Intro to Premiere Pro.

Important tips for Premiere Pro:

• Files must be kept organised, anything you bring in
is only a link not actual footage.
• So wherever your footage goes your links will
follow. Be careful what you delete from your
folders; it could be important. (This applies for
aftereffects as well.)
• To render a video just press enter after you have
finished editing said footage.
• To export go to: File> Export> Media> Format:
H.264> Output Name: File Name> Export.
Editing:
• To bring files in double click the media browser to link footage and
other files in.
• To cut and edit clips drag file to the effect control window above, and
from there you can cut and shorten footage and or audio.
• Once complete, edited clip can be dragged on to the timeline and
played as wanted.
• NOTE: premiere overwrites past actions so if you edit some thing in
the effect controls and then change it in the timeline that past clip is
gone.
• NOTE2: premiere also auto saves work every 10 to 15 minutes so if
the program does crash not a lot of work is lost.
Effects:
• This menu can be used to merge and blend clips together, through
the effects panel on the right.
• These transitions can be placed in-between clips to achieve a
seamless flow of footage.
• To edit said effect, just double click added effect and alter in the
lumetri scopes window (purple bars).
• Once happy with footage, press ‘enter’ to render video and look
to export.
• To do so go to: File> Export> Media> Format: H.264> Output
Name: File Name> Export.
 Scaling and Positioning.

Editing: Key points for scaling and positioning:

• Select clip, go up to source editor. Click motion and then the dropdown menu for scale, here you can manually
scale up or down the size of the clip to your desired size. (shown above)
• Once scaled you can drag and position clip wherever you want in the view port.
NOTE: You can also scale up/down or reverse a clip through right clicking the clip on the timeline and then going to
speed/duration and altering the clip in there (this is probably best for minor scaling and positioning.)
NOTE2: You can also cut clips down with the use of the Razor tool on the left panel of the timeline and delete
unwanted footage.
Editing: Scale and Rotate using Key
Frames.
• You can also use scale and rotate in
the source editor with the use of
key frames.
• Key frames are created through
clicking the stopwatch icon next to
the option you are using. You can
click the stopwatch then move the
timeline arrow and alter its
transition to get the wanted effect.
• Similarly with the rotate option:
key frame from 0.0 degrees, move
the timeline arrow and input
degree rotation – in this case 360
for a full turn.
NOTE: The less key frames there are the
smoother the transitions will be.

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Effects: Blur and Noise.
• In effects you can add textures to
the clip being played.
• These work in similar manner to
the rotate and scale options, with
having to key frame transitions
onto the footage.
• Blend modes can also be used to
overlay textures to the clip.
All clips combined and in process of rendering to then be exported as a video.