September 2006
Intermediate to advanced
624 pages
18h 15m
English
Before embarking on a journey, it’s useful to survey the landscape and learn a few local customs. In this chapter, you’ll get oriented to the Premiere Pro interface and catch a glimpse of what’s to come. In addition, you’ll learn about the basic workings of the interface: how to use context menus, keyboard shortcuts, and commands, and how to undo mistakes. Once you’re familiar with this little travel guide, you can get your passport stamped in Chapter 2, “Starting a Project.”
The Premiere Pro workspace consists of an integrated system of tabbed panels that can be arranged in preset or customized workspaces. Let’s look at each panel, in the order you might encounter them in a typical workflow. ...