Premiere Pro Complete Course, Wiley Publishing
| Demos | Contents | Bonus | Errata |
Written by a Premiere Pro expert and illustrated throughout in full color, this Complete Course shows you how to master the full range of Premiere Pro tools and techniques while working on a single project. Twelve sessions and more than eighty step-by-step tutorials, accompanied by vivid color images and screen shots, walk you through the creation of a ninety-second, professional- quality video from start to finish. After completing the course, you'll have an impressive portfolio piece and a thorough understanding of Adobe Premiere Pro fundamentals.
The CD-ROM contains bonus sessions featuring tutorials that explain how you can create your own version of titles and graphics used in the project and bonus discussions on additional Premiere Pro features, methods of exporting, and special effects.
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View a sample tutorial "Positioning a Title Using Backgrounds" from one of the book's sessions. (PDF)
View a sample discussion "Exporting to DVD" from one of the book's sessions. (PDF)
The sample files and errata files are available from the Downloads area.
Demos from the Book's Projects
The two demos below show segments of the completed project constructed through the sessions in Premiere Pro Complete Course. This book uses the same basic project material as that used in the Premiere 6.5 Complete Course book.
(View an archived PDF version of the Premiere 6.5 Complete Course book's information page)
The project used in the Premiere Pro version of the project is significantly changed due to advancements in the program and types of effects available. Each demo shows a small segment of the book's project. The first portion of the movie, as shown in the left still image, describes life in the city. The second portion of the movie features people and activities in tropical locations. Click a player to view the clip.
Overview of Premiere Pro Complete Course
The book starts with a preliminary project, called the Confidence Builder. The main project is then built through a series of twelve sessions. In addition, there are four bonus PDF files on the CD, comprising one additional session and three bonus discussions.
Confidence Builder: This
set of five introductory tutorials shows you
how to quickly build an 
animated
logo, complete with sound and visual effects,
a still image of the Confidence Builder movie
is shown to the right.
1, Starting the Project: Choosing project settings, time codes, importing project footage, saving projects, transferring clips to the Timeline.
2, Editing Video Clips: Adding groups of clips to the Timeline, editing for length, speed, and direction in the Source View Monitor, Project Window, and on the Timeline.
3, Working with Clips: Configuring the layout of the Timeline, modifying clips on the Timeline, Source View Monitor, performing different edits.
4, Using Transitions: Working with transitions for effects, split screens, frozen transitions, and freezing video frames.
5, Editing Audio Clips: Deciding how to use audio, editing clips, adding clips to the Timeline, using audio transitions.
6, Mixing Audio and Adding Effects: Working with the Audio Mixer, using keyframes to control actions.
7, Controlling Clips with Fixed and Transparency Effects: Modifying clips using Premiere Pro's fixed effects, using transparency keys, color keys, and a garbage matte.
8, Creating and Animating Titles: Using with the Adobe Title Designer window, creating titles, using templates, styles, animating titles.
9, Using Graphics for Special Effects: Working with track mattes, layered titles, graphic frames, and complex transitions.
10, Using Video Effects: Using color effects, image control effects, transparency, and color mattes.
11, More Video Effects: Using track matte overlays, fixed effects, creating new sequences.
12, Nesting Sequences and Exporting Your Movie: Adding nested sequences to the project, export options, final review and exporting.
Bonus Material on the CD-ROM
Bonus Session 1: Creating Project Titles and Graphics: Adding audio effects, some additional video effects, final tweaking.
Bonus Discussion 1: More Premiere Pro Features: Discussions on choosing transitions, audio effects, and video effects.
Bonus Discussion 2: More Information on Exporting from Premiere Pro: More information on exporting options, including DVD export.
Bonus Discussion 3: The Finer Points of Premiere Pro Effects: Working with complex effects for color management and others.
Errata
Confidence Builder Files
In the Confidence Builder tutorials, you are instructed to use the New Project dialog box and choose settings to start the project. The retail version of Premiere Pro does not use the same dialog box arrangement as that shown in the tutorial. Please use the image below to replace that at the top of page 8, and replace step 5 as described below:
5. Click the Custom Settings tab to open a list of panels; the General tab displays. Chose these options in the General tab:
- Click the Editing Mode option and select Video for Windows
- Click the horizontal frame size field to activate it and type 320; click the vertical frame size field to activate it and type 240
- Click the Pixel Aspect Ratio and choose Square Pixels (1.0)
- Click the Sample Rate in the Audio segment of the panel and choose 44100 Hz.
6. Click Browse, and locate the folder that you created in Step 1. Store all the project materials in the same folder.
7. Type a name for the project in the Name field at the bottom of the dialog box. The sample project is named confidence_builder.
Note: Premiere uses the .prproj file extension for project files.
8. Click OK to close the dialog box. The program's interface opens.
If you prefer, open the PDF for this errata to print it.
Session 1 Errata
In the Session 1 tutorials, you are instructed to use the New Project dialog box and choose settings to start the project. The retail version of Premiere Pro does not use the same dialog box arrangement as that shown in the tutorial. Please use the image below to replace the steps as written below:
3. Click the Custom Settings tab to open a list of panels. The General tab displays.
4. Chose these options in the General tab:
- Click the Editing Mode option and select Video for Windows
- Click the horizontal frame size field to activate it and type 320
- Click the vertical frame size field to activate it and type 240
- Click the Pixel Aspect Ratio and choose Square Pixels (1.0)
- Click the Sample Rate in the Audio segment of the panel and choose 44100 Hz.
5. Click Browse to open the Browse For Folder dialog box. You have to specify a storage location for your project and its files.
The Load Preset tab displays when you start a new project. Premiere includes a collection of presets that you can use to save time when starting a project. The presets are included in one of two digital editing modes, either DV-NTSC or DV-PAL. The project uses media from a number of sources, including QuickTime, still images, and VFW (Video for Windows) formats.
If you prefer, open the PDF for this errata to print it.
Session 3: Working with Clips > Tutorial: Using a Rolling Edit on the Timeline
Step 1 of the tutorial on page 93 incorrectly names the file used in the tutorial. The step reads:
1. Right-click the c_subway.mov clip on Video 2 starting at 02:20, and choose Speed/Duration.
The step should read: Right-click the c_subway2.mov clip on Video 2 starting at 02:20, and choose Speed/Duration.
Page 98-99, step 12 indicates 11:28 but specifies 12:28, step 13 the time 5:17 is incorrect.