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Part Number: 90040473 (08/02) iii Contents Introduction Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Installing Adobe Premiere Getting started .....................................1 .............................2 ................................................1 .............................................3 ..........................................4 ......................................6 Using the printed documentation Using online Help Using tool tips ................................................3 Using Web resources Customer support Other learning resources .............................................7 Chapter 1 Using the Adobe Title Designer Opening a new or saved title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Setting up a new title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Creating new titles with text and graphics Working with the pen tool Using object styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Working with fills, sheens, and textures Saving and loading styles Creating rolls and crawls Using tabs Adding a title to a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Chapter 2 Using the New Features in Premiere 6.5 Using Real-Time Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Using the Adobe MPEG Encoder (Windows only) Using the QuickTime File Exporter (Mac OS only) Using new effects from Adobe After Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 . . . . . . . . . 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Using the new DV Device Control Options dialog box 1 Introduction elcome to Adobe® Premiere® 6.5--software that brings the world of digital video editing to the Windows® and Macintosh desktop. Adobe Premiere provides extensive support for video capture cards, hardware systems, and many input/output formats. Moreover, Adobe Premiere provides a consistent work environment with other Adobe applications including Adobe Photoshop®, Adobe Illustrator®, Adobe InDesign®, Adobe GoLive®, Adobe LiveMotionTM, and Adobe After Effects®. W Registration Adobe is confident you will find that its software greatly increases your productivity. So that Adobe can continue to provide you with the highest quality software, offer technical support, and inform you about new Adobe Premiere software developments, please register your application. When you first start Adobe Premiere, you're prompted to register online. You can choose to submit the form directly or fax a printed copy. You can also register by filling out and returning the registration card included with your software package. Installing Adobe Premiere You must install Premiere from the Adobe Premiere CD onto your hard drive; you cannot run the program from the CD. Follow the on-screen installation instructions. For more detailed information, see the HowToInstall file on the CD. Getting started Adobe provides a variety of options for you to learn Adobe Premiere, including printed guides, online Help, and tool tips. Using the Adobe Online feature, you can easily access a host of continually updated Web resources for learning Adobe Premiere, from tips and tutorials to tech support information. Getting up to speed depends on your experience with previous versions of Adobe Premiere. 2 Introduction If you are new to Premiere: · See the Overview chapter in the Adobe Premiere 6.0 User Guide to get an introduction to the software. · Use the tool tips feature to help identify tools, buttons, and palette controls as you work in Premiere. See "Using tool tips" on page 3. · Go to the Adobe.com Web site and work through some of the Premiere tutorials for hands-on lessons. See "Using Web resources" on page 4. If you are an experienced Premiere user: · Check out the new Adobe Title Designer to see how you can expand your creativity with titles. See "Opening a new or saved title" on page 10. · See "Using Real-Time Preview" on page 49 to learn about Premiere's powerful new software-based Real-Time Preview option. · Explore the exciting new effects included with Premiere 6.5. See "Using new effects from Adobe After Effects" on page 54. · If you're a Windows user, learn how to create top of the line MPEG output for DVD, Super DVD, or Video CD. See "Using the Adobe MPEG Encoder (Windows only)" on page 50. · If you're a Macintosh user, learn how to export your projects to a variety of popular formats using the QuickTime File Exporter. See "Using the QuickTime File Exporter (Mac OS only)" on page 53. Using the printed documentation In addition to the printed documents included with the application, you will find many PDF documents on the Premiere CD; Adobe Acrobat® Reader® software, included on the Premiere CD, lets you view PDF files. Two printed documents are included with Premiere 6.5: Adobe Premiere 6.5 User Guide supplement Contains essential information on using Premiere's new commands and features. Complete information on all topics is available in online Help. ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5 3 User Guide Adobe Premiere Quick Reference Card Contains basic information about the Adobe Premiere tools and palettes, and shortcuts for using them. Shortcuts are also included in the online Help. Using online Help Adobe Premiere includes complete documentation in an HTML-based help system. The help system includes all of the information in the Adobe Premiere 6.5 User Guide Supplement, the Adobe Premiere 6.0 User Guide, plus information on additional features, keyboard shortcuts, and full-color illustrations. Online Help provides three ways of locating information. The Contents and Index tabs let you find general information, and the Search tab lets you look up specific words or phrases. For more detailed information about using online Help, click the Help button next to the Content, Index, and Search tabs. To properly view online Help topics, you need Netscape Communicator 4.0 (or later) or Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0 (or later). You must also have JavaScript active. To start online Help: Do one of the following: · Choose Help > Premiere Help. · Press F1 (Windows). Using tool tips The tool tips feature lets you display the name of tools, or buttons and controls in palettes. To identify a tool or control: Position the pointer over a tool or control and pause. A tool tip appears showing the name and keyboard shortcut (if any) for the item. If tool tips don't appear, the preference for displaying them may be turned off. 4 Introduction To display tool tips: 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows and Mac OS 9) or Adobe Premiere 6.5 > Preferences > General (Mac OS X). 2 Select Show Tool Tips, and click OK. Note: Tool tips are not available in most dialog boxes. Using Web resources If you have an Internet connection, you can use the Adobe Online feature to access additional resources for learning Premiere located on the Adobe.com Web site. From the Adobe.com home page, select Digital Video Products. Then choose Premiere and look in the Product Info, Support, and Training & Events sections. These resources are continually updated and include the following: Tutorials and Techniques Provide step-by-step instructions on using Premiere or help on performing advanced techniques. These tutorials can help you go beyond the reference information contained in the user guide and show you how to use Premiere with other applications. Technical guides Provide access to procedures for performing tasks in Premiere and to detailed reference information on a variety of topics. This information provides help on everything from common processes to the complex tasks necessary to prepare movies for the Web. Troubleshooting Provides access to solutions to problems you may encounter using Premiere. You should check out troubleshooting information available through Adobe Online and the Adobe Web site before you call customer support. To access the Adobe home page for your region: 1 Open the Adobe U.S. home page at www.adobe.com. 2 From the Adobe Worldwide menu, choose your geographical region. Adobe's home page is customized for 20 different geographical regions. ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5 5 User Guide About Adobe Online Adobe Online provides access to the latest tutorials, quicktips, and other Web content for Premiere and other Adobe products. Using Adobe Online, you can also access the Web page containing current links to the latest Premiere technical support solutions. Using Adobe Online Adobe Online is constantly changing, so you should refresh before you use it. Refreshing through Adobe Online updates bo ...