| | Copyright |
| | About the Author |
| | Acknowledgments |
| | We Want to Hear from You! |
| | Reader Services |
| | Introduction |
| | | A Collaborative Effort |
| | | New Features in Premiere 6.5 |
| | | Book Organization |
| | | Conventions Used in This Book |
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| | Part I. Getting Started |
| | | Hour 1. Camcorder and Shooting Tips |
| | | Gearing Up: Choosing a Camcorder |
| | | Going Digital |
| | | Camcorder Selection Tips |
| | | Video Shooting Tips |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | | Hour 2. Premiere Setup |
| | | My Different Tack |
| | | Setting Up Your Hardware for Video Capture |
| | | Going Over Video Capture Card Features |
| | | Connecting Your Camcorder and Monitor(s) |
| | | Starting Premiere for the First Time: To A/B or Not to A/B? |
| | | Selecting Your Project Settings |
| | | Making the Easy DV Option Selections |
| | | Tackling the Trickier Analog Video Project Settings |
| | | Checking Out General Settings |
| | | Taking a Quick Tour of Your Workspace |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | | Hour 3. Video Capture and Scene Selection |
| | | Capturing Video |
| | | PremiereA Nonlinear Editor |
| | | Tour the Video-Editing Workspace |
| | | Organizing the Workspace |
| | | Preparing for Video Capture |
| | | Logging and Transferring Your Clips |
| | | Automating Your Video TransfersBatch Capture |
| | | Completing the Batch Capture Process |
| | | Tackling Manual Analog Movie Capture |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | | Hour 4. Using the Storyboard and Timeline for Cuts-only Editing |
| | | Managing Your Assets |
| | | Playing Your Clips |
| | | Organizing Your Clips |
| | | Creating Your First Project Using the Storyboard |
| | | Taking a Timeline Tour |
| | | Manipulating Clips in the Timeline |
| | | Adding a Professional Touch to Your Project |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | | Hour 5. Adding Transitions: From Dissolves to Zooms |
| | | Editing: From Engineers to Artists |
| | | Using Transitions with Restraint |
| | | Adding Some Straightforward Transitions to a Project |
| | | Resolving Transition Technical Issues |
| | | Adding Transitions to Your Own Project |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | Part II. Enhancing Your Video |
| | | Hour 6. Story Creation, Writing, and Video Production Tips |
| | | Getting the Story Right |
| | | Story-Creation Tips |
| | | Writing in the "Active Voice" |
| | | Storytelling with Video |
| | | Unblocking Creativity |
| | | Stepping Up to Film |
| | | The Business of Video Production |
| | | Doing the Video Production Thing |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | | Hour 7. Adding Audio |
| | | Selecting the Right Mic for the Job |
| | | Connecting Mics to Your Camcorder |
| | | Building a Simple and Inexpensive Voice-Recording Area |
| | | Voicing Solid Narrations |
| | | Editing Audio Using Premiere |
| | | News-Style Editing: Using Cutaways with Sound Bites |
| | | News-Style Editing: Using J-Cuts and L-Cuts |
| | | Using the Audio Mixer |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | | Hour 8. Tackling Text: Using the Title Designer |
| | | Using Supers to Help Tell Your Story |
| | | Taking a Tour of Adobe's New Title Designer |
| | | Creating Text |
| | | Working with Object Style |
| | | Configuring Properties |
| | | Adding Fill to Text |
| | | Creating Shadows |
| | | Adding Strokes to Text and Objects |
| | | Creating and Saving Your Text |
| | | Adding Motion to Your TextRolling and Crawling |
| | | Using the Title Designer to Make Simple Graphics |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | | Hour 9. Advanced Editing Techniques and Workspace Tools |
| | | Playing Clips Backward, Changing Speed, and Freezing Frames |
| | | Rolling, Slide, and Slip Edits |
| | | Creating Special Transitions |
| | | Adding Music from CDs or SmartSound Quicktracks |
| | | Setting Timeline Markers and Making an Automated Music Video |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | | Hour 10. Adding Audio Effects |
| | | Managing Effects |
| | | Adjusting Sound: An Overview of Premiere Audio Effects |
| | | Experimenting with Fun Audio Effects |
| | | Creating Professional Audio Enhancements with TCWorks |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | | Hour 11. Creating Video Effects |
| | | Introducing Premiere's Video Effects |
