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Adobe® Premiere Pro ® CS6 classroom in a book® The official training workbook from Adobe Systems Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS6 Classroom in a Book® © 2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated and its licensors. All rights reserved. If this guide is distributed with software that includes an end user license agre...

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Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Classroom in a Book includes the lesson files that you’ll need to complete the exercises in this book, as well as other content to help you learn more about Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 and use it with greater efficiency and ease. The diagram below represents the contents of the lesson files directory, which Peachpit Universal Mask updated 3/11/2011 Color Instructions 116 mm print area, 23 mm center hole; fits these manufacturers’ specs: 2-color: CDI JVC and all previous vendors Pantone 2582 C (purple) Pantone 485 C (red) should help you locate the files you need. White flood: Yes regis tered trademar k or a trade either a mar w s is k of ndo Mic. Wi ros rie s of unt r po Co r co e rat oth d ion n.a.S in U th e he t in U. d S. re a te nd gis /o , re r Lesson files ot ple he Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS6 Ap rc ou of ntr ar k CLASSROOM IN A BOOK® ie s m. ade tr is a WINDOWS®/MAC OS® to s h Each lesson has its own folder e Sy s tem s Incor porated. Macin inside the Lessons folder. You will need to download these AVAILABLE VIA DOWNLOAD lesson folders to your hard drive before you can begin f Ad o b each lesson. rk s o ema trad © 2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated are All rights reserved. Made in the USA. ro ISBN-13: 978-0-321-82247-5 eP ISBN-10: 0-321-82247-1 ier rem 07/12 eP ob Ad nd a k, oo aB in m oo s sr o, Cl a be log Ad o , the Ad o b e 0321822471_APremiereProCS6CIB_Disc.indd 1 5/17/12 4:25 PM Online resources Links to Adobe Community Help, product Help and Support pages, Adobe Press, Adobe certification programs, Adobe TV, and Learn by Video other useful online resources can be found inside a handy bonus tutorials HTML file. Just open it in your Web browser and click A bonus 2-hour set of Adobe Premiere Pro on the links, including a CS6: Learn by Video tutorials are included, special link to this book’s from video2brain and Adobe Press. Learn product page where you can by Video is one of the most critically access updates and bonus acclaimed training products on Adobe material. software and is the only Adobe-approved video courseware for the Adobe Certified Associate Level certification.  Contents d 1 About Classroom in a Book.................................. 1 Prerequisites............................................... 2 Installing Adobe Premiere Pro CS6.......................... 2 Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 trial................................ 2 Optimizing performance.................................... 2 Copying the lesson files..................................... 3 Relinking the lesson files.................................... 4 How to use these lessons................................... 4 Additional resources........................................ 4 Adobe certification......................................... 6 Checking for updates....................................... 6 8 Getting started............................................ 10 Nonlinear editing in Adobe Premiere Pro................... 10 Expanding the workflow................................... 13 Touring the Adobe Premiere Pro interface.................. 16 2 settInG uP a ProjeCt 24 Getting started............................................ 26 Setting up a project........................................ 27 Setting up a sequence..................................... 36 3 ImPortInG meDIa 48 Getting started............................................ 50 Importing assets........................................... 50 Working with the Media Browser........................... 54 Importing images......................................... 58 iv Co n t e n t s  The media cache........................................... 64 Capturing from videotape................................. 66 4 orGanIzInG meDIa 74 Getting started............................................ 76 The Project panel.......................................... 76 Working with bins......................................... 82 Organizing media with content analysis.................... 89 Monitoring footage........................................ 91 Modifying clips............................................ 96 5 essentIaLs of VIDeo eDItInG 100 Getting started........................................... 102 Using the Source Monitor................................. 102 Navigating the Timeline...................................109 Essential editing commands..............................116 6 WorkInG WIth CLIPs anD markers 126 Getting started...........................................128 Program Monitor controls.................................128 Controlling resolution..................................... 133 Using markers............................................ 135 Using Sync Lock and Track Lock...........................140 Finding gaps in the Timeline.............................. 141 Moving clips..............................................144 Extracting and deleting segments.........................146 7 aDDInG transItIons 150 Getting started........................................... 152 What are transitions?..................................... 152 Edit points and handles...................................154 Adding video transitions.................................. 155 Using A/B mode to fine-tune a transition.................. 161 Adding audio transitions..................................166 Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 ClAssroom in A book v  170 Getting started........................................... 172 Four-point editing........................................ 172 Retiming clips............................................174 Replacing clips and footage...............................180 Nesting sequences....................................... 185 Regular trimming.........................................188 Advanced trimming.......................................189 Trimming in the Program Monitor panel...................196 9 PuttInG CLIPs In motIon 204 Getting started...........................................206 Adjusting the Motion effect...............................206 Changing clip position, size, and rotation.................. 211 Working with keyframe interpolation......................218 Using other motion-related effects........................ 222 10 muLtICamera eDItInG 230 Getting started........................................... 232 The multicamera process.................................. 233 Creating a multicamera sequence.........................234 Switching multiple cameras...............................238 Finalizing multicamera editing............................240 Additional multicamera editing tips....................... 242 11 eDItInG anD mIxInG auDIo 244 Getting started...........................................246 Setting up the interface to work with audio................ 