Adobe® Premiere® Pro 2.0 Studio Techniques

Adobe® Premiere® Pro 2.0 Studio Techniques

by Jacob Rosenberg
Released June 2006
Publisher(s): Adobe Press
ISBN: 9780321385475

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Book description

Ready to discover not just the how, but also the why behind some of the
most powerful features in Premiere Pro? In Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 Studio
Techniques, author Jacob Rosenberg goes beyond conventional stepby-
step instruction to give you a real-world perspective on editing with
Premiere Pro. Using Jacob’s fi lm footage or your own, you’ll learn to
deliver professional-quality results. Whether you’re looking for advice on
editing, effects, titles, or working with audio, this easy-to-read guide will
help you add more punch to your productions.

• New features in Premiere Pro 2.0: Native HD support, native HDV
editing, 24P/24PA support, DVD authoring from the timeline, expedited
reviewing with Adobe Clip Notes—it’s all here. Find out how Premiere
Pro has been improved, what’s been added, and how to use new
features.
• Working fundamentals: From capturing video to assembling your
project to the new, panel-based user interface, get an under-the-hood
understanding of this powerful application.
• Advanced techniques: Through hands-on lessons, learn the ins
and outs of color correction, color matching, multiple-camera editing,
dynamic photomontages, titling, audio and video effects, sound mixing,
professional workflows for feature films and HD productions, and more.
• Companion DVD: You’ll fi nd extra chapters and bonus reference
material to read, video tutorials to watch, media fi les to use with the
book’s lessons, tryout versions of Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 and Adobe
Audition 2.0, and indispensable plug-ins to install.

Jacob Rosenberg is a Los Angeles–based
independent filmmaker who has directed
nationally broadcast commercials, music
videos for such groups as the Baha Men, and
several short films. Recently, Jacob has worked
as a post-production supervisor on a number
of feature films that used high-definition video
as their digital intermediate format. A current
member of the Adobe Premiere development
team, and the featured instructor for Premiere
Pro on the highly acclaimed Total Training
Instructional DVD series, Jacob continues to
raise the bar by creating new workflows and
educating others about them. From IBC in
Amsterdam to NAB in Las Vegas, Jacob
teaches classes around the world on using
Premiere Pro and other Adobe products.

“With this book and Adobe
Premiere Pro, you’ll have all the
tools you need to create your own
professional-quality movies and
videos. Jacob shows you how to
think like a filmmaker, get the job
done, and understand the creative
process from start to finish.”
—Steven Warner
Director of Engineering, Adobe Systems Inc.

“Jacob has tirelessly advanced the
art of filmmaking with Premiere’s
ever-expanding functionality, and
his book demonstrates the depth
and breadth of his creative artistry
and technical know-how.”
—Rob Legato
Film director and Academy-Award-winning
Visual Effects Supervisor for Titanic 

Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. DVD Contents
  3. About the Author
  4. About the Technical Editor
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Foreword
  7. IIntroduction
    1. A Real Tool for Real Work
    2. Who Should Read This Book?
    3. What’s in This Book?
    4. What’s on the DVD?
    5. Where Do I Go Beyond This Book?
  8. Part I. Fundamentals of Premiere Pro
    1. The New Premiere Pro Workspace: How It Works and What’s New
      1. Panels = Windows
      2. The 2.0 Panels (1/2)
      3. The 2.0 Panels (2/2)
      4. Selecting, Resizing, and Rearranging
      5. Things to Remember
    2. Capturing Video
      1. Scratch Disks and Device Control
      2. Exploring Capture (1/3)
      3. Exploring Capture (2/3)
      4. Exploring Capture (3/3)
      5. The Right Workflow
      6. Manual Captures, No Device Control
      7. Things to Remember
    3. Using the Project Panel
      1. Importing Files (1/2)
      2. Importing Files (2/2)
      3. Project Views
      4. Viewing and Adjusting (1/2)
      5. Viewing and Adjusting (2/2)
      6. Creating New Elements
      7. Organizational Tips
      8. Things to Remember
    4. Playing Back and Viewing Your Media
      1. The Source Monitor (1/3)
      2. The Source Monitor (2/3)
      3. The Source Monitor (3/3)
      4. The Program Monitor (1/2)
      5. The Program Monitor (2/2)
      6. Things to Remember
    5. The Timeline Panel
      1. Sequences and Layout
      2. Time Navigation Controls Area
      3. Track Header Area (1/2)
      4. Track Header Area (2/2)
      5. Track Content Area (1/2)
      6. Track Content Area (2/2)
      7. Wing Menu
      8. Playback Scrolling
      9. Things to Remember
    6. The Editing Workflow
      1. Editing Basics
      2. Editing with the Source Monitor (1/2)
      3. Editing with the Source Monitor (2/2)
      4. Timeline Editing
      5. Editing with the Program Monitor
      6. Timeline Trimming
      7. The Tools Panel
      8. Things to Remember
    7. Transitions Basics
      1. Single-Track Transition Basics
      2. The Effects Panel (1/2)
      3. The Effects Panel (2/2)
      4. Dragging and Dropping Transitions
      5. Effect Controls Panel
      6. Timeline Adjustments
      7. Things to Remember
    8. Effect Controls Basics
      1. Standard Effects and Fixed Effects
      2. The Effect Controls Panel
      3. Working with Keyframes
      4. Viewing Keyframes in the Timeline
      5. Things to Remember
    9. Audio Basics
      1. Importing and Conformed Audio Files
      2. Media Cache Database
      3. Understanding Volume Levels (1/2)
      4. Understanding Volume Levels (2/2)
      5. Audio Tracks
      6. Clip Versus Track Effects
      7. Powerful New Features
      8. Things to Remember
    10. Titler Basics
      1. Title Panels Overview
      2. Title Properties Panel
      3. Creating an Object
      4. Title Properties Panel (1/2)
      5. Title Properties Panel (2/2)
      6. Creating Text (1/2)
      7. Creating Text (2/2)
      8. Moving and Arranging Text and Objects
      9. Using Templates
      10. Things to Remember
    11. DVD Basics
      1. Auto-Play vs. Menu-Based Authoring
      2. DVD Settings: One Export, Three Choices
      3. Encoding (1/2)
      4. Encoding (2/2)
      5. Things to Remember
    12. Adobe Bridge and Adobe Production Studio
      1. Adobe Bridge (1/2)
      2. Adobe Bridge (2/2)
      3. Production Studio Integration (1/3)
      4. Production Studio Integration (2/3)
      5. Production Studio Integration (3/3)
      6. Things to Remember
  9. Part II. Advanced Graphics and Titling
    1. Working with Photoshop Files: Nesting and Animating
      1. Progressive Projects for Photo Montages
      2. Nesting Sequences
      3. Adding Effects to Nested Sequences (1/2)
      4. Adding Effects to Nested Sequences (2/2)
      5. Things to Remember
    2. Working with Stills: Motion and Advanced Keyframing
      1. Importing, Image Size, and Auto-Scaling (1/2)
      2. Importing, Image Size, and Auto-Scaling (2/2)
      3. Automate to Sequence
      4. Image Panning and Creating Custom Effect Presets (1/3)
      5. Image Panning and Creating Custom Effect Presets (2/3)
      6. Image Panning and Creating Custom Effect Presets (3/3)
