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Adobe's PREMIERE PRO is renowned as one of the most powerful and well-featured video editing programs available today. With the release of the CS4 version, Premiere Pro has taken another step forward in the realm of High Definition editing, with support for an increasing range of HD shooting formats. In this in-depth tutorial, DVC managing director David Clarke explores the software's extensive tools and features for capturing video, assembling footage, editing and mixing audio, adding transitions and effects, creating title graphics, and exporting the final result to file, disc or tape. This disc is your complete guide to mastering the full capabilities of Premiere Pro CS4!

Standard video DVD

This version is produced as a video DVD and will play on any DVD player or on a computer with a DVD player such as Power DVD. Since a standard definition DVD is low resolution, the quality of the image when showing the full screen of a PC is limited. So to overcome this we have panned and scanned the image during editing for clarity of onscreen text and information. This version of the tutorial comprises 2 video DVD discs.

Flash DVD

The tutorial was filmed in 720P HD and so this second version is the entire tutorial produced as an HD Flash video file at 1280 x 720. To play it you just put the disc in your computer and load the main index page up using your favourite web browser. Then the video will play at the same size as it was filmed and should be as clear as a normal computer display. This version has the advantage of being easier to read than the DVD-video version, but will only play on your PC. This version was created using the HD Flash Export options of Encore CS4. The entire tutorial comes on one DVD. The tutorial content is exactly the same on both versions.

Why do we make two versions?

The Flash version is the easiest to make and the clearest to watch. However many people still prefer a video-DVD version as they can play the disc in a DVD player which sits next to their PC. This means they can watch some of the tutorial and then try out what they have learned on the PC. Creating the DVD video version is a lot more effort on our part and one of the reasons other training disc producers no longer do this. However after taking opinions from our customers we decided to carry on making the DVD-video version as that was the preferred version.

In which format would you like the tutorial?

DVD Video

Flash version for computer-only playback

CONTENTS OF DISC 1

Getting started You have plugged the computer in and turned it on - what next?
01 The start	Always the best place to begin.
02 Your DVC computer	How is the computer setup and what the different drives and programs are.
03 The project and Timeline settings	Start Adobe Premiere and you see two different settings - one for the whole project and one for the individual edits.
04 The Interface	How the different windows in Premiere fit together and what they all are.
05 Time to capture	Lets get started. this tutorial deals with getting footage from an HDV camera. Capturing DV is the same. Our advanced disc explains how to deal with other, on-tape based formats.
06 Setting the HDV camera	Most HDV cameras out put SD and HD. If you do not set the camera correctly it can cause you problems. This section shows the settings on a Sony HDV camera.
07 Getting Ready to capture	Starting the capture window and setting the basics.
	Hooray we are actually getting some footage into the PC!
09 HDV capture with Adobe	Mainly DVC customers buy systems with Matrox RT.X2 cards installed. This adds several features to Premiere Pro, enhancing capture window, for example. How to you capture HDV on a system without a Matrox card?

Editing You have your footage in the PC now lets start making a movie.
10 The Project Window	Now the clips are in the project - where did they go and how do you use them?
11 The clip window	The clip window is where clips are viewed before editing, where you trim them and choose the section you want.
12 Adding clips to the timeline	So how do you get clips into the final program?
13 Insert and Overlay buttons	Two ways of adding clips at the click of a button and what they mean.
14 The timeline	This is where you will assemble your masterpiece - all the video, audio, titles etc...
15 Trimming	Once clips are on the timeline you can adjust them with Premiere's extensive trimming tools.
16 Tools	Premiere has a selection of editing tools on screen.
17 Trimming audio not video	A basic need and one most people do not know how to do easily. It is simple when you know how!
18 Save the project	Save the project often, just in case!

Transitions Now you have a basic edit lets start add transitions.
19 Transitions	How to achieve a basic dissolve between two clips. Here we also discuss the differences between the old way of working, with an A and B track, and single track editing.
20 Changing the transition	How to use a different transition to a cross dissolve.
21 Audio cross fades	How to make a transition on the sound.
22 Fading clips in	How to make a clip fade in from nothing.
23 Rendering	What is rendering? You will have to do it as some time so how do you do it.
24 Gradient Wipes	A different type of transition which can produce interesting wipes between clips.
25 Automate to sequence	An often overlooked feature. You want to take all the clips in the bin, add them to the timeline and add a cross dissolve in one go - then use "automate to sequence".
26 Audio off CD	What is the best way to get audio off a CD to use in your project. Here we use Windows Media player which does a really good job, quickly.