247 Examining audio characteristics........................... 252 Adjusting audio volume...................................254 Adjusting audio gain......................................256 Normalizing audio........................................ 257 Creating a split edit.......................................259 Adjusting audio levels in a sequence......................260 Working with the Audio Mixer.............................264 vi Contents d 268 Getting started...........................................270 Sweetening sound with audio effects...................... 271 Adjusting EQ............................................. 275 Applying effects in the Audio Mixer.......................279 Cleaning up noisy audio..................................286 294 Getting started...........................................296 Working with effects......................................296 Keyframing effects........................................ 311 Effects presets............................................ 315 Frequently used effects...................................318 g 326 Getting started...........................................328 Color-oriented workflow..................................328 An overview of color-oriented effects......................340 Fixing exposure problems.................................344 Fixing color balance...................................... 347 Special color effects....................................... 353 Creating a look........................................... 355 358 Getting started...........................................360 What is an alpha channel?................................. 361 Using compositing in your projects........................ 362 Working with the Opacity effect...........................364 Working with alpha-channel transparencies............... 366 Color keying a greenscreen shot...........................368 Using mattes............................................. 371 Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 ClAssroom in A book vii  380 Getting started........................................... 382 An overview of the Titler window.......................... 382 Video typography essentials.............................. 387 Creating titles............................................ 392 Stylizing text............................................. 397 Working with shapes and logos........................... 402 Making text roll and crawl.................................408 416 Getting started...........................................418 The Project menu.........................................419 Using the Project Manager................................ 421 Final project management steps..........................424 Importing projects or sequences..........................424 Managing collaboration.................................. 425 Managing your hard drives................................ 425 428 Getting started...........................................430 Overview of export options...............................430 Exporting single frames................................... 431 Exporting a master copy.................................. 433 Working with Adobe Media Encoder...................... 435 Exchanging with other editing applications............... 443 Recording to tape........................................446 452 19 authoring dVds with adobe enCore Bonus chapter viii Contents d Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS6, the essential editing tool for video enthusiasts and professionals, enhances your creative power and freedom. Adobe Premiere Pro is the most scalable, efficient, and precise video-editing tool available. It sup- ports a broad range of video formats including AVCHD, HDV, XDCAM, P2 DVCPRO HD, XDCAM, AVC-Intra, Canon XF, RED, ARRIRAW, QuickTime, and many more. The superior performance of Adobe Premiere Pro lets you work faster and more creatively. The complete set of powerful and exclusive tools lets you overcome any editorial, production, and workflow challenges to deliver the high-quality work you demand. about Classroom in a Book Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Classroom in a Book® is part of the official training series for Adobe graphics and publishing software. The lessons are designed so that you can learn at your own pace. If you’re new to Adobe Premiere Pro, you’ll learn the fundamental concepts and features you’ll need to use the program. This book also teaches many advanced features, including tips and techniques for using the latest version of this software. The lessons in this edition include opportunities to use features such as mul- ticamera editing, keying, dynamic trimming, color correction, tapeless media, and audio and video effects. You’ll also learn how to create files for the Internet and mobile devices with Adobe Media Encoder or send a sequence to Adobe Encore CS6 without rendering or intermediate exporting to output to DVD, Blu-ray Disc, or Adobe Flash. Performance has been significantly enhanced with the new Mercury Playback Engine, which provides both software- and hardware-assisted performance breakthroughs. Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 is available for both Windows and Mac OS. Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 ClAssroom in A book 1  Prerequisites Before beginning to use Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Classroom in a Book, make sure your system is set up correctly and that you’ve installed the required software and hardware. You can view updated system requirements by visiting www.adobe.com/ products/premiere/tech-specs.html. You should have a working knowledge of your computer and operating system. You should know how to use the mouse and standard menus and commands and also how to open, save, and close files. If you need to review these techniques, see the printed or online documentation included with your Windows or Mac OS system. Installing adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 You must purchase the Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 software separately from this book. It can be purchased as a stand-alone product or included in the Creative Suite or Creative Cloud families. Install Adobe Premiere Pro from the software DVD onto your hard disk; you cannot run the program from the DVD. If you pur- chased a downloadable version, follow the instructions included with the download for launching the installation process. adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 trial Adobe offers a 30-day trial of Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. You can download this trial from the Adobe product website. After 30 days, the software will stop functioning. If you decide to purchase Adobe Premiere Pro, you can enter your purchased serial number into the trial version you have installed to convert it to a full version of Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. optimizing performance Editing video is memory- and processor-intensive work for a computer. A fast processor and a lot of memory will make your editing experience much faster and more efficient; 4 GB of memory is the minimum, and 8 GB or more is better for high-definition (HD) media. Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 takes advantage of multicore processors on Windows and Macintosh systems. 