      7. Things to Remember
    3. Advanced Titling: Styles and Templates
      1. Creating a Style from an Object (1/2)
      2. Creating a Style from an Object (2/2)
      3. Creating a Custom Text Style and Saving a Custom Template (1/2)
      4. Creating a Custom Text Style and Saving a Custom Template (2/2)
      5. More Template Timesavers (1/2)
      6. More Template Timesavers (2/2)
      7. Things to Remember
    4. Custom DVD Design
      1. DVD Templates and Scene Marking (1/2)
      2. DVD Templates and Scene Marking (2/2)
      3. Customizing Your DVD Menus (1/2)
      4. Customizing Your DVD Menus (2/2)
      5. Burning to Disc
      6. Things to Remember
  10. Part III. Advanced Audio Techniques
    1. Using Your Audio Hardware
      1. Audio Interfaces
      2. Adjusting Audio Settings
      3. Premiere’s Audio Hardware Preferences
      4. Input: Picking a Microphone
      5. Recording Live Audio
      6. Output: Speakers and Headphones
      7. Things to Remember
    2. Recording and Editing a Voiceover
      1. Two Schools for Voiceover
      2. Recording Preparations
      3. Recording Your Voice
      4. Cutting Your Voiceover
      5. Speed Adjustments and Pitch Shifting
      6. Breath Removal
      7. Things to Remember
    3. Audio Clip and Track Effects
      1. Applying Clip Effects
      2. Exporting and Consolidating Your Voiceover Track
      3. Applying Track-Based Effects
      4. Things to Remember
    4. Mixing Your Audio
      1. Creating Your Mix
      2. Automation and Live Mixing (1/2)
      3. Automation and Live Mixing (2/2)
      4. Things to Remember
    5. 5.1 Surround Sound Mixing
      1. Converting a Stereo Mix to 5.1 Surround
      2. Automation and Mixing in 5.1
      3. Exporting and Playing 5.1 Audio (1/2)
      4. Exporting and Playing 5.1 Audio (2/2)
      5. Things to Remember
  11. Part IV. Advanced Effect Techniques
    1. New Color Correction Tools: Fast Color Corrector
      1. Luminance and Chrominance
      2. RGB Color Channels
      3. Tonal Ranges
      4. HSL: Hue, Saturation, and Lightness
      5. Using The Fast Color Corrector (1/3)
      6. Using The Fast Color Corrector (2/3)
      7. Using The Fast Color Corrector (3/3)
      8. Things to Remember
    2. Advanced Color Correction: Three-Way Color Corrector
      1. The Three-Way Color Corrector
      2. White Balancing and Custom Looks (1/2)
      3. White Balancing and Custom Looks (2/2)
      4. Secondary Color Correction (1/2)
      5. Secondary Color Correction (2/2)
      6. Things to Remember
    3. Track Mattes and PiPs
      1. Creating a Static Track Matte (1/2)
      2. Creating a Static Track Matte (2/2)
      3. Luma Track Mattes with Color Correction (1/2)
      4. Luma Track Mattes with Color Correction (2/2)
      5. Creating a Good Picture-in-Picture (1/3)
      6. Creating a Good Picture-in-Picture (2/3)
      7. Creating a Good Picture-in-Picture (3/3)
      8. Things to Remember
    4. Green/Blue Screen Keying
      1. Setting Up Your Green/Blue Screen Shoot
      2. Green/Blue Screen Keying and Premiere Pro (1/3)
      3. Green/Blue Screen Keying and Premiere Pro (2/3)
      4. Green/Blue Screen Keying and Premiere Pro (3/3)
      5. Things to Remember
  12. Part V. Advanced Editing
    1. Advanced Editing: Creating Your Cut
      1. Assembling Your Edit
      2. Trimming and Modifying Your Edit (1/2)
      3. Trimming and Modifying Your Edit (2/2)
      4. Things to Remember
    2. Advanced Editing: The New Multi-Cam Workflow
      1. Synchronization
      2. Editing a Multi-Cam Shoot (1/3)
      3. Editing a Multi-Cam Shoot (2/3)
      4. Editing a Multi-Cam Shoot (3/3)
      5. Editing a Music Video (1/2)
      6. Editing a Music Video (2/2)
      7. Things to Remember
  13. Index
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E
    6. F
    7. G
    8. H
    9. I
    10. J
    11. K
    12. L
    13. M
    14. N
    15. O
    16. P
    17. Q
    18. R
    19. S
    20. T
    21. U
    22. V
    23. W
    24. X
    25. Y

Product information

  • Title: Adobe® Premiere® Pro 2.0 Studio Techniques
  • Author(s): Jacob Rosenberg
  • Release date: June 2006
  • Publisher(s): Adobe Press
  • ISBN: 9780321385475