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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 lightning spectacular (freeze frame and lightning ball)


In this task you will create a set of effects to show the guards being erased from time and space by the evil MechBot's laser beam of doom. You'll do this using the export frame function, a Track Matte effect, some very untamed and nonstraight lightning, and a simple White Matte. And you'll finish by wrapping up the entire effect in a fresh nested sequence. The effects and methods being used in this task shouldn't hold any mysteries to you, but you might be surprised by the variation on workflow used to create the illusion of a guard being consumed by heaving bundles of deadly lightening!

Engage Thrusters

Use the Lightning effect again to create an untimely end for the guards. Perform the following steps to do so:

  1. Use any of the keyboard shortcuts to move the Timeline indicator to the end of the Guard_02.avi clip. The guard needs to be visible in the Program Monitor, if he has vanished, move back one frame.

  2. With the Program Monitor...