2 GettinG stArted A dedicated 7200 RPM or faster hard drive is recommended for high-definition video (HD) media. A RAID 0 striped disk array or SCSI disk subsystem is strongly recommended for HD. Performance will be significantly affected if you attempt to store media files and program files on the same hard drive. Be sure to keep your media files on a second disk if at all possible. The Mercury Playback Engine in Adobe Premiere Pro can operate in software- only mode or GPU acceleration mode. The GPU acceleration mode provides significant performance improvement. The GPU acceleration is possible with select video cards. You can find a list of these video cards on the Adobe website at www.adobe.com/products/premiere/tech-specs.html. Copying the lesson files The lessons in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Classroom in a Book use specific source files, such as video clips, audio files, and image files created in Adobe Photoshop CS6 and Adobe Illustrator CS6. To complete the lessons in this book, you must copy all the files from the Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Classroom in a Book DVD (inside the back cover of this book) to your hard drive. You will need about 4 GB of storage space in addition to the 4 GB you need to install Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. Although each lesson stands alone, some lessons use files from other lessons, so you’ll need to keep the entire collection of lesson assets on your hard drive as you work through the book. Here’s how to copy those assets from the DVD to your hard drive: 1 Open the Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Classroom in a Book DVD in My Computer or Windows Explorer (Windows) or in Finder (Mac OS). 2 Right-click (Windows) or Control+click (Mac OS; if you’re using a super mouse or pen, you can right-click) the folder called Lessons, and choose Copy. 3 Navigate to the location you set to store your Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 projects. The default location is My Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\6.0 (Windows) or Documents/Adobe/Premiere Pro/6.0 (Mac OS). 4 Right-click (Windows) or Control+click (Mac OS) inside the 6.0 folder, and choose Paste. Following these steps will copy all the lesson assets to your local folder. This process may take a few minutes to complete, depending on the speed of your hardware. Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 ClAssroom in A book 3  relinking the lesson files It is possible that the file path to the lesson files may need to be updated. If you open an Adobe Premiere Pro project and it cannot find a media file, a dialog may open and ask you “Where is the File MEDIA.mov’?” If this happens, you will need to navigate to one of the offline files in order to reconnect. Once you’ve recon- nected one file in the project, the rest should reconnect. You can navigate to the same location where you copied the files you copied from the DVD. The path will be Premiere Pro CS6 CIB > Lessons > Assets. You may need to look in some of the included folders to find the media file (especially if it involves tapeless media). You can use the search field in the OS dialog box to search for the file by name. When you locate a file, just select it and click the Open button. how to use these lessons Each lesson in this book provides step-by-step instructions for creating one or more specific elements of a real-world project. The lessons stand alone, but most of them build on previous lessons in terms of concepts and skills. So, the best way to learn from this book is to proceed through the lessons in sequential order. The organization of the lessons is workflow-oriented rather than feature-oriented, and the book uses a real-world approach. The lessons follow the typical sequential steps video editors use to complete a project, starting with acquiring video, laying down a cuts-only sequence, adding effects, sweetening the audio track, and ulti- mately exporting the project to the Web, a portable device, a DVD, a Blu-ray Disc, or Flash. additional resources Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Classroom in a Book is not meant to replace documenta- tion that comes with the program or to be a comprehensive reference for every feature. Only the commands and options used in the lessons are explained in this book. For comprehensive information about program features and tutorials, please refer to these resources: Adobe Community Help: Community Help brings together active Adobe product users, Adobe product team members, authors, and experts to give you the most useful, relevant, and up-to-date information about Adobe products. 4 GettinG stArted To Access Community Help: To invoke Help, press F1 or choose Help > Premiere Pro Help. Adobe content is updated based on community feedback and contributions. You can add comments to content and forums (including links to web content), publish your own content using Community Publishing, or contribute Cookbook recipes. Find out how to contribute at www.adobe.com/community/publishing/download.html. See community.adobe.com/help/profile/faq.html for answers to frequently asked questions about Community Help. Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Help and Support: www.adobe.com/support/premiere is where you can find and browse Help and Support content on adobe.com. Adobe Forums: forums.adobe.com lets you tap into peer-to-peer discussions, questions, and answers on Adobe products. Adobe TV: tv.adobe.com is an online video resource for expert instruction and inspiration about Adobe products, including a How To channel to get you started with your product. Adobe Design Center: www.adobe.com/designcenter offers thoughtful articles on design and design issues, a gallery showcasing the work of top-notch designers, tutorials, and more. Adobe Developer Connection: www.adobe.com/devnet is your source for techni- cal articles, code samples, and how-to videos that cover Adobe developer products and technologies. Resources for educators: www.adobe.com/education offers a treasure trove of information for instructors who teach classes on Adobe software. Find solutions for education at all levels, including free curricula that use an integrated approach to teaching Adobe software and can be used to prepare for the Adobe Certified Associate exams. Also check out these useful links: Adobe Marketplace & Exchange: www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange is a central resource for finding tools, services, extensions, code samples, and more to supple- ment and extend your Adobe products. Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 product home page: www.adobe.com/products/premiere Adobe Labs: labs.adobe.com gives you access to early builds of cutting-edge technology, as well as forums where you can interact both with the Adobe develop- ment teams building that technology and with other like-minded members of the community. Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 ClAssroom in A book 5  adobe certification The Adobe training and certification programs are designed to help Adobe custom- ers improve and promote their product-proficiency skills. There are four levels of certification: Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI) Adobe Authorized Training Center (AATC) The Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) credential certifies that individuals have the entry-level skills to plan, design, build, and maintain effective communications using different forms of digital media. The Adobe Certified Expert program is a way for expert users to upgrade their credentials. You can use Adobe certification as a catalyst for getting a raise, finding a job, or promoting your expertise. If you are an ACE-level instructor, the Adobe Certified Instructor program takes your skills to the next level and gives you access to a wide range of Adobe resources. Adobe Authorized Training Centers offer instructor-led courses and training on Adobe products, employing only Adobe Certified Instructors. A directory of AATCs is available at partners.adobe.com. For information on the Adobe Certified programs, visit www.adobe.com/support/ certification/index.html. Checking for updates Adobe periodically provides updates to software. You can easily obtain these updates through Adobe Updater, as long as you have an active Internet connection. 1 In Premiere Pro, choose Help > Updates. Adobe Updater automatically checks for updates available for your Adobe software. 2 In the Adobe Updater dialog box, select the updates you want to install, and then click Download and Install Updates to install them. For book updates and bonus material, visit the book’s page on the Web at www.peachpit.com/prcs6cib. 6 GettinG stArted This page intentionally left blank  1 tourInG aDoBe PremIere Pro Cs6 Lesson overview In this lesson, you’ll learn about the following: What’s new in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Nonlinear editing in Adobe Premiere Pro Exploring the standard digital video workflow Enhancing the workflow with high-level features Incorporating Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium into your workflow Exploring the Adobe CS6 Production Premium workflow Touring the Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 workspace Exploring the workspace layout Customizing your workspace This lesson will take approximately 45 minutes. Before you begin, you’ll walk through a brief overview of video editing and an explanation of how Adobe Premiere Pro functions as the hub of the video production workflow. Even experienced editors will find this tour a useful guide to Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. 8 Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 is a video-editing system that supports the latest technology and cameras with powerful tools that are easy to use and that integrate perfectly with almost every video acquisition source. 9  Getting started Today we’re seeing an increasing demand for high-quality video content as well as an ever-changing landscape of old and new technologies. Despite all of this rapid change, however, the goal of video editing is the same: You want to take your footage and shape it using your original vision so that you can effectively communicate with your audience (or even the world). In Adobe Premiere Pro, you’ll find a video-editing system that supports the latest technology and cameras with powerful tools that are easy to use and that integrate perfectly with almost every video acquisition source, as well as a wide range of plug- ins and other post-production tools. You’ll begin by reviewing the essential workflow that most editors follow. Next you’ll see how Premiere Pro fits into Adobe CS6 Production Premium. Finally, you’ll learn about the main components in the Adobe Premiere Pro interface and how to create your own custom workspaces. nonlinear editing in adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro is a nonlinear editor (NLE). Like a word processor, Premiere Pro lets you place, replace, and move footage anywhere you want in your final edited video. You can also adjust any parts of the video clips you use at any time. You don’t need to perform edits in a particular order, and you can make changes to any part of your video project at any time. You’ll combine multiple clips to create a sequence that you can edit simply by click- ing and dragging with your mouse. You can edit any part of your sequence, in any order, and then change the contents, move clips so that they play earlier or later in the video, blend layers of video together, add special effects, and more. You can work on any part of your sequence, in any order, and even combine mul- tiple sequences. You can jump to any moment in a video clip without needing to fast-forward or rewind. It’s as easy to organize clips as it is to organize files on your computer. 10 lesson 1 touring Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 Adobe Premiere Pro supports both tape and tapeless media formats, including XDCAM EX, XDCAMHD 422, AVCCAM, DPX, Panasonic P2, AVCHD, AVC-Intra, and DSLR video. It also supports the latest in raw video formats with enhanced RED camera support and the addition of ARRI Alexa. Bringing footage into your project is fast and easy, and it is usually unnecessary to convert your video files before using them. Presenting the standard digital video workflow As you gain editing experience, you’ll develop your own preference for the order in which to work on the different aspects of your project. Each stage requires a par- ticular kind of attention and different tools. Also, some projects call for more time spent on one stage than another. Whether you skip through some stages with a quick mental check or spend hours (even days!) dedicated to perfecting an aspect of your project, you’ll work through the following steps: 1 Acquire the video. This can mean recording original footage or gathering assets for a project. 2 Capture (transfer or ingest) the video to your hard drive. With tape-based formats, Adobe Premiere Pro (with the appropriate hardware) can convert the video into digital files. With tapeless media, Adobe Premiere Pro can read the media directly—there’s no need for conversion. If working with tapeless media, be sure to back up your files to a second location. 3 Organize your clips. These days, there can be quite a lot of video shots to choose from in your project. Spend the time to organize clips together into special folders (called bins) in your project. You can also add color labels and other metadata (additional information about the clips) to help keep things organized. 4 Build your edited sequence by selecting the parts of the video and audio clips you want and adding them to the Timeline. 5 Place special transition effects between clips, add video effects, and create combined visual effects by placing clips on multiple layers (tracks). 6 Create titles or graphics, and add them to your sequence in the same way you would add video clips. 7 Mix your audio tracks to get the combined level just right, and use transitions and special effects on your audio clips to improve the sound. 8 Export your finished project to videotape, to a file for a computer or for Internet playback, to a mobile device, or to a DVD or Blu-ray Disc. Adobe Premiere Pro supports each of these steps with industry-leading tools. Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 ClAssroom in A book 11  enhancing the workflow with adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Premiere Pro has easy-to-use tools for standard video editing. It also pro- vides advanced tools for manipulating, adjusting, and fine-tuning your projects. You may not incorporate all of the following features in your first few video projects. However, as your experience and understanding of nonlinear editing grows, you’ll want to expand your capabilities. The following topics will be covered in this book: Advanced audio editing: Adobe Premiere Pro provides audio effects and editing unequaled by any other nonlinear editor. Create and place 5.1 surround-sound audio channels, make sample-level edits, apply multiple audio effects to audio clips or tracks, and use the included state-of-the-art plug-ins as well as third- party Virtual Studio Technology (VST) plug-ins. Color correction: Correct and enhance the look of your footage with advanced color-correction filters. You can also make secondary color-correction selections that allow you to adjust isolated colors and adjust parts of an image to improve the composition. Keyframe controls: Premiere Pro gives you the precise control you need to fine-tune visual and motion effects without exporting to a compositing or motion graphics application. Keyframes use a standard interface design, so learn how to use them once, and you’ll know how to use them in all Adobe Creative Suite products. Broad hardware support: Choose from a wide range of dedicated capture cards and other hardware to assemble a system that best fits your needs and budget. Adobe Premiere Pro system specifications extend from low-cost computers for digital video (DV) and compressed HDV editing up to high-performance workstations capturing full HD and 3D stereoscopic video. Mercury Playback Engine graphics card acceleration: The Mercury Playback Engine operates in two modes: software-only and GPU acceleration. The GPU acceleration mode requires a compatible graphics card in your workstation. See www.adobe.com/products/premiere/tech-specs.html for a list of compatible graphics cards. Multicam editing: You can easily and quickly edit productions shot with multiple cameras. Adobe Premiere Pro displays multiple camera sources in a split-view monitor, and you can choose a camera view by clicking the appropriate screen or using shortcut keys. Project Manager: Manage your media through a single dialog box. View, delete, move, search for, and reorganize clips and bins. Consolidate your projects by moving just the media actually used in a project and copying that media to a single location. Then reclaim drive space by deleting unused media. 12 lesson 1 touring Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6  Metadata: Adobe Premiere Pro supports Adobe XMP, which stores additional information about media as metadata that can be accessed by multiple applications. This information can be used to locate clips or communicate valuable information such as preferred takes. Creative titles: Create titles and graphics using the Premiere Pro Title Designer. You can also use graphics created in almost any suitable software, plus Adobe Photoshop documents can be used as automatically flattened images or as separate layers you can incorporate, combine, and animate selectively. Advanced trimming: Use special trimming tools to adjust each clip and cut point in a sequence. Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 includes significant improvements to its trimming tools, allowing you to make complex trimming adjustments to multiple clips. Media encoding: Export your sequence to create a video and audio file that is perfect for your needs. Use the advanced features of Adobe Media Encoder to create multiple copies of your finished sequence in several different formats. expanding the workflow While it is possible to work with Premiere Pro as a stand-alone application, it is really meant to be a team player. Chances are high that you’re using Adobe Premiere Pro as part of Creative Suite 6, which means you have access to other specialized tools. Even if you are using the stand-alone version, it comes bundled with Adobe Encore (for authoring DVD and Blu-ray Discs) and Adobe Media Encoder (for creating digital video files). Knowing how the software components work together will improve your efficiency and expand your capabilities. Incorporating other Cs6 components into the editing workflow Adobe Premiere Pro is a versatile video and audio post-production tool, but it is just one component of Adobe CS6, Adobe’s complete post-production environment that includes software for the following: High-end 3D motion effects creation Complex text animation generation Layered graphics production Vector artwork creation Audio production Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 ClAssroom in A book 13  To incorporate one or more of these features into a production, you can use other components of Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium. The software set has everything you need to produce advanced, professionally finished videos. Here’s a brief description of the other components: Adobe After Effects CS6: The tool of choice for motion graphics and visual effects artists. Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended: The industry-standard image-editing and graphic-creation product. You can work with photos, video, and 3D objects to prepare them for your project. Adobe Audition CS6: A powerful tool for audio editing, audio cleanup, audio sweetening, music creation, and automatic speech alignment. Adobe Encore CS6: A high-quality DVD-authoring software designed to work closely with Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop CS6. Encore produces DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, and interactive SWF files. Encore CS6 is included with Premiere Pro. Adobe Illustrator CS6: Professional vector graphics creation software for print, video production, and the Web. Adobe Dynamic Link: A cross-product connection that allows you to work in real time with media, compositions, and sequences shared natively between After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Encore CS6, without rendering, exporting, or importing. Adobe Bridge CS6: A visual file browser that provides centralized access to your Creative Suite project files, applications, and settings. Bridge CS6 is included with Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. Adobe Flash Professional CS6: The industry standard for creating rich, interactive web content. Adobe SpeedGrade CS6: Professional, sophisticated color grading/finishing with support for high-end and 3D (visual stereo) video formats. Adobe Prelude CS6: Ingest and add metadata, markers, and tags to file-based footage to speed up your post-production workflow. Adobe Media Encoder CS6: Batch-process files to produce content for any screen from Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects CS6. Adobe Media Encoder CS6 is included with Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. 