Adobe Premiere 6 Bible

Adele Droblas, Wiley

ISBN:0764534564, Edition: Bk&CD-Rom, 2001-04-15

Price: $44.99

Table of Contents

Foreword ~ viii

Preface ~ xi

Acknowledgments ~ xv

Part I: Getting Started with Premiere 1

Chapter 1: Premiere Quickstart ~ 3

What You Can Do with Premiere ~ 3
How Premiere Works ~ 4
Your First Video Production ~ 6
Starting a Premiere Project ~ 6
Importing production elements ~ 9
Viewing clips in the Project window ~ 11
Using a storyboard ~ 11
Creating the Project ~ 12
Changing the time zoom level ~ 14
Previewing in the Monitor window ~ 15
Using the Timeline window to trim clips ~ 15
Editing the flag ~ 17
Creating a Transition ~ 18
Previewing the transition ~ 19
Editing a clip in the Timeline ~ 19
Adding a dissolve ~ 20
Adding another graphic and transition ~ 20
Fading in the title ~ 20
Previewing the fade in ~ 21
Adding and fading in the audio track ~ 21
Exporting Your First Movie ~ 22
Exporting your movie to the Web ~ 23

Chapter 2: Premiere Basics ~ 25

Premiere’s Windows ~ 25
Manipulating Premiere’s windows ~ 26
The Project window ~ 26
Timeline window ~ 27
Monitor window ~ 29
Audio Mixer window ~ 30
Premiere’s Floating Palettes ~ 31
Navigator palette ~ 31
History palette ~ 32
The Commands palette ~ 33
Info palette ~ 34
Effect Controls palette ~ 34
The Video and Audio Effects palettes ~ 35
Transitions palette ~ 36
The Menus ~ 36
The File menu ~ 37
The Edit menu ~ 39
The Project menu ~ 40
The Clip menu ~ 41
The Window menu ~ 44
The Help menu ~ 44

Chapter 3: Introduction to Premiere Digital Video Project Settings ~ 47

What Is Digital Video? ~ 47
Linear versus nonlinear editing ~ 48
Digital Video Essentials ~ 49
Video frame rates ~ 49
Frame size ~ 49
RGB color and bit depth ~ 50
Compression ~ 50
Understanding Project Settings ~ 52
General settings ~ 53
Video settings ~ 55
Keyframe and rendering options ~ 56

Chapter 4: Capturing Video ~ 59

Getting Started ~ 59
Making the right connection ~ 60
Starting the Capture Process ~ 61
Setting the Scratch disk ~ 61
Capturing analog video ~ 62
Changing video settings ~ 64
Changing audio settings ~ 66
Preparing for digital video capture ~ 68
Capturing Video in the Capture Window ~ 69
Capturing with Device Control ~ 70
Using batch control for automatic capture ~ 71
Adding Timecode to a Clip ~ 73
Capturing Stop Motion Clips ~ 74
Capturing Audio ~ 77
Audio capture settings ~ 77
Capturing analog audio (Windows users) ~ 77
Capturing analog audio on the Mac ~ 78

Part II: Editing with Premiere 81

Chapter 5: Basic Editing in Premiere ~ 83

Basic Editing Concepts and Tools ~ 83
Creating a storyboard ~ 84
The workspace ~ 85
Understanding the Timeline Window ~ 88
A tour of the Timeline window ~ 88
Adjusting track views ~ 90
Navigating Your Way Through the Timeline ~ 90
Creating Shy tracks and Exclude tracks ~ 91
Selecting and moving clips in the Timeline ~ 91
Customizing the Timeline window ~ 94
Setting In and Out Points in the Timeline Window ~ 95
Editing with the Selection tool ~ 95
Setting In and Out points with Timeline markers ~ 96
Trimming Using the Clip Window ~ 97
Working with the Monitor Window ~ 98
Adding clips to the Timeline using the Monitor window ~ 101

Chapter 6: Audio Editing ~ 105

Importance of Sound in Video ~ 105
Playing a Sound Clip ~ 106
Gaining and Fading ~ 109
Adjusting sound volume by using the Gain command ~ 109
Fading sound by using the fade line ~ 109
Balancing Volume ~ 114
Panning ~ 114
Balancing stereo ~ 116
Using the Cross Fade Tool to Fade Audio ~ 116
Mixing Audio by Using the Audio Mixer ~ 119
Automation ~ 119
Mute and Solo ~ 119
Balance ~ 120
Volume ~ 120
Playback ~ 121
The Audio Mixer window options ~ 121
Recording edits by using the Audio Mixer track ~ 122
Using the Audio Effects ~ 122
Touring the Audio palette ~ 123
Applying an audio effect ~ 124
Applying an audio effect over time ~ 125
Audio effects described ~ 126
Exporting a Sound as an AIFF File ~ 135

