Delete. Note: Only user presets can be edited. Changes to system presets can be saved as new user presets by clicking the Save A Copy button in the Preset Settings dialog.

Drag presets, preset groups, or aliases from the Preset Browser and drop them on sources or outputs in the Queue.

Dropping a preset on an existing output replaces the settings of the output with the settings of the preset. To add an output to the source, drag a source from the Queue to a preset, preset group, or alias in the Preset Browser. To replace the settings of the output with the settings of the preset, drag an output from the Queue to a preset, preset group, or alias in the Preset Browser. Select a source in the Queue and double-click a preset, preset group, or alias in the Preset Browser.

Select a source in the Queue. Select presets, preset groups, or aliases selected in the Preset Browser. Click Apply Preset.

To apply presets to watch folders in the Watch Folders panel, do one of the following:. Drag presets, preset groups, or aliases from the Preset Browser and drop them on watch folders or outputs in the Watch Folders panel. Dropping presets on an existing output replaces the settings of the output with the settings of the preset. To add an ouput to the watch folder, drag a watch folder from the Watch Folders panel to a preset, preset group, or alias in the Preset Browser.

To replace the settings of the output with the settings of the preset, drag an output from the Watch Folders panel to a preset, preset group, or alias in the Preset Browser. Select a watch folder in the Watch Folders panel. Select presets, preset groups, or aliases in the Preset Browser. Apply presets to Premiere Pro sequences, After Effects compositions, and media assets during import. Drag a sequence from the Project panel of an open Adobe Premiere Pro project and drop it on a preset, alias, or preset group in the Preset Browser.

Note: This procedure is the only way to add multiple presets to Adobe Premiere Pro sequences in a single step. Drag a composition from the Project panel of an open After Effects project to a preset, preset group, or alias in the Preset Browser.

Drag video and audio assets from Finder or Windows Explorer and drop them on a preset, preset group, or alias in the Preset Browser. Dropping a single preset on an output replaces the output.

The new outputs inherit the output path, output name, and source range settings from the targeted output.

Dropping a preset group or multiple selected presets on an output adds outputs. Dropping a preset group or multiple selected presets on a source adds outputs.

Settings such as output path from existing outputs are not inherited. Presets can be imported and exported as EPR files. Imported presets appear in the User Presets and Groups section. As you type in the search field , the Preset Browser filters the preset list to match your search string. All columns are scanned for matching results. Also, this setting is available for any output format with editable frame dimensions. Use the options in the Source Scaling menu of the Export Settings dialog for better scaling of source frames within output frames of a different size.

Scale To Fit Scales the source frame to fit within the output frame while maintaining pixel aspect ratio of the source. Source frames are letterboxed or pillar-boxed within the output frame as necessary.

Scale To Fill Scales the source frame to completely fill the output frame while cropping the source frame as necessary. Pixel aspect ratio of the source frame is maintained.

Stretch To Fill Resizes the source frame to completely fill the output frame. Pixel aspect ratio of the source is not maintained. Pixel aspect ratio is maintained.

In the new interface, you can group panels as tabs in a single frame or float them as separate panels. Move the panels by clicking them and dragging them around. To group panels, drag the panel to the topmost section of another panel. Release the mouse when a purple patch appears in the center of the host panel.

The new Workspace is added to the Workspace menu. Sources are still encoded in sequence, but all outputs of a source are now encoded in parallel. For multiple outputs, the Encoding panel displays a thumbnail preview, progress bar, and the completion time estimate of each encoding output.

In certain cases, export settings require an output to encode in serial rather than in parallel mode. In such cases, the queue returns to parallel encoding after temporary serial encoding is complete. Add Source B. Add Output C. You can associate multiple outputs with a source. Each output can have a different format, preset, and output file location assigned to it.

You can reorder outputs in the output list. However, you cannot move them to other sources. Clicking the output file path opens the folder containing the encoded file. Previous to encoding, however, the Save As dialog appears. To change the output path and filename, click the Output File link for that output. To access an encoded file, click the Output File link for that output Use the Add Output button to quickly add an output to a source.

Both sources and outputs can be duplicated. A duplicated source uses all the outputs from the original source. For better performance, the following exporters have been updated for this release:. For compatibility reasons, older versions of the following CS5. However, presets for H. Presets for the Audio Only or Windows Media exporters from previous versions cannot be imported. In the Keyboard Shortcuts panel, expand the Edit menu by clicking it.

For more information about new features in Premiere Pro, see the Adobe website. This streamlines the process by which users can synchronize audio and video recorded separately. Mercury Engine Performance Gains New GPU-accelerated features include speed changes, footage interpretation options, field-order processing, and video effects and transitions.

More video cards are supported, as well. See this video by Video2Brain. Keyboard customization: You can now customize your keyboard even more easily with the search field in the keyboard shortcuts dialog box. A new overlay allows you to drag clips from the Media Browser, Project panel, or Source panel into the Program panel to perform an insert or overwrite edit. See Insert or Overwrite by dragging a clip to the Program panel. Add keyframes directly into the timeline using the Pen or Selection tools without having to first enable keyframing.

