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Jarle Leirpoll, Dylan Osborn, Paul Murphy and Andy EdwardsThe Cool Stuff in Premiere Prohttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2890-6_8

8. Compositing in Premiere Pro

Jarle Leirpoll, Dylan Osborn2, Paul Murphy3 and Andy Edwards2
(1)
Elverum, Norway
(2)
New York, USA
(3)
Sydney, Australia
 
By Jarle Leirpoll
While editing is a horizontal thing in the timeline, compositing is a vertical thing. Compositing means taking two or more elements and blending them into a seamless shot, like when you put a person shot on green screen into a scene in the desert. A good composite shot will most likely be done using a mixture of several techniques.
Let’s face it; Premiere is not Adobe’s best compositing programAfter Effects is. But if you’re on a deadline, ...

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