Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Essentials [2 days]

The Premiere Pro Work Area
The Premiere Pro Workspace
Customising Workspaces

Shooting and Capturing Video Assets
Shooting video
Capturing video clips
Capturing an entire videotape
Using Batch Capture and Scene Detection
Capturing analog video
Capturing HD video

Settings, Preferences and Managing
Assets
Selecting project and sequence settings
Setting scratch disk options
Adjusting user preferences
Importing assets
Managing assests
Finding assets with the Media Browser

Creating Basic Video
Using a storyboard to create a rough cut
Editing clips on the Timeline
Moving clips to, from, and within the Timeline
Working with the Source Monitor editing tools
Adjusting clips in the Trim panel
Using other editing tools

Adding Video Transitions
Adding Transitions
Changing parameters in the Effects Control panel
Fine-tuning transitions
Applying transitions to multiple clips
Adding audio transitions

Creating Dynamic Titles
Changing Text Parameters
Building text from scratch
Putting text on a path
Creating shapes
Making text roll and crawl
Applying text effects

Applying Specialised Editing
Using the Editing tools
Slicing and moving clips
Replacing a clip and replacing footage
Using Sync Lock and Lock Track
Creating Sequence In and Out points
Using subclips
Multicamera editing

Adding Video Effects
Adding basic video effects
Applying effects to multiple clips
Using Keyframing effects
Adding keyframe interpolation and velocity
Applying lighting effects
Creating custom presets

Putting Clips in Motion
Applying Motion effect to clips
Changing clip size and adding rotation
Working with keyframe interpolation
Creating a picture-in-picture effect
Enhancing motion with special effects

Acquiring and Editing Audio
Using Premiere Pro audio features
Examining audio characteristics
Adjusting audio volume
Adjusting audio gain
Adding J-cuts and L-cuts

Exporting Frames, Clips and Sequnces
Choosing export options
Recording to videotape
Making single frames
Creating movies, sequences and audio files
Using Adobe Media Encoder
Exporting to mobile devices