Lynda.com Premiere Pro CS4 Beyond the Basics

Author: Chad Perkins | Duration (hr:min): 05:38 | Language: English | 1DVD | Released on: 12/3/2009 | Exercise files: Yes | Size ( Compressed ): 1.79GB | Size ( After Extraction ): 1.93GB

Description
In Premiere Pro CS4 Beyond the Basics, Adobe Certified Instructor Chad Perkins explains how to take video editing from simple nuts and bolts to an art form. He shares tips for shooting video in the field to get the most from a subject and get the best footage for a project. He demonstrates how to build a project through the careful use of cutaways, pacing, and suggestive edits. He covers special effects, color correction, and keying and compositing, integrating all these concepts as he builds a music video project from scratch. Exercise files are included with this course.
Topics include:

* Working with P2 media
* Keying compositions using garbage mattes and green screen
* Using transition effects, lens flares, and 3D reflections
* Compositing with blend modes
* Understanding spatial versus temporal compression
* Recording, mixing, normalizing, and fixing audio


Table Of Contents
1. Introduction
Welcome
What's new in the dot release
Using the exercise files

2. Tips for Shooting Video
Capturing ambient audio
Getting plenty of coverage
Telling a story with camera angles
The 180 degree rule
Framing shots
Allowing "emotional space"
Overcranking and time lapse

3. Working with Metadata
Why is metadata important?
Browsing and adding metadata
Creating metadata with Speech Search

4. The Art of Video Editing
When to cut
Avoiding bad edits
Using emotional cutaways
Fixing problems with cutaways
Pacing edits
Matching action
The power of suggestive editing

5. Advanced Editing Techniques
Contrasting targeting and selecting
Copying and pasting clips
Replacing clips
Editing to music
Using sample rate for precise editing
Creating J and L cuts
Working with subclips

6. Working with P2 Media
Ingesting media
Examining P2 file structure
Importing P2 files with the Media Browser
Converting DVCPRO HD to standard 720p

7. Color Correction
Using the Reference Monitor
Using scopes
Primary color correction
Secondary color correction
Creating a vignette
Creating a day-for-night shot

8. Working with Effects
Censoring video
Creating a waving flag
Creating a lens flare
Creating background textures
Playing with time
Using transition effects
Working with presets

9. Introduction to Keying and Compositing
Creating a garbage matte
Removing green screen
Compositing with blend modes
Nesting sequences

10. Common Tips and Tricks
Creating 3D reflections
Creating growing vines
Creating a track matte
Using the History panel

11. Working with Audio
Censoring audio using bleeps
Understanding sample rate
Normalizing audio across multiple clips
Recording audio
Removing audio problems with Soundbooth
Working with VST plug-in effects
Mixing audio
Changing volume over time
Working with surround sound

12. Editing a Music Video
About this project
Performing preliminary edits
Working with multi-camera footage
Creating a visual "stutter"
Adjusting color

13. Using the Project Manager
Transferring projects to another machine
Removing unused footage

14. Advanced Video Concepts
Choosing a format
Understanding spatial compression
Understanding temporal compression
About HD standards
Changing footage interpretation
Getting the film look

15. Working with Other Applications
Working with After Effects
Creating titles in After Effects
Working with Photoshop files
Working with Final Cut Pro
Working with OnLocation
Working with Encore
Introducing Adobe Story for pre-production

Conclusion
Goodbye


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