Chapter 7: Creating Transitions ~ 137

Touring the Transitions Palette ~ 137
Using the Transitions palette menu ~ 138
A/B Editing versus Single Track ~ 139
Creating transitions with A/B tracks ~ 140
Applying a Transition with Single Track Editing ~ 142
Editing transitions settings ~ 146
Creating a Default Transition ~ 147
Applying a Default Transition ~ 148
Replacing and Deleting Transitions ~ 148
Transitions Review ~ 148
3D Motion ~ 149
Dissolve ~ 152
Iris ~ 154
Map transitions ~ 155
QuickTime ~ 156
Slides ~ 157
Special Effects ~ 158
Page Peels ~ 160
Stretch transitions ~ 161
Wipe transitions ~ 162
Zoom transitions ~ 165
Gallery of Transitions in Premiere ~ 166

Part III: Working with Type and Graphics 185

Chapter 8: Creating Titles and Graphics in the Title Window ~ 187

Exploring the Title Window ~ 188
Touring the Title window tools ~ 188
Changing Title Window Options ~ 191
Drawing size ~ 191
Aspect ratio ~ 191
Show safe titles ~ 192
NTSC-safe colors options ~ 192
Background color ~ 192
Using the Title Menu ~ 193
Adding a Background Frame to the Title Window ~ 194
Working with the Title Window Tools ~ 195
Using the Type tool ~ 195
Moving text onscreen with the Selection tool ~ 197
Changing text attributes ~ 197
Saving text attributes and color ~ 198
Using the Rolling Title Tool ~ 198
Changing direction and speed ~ 200
Previewing moving text ~ 201
Creating Graphics in the Title Window ~ 201
Creating Polygons ~ 202
Turning polygons into curves ~ 202
Editing Shapes ~ 202
Moving and resizing shapes ~ 203
Changing line width ~ 203
Changing fill attributes ~ 203
Creating Shadows ~ 204
Setting shadow options ~ 205
Using Color in Titles ~ 205
Using Premiere’s Color Picker ~ 206
Understanding RGB colors ~ 207
Applying colors to text and graphics ~ 208
Creating gradients ~ 209
Changing opacity ~ 210
Saving, Closing, and Opening a Title ~ 211
Placing a title in a project ~ 212
Premiere technique: Creating an opening title with the Title window ~ 213
Premiere technique: Creating a logo ~ 215

Chapter 9: Creating Type and Graphic Effects ~ 217

Creating and Importing Graphics from Adobe Photoshop ~ 217
Creating a digital movie using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe ImageReady ~ 218
Creating a digital movie of warped text using Photoshop and ImageReady ~ 222
Creating the Time Flies project ~ 224
Creating Semitransparent Text ~ 227
Creating beveled text in Photoshop ~ 227
Creating the Zoo project ~ 228
Using Video Effects to Animate Adobe Illustrator Type and Graphics ~ 230
Creating curved text in Adobe Illustrator ~ 231
Creating a graphic in Adobe Illustrator ~ 232
Creating the Hurricane Season project ~ 233
Animating Titles over Graphics by Using Motion and Reverse Alpha Channel Key ~ 235

Part IV: Advanced Techniques and Special Effects 241

Chapter 10: Advanced Editing Techniques ~ 243

Editing Utilities ~ 244
Using the History palette ~ 244
Cutting and pasting clips ~ 245
Removing Timeline gaps ~ 248
Unlinking and linking audio and video ~ 248
Editing Clips with the Timeline Edit Tools ~ 250
Creating a rolling edit ~ 250
Creating a ripple edit ~ 251
Creating a slip edit ~ 252
Creating a slide edit ~ 253
Creating a Three- or Four-Point Edit ~ 254
Performing a three-point edit ~ 255
Performing a four-point edit ~ 256
Performing Lift and Extract Edits ~ 257
Fine-Tuning Edits by Using Monitor Trim Mode ~ 258
Creating Duplicate and Virtual Clips ~ 260
Creating virtual clips ~ 261
Using Clip Commands to Edit a Clip ~ 262
Using the Motion command ~ 263
Using the Duration and Speed commands ~ 264
Using the Frame Hold command ~ 265
The Maintain Aspect Ratio and Aspect Color commands ~ 265