14 lesson 1 touring Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 adobe Creative suite 6 Production Premium workflow Your Premiere Pro/Creative Suite 6 Production Premium workflow will vary depending on your production needs. Here are a few scenarios: Use Photoshop CS6 to touch up and apply effects to still images from a digital camera, a scanner, or a video clip. Then use them in Premiere Pro. Create a layered graphic in Photoshop CS6, and then open it in Premiere Pro. You can opt to work with each layer independently, allowing you to apply effects and animation to selected layers. Import large numbers of media files with Adobe Prelude CS6, adding valuable metadata, temporal comments, and tags. Create sequences from subclips in Adobe Prelude and send them to Premiere Pro to continue editing them. Send a clip straight from the Premiere Pro timeline to Adobe Audition for professional audio cleanup and sweetening. Send your Premiere Pro sequence to Adobe Audition to complete a professional audio mix. Premiere Pro can create an Adobe Audition session based on your sequence, with mixed-down video so you can compose based on the action. Using Dynamic Link, open Premiere Pro video clips in After Effects CS6. Apply special effects and animation, and then view the results in Premiere Pro. You can play After Effects compositions in Premiere Pro without waiting to render them and also benefit from After Effects CS6 Global Cache, which saves RAM previews for later use. Use After Effects CS6 to create and animate text in ways far beyond the capabilities of Premiere Pro. Use those compositions in Premiere Pro with Dynamic Link. Adjustments made in After Effects appear inside Premiere Pro immediately. Send video projects created in Premiere Pro into Encore CS6 using Dynamic Link, without rendering or saving an intermediate file. Use Encore to create a DVD, Blu-ray Disc, or interactive Flash application. Most of this book will focus on a standard workflow involving only Premiere Pro. However, several lessons and sidebars will demonstrate how you can use Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium components as part of your workflow for powerful effects work and fine finishing. Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 ClAssroom in A book 15  touring the adobe Premiere Pro interface It’s helpful to begin by getting a little familiarity with the editing interface so you can recognize the tools as you work with them in the following lessons. To make it easier to configure the user interface, Premiere Pro offers workspaces. Workspaces quickly configure the various panels and tools on-screen in ways that are helpful for particular activities, such as editing, special effects work, or audio mixing. P Note: It’s best to To begin with, you’ll take a brief tour of the Editing workspace. In this exercise, copy all the lesson you’ll use an Adobe Premiere Pro project from this book’s companion DVD. Be assets from the DVD sure to copy the lesson files from the DVD to your computer’s hard drive for best to your hard drive and leave them there until performance. you complete this book; 1 Make sure you’ve copied all the lesson folders and contents from the DVD to some lessons refer to assets from previous your hard drive. The suggested directory is My Documents/Adobe/Premiere lessons. Pro/6.0/Lessons (Windows) or Documents/Adobe/Premiere Pro/6.0/Lessons (Mac OS). 2 Launch Premiere Pro. On the welcome screen of Premiere Pro, you can start a new project or open a saved one. P Note: You may be prompted with a dialog box asking where a particular file is. This will happen when the original files are saved on a hard drive (or hard 3 Click Open Project. drive letter) different from the one you’re 4 In the Open Project window, navigate using. You’ll need to tell Premiere Pro where to the Lesson 01 folder in the Lessons the file is. In this case, folder, and then double-click the navigate to the Lessons/ Lesson 01.prproj project file to open Assets folder, and select the file that the dialog the first lesson in the Premiere Pro box is prompting you to workspace. open. Premiere Pro will remember this location P Note: All Adobe Premiere Pro project files have for the rest of the files. a.prproj extension. 16 lesson 1 touring Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 the workspace layout Before you begin, make sure you are looking at the default workspace. Choose Window > Workspace > Editing. Then, to reset the Editing workspace, choose Window > Workspace > Reset Current Workspace. Click Yes in the confirmation dialog. If you’re new to nonlinear editing, the default workspace might look like an awful lot of buttons. Don’t worry. Things become much simpler when you know what the buttons are for. The interface is designed to make video editing easy. The principal elements are shown here. Effect Controls (hidden) Audio Mixer (hidden) Program Monitor Source Monitor Project panel Media Browser (hidden) Info panel (hidden) Clips Sequence Tools panel Tracks Timeline Audio Master meters Effects panel (hidden) History panel (hidden) Each workspace item appears in its own panel, and multiple panels can be com- bined into a single frame. Some items with common industry terms stand alone, such as Timeline, Audio Mixer, and Program Monitor. The main user interface elements are as follows: Timeline panel: This is where you’ll do most of your actual editing. You view and work on sequences (the term for edited video segments or entire projects) in the Timeline panel. One strength of sequences is that you can nest them (place sequences inside other sequences). In this way, you can break up a production into manageable chunks or create unique special effects. Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 ClAssroom in A book 17  Tracks: You can layer—or composite—video clips, images, graphics, and titles on an unlimited number of tracks. Video clips on upper video tracks cover whatever is directly below them on the Timeline. Therefore, you need to give clips on higher tracks some kind of transparency or reduce their size if you want clips on lower tracks to show through. Monitor panels: You use the Source Monitor (on the left) to view and trim raw clips (your original footage). To view a clip in the Source Monitor, double- click it in the Project panel. The Program Monitor (on the right) is for viewing your sequence. Some editors prefer working with only one monitor screen. The lessons throughout this book reflect a two-monitor configuration. You can change to a single-monitor view if you choose. Click the Close button on the Source tab to close that monitor. In the main menu, choose Window > Source Monitor to open it again. Project panel: This is where you place links to your project’s media files: video clips, audio files, graphics, still images, and sequences. You can use bins—similar to folders—to organize your assets. Media Browser: This panel helps you browse your hard drive to find footage. It’s especially useful for file-based camera media. Effects panel: This panel contains all the clip effects you will use in your sequences, including video filters, audio effects, and transitions (docked, by default, with the Project panel). Effects are grouped by type to make them easier to find. Audio Mixer: This panel (docked, by default, with the Source and Effect Controls panels) is based on audio production studio hardware, with volume sliders and panning knobs. There is one set of controls for each audio track on the Timeline, plus a master track. Audio Mixer 18 lesson 1 touring Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6  Effect Controls panel: This panel (docked, by default, with the Source and Audio Mixer panels, or accessible via the Window menu) displays the controls for any effects applied to a clip you select in a sequence. Motion, Opacity, and Time Remapping controls are always available for Effect