By Jeremy Rue & Richard Koci Hernandez

is the default audio transition in Adobe Premiere Pro, which creates a smooth, gradual transition between two audio clips. How do you change the duration of a transition (Select all that apply) a. Drag the edge of the transition rectangle in the Timeline b. Drag the edge of the transition rectangle in the Effects Control panel's. Yes you can set a default transition that uses the ctrl-d key combo. I believe it's set by default to crossfade, which I use. You click your clip, control-d and it'll put the fade in and out on the item. You can change the default transition in the preferences. It really is simple. For bonus points, Control-shift-d works for audio. If you want to change the default duration which they have when you place them on the timeline (i.e. Maybe you want each image to be displayed for 8 seconds instead of just 5 seconds,) go to the Premiere Preferences by hitting Cmd/Ctrl +, (comma) and set the “Default Still Image Duration” to 8 and choose “Seconds” from the drop down menu. When you add transitions to the project, they will be 2 seconds in length. The duration of a transitions that is already in a project and be trimmed to other values while editing. To change the the default setting to another value, then highlight the seconds or frames and press the up or down arrow just to the right.

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Set Keyboard shortcuts in Premiere Pro CC

You can use the keyboard GUI to see which keys have been assigned and which are available for assignment. A tool tip reveals the full command name when you hover over a key in the Keyboard layout. When you select a modifier key on the keyboard layout, the keyboard displays all the shortcuts which require that modifier. You can also press the modifier key on the hardware keyboard to achieve this result.

When you select a key on the Keyboard Layout, you can view all the commands that are assigned to that unmodified key and all other modifier combinations.

From the Premiere CC menu, select “Keyboard Shortcuts.”

In the search bar in the lower left type ripple trim (see below)

Then select each option (ripple trim next…) an in the grey area click your mouse and hit W on the keyboard to map this key to the shortcut and repeat for (ripple trim previous…) except choose Qon the keyboard.

For more, watch the video below:

Create Multiple Bins

A good way to keep you footage organized is to create nested or multiple Bins inside other bins.

Create a bin called footage, import your footage.After importing your footage and previewing the clips, create new bins inside the footage bin to help you keep organized.

To create a bin inside another bin, make sure the bin is selected by clicking on it, then hit the bin icon in the lower right of your project window.

Above is a sample of nested bins inside the footage bin.

Bin tips

• To move an item into a bin, drag the item to the Bin icon. You can move bins into other bins to nest them. Dropping an item into a bin does not automatically open the bin.
• To display the contents of a bin, in List view, click the triangle beside the Bin icon to expand it, or double-click the bin.
• To show the contents of an enclosing (parent) bin when you’re viewing only the contents of a nested bin, click the Parent Bin button in the Project panel. You can continue to click this button until the top-level contents of the Project panel appear.
• To open or close more than one bin at a time, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) multiple selected bins.

Organize your Metadata Display

You can choose the info you want to show in your project menu bar. Since it’s not recommend to change clips names, another way to organize a label clips is to set up your metadata display to show the Description panel.

Step 1

Right Click on the grey area in the project panel just to the right of the name icon until you see the Metadata Display icon, then select it. Once selected you will see the below window.

Open the Premiere Pro Project Metadata by clicking the icon to the left of the name.

Step 2

Choose the items you want to show and deselect the items that you choose to hide. As a starting point choose the options below. You can always add or subtract options as needed.

See above for a good beginner option is to choose, Description, Media File Path, Status and Good.

Multiple Sequences or Sequence Versioning

This is an optional workflow, but highly recommended for projects beyond 3 minutes in length.

After creating a Sequence Bin , it is a good practice to create multiple sequences that contain— interviews, broll, stills or rough cuts. This helps in organization of footage, especially in large projects. Instead of working from a single sequence which can get messy and complicated, you can have multiple sequences then just copy and paste clips between sequences. You can also right click a sequence and duplicate it in order to tweak or version the sequence.

Subclips

(Resource https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/how-to/premierepro-soft-subclips-cc.html)

Create a subclip from the Project panel

You can create a subclip from source clips or other subclips that are made up from a single media file.

1. Double-click a clip in the Project panel to open it in the Source Monitor.
2. In the Source Monitor, set In and Out points for the subclip. Either or both the In point and Out point must differ from the source clip In point and Out point.
3. Do one of the following:
   • Choose Clip > Make Subclip, enter a name for the subclip, and click OK. CMD+U is the short cut.
   • Deselect the Restrict Trims. You can also rename subclips!
4. The subclip appears in the Project panel with a Subclip icon , , , . The icon varies depending on the media type.

Note: Some editors find creating subclips as an alternative way to organize an edit.

Add markers

You can add markers on the Source monitor, Program monitor, or on the Timeline. Markers added to Program monitor are reflected in the Timeline. Similarly, markers added to the Timeline are reflected on the Program Monitor.

In Premiere Pro, multiple markers can be added, allowing a user to add multiple notes and comment on clips on the same location in the Timeline.

