Using Help |Contents |Inde x Back 1Adobe Premiere Pro Help Using Help Using Help |Contents|IndexBack1 Using Help About Help Adobe Systems Incorporated provides complete documentation in an Adobe PDF-based help system. This help system includes information on all tools, commands, and features of an application. It is designed for easy on-screen navigation and can also be printed and used as a desktop reference. Additionally, it supports third-party screen-reader applications that run in a Windows environment. Navigating in Help Help opens in an Adobe Acrobat window with the Bookmarks pane open. (If the Bookmarks pane is not open, click the Bookmarks tab at the left edge of the window.) At the top and bottom of each page is a navigation bar containing links to this page (Using Help), the table of contents (Contents), and the index (Index). 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To print Help: Choose File > Print, or click the Print icon in the Acrobat toolbar.U sing Help |Contents |Index Back 3Adobe Premiere Pro Help Contents Using Help |Contents |Index Back 3 Contents Learning A bout Adobe Premiere Pro 4 Key Features in Adobe Premiere Pro 10 Tutorials 15 Working with Projects 40 Capturing and Importing Source Clips 63 Assembling a Sequence 103 Editing a Sequence 138 Adding Transitions 162 Mixing Audio 171 Using the Adobe Title Designer 193 Superimposing and Compositing 219 Applying Effects 235 Producing Final Video 289 Keyboard Shortcuts 312 Legal Notices 314 Using Help | Contents | Index Back 4 Adobe Premiere Pro Help Learning About Adobe Premiere Pro Using Help | Contents | Index Back 4 Learning About Adobe Premiere Pro Welcome Welcome to Adobe® Premiere® Pro, a revolutionary nonlinear video-editing application that delivers a breakthrough render-free experience. Its high-performance toolset takes video and audio production to a new level, giving you a professional edge. Built for the superior performance of Microsoft Windows XP systems, Adobe Premiere Pro delivers the power and precision you need to tell a story better and faster than ever before. Adobe provides a variety of options for you to learn Adobe Premiere Pro, including online Help and tool tips. You can also use the Adobe Web site to easily access a host of continually updated Web resources for learning Adobe Premiere Pro, from tips and tutorials to technical support information. Adobe Acrobat® Reader® software, included on the Adobe Premiere Pro CD, makes it possible to view Adobe PDF files. Many of the files on the Adobe Web site are in PDF format. Getting help There are a number of ways to get the help you need in Adobe Premiere Pro. The following table can help you find specific resources, based on the type of information you require. If you . . . Try this . . . Are new to all versions of Adobe Premiere · Browse through the information in "Working with Adobe Premiere Pro" on page 5 for information on specific tasks. · Choose Help > Contents. Then select "Looking at the Work Area" from the links on the Contents tab. · Go to www.adobe.com/products/premierepro and look for training information. · Move the pointer over a tool to display the name of the tool. · Use the Tip of the Day topics to get information on some of the key Adobe Premiere Pro tasks. Choose Help > Tip of the Day. Want information on installing Adobe Premiere Pro Install the Adobe Premiere Pro application from the Adobe Premiere Pro 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.rtf file on the CD. Are upgrading from a previous version of Adobe Premiere Go to the "Key Features" chapter to get information on functionality that is improved from Adobe Premiere 6.0 and 6.5. Using Help | Contents | Index Back 5 Adobe Premiere Pro Help Learning About Adobe Premiere Pro Using Help | Contents | Index Back 5 Working with Adobe Premiere Pro People work with Adobe Premiere Pro in many different ways. In this section, you'll find directions to specific information to help you accomplish some common Adobe Premiere Pro tasks. If you want to mix audio audio crossfades using the audio transitions in the Effects palette (see "Crossfading or fading out audio" on page 176). · Record a voiceover microphone or other external analog source directly to a track by using the Audio Mixer (see "Capturing analog audio" on page 79). · Control the volume level of each track in a sequence using the track sliders in the Audio Mixer, and control clip gain using the Clip > Audio Options > Audio Gain command (see "Adjusting gain or volume levels" on page 175). · Apply effects to audio tracks using the Audio Mixer, or to audio clips using the Effects palette (see "Applying effects to audio tracks" on page 184 and "Applying effects to audio clips" on page 185). · Vary audio settings over time by using mixer automation (see "Automating audio changes in the Audio Mixer window" on page 190) or by setting keyframes in the Timeline window (see "Working with keyframes in the Timeline window" on page 222). · Apply advanced editing techniques to your source clips by using Adobe Audition® (see "Using audio from Adobe Audition" on page 78). · Create If you want to superimpose or composite clips Superimposing and compositing can be as simple as importing clips and stills, stacking them on video tracks in the Timeline window, and using transparency to let clips on lower tracks show through. Alpha channel transparency is automatically