Elstree Film School - Essential Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro is widely used and recognized as an industry standard when creating programs combining video, audio, and still images. Whether you are an amateur with basic digital video camera experience or a professional looking to broaden your skills base, our 1 day Premiere Pro Essentials course teaches you how to use Premieres powerful toolset to bring flexibility, functionality and control to your video studio. Learn how to edit clips and sequences, add/manipulate effects and transitions, work with audio tracks, and export your results to a variety of formats.

Learning how to make the most of industry leading post production software can be a daunting process of elimination and chance. At 21st Century New Media, we wont simply teach you the basics and watch you walk away, our tutors are all industry professionals, full of insightful tips and tricks, hints and helpful efficiency secrets, learned through intensive use of the products they teach. Our courses are tailored to be flexible and we only teach to small groups ensuring you receive the focus and help you need. The 1 day Adobe Premiere Pro course will give back more than expected from essential foundation theory to practical hands on application; from everyday standard methods, to time and energy saving advice using advanced techniques and shortcuts.


Duration: 1 day.

Prerequisites: To gain the most from this class students should be familiar with Windows and with the web and its terminology. Some Digital Video and experience of previous Editing suites would be an advantage but is not essential.

Location: Elstree Film School, 21st Century New Media Ltd, Elstree Film Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 1JG. [Click here for a map]

Times: 10.00am to 4.30pm. For security reasons, further details are only provided upon booking.

Software Versions: All of our Adobe courses include lessons generic to both CS3 and CS4 versions of the Adobe suite: whichever version you use is covered in our courses. In addition, we also now preview the functionality of the new Adobe CS5 software. Our Apple training courses utilise the latest versions of Final Cut Studio HD (also known of as version 3 or FCS 2009).

Equipment: Our fully featured training room includes six top-of-the-range iMac computers configured to work in both Macintosh (OSX) and PC (Windows) modes, ensuring you the maximum familiarity with your chosen operating system.

Accommodation: Details of local accomodation can be found here.

Further assistance: Our FAQ help page contains the answers to many popular questions. Alternatively please call 0844 844 2428 to arrange to speak to our training manager.

COURSE CONTENT

The Interface

• Overview
• Project Window
• Monitor Window
• Timeline
• Tools Panel
• Customising the "Workspace"

Project Settings

• Setting up the project
• Custom Project Settings & Presets
• Auto Saving & Working with Offline Files
• Improving System Performance

Capturing & Importing Projects

• Capturing Video Footage into Projects
• Capture Window
• DV or HDV Video
• HD Video
• Analog Video & Audio
• Adobe Bridge

Working within a Project

• Customizing the Project Panel
• Organizing Clips in List View
• Managing Clips
• Reinterpreting Clips
• Viewing Clips/Playback Controls
• Navigating Clips Using Time Displays
• Working with Clip Sequences
• In & Out Points
• Trim Monitor
• Markers

Editing

• Basic Edit Workflow
• Storyboard Editing
• Insert & Overlay
• Rolling & Ripple
• Editing Clips in the Timeline
• Splitting, Copying & Pasting Clips
• Removing Clips & Frames
• Changing Clip Length & Speed
• Previewing Sequences in Program View

Transitions

• Introduction to Transitions
• Using Simple Transitions

Titles

• Creating Basic Titles

Effects

• Effect Controls Window
• Auto Levels/Colours & Contrast Effects

Audio

• Audio Clips/Tracks & Channels
• Adjusting Gain and Volume Levels

Exporting

• Options & Settings
• Export Formats
• Export to DVD/Blu-ray

Adobe Premiere Pro Training Courses
Date	Days	Total (Excl VAT)
October 2011
31/10/11	1	250
November 2011
28/11/11	1	250
December 2011
19/12/11	1	250

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