Sams Teach Yourself Premiere 6.5 in 24 Hours
Sams Teach Yourself Premiere 6.5 in 24 Hours
ISBN: 0672324288
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 249
Pages: 249
Authors: Jeff Sengstack
- Main Page
- Table of content
- 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
- 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
- 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 AB or Not to AB?
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 TC Works
- Summary
- Workshop
- 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
- 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
- BlurSharpen Effects
- Distortion Effects
- QuickTime Effects
- Summary
- Workshop
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Index
- Index SYMBOL
- Index A
- Index B
- Index C
- Index D
- Index E
- Index F
- Index G
- Index H
- Index I
- Index J
- Index K
- Index L
- Index M
- Index N
- Index O
- Index P
- Index Q
- Index R
- Index S
- Index T
- Index U
- Index V
- Index W
- Index X
Sams Teach Yourself Premiere 6.5 in 24 Hours
ISBN: 0672324288
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 249
Pages: 249
Authors: Jeff Sengstack