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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

Assembling multiple Timelines for final output


This task is all about preparing your Timeline for the final output of a major or large project. As mentioned in previous projects, most films, documentaries, or whatever it is that you are making, are created as separate scenes on separate Timeline sequences.

One Timeline sequence should always equal one scene.

This helps the video editor when trying to cope with an unwieldy 60 to 90 minute Timeline, where small changes at one end can have a drastic knock-on effect at the other. Even if your movie is just 10 or 15 minutes long, you should consider separating each scene into different Timeline sequences simply to avoid frustrating errors from creeping in. If you want to play mega-safe, you can create a separate project for each scene to combat the dreaded 'Scene failed to load' error message.

The preferred method of editing is to create separate Timeline sequences or separate projects with each one representing a separate scene. In this next task...