| | | Using Keyframes: Changing Effects Over Time |
| | | Applying Motion to Clips and Changing Their Shape |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | Part III. Higher-end Effects |
| | | Hour 12. Using Higher-Level Video Effects |
| | | Making Sense of the Plethora of Video Effects |
| | | Technical Fix Effects |
| | | Color Appearance Effects |
| | | Blur/Sharpen Effects |
| | | Distortion Effects |
| | | QuickTime Effects |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | | Hour 13. Wrapping Up Effects with After Effects |
| | | Adobe After Effects: Astounding Visual Effects |
| | | Enjoying After Effects' Video Effects |
| | | Color Appearance Effects |
| | | 3D-Style Effects |
| | | Applying Techniques Covered So Far |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | | Hour 14. Compositing Part 1: Layering Images and Clips |
| | | Making Compositing Part of Your Projects |
| | | Your Assignment: Grab Shots for Compositing |
| | | Working with the Opacity Rubberband |
| | | Moving on to Keying |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | | Hour 15. Compositing Part 2: Alpha Channels and Mattes |
| | | Working with Alpha Channel Transparencies |
| | | Using Alpha Channel Transparency with 12 Premiere Video Effects |
| | | Creating and Working with Mattes |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | | Hour 16. Tips, Tricks, and Techniques: Part 1 |
| | | Highlighting a Portion of Your Clip |
| | | Following Action with Traveling Mattes |
| | | Obscuring Someone's Identity |
| | | Using Virtual Clips |
| | | Using Split Screens for Animated Mirror Effects |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | | Hour 17. Tips, Tricks, and Techniques: Part 2 |
| | | Using Keyboard Shortcuts to Simplify Your Editing |
| | | Applying Productivity Tips to Speed Up Editing and Resolve Minor Annoyances |
| | | Three Performance-Enhancing Tips |
| | | More Color Codes |
| | | What to Do If Premiere Misbehaves |
| | | Enjoying Some Fun and Fast Editing Tricks |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | Part IV. Working with Other Adobe Products and Exporting Your Videos |
| | | Hour 18. Using Other Adobe Products for Video Production |
| | | Taking a Tour of Photoshop Elements |
| | | Moving Up to Photoshop |
| | | Using Photoshop in Video ProductionExpert Tips |
| | | Filling a Narrow Video Production Niche with Adobe Illustrator |
| | | Expert Tips for First-time Illustrator Users |
| | | Summary |
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| | | Hour 19. Exporting Premiere Frames, Clips, and Projects: Part 1 |
| | | Print to Video or Export to TapeWhat Does It All Mean? |
| | | Choosing an Export Format |
| | | Wading Through Export Options |
| | | Finally, Exporting Your Project |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | | Hour 20. Exporting Premiere Frames, Clips, and Projects: Part 2 |
| | | Revisiting MPEG |
| | | Using the New Adobe MPEG Encoder |
| | | Preparing Your Projects for Use on the Web |
| | | Using the Advanced Windows Media Plug-In |
| | | Using the Advanced RealMedia Export for Web Apps |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | Part V. DVD Authoring |
| | | Hour 21. Designing Your DVD Project and Creating Menus |
| | | DVDs Are Driving the Next Technological Wave |
| | | Deciding What You Want to AccomplishMenu Structure |
| | | DVD AuthoringInitial Phase |
| | | Creating MenusImage Backgrounds and Buttons |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | | Hour 22. DVD Authoring |
| | | Adjusting Image, Text, and Menu Characteristics |
| | | Adding Videos and Stills and Changing Their Properties |
| | | Linking Media to Your Menu Buttons to Make Your Project Flow |
| | | Changing Movie, Image, and Menu Properties |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | | Hour 23. Enhanced DVD Authoring |
| | | Higher-End DVD-Authoring Enhancements |
| | | Stepping Up to Mid-range DVD-Authoring Products |
| | | Top-flight DVD-Authoring Tools |
| | | Professional DVD Playback |
| | | Summary |
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| | | Hour 24. Burning Your DVD |
| | | Testing: Checking All Links and Ensuring Logical Project Flow |
| | | Choosing DVD Recorders and Recordable Media |
| | | "Burning" Your DVD |
| | | Extra Features in DVDit! SE and PE |
| | | Dealing with Mass Replicators |
| | | Summary |
| | | Workshop |
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| | Index |