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=== Getting Started ===
* Premiere Pro is a non-destructive non-linear video editing application.
* Parts of it may seem similar to Audition and After Effects but other parts will function differently.
* There are advanced features for linking Audition and After Effects with Premiere Pro.
* [[Intro to Premiere Pro - PP |Intro to Premiere Pro]]
* [[Intro_to_Premiere_Pro_-_PP#What_is_Premiere_Pro | What is Premiere Pro]]

=== File Management ===
*Do not work directly from Orca.
*Make a folder on the '''Desktop''' with a meaningful name.
*Make sub-folders called
**Video
**Stills
**Premiere_Files
**Audio
*Copies all source files to the appropriate folders before importing to Premiere.
*[[Intro_to_Premiere_Pro_-_PP#File_Organization | File Management Steps]]

=== Premiere Basics ===

==== New Project ====
* [[Intro_to_Premiere_Pro_-_PP#Starting_A_New_Project | Starting a New Project]]
# Open '''Premiere Pro'''
# Click '''New Project'''
# Click '''Browse'''
# Navigate to the project folder you created earlier.
# Select the Premiere_Files folder and click '''Choose'''.
# Give the project a meaningful name.
# Click '''OK'''.

==== Premiere Pro Interface ====
*[[Intro_to_Premiere_Pro_-_PP#Interface |Interface article]]
*Media Bowser
*Project
*Timeline
*Source Monitor
*Program Monitor
*Effects
*Effects Controls
*Essential Graphics

==== Importing Media ====
* [[Intro_to_Premiere_Pro_-_PP#Importing_Media|Importing Media article]]

* Remember to copy the file to your project folder before importing.

* [[Image Sequences - Premiere Pro]]

==== Create a New Sequence ====
* It is easier to import your files into Premiere before creating a new sequence.
* Your animations should be 1920 x 1080 30fps to 1280 x 960 30 fps.

# Import your video files into the project.
# Pick a file which represents the majority of your files (in terms of dimensions, frame rate, compression etc).
# Select that file in the '''Project''' panel.  Right click and select '''New Sequence From Clip'''.
# A new Sequence will be added to the '''Project''' panel and it will open int the '''Timeline''' panel.
# Change the sequence name to something meaningful by clicking on the sequence name in the  '''Project''' panel.

=== Editing ===
* [[Intro_to_Premiere_Pro_-_PP#Playback |Playback]]
*[[Intro_to_Premiere_Pro_-_PP#Editing_Basics |Editing Basics]]
*[[Intro_to_Premiere_Pro_-_PP#Adjusting_Audio_Levels_and_Panning |Adjusting Audio Levels]]
*Scale video

=== Titles ===
* [[Titles - Essential Graphics|Creating Titles with Essential Graphics]]

=== Exporting ===
* [[Intro_to_Premiere_Pro_-_PP#Exporting |Exporting Video Article]]
* '''Adobe Media Encoder''' allows you to export multiple versions of the same sequence and it allows you to keep working in '''Premiere''' while export is encoding.

# To use Adobe Media Encoder first follow the steps above.
# '''Click''' the '''Queue''' button and '''Adobe Media Encoder''' will open.
# Drag a preset onto the name of your sequence to add the preset to the '''Queue'''.
## Use the '''1920 Screening ProRes 422LT''' preset for class playback.  
## Use the '''H.264 Match Source - High Bit Rate''' for Windows playback and uploading to Youtube.  
# Click the '''Start Queue''' button (green play button) to start the exporting. 
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