Chapter 11: Using Video Effects ~ 269

Exploring Premiere’s Video Effects Palette ~ 270
The Video Effects palette pop-up menu ~ 271
The Effect Controls palette ~ 272
The Effect Controls menu ~ 272
Applying a Video Effect ~ 273
Using Video Effects with Keyframes ~ 276
The keyframe track ~ 276
Applying Effects to Different Image Areas Using an Image Matte ~ 279
Touring Premiere’s Video Effects ~ 281
The Adjust folder ~ 281
The Blur folder ~ 284
The Channel folder ~ 285
The Distort folder ~ 285
The Image Control folder ~ 293
The Perspective folder ~ 296
The Pixelate folder ~ 297
The QuickTime folder ~ 299
The Render folder ~ 299
The Sharpen folder ~ 299
The Stylize folder ~ 300
The Time folder ~ 304
The Transform folder ~ 305
The Video folder ~ 308

Chapter 12: Superimposing ~ 311

Understanding Transparency in Digital Video ~ 311
Fading video tracks ~ 312
Fading with the Fade Adjustment and Fade Scissors tools ~ 316
Superimposing Tracks Using the Transparency Dialog Box ~ 320
Touring the Transparency Settings dialog box ~ 321
Chroma key ~ 322
RGB Difference key ~ 325
Blue Screen and Green Screen keys ~ 325
Non-Red key ~ 328
Luminance key ~ 328
The Alpha Channel key ~ 328
Black Alpha Matte and White Alpha Matte keys ~ 331
Image Matte key ~ 331
Difference Matte key ~ 334
Track Matte key ~ 334
Multiply and Screen ~ 334
Creating split screens using the None Key Type ~ 335
Creating Garbage mattes using a key ~ 335

Chapter 13: Using Color Mattes and Backdrops ~ 339

Creating a Color Matte ~ 339
Creating a color matte from the Project window ~ 341
Editing a color matte ~ 341
Creating a Backdrop from a Still Frame ~ 342
Creating Background Mattes in Photoshop ~ 342
Creating simple backgrounds with the Gradient tool ~ 342
Creating background patterns with Pattern Fill ~ 348
Creating Background Mattes in Illustrator ~ 350
Creating Backgrounds and QuickTime Movies with Painter ~ 354

Chapter 14: Creating Motion Effects in Premiere ~ 359

Touring the Motion Settings Dialog Box ~ 359
Previewing motion settings ~ 361
Editing the motion path ~ 362
Using the Timeline to preview and add keyframes ~ 364
Changing speed ~ 364
Creating zooms, delays, distortion, and rotation ~ 365
Fill Color ~ 368
Saving loading, resetting, and removing settings ~ 368
Editing motion settings ~ 369
Using Alpha Channels ~ 369
Creating Traveling Mattes ~ 373
Creating Motion Settings Projects ~ 375
Creating a presentation ~ 375
Animating a book cover ~ 381

Chapter 15: Enhancing Video ~ 387

The RGB Color Model ~ 387
Changing brightness and contrast ~ 390
Balancing colors ~ 390
Changing levels ~ 391
Using other Adjust filters ~ 393
The Image Control effects ~ 394
The Video folder effects ~ 395
Retouching and Color Correcting with Photoshop ~ 396
Loading a video clip into Photoshop ~ 397
Using Selections in Photoshop ~ 400
Selecting a color range ~ 401
Saving selections to alpha channels ~ 401
Using Photoshop’s Image Adjust Commands ~ 402
Using the Info palette ~ 403
Brightness/Contrast ~ 403
Levels ~ 403
Curves ~ 404
Hue/Saturation ~ 407
Color Balance ~ 408
Using Photoshop to add and delete people from video clips ~ 408

Part V: Outputting Digital Video from Premiere 413

Chapter 16: Exporting QuickTime and AVI Movies ~ 415

Beginning the Export Process ~ 416
Changing Export Settings ~ 417
Changing Video Settings ~ 418
Choosing a QuickTime compressor ~ 418
Choosing a video for Windows compressor ~ 420
Changing bit depth ~ 420
Choosing quality ~ 421
Choosing a data rate ~ 421
Setting recompression ~ 422
Changing frame rates and frame size ~ 422
Specifying keyframes ~ 422
Changing Audio Settings ~ 423
Choosing QuickTime audio codecs ~ 424
Choosing other audio settings ~ 425
Choosing video for Windows audio codecs ~ 425

Chapter 17: Outputting to the Web and Intranets ~ 427

Web File Formats ~ 427
Understanding HTML ~ 428
How a movie is loaded onto a Web page ~ 428
QuickTime settings for Web pages ~ 430
Placing a QuickTime Movie into a Web Page with Adobe GoLive ~ 431
Using QuickTime Tracks for the Web ~ 434
Creating a Web link in Premiere ~ 434
Using Adobe GoLive to edit and create QuickTime tracks ~ 436
Changing location and creating simple behaviors ~ 442