Controls panel visual clips. Most effect parameters are adjustable over time. Tools panel: Each icon in this panel represents a tool that per- forms a specific function, typically a type of edit in a sequence. The Selection tool is context-sensitive, which means it changes appearance to indicate the function that matches the circum- stances. If you find your cursor doesn’t work as you expect it, it might be because you have the wrong tool. Info panel: The Info panel (docked, by default, with the Project panel and Media Browser, or accessible via the Window menu) presents information about any asset you select in the Project panel or any clip or transition selected in a sequence. History panel: This panel (docked, by default, with the Effects and Info panels) tracks the steps you take and lets you back up easily. It’s a kind of visual Undo list. When you select a previous step, all Tools panel steps that came after it are also undone. Customizing your workspace In addition to customizing the default workspaces (based on tasks), you can adjust the position and location of panels to create a workspace that works best for you. You can then store a workspace or even create multiple workspaces for different tasks. As you change the size of a frame, other frames change size to compensate. All panels within frames are accessible via tabs. All panels are dockable—you can drag a panel from one frame to another. You can drag a panel out of a frame to become a separate floating panel. Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 ClAssroom in A book 19  In this exercise, you’ll try all these functions and save a customized workspace. 1 Click the Source Monitor panel (selecting its tab if necessary), and then position your pointer on the vertical divider between the Source panel and the Program panel. Then, click and drag left and right to change the sizes of those frames. You can choose to have different sizes for your video displays. P Note: All panels are adjustable in the same way, even the Tools and Audio meters. 2 Place the pointer on the horizontal divider between the Source panel and the Timeline. Drag up and down to change the sizes of these frames. P Note: As you move 3 Click the gripper area in the upper-left corner of the tab for the Effects panel (to a panel, Premiere Pro the left of the name), and drag it to the middle of the Source panel to dock the displays a drop zone. If Effects panel in that frame. the panel is a rectangle, it will go into the selected frame as an additional tab. If it’s a trapezoid, it will go into its own frame. The drop zone is displayed as a center highlight. When many panels are combined in a single frame, you may not be able to see all the tabs. A navigation slider appears above the tabs to navigate between 20 lesson 1 touring Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6  them. Slide it left or right to reveal hidden tabs. You can also display a panel by choosing it in the Window menu. 4 Click and drag the Effects drag handle to a point near the right of the Project panel to place it in its own frame. The drop zone is displayed as a trapezoid. You may need to resize your panels to see the controls you want. The drop zone is a trapezoid that covers the right portion of the Project panel. Release the mouse button, and your workspace should look something like the example on the right. You can also pull panels out into their own floating panel. 5 Click the Source Monitor’s drag handle, and hold down the Control (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) key while dragging it out of its frame. Its drop zone image is much more distinct, indicating that you are about to create a floating panel. Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 ClAssroom in A book 21  6 Drop the Source Monitor anywhere, creating a floating panel. Resize it by dragging from a corner or a side like any other panel. 7 As you gain experience, you might want to create and save the layout of your panels as a customized workspace. To do so, choose Window > Workspace > New Workspace. Type a name, and click OK. 8 If you want to return a workspace to its default layout, choose Window > Workspace > Reset Current Workspace. To return to a recognizable starting point, choose the preset Editing workspace and reset it. Introducing preferences The more you edit video, the more you’ll want to customize Premiere Pro to match your specific needs. There are several types of preferences, all grouped into one panel for easy access. Preferences will be covered in depth as they relate to the indi- vidual lessons in this book. Let’s look at a simple one: 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Appearance (Windows) or Premiere Pro > Preferences > Appearance (Mac OS). E Tip: Notice as 2 Drag the Brightness slider to the left or right to suit your needs. When done, you approach the click OK, or click cancel to return to the default setting. darkest setting, the text switches to white on gray. This is to accommodate those editors who work in editing bays in darkened rooms. The default brightness is a neutral gray to help you see colors correctly. 22 lesson 1 touring Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 review questions 1 Why is Premiere Pro considered a nonlinear editor? 2 Describe the basic video-editing workflow. 3 What is the Media Browser used for? 4 Can you save a customized workspace? 5 What is the purpose of the Source Monitor? What is the purpose of the Program Monitor? 6 How can you drag a panel to its own floating panel? review answers 1 Premiere Pro lets you place video clips, audio clips, and graphics anywhere in a sequence; rearrange items already in a sequence; add transitions; apply effects; and do any number of other video-editing steps in any order that suits you. 2 Shoot your video; transfer it to your computer; create a sequence of video, audio, and still-image clips on the Timeline; add effects and transitions; add text and graphics; mix your audio; and export the finished product. 3 The Media Browser allows you to browse and import media files without having to open an external file browser. It is particularly useful when you’re working with file-based camera footage. 4 Yes. You can save any customized workspace by choosing Window > Workspace > New Workspace. 5 You use the monitor panels to view your original clips and your sequence. You can view and trim your original footage in the Source Monitor and use the Program Monitor to view the Timeline sequence as you build it. 6 Drag the panel with your mouse while holding down Control (Windows) or Command (Mac OS). Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 ClAssroom in A book 23  2 settInG uP a ProjeCt Lesson overview In this lesson, you’ll learn about the following: Choosing project settings Choosing video rendering and playback settings Choosing video and audio display settings Choosing capture format settings Creating scratch disks Using sequence presets Customizing sequence settings This lesson will take approximately 45 minutes. Before you begin editing, you need to create a new project and choose some settings for your first sequence. If you’re not familiar with video and audio technology, all the options might be a little overwhelming. Luckily, Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 gives you easy shortcuts. Plus, the principles of video and sound reproduction are the same no matter what you’re creating. It’s just a question of knowing what you want to do. To help you plan and manage your projects, this chapter contains quite a lot of informa- tion about formats and video technology. You may decide to revisit this chapter later, as your familiarity with Adobe Premiere Pro grows. In practice, you are likely to make very few changes to the default set- tings, but it’s good to know what all the options mean. 24 In this lesson, you’ll learn how to create a new project and choose sequence settings that tell Adobe Premiere Pro how to play your clips. 