Titles and Effects Titles are easy to do in Premiere and good quality. there is also a healthy range of video effects, and more available if you buy Premiere Pro with a Matrox card.
27 Titles	Everyone needs titles and Premiere Pro has a pretty good title designer.
28 Duplicating a title	You want to make a second title like the first - make sure you do it correctly or you will change both the original version and the new one!
29 Title Templates	You want a good looking title - steal someone else's idea by using a title template.
30 Animating titles	You cannot animate each letter in Premiere (that's a job for Adobe After Effects) but you can make the whole title move, roll and crawl.
31 Effects	We do not delve in Premiere Pro's or Matrox range of effects here - this is covered on our advanced disc, so here we just explain some basics.
32 Slow motion	How do you do slow motion? This covers simple slow motion, if you want to see how to have footage start at one speed, slow down to another and then speed up again that is covered on our advanced disc.

Export from Premiere You have finished your masterpiece - now you need to get the footage out of the computer and back to the "real world".
33 Export from Premiere	How do you get footage out of Premiere Pro CS4?
34 Record to tape	This section covers record to HDV. Record to DV is similar, an in fact is slightly simpler, although it is the same basic procedure.
35 Adding chapter markers	We are still in Premiere and going to make a Blu-ray or DVD. But first we can add the chapter markers for the disc on the Premiere Pro timeline.
36 Dynamic link to Encore	How to get the timeline from Premiere Pro to Encore - the new "dynamic link" of course!
37 Encore project settings	Now we get to Adobe Encore to make our disc. First you have to set the type of disc you are making.
38 More dynamic link	Having set the project the "dynamic link" puts your Premiere Pro timeline into Encore.
39 Add a menu	We have the video footage, now we want a menu.
40 Preview the disc	The basic disc is laid out - let's preview it before burning.
41 Build the disc	Now we make the final disc.
42 How do you make a DVD	The above covered making a Blu-ray disc. How do you make a DVD?
43 Exporting surround sound	Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 can mix surround sound so what do you have to do to get this audio mix on your disc? It actually involves buying an extra plug-in!
44 Export to other formats	What other formats does Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 make and how?
45 Exporting a still	Our final topic of our basic disc. With CS4 exporting a still has become slightly more painful. Here is how.

What's new in Premiere Pro CS4? There has been a lot added to Premiere Pro CS4 - here is a full run down of the important and useful changes
1. The Media Browser
2. Add effects to multiple clips
3. Save an effect preset with multiple effects
4. Remove Effects
5. Speed changes to multiple clips
6. Audio gain
7. Adding transitions to multiple clips
8. Nesting
9. Replace with After Effects composition.
10. Timeline settings.
11. Dynamic link to Encore
12. Blend Modes
13. Titles
14. Keyframe display
15. Audio conforming
16. Adobe Media Encoder
17. Maximum render quality
18. Metadata
19. Speech transcription.
20. Editing AVCHD
21. Track Patching

Matrox effects The following sections used video originally created for our Premiere Pro CS2 tutorial, and still relevant with CS4. This section is all about the range of Matrox effects that you get with the Matrox RT.X2 and Axio - if you have a Matrox MX02 then you will only have the Matrox colour correction filter mentioned here.
1. Colour correction
2. Secondary colour correction.
3. Corner pin effect
4. Chromakey
5. 3D picture in picture effect
6. Surface Finish
7. Track Matte
8. Slow motion
9. Shine
10. Mask blur

Using the Matrox MX02 Mini This section covers the basics of using the Matrox MX02 Mini. Although it concentrates on the Mini what is covered is relevant for all the MX02 range.
1. Capture using the Mini
2. HDV capture with the Matrox Mini
3. Matrox Xtools capture
4. 10 bit video
5. Mini's playback settings

Using the Matrox RT.X2 and Axio This section covers the important settings to Matrox RT.X2 and Axio with CS4.
1. Capture settings
2. Setting the audio level
3. Other settings
4. A possible problem capturing audio
5. Editing surround sound

Premiere tips The following sections used video originally created for our Premiere Pro CS2 tutorial, and still relevant with CS4..
1. The Project Manager
2. Keyframable slow motion
3. Channel Mapping
4. Where is my clip used?
5. Multi-camera editing
6. Interpret footage
7. Dynamic Link

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CONTENTS OF DISC 1

Getting started

Editing

Transitions

Titles and Effects

Export from Premiere

What's new in Premiere Pro CS4?

Matrox effects

Using the Matrox MX02 Mini

Using the Matrox RT.X2 and Axio

Premiere tips

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