A modifier key is no longer needed to set keyframes, as well. See Add, select, and delete keyframes. The Unlink command now decouples the audio portion of a clip while automatically leaving the video portion selected. The Unlink command now works on multiple clips at the same time, as well. See Link and unlink video and audio clips. Unified Audio Effects Audio effects are now combined into a single, unified effect.

See Audio effects and this video by Video2Brain. Saves and loads the latest versions of RMD, creates presets, and allows you to adjust color with a. See File formats supported for import and this video by Video2Brain. Speech analysis improvements with Adobe Story You can find and fix speech analysis errors more easily by making side-by-side comparisons of the text of the speech analysis with the text of the Adobe Story script.

You can also attach an Adobe Story script file. You don't have to use OnLocation for this step anymore. Closed Captioning You can attach a closed caption data file to a sequence and display the closed captions in the Program Monitor and through Firewire DV output. See Attach closed caption files CS5. Integration with Adobe CS Review Enables clients and teammates to take part in reviewing video sequences using a web browser and annotation tools. Reviewers can make frame-accurate comments that visually correlate to the Adobe Premiere Pro timeline.

For Premiere Pro system requirements, see the Adobe website. For lists of various categories of hardware compatible with Adobe Premiere Pro, see the Adobe website. This blog post on the animotion website details the advantages and considerations of upgrading to Premiere Pro CS5. The Mercury Playback Engine delivers native bit support, GPU acceleration, and other performance and stability improvements. Open projects faster, refine effectsrich HD and higher-resolution sequences in real time, enjoy smooth scrubbing and play back of complex projects without rendering.

See results instantly when applying multiple color corrections, the new Ultra Key, Gaussian blurs, and blending modes. Work with numerous other effects across many video layers.

Work in real time on complex timelines and long-form projects with thousands of clips. For more information. See GPU-accelerated effects. You never waste valuable production time transcoding or rewrapping, and always have access to the pristine quality of the original files. For more information, see Importing assets from tapeless formats. Script-to-screen workflow Collaborate on writing scripts with Adobe Story, capturing key production direction as you go.

Then, automatically create shot lists from your script in Adobe OnLocation to manage your shoot and capture logging notes. When you import the project into Premiere Pro, metadata from Adobe OnLocation makes it easy to create a preliminary rough cut. Use Speech Search to synchronize the script to footage, and then edit based on the dialogue transcript. With Premiere Pro, you reap the rewards of a well-planned project. Bring the creative benefits of Adobe tools to the whole project. Explore new possibilities with After Effects, Encore, and other Adobe applications.

Edit with Speech Search, which turns spoken dialogue into searchable text for faster editing. For more information, see Crossapplication workflows. Editing and production efficiencies from metadata features Add intelligence to your assets using innovative metadata features.

Turn spoken dialogue into searchable text faster and with higher accuracy. Synchronize content with your Adobe Story script, or by using reference scripts that are optimized for your content. Accelerate editing by marking In and Out points in the speech analysis text. Use face detection technology to locate clips containing human faces. Plus, metadata stays with the assets you create, making your content more discoverable online. For more information, see Understanding the script-to-screen workflow and Analyze speech for text XMP metadata.

Client and team reviews made simple with CS Review CS Review is a new online service that allows you to share dailies and works in progress for review. CS Review eliminates the need for burning discs or swapping large files back and forth. Encode sequences and automatically upload them in the background for review and collaboration.

Clients and teammates can comment on your video using just a web browser, and their frame-accurate comments automatically appear in the Premiere Pro sequence. Premiere Pro CS5 customers will automatically receive access to the CS5 Review video workflows when they become available. Simplify everyday tasks with small changes that make large differences Take advantage of the most requested editing enhancements.

See large productivity gains and smoother day-to-day workflows. Use automatic scene detection to create separate clips from HDV tapes. Import assets from DVDs. Use new extend edit and find gaps keyboard shortcuts.

Control keyframes with greater precision. Clean up your sequences quickly with new commands for finding and removing gaps. For more information, see Log clips with automatic scene detection, Make rolling edits with the current-time indicator, and Find gaps in sequences and tracks. Streamlined encoding with revamped Adobe Media Encoder Efficiently deliver your content in virtually any format with Adobe Media Encoder, now with a more intuitive user interface.

Adobe Media Encoder saves you time by batch encoding multiple versions of your source files and Premiere Pro sequences. Set up multiple items for encoding, manage priorities, and control advanced settings for each item individually. Use any combination of sequences and clips as sources. Encode to a wide variety of video formats.

Then enter notes, comments, and additional metadata. When you copy clips from the tapeless camera, Adobe OnLocation automatically merges the information. For more information see help for Adobe OnLocation:. Ultra Key is optimized for footage that includes uneven lighting, wrinkled backgrounds, and frizzy hair.

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