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Video Editing 101 Getting Start With Adobe Premiere Pro

The document provides an overview of organizing and setting up video editing projects in Adobe Premiere Pro. It discusses creating a project folder with subfolders for media files, setting up a new Premiere Pro project, importing media and creating a sequence, and basic editing tools like in/out points, inserting clips onto the timeline, and trimming clips. The goal is to familiarize the reader with fundamental Premiere Pro project organization and editing workflows.

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Video Editing 101 Getting Start With Adobe Premiere Pro

The document provides an overview of organizing and setting up video editing projects in Adobe Premiere Pro. It discusses creating a project folder with subfolders for media files, setting up a new Premiere Pro project, importing media and creating a sequence, and basic editing tools like in/out points, inserting clips onto the timeline, and trimming clips. The goal is to familiarize the reader with fundamental Premiere Pro project organization and editing workflows.

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Table Of Contents

01 Start Organized, Stay Organized 

02 Creating a Premiere Pro Project

03 Basic Overview of the Premiere Pro Interface 

04 Importing Media and Creating a new sequence 

05 Editing Basics 
 Video Editing 101 

1. Start Organized, Stay Organized


Make your life easier down the road by keeping your work organized from the start. Whether
working o an internal or external hard drive, start every project by creating a project folder. This
folder will contain all the les related to your project, placed accordingly in the following
subfolders:

Always knowing where your les are located will save you tons of time and improve your
work ow e ciency, while switching to a di erent workstation will be easy with all your les in
one place. Plus, archiving your projects in an organized fashion will facilitate coming back to them
e ortlessly in the future.

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2. Creating a Premiere Pro Project


Once you’ve launched Premiere Pro, start o by creating a New Project. This will bring up the New
Project window, where you’ll need to specify the Name and Location of your project. Simply name
your project and browse to the Project Folder you created in step 1.

In the Scratch Disks tab, set all options to Same as Project. These Premiere Pro storage locations
are used for captured media, rendered previews, and project autosaves.

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Note: If possible, use an additional hard drive for scratch-disk purposes only. This will load o
your main drive and boost your editing, render, and export speeds.

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3. Basic Overview of the Premiere Pro


Interface
Here’s what a Premiere Pro project looks like — it’s a pretty straightforward video-editing
interface. These four main windows make up your workspace:
Project (bottom left): Where you import and organize your media
Source Monitor (top left): Where you view and trim your raw media
Program Monitor (top right): Where you view your timeline sequence
Timeline (bottom right): Where you create your edit
You can move these windows around and customize your workspace in Window > Workspaces.
 
Within the Project and Source Monitor panels, you’ll also notice other tabs, such as Media Browser
and E ect Controls.
 

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4. Importing Media and Creating a New


Sequence
Now that you’ve created your project, you can start by importing your media. There are several
ways to do this in Premiere Pro. For now, simply click File > Import. You can import videos, audio
les, and images.
Once you’ve imported your media, create a New Sequence by clicking File > New Sequence. This
will open the New Sequence window, where you can specify advanced sequence settings. Since
Premiere Pro does a great job at automating this process once you place your footage on the
timeline, leave all this as it presents itself. Just rename your sequence at the bottom of the
window and hit OK.

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From the project window, drag one of the video les you imported earlier onto the timeline. As
this is the rst clip you drop on the timeline, Premiere Pro will ask you if you would like to match
the sequence settings to this clip. Click “Change Sequence Settings.”

Note: If you’re working with multiple resolution formats (4K/HD/SD), make sure to drop the clip
with the resolution you’d like to match the sequence settings to rst.

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5. Editing Basics
Now we’ll go over some basic editing tools, terms, and techniques. This will help you familiarize
yourself with some of the more vital parts of the editing environment.
In and Out Points
Double click on one of the video les in your project panel; this will load the clip into your Source
Monitor. Use the Mark In ({) and Mark Out (}) buttons to set the desired start and end for this clip.
The grey bar under the clip shows your clip selection. You will always be able to tweak the length
of this selection once you place your clip on the timeline, so no need to worry about getting the
perfect selection now. You can also use keyboard shortcuts to set in (I) and out (O) points.

Getting a Clip Onto the Timeline


Once you’ve made your selection using in and out points, you can either drag the clip onto the
timeline (from the Project or Source Monitor windows) or using the Insert/Overwrite buttons.

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Editing Your Clip on the Timeline


Now that you’ve got your clip on the timeline, you can move it around and adjust its length on
either end using the Selection Tool (V). Your cursor will turn into a red arrow symbol when you
position it at the inner or outer edge of the clip, allowing you to lengthen or shorten it. Using the
Razor Tool (C), you can split your clip in two or cut out a section in the middle.
 
So there you have it! You’re on your way to becoming an award-winning editor. 

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