I just reviewed several of the new Premiere Pro CS6 sample video tutorials from Jeff Sengstack and Infinite Skills, and they’re quite good. Entitled, “Learning Premiere Pro CS6,” this series is one of the most in depth training series on Premiere Pro CS6 to date. Over 22 hours of training and 111 lessons are available. Jeff has in depth knowledge about Premiere Pro and his delivery is enjoyable to follow along with. There are 22 free video tutorials from the series available on this page on the Infinite Skills web site, so be sure to check them out.
The following subjects are covered in the free tutorials. I’ve added links to corresponding Help topics:
- An Overview Of Adobe Premiere Pro CS6
Adobe TV: What is Adobe Premiere Pro CS6? - Shooting Footage: Video Shooting Tips And Techniques
Adobe.com: Broad native format support
- Editing Video: What It Is All About
Help: Adding clips to sequences - Adjusting Premiere Pro Preferences And Other Settings
Help: Preferences - Managing And Viewing Assets In The Project panel
Help: Organizing assets in the Project panel - Using The Trim Edit Tool
Help: Trimming clips (CS6) - Editing With The Ripple And Rolling Edit Tools
Make ripple and rolling edits in the Timeline - Adding Cutaways
Help: Working with clips in a sequence - Editing Wide And Tight
Help: Drag video only or audio only to a sequence
- Changing Time: Slow/Fast/Reverse Motion
Help: Duration and speed - Adjusting Video Transitions
Help: Modifying and customizing transitions - Animating Effects Using Key Frames
Help: Viewing and adjusting effects and keyframes - Using Generate Effects
Help: Creating special clips: synthetics - Using The Lighting, Lightning And Lens Flare Effects
Help: Generate effects - Creating A Looping, Animated Background
Help: Adding, navigating, and setting keyframes - Matching The Motion Of An Object Within A Clip
Help: Controlling effect changes using keyframe interpolation - Using The Ultra Key Effect
Help: About keying - Understanding The Track Matte Key Effect
Help: Track matte key effect - Starting With A Template
Help: Choose, create, and import title templates - Explaining Audio Editing
Help: Adjusting volume levels - Checking Out Noise Removal And Other Effects
Help: Audio effects - Using Audio Effects In The Mixer
Help: Applying effects to audio
Here are the topics that are covered, and the corresponding topics in Help:
- Introduction: Help: Basic workflow
- Explaining the video production workflow: Help: Capturing and digitizing
- Getting started: Blog: Getting Started with Premiere Pro
- Importing, capturing, and managing assets: Help: Transferring and importing files
- Adding and arranging clips on a single audio/video pair of tracks: Help: Rearranging clips in a sequence
- Trimming and adjusting clips: Help: Trimming clips
- Making specialized edits: Help: Create split edits
- Adding video and audio transitions: Help: Transition overview: applying transitions
- Working with video effects: Help: About effects
- Checking out a selection of a video effect categories and specialized effects: Help: Applying, removing, finding, and organizing effects
- Performing color correction: Help: Three-way color corrector effect (CS6)
- Introducing compositing (layering): Help: Compositing, alpha channels, and adjusting clip opacity
- Animating motion effects: Help: Motion: position, scale, and rotate a clip
- Using keying effects: Help: Keying effects
- Specialized compositing: adjustment layers and the track matte key effect: Help: adjustment layers (CS6)
- Working with the Titler: Help: Creating and editing titles
- Introducing audio editing: Help: Editing audio in a timeline panel
- Making specialized audio edits: Help: Create split edits
- Working with audio effects: Help: Audio effects and transitions reference
- Using the Audio Mixer: Help: Overview of audio and the Audio Mixer
- Exporting a project: Help: Workflow and overview for exporting
Comments
This is a great list, but impossible to find on the Adobe site. I got it through a link on the forums.
Expanding on my comment, this type of excellent information should be available under a “help”, “learning”, or “tutorial” sort of heading, rather than in a blog.
I need help with compositing multiple takes of the same actor playing different parts on a stage. I need for him to be able to move in front, if only partially, of other versions of him. What do you suggest is the best way to alpha channel this? Are there mattes that can trace frames? Is there a better way? Should I use green screens for foreground performances?
Yes, green screen is the best option. Otherwise, you’d have to rotoscope with rotobrush in After Effects. If you need more detailed answers, it’s better to ask this question on our forums: http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere?view=discussions
I’ve been using FCP for years. Having recently bought CS6 I’m finding it really hard to make the transition to Premier Pro. I’m sure it does everything I need but it’s illogical and not user friendly. This is not helped by the fact there seems to be no searchable user guide in a .pdf format.
Does anyone know of a written user guide that is not a series of links to irrelevant clips that seem to be designed for novice film makers.
Hi Paul,
Here’s a link to the Premiere Pro Help PDF. Open it in Acrobat or Preview to use the search box.
http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/premiere_pro_reference.pdf