3. Before you can start editing on premiere pro you will have to ensure
your project is saved into a folder or device. If you do not do this you are
at risk of loosing progress or even a complete project!
Saving Projects:
Step 1: Create a folder on your memory device or preferred location
and name it after you project
4. Step 2: Once you have created your folder, its important to organize it
into categories that will make it convenient to find certain information.
Create three new folders within and name:
• Footage: This is where you save your footage
• Sound: this is where you save all your audio
• Archive: This is where you save all your images and extra essentials
5. Step 3:Now that your project is saved and organised, you are ready to
open up premiere, please remember the importance of stage one.
6. Step 4: Once premiere pro is open you will
A receive this menu:
B
Select ‘New Project’ and you will get
another menu screen like menu ‘B’
Underneath the Name section, name the
project as you desire (this will be the name of
your complete project
D
C
Once you have done that, you will receive Press okay and your premier pro should be
another menu screen like menu C, you can ready to use.
either press okay, or name your sequence
(optional, not Necessary)
8. Step 1: As premiere only recognises certain video formats, you will need
to convert your footage to the video format ‘QuickTime’. To do this
Click on the add button and select Once you have completed part
the footage folder you created on A, select your videos on media
stage one, step two. encoder and change the formats to
quick time and select ‘start queue’.
A B
9. Step 2: once your video formats have all been converted, they will all appear in
QuickTime format in your ‘footage’ folder. To add these to premiere pro, you can
do it using any of these preferred methods ’A’ or ‘B’.
Drag the QuickTime versions of footage Go to premier pro and click ‘file’ then
onto premiere pro. select ‘import and find the footage folder
and select the videos.
A B
11. Step 1: Select the sequence you would like to add to the timeline
(remember the order of the clips you have added to your timeline, will
be the order your clips will be set). You can preview your footage before
adding it to your timeline
Note: Before you add your footage to your timeline you can preview it,
by pressing the play button.
12. Step 2: Once you have chosen the footage you want and added it to the time
line, you can now edit that footage as desired, to do this use the tool bar on the
top left corner, this toolbar edit your sequence in the way it states, for example
the ‘Razor Tool’ will allow you to cut your sequence in desired areas.
13. Step 3: Once you are able to use basic editing techniques, you
can then start looking at more advanced setting such as editing
transitions, video effects and Adding text.
