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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

Creating a laser beam of doom


In this task you will create a laser beam, which the evil MechBot uses to evaporate the guards. Once again you will be using a stock effect in Premiere Pro CS6; the Lightning effect. This is part of the generator effects and you will need to heavily customize it, straightening it out and taming it down, in order for it to look like an effective laser beam of doom.

In this project you have masks on two of the clips that would cause problems if you tried to add an effect directly to either clip. To get around this you will create a transparent video clip to avoid having the laser bolt interact with the masks, and in this task you'll also learn how to automatically add Timeline tracks on the fly.

Engage Thrusters

Create a laser beam using the Lightning effect and a transparent video clip. Perform the following steps to do so:

  1. Set the Project panel as active and create a new transparent video clip by clicking on the New Item button at the bottom of the panel. Accept...