Chapter 18: Exporting Video to the Web ~ 447

Exporting to the Web with RealNetworks’ Advanced RealMedia Plug-In . 448
Exporting from Premiere ~ 448
Exporting to the Web with Cleaner EZ ~ 453
QuickTime Progressive Download ~ 454
QuickTime streaming ~ 454
Windows Media-Video ~ 455
Using the Advanced Windows Media Plug-In ~ 456

Chapter 19: Exporting to Videotape and Edit Decision Lists ~ 457

Preparing to Export Video ~ 457
Checking project settings ~ 458
Previewing at final project speed ~ 459
Checking scratch disk and device control settings ~ 459
Setting playback options ~ 460
Exporting by Using Device Control ~ 462
Exporting by using DV device control ~ 462
Exporting by using analog device control ~ 463
Exporting without Device Control ~ 463
Exporting an Edit Decision List ~ 464
Creating the Edit Decision List ~ 465
Using transitions in Edit Decision Lists ~ 468

Chapter 20: Outputting to CD-ROM and Using Macromedia Director 471

Exporting Premiere Movies to CD-ROM ~ 472
Project settings for CD-ROM ~ 472
Using Cleaner EZ to output to CD-ROM ~ 474
Using Macromedia Director ~ 478
Director overview ~ 479
Importing Premiere Movies into Director ~ 480
Changing movie properties ~ 480
Placing the movie onstage ~ 481
Using Lingo ~ 482
Creating behaviors ~ 482
Creating your own Lingo ~ 484
Playing a portion of digital movie ~ 485

Part VI: Premiere and Beyond 487

Chapter 21: Trimming Clips in After Effects ~ 489

Trimming in After Effects: What’s It All About? ~ 490
Trimming By Using the Time Layout Window ~ 490
Trimming By Using the Layer Window ~ 492
Exporting Your Adobe After Effects Files ~ 493
Importing After Effects Files into Premiere ~ 497

Chapter 22: The Photoshop Connection ~ 501

Exporting a Premiere Frame to Photoshop ~ 501
Importing a still frame from Premiere into Photoshop ~ 505
Exporting a Premiere Frame from After Effects to Photoshop ~ 506
Working with Photoshop Layers and Channels ~ 506
Creating a Photoshop layer file and duplicating a layer ~ 508
Creating a Photoshop file with an alpha channel ~ 511
Importing Photoshop layers and alpha channels to Premiere ~ 512
Placing Photoshop layer and alpha channel files in video tracks ~ 514

Chapter 23: Using Adobe Premiere and Adobe Illustrator ~ 517

Working with Illustrator Type ~ 518
Converting Illustrator type to path outlines ~ 522
Manipulating type path outlines ~ 523
Creating Masks in Illustrator ~ 524
Importing Illustrator Files into Premiere ~ 531

Chapter 24: Working with Masks in Adobe After Effects ~ 541

After Effects Masks: An Overview ~ 542
Creating Oval and Rectangle Masks ~ 542
the Layer Window and Layer Menu ~ 544
Creating a Beziér Mask ~ 546
Editing a Mask with the Time Layout Window ~ 549
Importing Masks from Illustrator and Photoshop ~ 551
Loading an Illustrator path into After Effects as a mask ~ 552

Chapter 25: Adding Special Effects in Adobe After Effects ~ 553

How After Effects Works ~ 553
Importing Premiere Projects into After Effects ~ 554
Importing a Photoshop File and Animating It in After Effects ~ 555
Importing an Illustrator File and Animating It in After Effects ~ 558
Creating and Animating Type in After Effects ~ 561
Working with Motion Paths ~ 565
Creating a Composite Video Clip ~ 568

Chapter 26: Third-Party Special Effects Software ~ 573

Introduction to Third-Party Software ~ 573
Installing third-party software ~ 574
Using third-party software ~ 574
Pixélan SpiceMaster ~ 575
Boris FX Pro ~ 576
Boris Graffiti ~ 577
SFX Machine ~ 580

Appendix A: What’s on the CD ~ 583
Appendix B: Places to Visit on the Web ~ 585
Appendix C: Licensing QuickTime ~ 591
Appendix D: The Digital Video Recording Studio ~ 593

Index ~ 601

Hungry Minds, Inc. End-User License Agreement ~ 617
CD-ROM Installation Instructions ~ 620