Adobe Premiere

CS6 Basics Tutorial

Tere are two kinds of people. Tose with messy sock drawers and those who organize their socks. Multimedia
requires you to organize your socks or pay the price later. - Will Yurman
Organize your project Start out with strong organization
Create a Project Folder for every project
Tis folder will hold everything associated with your project. Be consistent with your project names.
1) Create a project folder name: It should include your name and a one-word description of
your story. I use the year at the front to make it easy to fnd and sort
2) Create an audio folder within the project folder: Any audio captured separately from video. Tis could include
interviews, nat sound, sound efects, music, etc.
3) Create a graphics folder: Any graphics that will be used in your project. Tis could include title slides or ele-
ments created in programs such as Afer Efects or Photoshop.
4) Create an output folder: Where you will put your fnished movie
5) Create a stills folder : Any still photos that are part of your project - they could be yours or archival images
from other sources
6) Create a video folder: All your video content NOTE the two fles at the bottom. Tese are created by Premiere
when you frst save your project. MAKE SURE to save them to your project folder. .prproj is your Premiere proj-
ect fle.
**********REMEMBER*******TO ORGANIZE YOUR PROJECT. Tis will keep your fles together and enable
you to work on the project from anywhere. If you do not do this, inevitabley youre giong to lose fles and your
project will not work.
Organize your project
1. Create project folder and subfolder for ALL your assets.
2. Copy your video and other assets into your project folder (eject and put away
your SD cards, etc.)
3. Launch Adobe Premiere and set up your project. Save the project fle to the same
folder
4. Organize assets in Premiere
5. Edit your assignment.
6. Tweak the audio.
7. Correct color.
8. Add any efects, titles, lower thirds etc.
10. Share (export your video).
Preparing Premiere
1) Open Adobe Premiere

Te top settings can be lef as shown above.
Te scratch disks tab is set to save to the same place as your project.
You only need to set the location and name.
1. Location: Click the Browse button and set the location to your Project folder
2. Name: Name your project - make sure to include YOUR name
Click OK and youll see this New Sequence window.
A very confusing window with MANY options. Tis window is where we tell
Premiere what format we want to edit our video in.
Tankfully we can ignore this window and just click OK. We will set the timeline
automatically when we begin editing.
You can pick a setting closest to what you think OR do NOTHING and
Simply click OK and continue.
Premiere Overview
Premiere is organized into four planes plus tool bars.
SOURCE: Tis is where you will look at all your stuf - video, stills, etc. and decide what you want to use in
your story.
PROGRAM: Tis is where you see your story as you build it on the timeline below. Te Program window shows
you what is on your timeline, and will play back your video.
SEQUENCE: Tis is your story. It is also called the Timeline. Tis is where you will edit and create your project.
PROJECT: Tis is where all your content and assets are stored. Premiere does not actually store your materi-
al - it simply points to wherever your material is. Tat is why you need to stay organized and not move material
around or leave it on the wrong computer where Premiere cant fnd it.
TOOLS: Te various tools youll use when editing on the timeline.
Importing Content
Tere are multiple ways to bring your assets into Premiere. You can simply click File>Import.
But this wont work for all fle types and doesnt give you the most control. Te best way to import is to use the
Media Browser in the Project Pane
Select the Media Browser Tab
Navigate to your media: It can be displayed as either thumbnails or in list view
Media Browser should automatically detect the types of fles
Select the clip(s) you want to use
Control Click (right click) and select Import
Editing Basics
1. Use the Project Pane and source window to look at your content
2. Select which clips or parts of clips you want to use
3. Place clips on the timeline (sequence)
4. Cut, move, edit, arrange clips on the timeline
To begin editing, start with the basics (Imagine Julie Andrews singing Do Re Mi)
Use Te Select tool(V) to move clips around and shorten and lengthen them from the
ends.
Use the Blade tool(C) to cut clips, breaking them into parts or cut out a section in the
middle - get rid of that annoying um or longer sections that distract or go of point.
Tose two tools (remember the keyboard shortcuts V for the select tool and C for the
blade tool) will allow you to do most of your basic editing.
In writing, words sentences and paragraphs are your building blocks.
In video it is clips and sequences and edits.
Te clips are your basic content - if you didnt shoot good material, or enough material,
you will struggle, and do better next time.
Sequences are a series of clips that connect together the way words form sentences
form paragraphs It forms the narrative of the story.
You need to avoid the basics mistakes such as jump cuts, but you also need to create
something that makes sense narratively.
And fnally, the edit establishes the rhythm of your piece think about the sound, and
the narrative. Cuts between shots should feel natural and be invisible to your viewer.
Te transition between shots and between scenes establishes a rhythm and feel for your
video.
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Euiting the auuio levels in youi clips is veiy easy. You'll notice that each clip has a
level bai that you can move in two ways. In the uiagiam below, it's the white
hoiizontal line in the miuule of the clip on the timeline.
1. You can move the auuio volume foi the entiie clip by using the selection
(Aiiow) tool anu uiagging it up oi uown to achieve the iight level oi



2. You can place keyfiames along the line by holuing uown the Commanu key +
clicking on the line which will give you noues that you can fine tune the
aujustment in sections oi faue in oi faue out the clip. See below.




