Premiere Pro CS4 Level 1 Course

Length
3 Days (24 actual hours of training)

Class Fees
1 Student       $945
2 Students    $1590
3 Students    $2085
4+ Students     Call

Note: Maximum class size at our Atlanta classroom is four students. Five 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 6 PM each day, with an hour for lunch. This equates to eight total hours of training per day, which is one to two hours more than any other software training facility or private instructor.

Description
Our Premiere Pro CS4 Level 1 course is designed for those who are completely new to the software, have limited knowledge of the software, or are Final Cut, Avid, etc. users who are converting to Premiere Pro. The course was designed by Steve Markos and is based on his experience as a Video Editor.  It covers what Steve feels are the ESSENTIALS needed to use Premiere on a competent level and to edit a compelling video production. 

We are often asked why our Level 1 class is a 3-day class while many training centers offers a 2-day class. If you look at the course length offered by training centers that specialize in video training, they all offer 3-day classes. The essentials of Premiere Pro simply cannot be taught in two days. Any 2-day Premiere Pro course is shortchanging students.

After completing this course a student will be able to:

• Create a new Premiere Pro project
• Capture video from both device-controlled and non device-controlled sources
• Set In- and Out-points on video clips
• Use the editing tools
• Work with Transitions
• Control audio levels
• Manipulate transparency
• Create titles
• Create motion animations
• Output to tape, DVD, or web based applications (Windows Media Player, etc.)

Class materials
Steve uses his own videos and written materials for the class, but also provides student's with their own copy of Adobe's Premiere Pro CS4 Classroom In A Book 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: Setting Up a New Premiere Pro Project
• Loading project presets
• Customizing and saving project presets
• Revising project settings after a project is created

Lesson 2: Premiere Pro Set-up
• Scratch disks
• Program preferences
• Playback Settings
• Workspace overview
• Customizing the workspace

Lesson 3: Capturing Video
• How to read SMPTE Timecode
• Device controlled capture
• Capture window layout
• Single clip capture
• Batch capture
• Manual capture from a non-device controlled video player (VHS or DVD)

Lesson 4: Rendering and Real Time Video Previews
• What is rendering?
• What is "real time?"
• How and when to render video previews
• The Work Area bar
• Creation and storage of rendered clips
• Rendered clip management

Lesson 5: The Editing Tools
• The Project Panel
• Importing video clips
• Setting In and Out points in the Source Monitor
• Intro to using multiple timelines (aka sequences)
• Editing with the Selection Tool
• Ripple Edits
• Rolling Edits
• Slip and Slide Tools
• Track Selection Tool
• Rate Stretch Tool
• Cut Tool

Lesson 6: Video Transitions
• Categories of Video Transitions
• Relevance of Handles
• Applying video transitions
• Controlling transitions in the Effects Control Palette
• Transition options

Lesson 7: Intro to Motion Animation
• Importing still images
• Setting up the workspace for animation
• Setting static position, scale, rotation parameters
• Animating position, scale, rotation, and anchor points
• Anti-Flicker Filter in regards to still images
• Ease In and Ease Out
• Saving animation presets

Lesson 8: Introduction to the Title Maker
• Overview of Title Maker options
• Creating a Still Text Title
• Creating an object
• Fills, Strokes, and Drop Shadows
• Using Styles
• Editing titles and creating new titles based on existing titles
• Using Templates
• Animating titles
• Saving your motion animation settings as reusable presets
• Credit rolls
• Output: Flash Video

Lesson 9: Basics of Audio
• Importing audio files
• Mono, Stereo, and 5.1 tracks
• Master Track
• Clip vs. Track Volume
• Fades vs. Cross-fades
• Fade and Cross Fade effects
• Controlling clip volume in the Effects Control Palette
• Controlling track volume in the Timeline
• Audio Gain command
• Output: Quick Time

Lesson 10: Missing Files
• Locating and relinking missing files
• Output: Tape

Lesson 11: Premiere Pro Effects and Filters
• 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
• Output: DVD Files

Lesson 12: Overlay and Insert Edits
• Overlay edits
• Insert edits
• Rearranging clip order on the timeline

Lesson 13: Automated Slideshow set to music
• The Automate to Timeline feature
• Flicker removal and still images
• Creating cross fades between songs
• Output: AVI Movie

Lesson 14: Time Manipulation
• Slow, fast, and reverse motion
• Frame Hold
• Time Remapping

Lesson 15:  Output and Media Encoder
• Windows Media Player
• Flash Video
• QuickTime
• Still Frame
• AVI Movie Clip
• To Video Tape
• DVD files