applied. For clips without alpha channels, Adobe Premiere Pro provides many ways to apply transparency. · Import clips (see "Importing clips" on page 81) containing an alpha channel (see "Defining transparency terminology" on page 219). Want step-by-step instructions Try one of the tutorials available on the Adobe Web site. (See "Adobe Premiere Pro support page" on page 8.) Are looking for detailed information about a feature Use the index or search for the feature in Help. Are looking for background information on digital video Go to www.adobe.com/products/premierepro and look for background information. Want answers to common troubleshooting questions Search the Adobe Support Knowledgebase and Premiere Pro Top Issues, which you can access from the Adobe Premiere Pro support Web site at www.adobe.com/products/premierepro. (See "Adobe Premiere Pro support page" on page 8.) Want a complete list of keyboard shortcuts Look at the Keyboard Shortcuts Appendix. If you . . . Try this . . . Using Help | Contents | Index Back 6 Adobe Premiere Pro Help Learning About Adobe Premiere Pro Using Help | Contents | Index Back 6 · Make a clip uniformly transparent by changing the Opacity value (see "Adjusting opacity" on page 221). · If a clip's transparency is defined by a specific color, apply a keying effect (see "Using keys" on page 227). · If transparent areas are marked by another file, such as a matte, apply the matte to the clip (see "Using matte keys" on page 230). If you want to color correct a clip Adobe Premiere Pro includes a number of image adjustment filters, including a comprehensive color correction filter. Moreover, you can accurately measure your adjustments using industry standard waveform monitor and vectorscope. · Select a clip in a sequence and cue the current frame to the clip (see "Editing clips in the Timeline window" on page 138). · If you plan to use the scope views, open a reference monitor and gang the reference monitor and program view together (see "Using a reference monitor" on page 112). · Set the reference monitor's display mode so that it displays one of the waveform monitor or vectorscope options (see "Choosing a Display Mode setting" on page 110 and "Understanding the waveform monitor and vectorscope" on page 111). · Apply the Color Corrector filter to the clip and adjust its parameters (see "Correcting color in a clip" on page 254). If you want to prepare media created in other Adobe products for Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Premiere Pro accepts a wide range of file formats, but is particularly well integrated with files created by other Adobe products. When you import files created with other programs, such as Adobe Photoshop® and Adobe Illustrator®, take steps to achieve the smoothest and most efficient workflow: · Make image adjustments (such as retouching or color correction) before importing a file into Adobe Premiere Pro. Though you can make many of the same adjustments later in Adobe Premiere Pro, making them beforehand can spare you unnecessary processing time (see "About Fixed effects" on page 235, "About Standard effects" on page 235, and "Previewing a sequence" on page 157). · Crop or resize still images to dimensions that are compatible with your Adobe Premiere Pro project, taking differences in pixel aspect ratio into account (see "About pixel aspect ratio" on page 99). · Crop or resize oversized images that you want to animate in Adobe Premiere Pro to the minimum dimensions you need to achieve the effect, and make sure that the image doesn't exceed the maximum dimensions allowed (see "File-size limitations" on page 102 and "Animating effects by using keyframes" on page 245). · Create and save transparent areas as an alpha channel, and understand how Adobe Premiere Pro interprets aspects of Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop files, such as empty areas and clipping masks (see "Importing still images" on page 82). · Understand which elements of an Adobe After Effects® project can be transferred to an Adobe Premiere Pro project (see "Opening a project in Adobe After Effects" on page 299). Using Help | Contents | Index Back 7 Adobe Premiere Pro Help Learning About Adobe Premiere Pro Using Help | Contents | Index Back 7 If you want to customize your editing environment Adobe Premiere Pro's flexible interface lets you work the way that's best for you and your projects. You can fully customize the windows, workspaces, and most keyboard commands to maximize your efficiency: each window according to your editing style or the task at hand (see "Customizing the Project window display" on page 50, "Using labels" on page 53, "Customizing the Monitor window" on page 108, and "Using the Timeline window" on page 114). · Arrange and resize windows and palettes to suit your system or personal preferences, and save the arrangement as a custom workspace (see "Working with windows in Adobe Premiere Pro" on page 44). · Familiarize yourself with standard keyboard shortcuts, and create your own custom shortcuts for nearly any command or function (see "Using keyboard shortcuts" on page 55 and the Keyboard Shortcuts Appendix). · Customize If you want to burn your movies onto DVD discs You can create DVDs directly in Adobe Premiere Pro if you have a DVD burner connected to your computer. Adapt your projects easily for the DVD format: · Ensure that your clips and transitions p ...