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0nce you've finisheu youi euit, you neeu to tell the timeline what pait of the
timeline you actually want to expoit. You uo this by setting an in (I key) anu anu out
(0 key) points. Put the cuisoi wheie you want the in anu out points to be anu hit
eithei I oi 0 key to select that aiea. It will give a little opaque highlighteu aiea ovei
the selection zone. See below



Next go to File -> Expoit



anu a uialogue box will come up with tons of settings.



The main setting you'll neeu at fiist is to change the foimat to NPS which is an auuio
only compiesseu foimat, similai to that useu on .mpS playeis oi on CBs. By uoing
this, it will select all of the othei settings on that iight siue iight away.


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To save youi file, you'll click on the uefault name by "0utput Name" anu it will open
up a uialogue box wheie you can name youi file (please name it
"lastname_auuiouiaft") anu wheie you'u like to save the file. The wheie pait uoesn't
mattei, because you'll uploau that to blackboaiu to be ievieweu anu giaueu.

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Insteau of having youi subject tell you theii name anu title, it's bettei to use what
we call "lowei thiius" which is text on scieen that appeais in the lowei 1S of the
fiame, hence its name. Follow the steps below to cieate youi lowei thiius. You can
also use this if you neeu to subtitle youi pioject if the English isn't unueistanuable
oi if youi pioject is in a non-English language.

1. Pull uown fiom Title -> New Title -> Befault Still

2. Youi settings in the next winuow shoulu be baseu on youi sequence
(Timeline) settings, so if those weie uone coiiectly you can just name this
title anu then 0K this uialogue box.
S. You'll get the titling winuow to open anu this file (like a file of viueo) will
appeai in youi pioject winuow unuei the name you chose in step 2.
4. Pick fonts anu sizes that woik well foi you viueo. You may neeu to incluue a
uiop shauow to make suie the font is ieauable on uaik anu light
backgiounus.
0sually put the peisons name in the fiist line anu theii title oi theii
impoitance to the stoiy in the seconu line. Like this, with the name in
a laigei font than the title of the peison..
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S. Like othei Auobe uesign piogiams you'll use the aiiow tool to position the
title anu the 'T' title tool to click insiue anu wiite oi euit text. Pick fonts that
aie easily ieauable anu sizes that aie appiopiiate to the size of youi viueo.
Bon't covei up the peison's face anu keep the fonts insiue the two white title-
safe boiueis.

6. 0K that box anu you'll see it in the Pioject bin anu simply uiag it to the
timeline in the top layei. Now you can faue it in anu out anu keep it up foi
the time you want, just like you woulu a viueo clip.




7. If you want to make anothei title clip baseu on these settings you must make
a seconu one anu then in TBAT one you can change the woius foi the seconu
speakei.
8. To uo this, open the fiist Title file anu uouble click the icon at the top left to
cieate a new one baseu on these settings. This will make a new one but you
will only have to change the actual woius in the title anu youi fonts anu sizes
will iemain the same.


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1. Nake suie youi timline is highlighteu, in othei woius just make suie that it's
selecteu.then.File -> Expoit -> Neuia
2. In this uialogue box, you'll be setting F00R (4) things.
a. Foimat
b. Pieset
c. 0utput Name
u. Customizing the iange of output
S. Set the Foimat to B.264, the pieset to YouTube Wiuescieen BB if you shot on
Bigh uefinition 16:9 wiuescieen cameia oi Youtube SB wiuescieen if low uef
oi YouTube SB if you shot on a 4:S moie squaiish foimat low uef viueo
cameia. See youi instiuctoi if you'ie confuseu about what foimat viueo you
have, though it's like the YouTube Wiuescieen BB setting. Lastly uouble
click the out put name anu name anu set the location of youi expoiteu stoiy
(in to youi expoit foluei that you cieateu as you fiist began this pioject)


4. Customize the iange of youi viueo stoiy. Biag the sliuei anu set the in anu
out points so that the stoiy will be the length you intenu it to be.


S. Click Expoit (not Queue)




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1. Log into youi uoogle account on YouTube anu uploau youi expoiteu file.
2. 0nce uploaueu, click on the shaie tab anu set the wiuth anu height anu copy
the coue fiom the coue box.


S. In youi Woiupiess new post, fiist set the tab on the main content to Text
(anu not visual).which will allow you paste coue theie.
4. Paste in the coue anu then switch back to visual anu finish wiiting youi post.

S. Shaie with the woilu.