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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

Finishing off


This is a short and sweet section. In this section, you will finish off by bundling this whole sequence up into a nested loop, then extracting the flash and tone area at the start of the clip, as they are no longer needed. You will then add some transitions to fade out the clip. If you feel really on the edge, then you could try performing this without reading the task instructions later. There's always the undo key to erase your mistakes!

If you don't feel that sure of your editing skills just yet, read on.

Engage Thrusters

To add some final polish to your project in this short task, follow these steps:

  1. Set the Timeline as the active panel by pressing Shift + 3, then use the mouse to drag a bounding box around all the clips in this sequence (including the PiP inserts and your audio track if you added one).

  2. Right-click on any of the selected clips and choose Nest from the context menu.

  3. Set an In point at the very start of the Timeline by pressing I on the keyboard.

  4. Set an Out point...