25  Getting started An Adobe Premiere Pro project file stores links to all the video and sound files—aka clips—used in your Adobe Premiere Pro project. A project file also has at least one sequence—that is, a series of clips that play, one after another, with special effects, titles, and sound, to form your completed creative work. You’ll choose which parts of your clips to use and in which order they’ll play. The beauty of editing with Adobe Premiere Pro is that you can change your mind about almost anything. P Note: Many of the Remember that Adobe Premiere Pro project files have the file extension.prproj. terms used in Adobe Premiere Pro come from film editing, including the term clip. In traditional film editing, film editors cut a piece of celluloid with a clipper and then put the piece aside for use in the edit. Video and audio clips in a sequence play in order as a completed edit. Most often, starting a new Adobe Premiere Pro project is simple. You create a new project, choose a sequence preset, and get on with editing. When you create a new project, Adobe Premiere Pro invites you to create a sequence. It’s important to understand how sequence settings change the way Adobe Premiere Pro plays your video and audio clips. You can change the settings selected by a preset if it is almost, but not exactly, what you want. P Note: Presets You need to know the kind of video and audio your camera preselect several records because your sequence settings will usually be based on your original source settings, saving you clips. To make it easier for you to choose the right settings, Adobe Premiere Pro time. You can use an existing sequence sequence presets are named after different camera recording formats, so if you preset or create a new know the video format that your camera records, you’ll know what to choose. one for use next time. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to create a new project and choose sequence settings that tell Adobe Premiere Pro how to play your clips. You’ll also learn about dif- ferent kinds of audio tracks, what preview files are, and how to open projects created in Apple Final Cut Pro 7 and Avid Media Composer. 26 lesson 2 setting Up a Project setting up a project Let’s begin by creating a new project. 1 Launch Adobe Premiere Pro. The Welcome screen appears. Recent Projects is a list of previously opened projects. If this is your first time launching Adobe Premiere Pro, it will be blank. There are four buttons in this window: New Project: Opens the New Project dialog. Open Project: Lets you browse to an existing project file and open it to continue working on it. Help: Opens the online Help system. You’ll need to be connected to the Internet to access online Adobe Premiere Pro Help. Exit: Exits Adobe Premiere Pro. Adobe Premiere Pro Cs6 ClAssroom in A book 27  2 Click New Project to open the New Project dialog. P Note: You’ll notice This dialog has two tabs: General and Scratch Disks. All of the settings in this dia- that tabbed panels and log can be changed later. In most cases, you’ll want to leave them as they are. Let’s dialogs appear a lot in take a look at what they mean. Adobe Premiere Pro. They are a useful way of packing extra options Video rendering and playback settings into a smaller space. While working creatively with video clips in your sequences, it’s likely you’ll apply some visual effects. Some special effects can be played immediately, combining your original video with the effect and displaying the results as soon as you click Play. When this happens, it’s called real-time playback. Real-time playback is desirable because it means you can watch the results of your creative choices right away. Many special effects in Adobe Premiere Pro are designed to be in real time. If you use lots of effects or if you use effects that are not designed to be played in real time, your computer may not be able to display the results at the full frame rate. That is, Adobe Premiere Pro will attempt to display your video clips, combined with the special effects, but it will not show every single frame each second. When this happens, it is described as dropping frames. 28 lesson 2 setting Up a Project  What do rendering and real time actually mean? Think of rendering as an artist’s rendering, where something is visualized, taking up paper and taking time. Imagine you have a piece of video that is too dark. You add a special effect to make it brighter, but your video-editing system is unable to both play the original video and make it brighter. In this situation, you’d have your system render the effect. When this happens, a new video file is created that looks like your original video combined with the special effect to make it brighter. When the part of your sequence is played that contains the clip with the rendered effect, your system invisibly, and seamlessly, switches to playing the newly rendered video file instead. That file plays back like any other regular file. Although it looks like your original video with an effect on it, it’s actually just a simple video clip that plays back normally. When the part of your sequence with the brightened clip is finished, your system invisibly, and seamlessly, switches back to playing your other original video files. The downside with rendering is that it takes up extra space on your hard drive, and it takes time. It also means you are viewing a new video file, based on your original media, and that might introduce some loss of quality. The upside with rendering is that you can be confident your system will be able to play the results of your effect at full quality, with all the frames per second. Real-time is...instant! When using a real-time special effect, your system plays the original video clip combined with the special effect right away, without waiting for it to render. The only downside with real-time performance is that the amount you can do without rendering depends on how powerful your system is. In the case of Adobe Premiere Pro, you can dramatically improve real-time performance by using the right graphics card (see “The Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration [CUDA]” on the next page). Plus, you’ll need to use effects that are designed for real- time playback—and not all effects are. Adobe Premiere Pro displays colored lines along the top of the Timeline panel to tell you when extra work is required to play back your video. Not seeing every frame when you play your sequence is OK! It won’t affect the final results. When you’re done editing and you output your finished sequence (more on that in Chapter 18, “Exporting Frames, Clips, and Sequences”), it’ll be full quality, with all the frames. However, it can make a difference to you