Premiere Pro CS5
Level 2

Length
2 Days

Class Fees
1 Student	$695
2 Students	$1100
3 Students	$1450
4+ Students	Call

IMPORTANT!!  To demonstrate the full power of the Mercury Playback Engine in Premiere Pro CS5, computers must be fitted with an Adobe approved Nvidia Quadro or GeForce graphics card. These are not cheap.  Art=Visual has the only classroom in Southeast with these cards installed on the student computers.

Note:  Those using CS4 can still benefit from this course.  Very little has changed from CS4 to CS5, with most changes being technical upgrades.  Minor changes will be pointed out to CS4 students.  There should be no confusion when returning to work and using CS4.

Note: Maximum class size at our Atlanta classroom is two students, though in most cases if you are the only one to sign up from your organization, you will be the only student. There is no extra charge for 1-on-1 training and no classes are cancelled. Three or more students must train on-site at their place of business. For more information, please read about our class sizes.

Note on Fees:  Multiple student discounts are for multiple students from one organization.

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Class Times
Classes can be held at any time per the customer's schedule, but unless arranged otherwise, classes run from 9 AM to 5 PM each day, with an hour for lunch.

Description
Our Premiere Pro Level 2 course picks up where Premiere Pro Level 1 left off.  The skills taught in this course are vital for editing a compelling video project.  Add pizzazz to your video productions with Effects, Track Mattes, and Green/Blue Screen Keying.  Learn editing techniques used by the pros.  If you're looking to produce professional looking videos, this course is a must.

Prerequisites
All skills taught in Premiere Pro Level 1, particularly a good understanding of animating by using key frames.

After completing this course a student will be able to
• Understand the power of the CS5's Mercury Playback Engine
• Work with video and audio effects
• Manipulate time: slow/fast motion, frame hold, and Time Remapping
• Use advanced editing techniques
• Match music and sound effect to video events with Clip Markers
• Save time and create complex compositions with Nested Sequences
• Hide and reveal video elements by using the power of Track Mattes
• Shoot and key green/blue screen content

Class materials
Steve uses his own videos and written materials for the class, but also provides student's with their own copy of Adobe Premiere Pro Studio Techniques by Jacob Rosenberg to use as a reference manual.

Art=Visual classes have plenty of hands-on practices that allow students to create real world art and compositions.

Course Outline

Lesson 1:  Discussion on CS5 Technical Improvements (New to CS5)
• System Requirements
• Mercury Playback Engine
• Support for new tapeless formats
• DSLR Camera video support

Lesson 2: Premiere Pro Effects and Filters
• Accelerated, 32 Bit, and YUV effects (New to CS5)
• Applying and removing effects from a clip
• Manipulating effect options in the Effects Palette
• Animating effects
• Applying multiple effects
• Copying and Pasting Effects to multiple clips
• Saving Effects as Presets for future use
• Ganging Program and Source monitors for before/after views
• Video Color and Exposure adjustments
• Closer look at some useful Premiere Pro effects

Lesson 3: Time Manipulation
• Slow, fast, and reverse motion
• Frame Hold
• Time Remapping

Lesson 4: Overlay and Insert Edits
• Overlay edits
• Insert edits
• Rearranging clip order on the timeline

Lesson 5: Advanced Editing Techniques
• Creating and editing Subclips
• J and L cuts
• Lift and Extract commands
• 3 and 4 point edits
• Creating subclips

Lesson 6: Utilizing Alpha Channels of Graphics from Photoshop and Illustrator
• Basics of creating an alpha channel in Photoshop
• Importing PSDs
• Output view modes
• Reversing and canceling the alpha channel of a graphic

Lesson 7: Automated Slide show set to music
• The Automate to Timeline feature
• Flicker removal and still images
• Creating cross fades between songs

Lesson 8: Clip Markers
• Adding and deleting clip markers
• Syncing sound and effects to frames of video

Lesson 9: Track Markers
• Using track markers to sync events
• Using track markers as DVD chapter stops
• Using track markers to leave notes

Lesson 10: Nested Sequences
• Uses for Nested Sequences
• Creating new Sequences
• Adding Fade-ins, Fade-outs, and Effects to a Nested Sequence
• Editing Nested Sequences

Lesson 11:  Track Mattes and Luma Masks
• Luminance Keys
• Creating Luma and Chroma Masks with the Title Maker
• Creating Luma and Chroma Masks in Photoshop
• Track Mattes

Lesson 12: Blue/Green Screen Keying Effects
• How to set up a video shoot for blue/green screen effects
• Color Keys (Enhanced for CS5)
• Garbage Mattes

Lesson 13: Audio Effects
• Applying and removing effects to a clip
• Manipulating effect options in the Effects Palette
• Animating effects
• Applying multiple effects
• Overview of Premiere Pro Audio Effects

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