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Mastering Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Hotshot

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Mastering Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Hotshot

Overview of this book

Adobe Premiere Pro has become synonymous with video editing, in the same way Photoshop has become a byword for image manipulation. To unlock the true potential of this powerful software you don't need you to take expensive training courses or spend hours trying to get your footage “just right”. Work through this practical guide and truly master Premiere Pro CS6 using real footage with engaging examples.Using the included source material (available via digital download), this book will help you discover a plethora of features and functionality hidden within Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 that can truly augment your skills and take your footage to the next level. By covering a diverse array of topics in a practical manner, you will gain a full understanding of how to approach pretty much any video editing project you want to tackle with Adobe Premiere Pro CS6.Starting off with an entry-level project to get both new and existing users up to speed, "Mastering Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Hotshot" dives right into a series of engaging real-world projects that help you understand how you can harness Premiere Pro's full potential. With an explicit focus on practical real-world projects from concept to publication, this is the definitive guide for people who want to make the most out of this powerful software.As you progress through the book you'll encounter problems of poorly shot footage; news reporters who stumble over their dialog and camera crews who fail to deliver key scenes, leaving you to scavenge and then hide your trail. Not only will you develop a full understanding of how core features work, you'll also have a clear grasp on how to make your footage stand out from the crowd.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Mastering Adobe Premier Pro CS6 HOTSHOt
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Adding lower thirds


Lower thirds are titles that display in the bottom third of the screen. They usually have a small logo incorporated into them, and have some information on what the viewer is looking at; name of presenter, location, and perhaps what sort of footage they are watching.

In this task you will create a multilayered lower third inside a new sequence, turn that into a nested sequence, and then use it to display your titles on the main Timeline. You have used many of these skills before, but not for creating titles, so the instructions given next will flick backwards and forwards between sparse and detailed, to give you a chance with the new concepts, but to help you revise some skills you really should have learned by now.

Engage Thrusters

Perform the following steps for creating lower third titles for your main Timeline:

  1. Switch to the Timeline and create a new sequence (Ctrl + N or command + N). Call this sequence News_Reporter_1.

  2. Once the new sequence is created, move back to the...