Sorry, we currently do not have any public classes scheduled for the Premiere level 1 class. Please contact us to see if we can put one on the schedule for you.

Premiere CS5, CS6, CC level 1 beginner class in Boston

Course Description:

This 2-day course covers the basics of learning Adobe Premiere, and countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with its new features, including new multicam editing tools, auto-creation of menu-based DVDs from the timeline, and Native HD, SD and HDV support, and more.

Learning Objectives:

In this class, you will learn how to:

• Work with audio
• Create transitions and titles
• Manipulate subclips and virtual clips
• ... and more.

Target Audience:

Students who need to know the basics of Adobe Premiere, and countless tips and techniques to help them become more productive with new features.

Premiere CS5, CS6, CC level 1 beginner class in Boston

Course Outline:

1. Getting Started with Adobe Premiere

• Topic A: Explore the Premiere Pro Interface
• Topic B: Customize the Workspace
• Topic C: Create a Project

2. Assembling a Project

• Topic A: Import Assets
• Topic B: Organize Media Files
• TopicC: Add Clips to a Sequence

3. Editing a Sequence

• Topic A: Edit Footage
• Topic B: Edit Clips

4. Enhancing a Sequence

• Topic A: Apply Effects
• Topic B: Add Transitions
• Topic C: Add Text
• Topic D: Create a Composite

5. Working with Audio

• Topic A: Adjust Audio
• Topic B: Apply Audio Effects
• Topic C: Work with Merged Clips

6. Exporting Videos

• Topic A: Export a Movie File
• Topic B: Review a Movie File

7. Working with Adobe Encore

• Topic A: Import Assets to Adobe Encore
• Topic B: Add Chapters and Subtitles
• Topic C: Create a Menu
• Topic D: Create a Slide Show
• Topic E: Add Navigation to a Menu
• Topic F: Export a Project

Our outlines are a guide to the content covered on a typical course. We may change or alter the course topics to meet the objectives of a particular course.

Sorry, we currently do not have any public classes scheduled for the Premiere level 1 class. Please contact us to see if we can put one on the schedule for you.

Sorry, we currently do not have any public classes scheduled for the Premiere level 2 class. Please contact us to see if we can put one on the schedule for you.

Premiere CS5, CS6, CC level 2 advanced class

Course Description:

This 2-day intermediate course covers additional techniques in Adobe Premiere.

Learning Objectives:

In this class, you will learn how to:

• Work with Adobe Media Encoder
• Perform time remapping
• Mix audio
• Explore composting techniques and keying
• Use nested sequences
• ... and more.

Target Audience:

Premiere users who are familiar with the basics and want advanced their skill level.

Premiere CS5, CS6, CC level 2 advanced class

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Changing time

• Getting Started
• Using slow-motion and reverse-motion techniques
• Enabling variable time changes with time remapping
• Applying time remapping with speed transitions
• Using time remapping with reverse motion
• Recognizing the downstream effects of changing time
• Changing the speed of multiple clips simultaneously
• Changing the length of multiple stills simultaneously
• Review questions
• Review answers

Lesson 2: Acquiring and editing audio

• Getting Started
• Setting up a basic voice-recording area
• Voicing professional narrations
• Creating a high-quality aural experience
• Examining audio characteristics
• Adjusting audio volume
• Adjusting audio gain
• Adding J-cuts and L-cuts
• Review questions
• Review answers

Lesson 3: Sweetening your sound and mixing audio

• Getting Started
• Sweetening sound with audio effects
• Trying stereo and 5.1 surround sound effects
• Working with the Audio Mixer
• Outputting tracks to submixes
• Recording voice-overs
• Creating a 5.1 surround sound mix
• Fixing, sweetening, and creating soundtracks in Adobe Soundbooth
• Review questions
• Review answers

Lesson 4: Analyzing content

• Getting Started
• Transcribing speech to text
• Enhancing the accuracy of speech analysis
• Searching transcription for keywords
• Setting In and Out points using speech analysis text
• Modifying the metadata
• Detecting faces in a sequence
• Review questions
• Review answers

Lesson 5. Exploring Compositing Techniques

• Making compositing part of your projects
• Working with the Opacity effect
• Combine layers based on a blend mode
• Working with alpha-channel transparencies
• Color keying a green-screen shot with Ultra Key
• Using matte keys

Lesson 6. Working with Color, Nested Sequences, and Shortcuts

• An overview of color-oriented effects
• Adjusting and enhancing color
• Using nested sequences
• Nesting clips
• Getting to know the recommended keyboard shortcuts

Lesson 7. Managing Your Projects

• Project menu overview
• Using the Project Manager
• Importing projects or sequences

Lesson 8. Exploring Adobe Onlocation

• Setting up Adobe OnLocation
• Calibrating your camera with Camera Setup Assistant
• Recording live video
• Recording video to a shot list
• Analyzing video with Adobe OnLocation
• Importing clips not captured with Adobe OnLocation
• Importing OnLocation clips with the Adobe Premiere Pro Media Browser

Lesson 9. Using Photoshop and After Effects to Enhance Your Video Projects

• Exploring Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium
• Importing Adobe Photoshop files as sequences
• Using Dynamic Link with After Effects
• Replacing a clip with an After Effects composition

Lesson 10. Exporting Frames, Clips, and Sequences

• Overview of export options
• Recording to tape
• Exporting single frames
• Using the Export Settings dialog
• Working with Adobe Media Encoder
• Format overview
• Using the formats
• Exporting to mobile devices
• Exporting to Final Cut Pro
• Working with edit decision lists

Lesson 11. Authoring DVDs with Adobe Encore

• Overview of DVD authoring in Adobe Premiere Pro
• Adding Adobe Encore chapter markers to the Timeline
• Creating an autoplay DVD
• Creating a menu DVD
• Creating a Blu-ray Disc
• Exporting DVD projects to Flash

Our outlines are a guide to the content covered on a typical class. We may change or alter the course topics to meet the objectives of a particular class.

Sorry, we currently do not have any public classes scheduled for the Premiere level 2 class. Please contact us to see if we can put one on the schedule for you.