Dec 15th

Introduction to Video Editing with Adobe Premiere

Adobe Premiere is our editing software of choice because of its intuitive interface, integration with other Adobe products, such as Photoshop, After Effects, and Ecnore. In this post, we take an introductory look at how it woks.

The Editing Environment

The basic Premiere interface is familiar to anyone who’s edited on any professional system. Let’s take a look at what the more commonly used panels do.

Tools
A: Selection Tool: Used to select and drag clips in the timeline
B: Track Select Tool: Used to select all clips on a given track from a given point, or to select multiple tracks.
C: Ripple Edit Tool: Used to adjust an edit point and move other clips in the timeline accordingly
D: Rolling Edit Tool: Used to adjust the edit point between two clips without affecting the rest of the timeline.
E: Rate Stretch Tool: Used to change the duration of a clip while changing clip speed to compensate.
F: Razor Tool: Used to cut a clip in two.
G: Slip Tool: Used to move a clip’s in and out points simultaneously without affecting the rest of the timeline.
H: Slide Tool: Used to move a clip back and forth in the timeline while adjusting neighboring clips to compensate.
I: Pen Tool: Used to create control points (effect keyframes).
J: Hand Tool: Used to drag the timeline view left and right.
K: Zoom Tool: Used to zoom in and out on the timeline.

1: Project Panel

The Project Panel is where you store the videos, audio files, photos, and other media you’ll be using in your video. It also contains sequences – the individual segments of video that you’ll be editing in the timeline.

2: Browser

The browser allows you to explore you computer, and any external storage devices for files and media that can be used by Premiere.

3. Timeline

The timeline is where you actually edit your video by placing clips in the right order, trimming them, overlaying audio, and adding effects.

4. Effects

The effects panel stores all of the effects available to Premiere. To apply an effect to a clip, simply drag it from the effects panel and drop it on the clip in the timeline.

5. Effect Controls

The effects controls panel lets you customise the parameters of effects. Adjusting the settings here only applies to the clip currently selected.

6. Source Monitor

The source monitor allows you to preview clips from the project panel by double clicking on them. You can also mark in and out points to trip the clip to the desired length.