Training DVDs for Adobe Premiere

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.

The tutorial is available in 3 formats - video DVD, Flash and Blu-ray.  Because of the low resolution of a standard definition TV the video DVD version has been panned and scanned to make it easier to see.  The Blu-ray and Flash versions are both showing the full PC screen @ 720P.  All tutorials are the same price so just choose the format that suits you the best.

A comprehensive tutorial for using Adobe's powerful DVD authoring application, Encore CS3. The tutorial covers the entire DVD and Blu-ray authoring process, including import from Premiere Pro, navigation and menu design, integration with Photoshop and encoding for both standard and HD video.

The tutorial is available in two versions:

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.

Mac or PC?

Either disc will work fine on a Mac or a PC. and the content is the same as Encore works on both platforms.  The disc was filmed using a PC running Windows Vista.

Any plans for an Adobe Encore CS5 update?

There are a few differences when between Encore CS3 and CS5, although the main functions of the program remain the same.  The biggest change is the way you will get footage from Adobe Premiere to Adobe Encore, which is covered in our Premiere Pro CS5 tutorial.  We are planning to update the tutorial at some time, but it is unlikely to be in 2011.