Video Training Review: Premier Pro CS3 Essential Training With Chad Perkins
Published July 02, 2008
Lesson 5, "Making Good Edits (and Bad Edits)" will show you how to make good edits by showing you what bad edits are. Here you will see clips from the public domain movies. You will see things like jump cuts that make for bad footage, how to use establishing shots and dupe shots, cutaways, and in general, how to make good movies.
Lesson 6, "Animating" is going to show you the concepts of animation. Along with learning a little bit about the old days of animation, you will also learn about concepts such as keyframing, tweening, and other techniques of animation.
Lesson 7, "Playing with Time" has you working with changing the speed of a clip. In Premier Pro CS3 you will use a new technique called Time Remapping as well as older techniques.
Lesson 8, "Applying Video Effects" will add so much more to what you do with Premier. It is here that you will learn about things like adding lens flare, distortion effects, color corrections, as well as other techniques that will make your experience much more fun.
Lesson 9, "Applying Transitions" explains the best ways of transitioning from one clip to the next clip. In this lesson you will learn when you should use one type of transition versus another type depending on the kind of effect and mood that you are trying to create.
Lesson 10, "Working with Audio" shows you the importance of the sounds that are used within your video. Sound is one effect that can really make or break the connection with the audience. Here you will learn about working with the audio layers, the basics of mixing audio, and audio transitions.
Lesson 11, "Creating Titillating Titles" explains how even if you don't have Photoshop or After Effects, you can still create some great title works within Premier Pro CS3. Here you will see how to create and animate titles.
Lesson 12, "The 'Appendage' Programs" discusses the additional programs that come with Premier Pro CS3 and Production Premium such as:
- OnLocation for recording sound directly to disc
- Ultra for keying in alternate backgrounds to a green screen shot
- Bridge for managing assets
- Encore which is a standalone DVD authoring program
- Device Central, a new program that allows you to port your video to a portable device
- Video Training Review: Premier Pro CS3 Essential Training With Chad Perkins
- Published: July 02, 2008
- Type: Review
- Section: Sci/Tech
- Filed Under: Sci/Tech: Computers, Sci/Tech: Software
- Part of a feature: The Enlightened Image
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