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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

You Ready To Go Gung HO? A Hotshot Challenge


It's a common saying that films are never finished, they're just abandoned. This points to the fact that whenever a group of creative people get together, they will always want to adjust, trim, and optimize the project in one way or another, often to the point where it's no longer watchable. Films generally only make it to release because of real-life problems like unavoidable deadlines! That being said, this project is just the start of what's possible, and it's time now to take the Gung Ho challenge:

  • Go back over your montage and ask yourself if all of the cuts are really hitting the beat. If not, zoom right in on the Timeline and make macro adjustments to the timing.

  • Look again at the transitions. Do they need to be longer, shorter, or there at all?

  • If you have placed movement on your image files using the Effects Motion control, alter the keyframing, Ease In and Ease Out controls, to see what effect they have, and try some of the other interpolation settings.

  • Last of all, save this project in a safe place as some of the techniques you will learn in later projects, such as Nested Sequences, Motion Titles, and Export Options can and should be added and used with this.