Editing video in Premiere Pro for the first time? This project is for you.
In this series of tutorials, you’ll use Adobe Premiere Pro CC to edit together different types of media to tell a video story about North American bald eagles. This tutorial is not intended to teach you all the ins and outs of Premiere Pro, but you’ll understand what Premiere Pro does, and we hope you’ll want to learn more.
No previous Premiere Pro experience is needed, but if you have any problems during the tutorial, please ask questions in our forum.
Note: This tutorial was created for Premiere Pro CC. The project files will not open in CS6 or earlier versions of Premiere Pro. Please download and install Premiere Pro CC to follow along with the provided sample files. If you don’t have a Creative Cloud membership, you can still download the 30 day trial. Premiere Pro CC can safely be installed on the same computer as earlier versions of Premiere Pro.
First, create your new Premiere Pro project.
Create a project
Create a project (0:52)
Save the project (1:27)
Set your workspace (1:43)
The first step in creating any video in Premiere Pro is to create a new project. In this video, we’ll create the project and set up our workspace so we can start pulling together our nature story.
Import the nature photos and media into the project.
Import assets
Import the assets (0:24)
View the assets (1:41)
Organize the assets (1:54)
Now we’ll bring photos, video, and audio files of the bald eagles into your project. Then we’ll use the Project panel to preview the imported video clips, view information about imported media assets, and organize the assets for use in future video tutorials.
Add the video, audio, and photos to a sequence or timeline.
Create a timeline
Create a new sequence (1:41)
Add audio (2:20)
Add shots (8:35)
Now that we have set up the project and imported media assets, we’re ready to start editing the video. We will set in and out points on the clips, and then add the clips and photos to the timeline. Finally, we’ll bring in a couple of audio tracks to bring your video to life. You’’ll use markers and audio keyframes in Premiere Pro to line up your clips in the timeline and adjust the volume of the audio.
Add a title to your video.
Add a title
Open the titler (0:12)
Style the text (0:56)
Add the title (2:24)
Now it’s time to add a title to your video. This helps engage your audience and set their expectations. In this video tutorial, you will use the Premiere Pro titler to create and style a title asset. You’ll then add the title to the timeline.
Enhance your video with effects and transitions.
Enhance with effects
Add an effect (0:22)
Apply transitions (3:06)
Scale images (5:12)
If not done to excess, using effects and transitions can improve the look of your video and give it a more professional feel. In this video tutorial, we’ll make some simple exposure, color and tonal adjustments to your video using effects. We’ll apply transitions between clips to help convey changes in time or location between the video shots. As a bonus, we’ll use keyframes to animate a pan and zoom on one of the photos.
Congratulations! Let’s export your first completed video.
Export the video
Render the sequence (0:46)
Define file settings (1:19)https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GW9puHJ9_f8
Export the video (2:15)
The final step of any Premiere Pro project is exporting it to a final video. Premiere supports exporting to many video formats. In this video tutorial, you’ll learn about some common formats, presets, and settings and then export your video.
And that’s it – you’ve finished your first project! We hope that you learned the basics of Premiere Pro and that you will start creating more videos using what you learned.
Tell us how it went.
Now you should be finished with your bald eagle video. How did you do? Please let us know. We want to make sure that this tutorial is as useful to you as it can be.
Presenter:
Richard Harrington
In this series of tutorials, you’ll use Adobe Premiere Pro CC to edit together different types of media to tell a video story about North American bald eagles. This tutorial is not intended to teach you all the ins and outs of Premiere Pro, but you’ll understand what Premiere Pro does, and we hope you’ll want to learn more.
No previous Premiere Pro experience is needed, but if you have any problems during the tutorial, please ask questions in our forum.
Note: This tutorial was created for Premiere Pro CC. The project files will not open in CS6 or earlier versions of Premiere Pro. Please download and install Premiere Pro CC to follow along with the provided sample files. If you don’t have a Creative Cloud membership, you can still download the 30 day trial. Premiere Pro CC can safely be installed on the same computer as earlier versions of Premiere Pro.
First, create your new Premiere Pro project.
Create a project
Create a project (0:52)
Save the project (1:27)
Set your workspace (1:43)
The first step in creating any video in Premiere Pro is to create a new project. In this video, we’ll create the project and set up our workspace so we can start pulling together our nature story.
Import the nature photos and media into the project.
Import assets
Import the assets (0:24)
View the assets (1:41)
Organize the assets (1:54)
Now we’ll bring photos, video, and audio files of the bald eagles into your project. Then we’ll use the Project panel to preview the imported video clips, view information about imported media assets, and organize the assets for use in future video tutorials.
Add the video, audio, and photos to a sequence or timeline.
Create a timeline
Create a new sequence (1:41)
Add audio (2:20)
Add shots (8:35)
Now that we have set up the project and imported media assets, we’re ready to start editing the video. We will set in and out points on the clips, and then add the clips and photos to the timeline. Finally, we’ll bring in a couple of audio tracks to bring your video to life. You’’ll use markers and audio keyframes in Premiere Pro to line up your clips in the timeline and adjust the volume of the audio.
Add a title to your video.
Add a title
Open the titler (0:12)
Style the text (0:56)
Add the title (2:24)
Now it’s time to add a title to your video. This helps engage your audience and set their expectations. In this video tutorial, you will use the Premiere Pro titler to create and style a title asset. You’ll then add the title to the timeline.
Enhance your video with effects and transitions.
Enhance with effects
Add an effect (0:22)
Apply transitions (3:06)
Scale images (5:12)
If not done to excess, using effects and transitions can improve the look of your video and give it a more professional feel. In this video tutorial, we’ll make some simple exposure, color and tonal adjustments to your video using effects. We’ll apply transitions between clips to help convey changes in time or location between the video shots. As a bonus, we’ll use keyframes to animate a pan and zoom on one of the photos.
Congratulations! Let’s export your first completed video.
Export the video
Render the sequence (0:46)
Define file settings (1:19)https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GW9puHJ9_f8
Export the video (2:15)
The final step of any Premiere Pro project is exporting it to a final video. Premiere supports exporting to many video formats. In this video tutorial, you’ll learn about some common formats, presets, and settings and then export your video.
And that’s it – you’ve finished your first project! We hope that you learned the basics of Premiere Pro and that you will start creating more videos using what you learned.
Tell us how it went.
Now you should be finished with your bald eagle video. How did you do? Please let us know. We want to make sure that this tutorial is as useful to you as it can be.
Presenter:
Richard Harrington
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