1. Move the playhead to the point where you want to add a marker.
2. Select Marker > Add Marker, or press the M key.
3. To edit the marker, double-click the marker icon to open the Marker dialog box.

NOTE: It’s important to add a name, description, color label and duration to the marker.

What is Morph Cut?

Morph Cut is a video transition in Premiere Pro that helps you create more polished interviews by smoothing out jump cuts between sound bites.

A common challenge that comes with editing footage with a “talking head” is that the subject can stutter, make frequent use of “umms”, “uhs”, or unwanted pauses. All of which keep you from having a clean, continuous sequence without the use of jump cuts or cross dissolves.

Now, you can effectively clean interview dialog by removing unwanted portions of a clip and then apply the Morph Cut video transition to smooth out distracting jump cuts. You can also use Morph Cut to effectively rearrange clips in your interview footage to ensure a smooth flow without any jumps in visual continuity.

Morph Cut uses an advanced combination of face tracking and optical flow interpolation to create a seamless transition between clips. When used effectively, a Morph Cut transition can be so seamless that it looks as natural as shooting the video without unwanted pauses or words that can break the narrative flow.

In the Effects panel, choose Video Transitions > Dissolve > Morph Cut and drag the effect to the edit point between clips in the Timeline.

After you apply the Morph Cut effect, analysis of the clip begins immediately in the background. As analysis begins, an “Analyzing in background” banner displays within the Program Monitor indicating that analysis is occurring.

You are free to work with the footage or elsewhere in the project while the analysis occurs.

After analysis is complete, a symmetrical transition is created, centered at the edit point. The transition duration matches the default of 30 frames specified for Video Transition Default Duration. You can change the default duration using the Preferences dialog.

If the lip movements and voice are not exactly in sync or the results are not satisfactory, change the In and Out points or adjust the duration of the transition.

Stabilize with the Warp Stabilizer effect

(More: https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/stabilize-motion-warp-stabilizer-effect.html)

To stabilize motion using the Warp Stabilizer effect, do the following:

1. Select the clip you want to stabilize.
2. In the Effects panel, choose Distort > Warp Stabilizer, and then apply the effect by double-clicking, or by dragging the effect to the clip in the Timeline or the Effect Controls panel.

After the effect is added, analysis of the clip begins immediately in the background. As analysis begins, the first of two banners displays in the Project panel indicating that analysis is occurring. When analysis is complete, the second banner displays a message that stabilization is occurring. You are free to work with the footage or elsewhere in the project while these steps are occurring.

Replace clip from Source Monitor

You can replace the source footage for clips in the Available Media. Replacing the source footage for a clip links it to a new source file. When you replace footage:

• Instances of the clip are retained in the Project Assets panel and the Expert view timeline, with the corresponding In and Out points.
• All the applied effects are intact.

However, the clip is linked to the replacement footage instead of its original footage. For example, you can replace footage with a soundtrack in one language with identical footage with a different-language soundtrack. All the edits that were made to the original footage are retained, although the source footage is replaced.

1. In the Project Assets panel, select the clip for which you want new source footage.
2. Select Clip > Replace Footage, or right-click/ctrl-click the clip and select Replace Footage.
3. In the Replace Footage dialog box, select the new file and click Open.

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The new footage replaces the old footage. All instances of the old footage are linked to the new footage.

More:

Roll Edit to create Split Edits (L-cut or J-cut)

Spit edits are great ways to smoothly transition between clips.

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Step 1.

From the tool bar, select the rolling edit tool, see below, you may need to click and hold if the tool is not selected.

Step 2.

Delink the the Linked selection Tool as you are only going to Roll the Video, not the audio, it will be left in place under the previous clip.

Step 3.

Now place your cursor — which should now be the rolling edit tool — between the clips.

Step 4.

Slide the clip to the right or left depending the cut L or J you are trying to create. You now have a split edit, See below.

Basic Color Correction*

Step 1.

Choose the Color Workspace from the top menu, pictured below. Or you Can choose > Window>workspaces>color

Step 2.

Select the clip on the timeline that needs correcting. You will now see a new Color Editing window on the right of your workspace. Double click the grey area next to basic color correction if it is not already open, See Below:

Step 3.

Select the Auto Button and preview the auto changes. If these look good, then you are done. You can make adjustments using the sliders if the auto selection doesn’t look good.

Note: Please only make minor changes that don’t standout from the rest of the video, If you are in need of major correcting please ask a Fellow or Prof. For help. Or Even better find another clip to use.

White Balance Correction

If you are in need of some basic white balance correction, click the eye dropper next to the WB Selector text in the basic color correction tab, then use the eye dropper to click on an area of your clip in the source monitor that should be white. Once clicked, the change will be made to correct the color. It does a good job with clips that are slightly in need of correction. If the clip is overly blue or orange, it will not save it. It would be time to find another clip if you can’t get a good white balance that feels natural to the rest of the clips in your timeline.

Copy/Paste Attributes

After applying color correction and or WB effects to your clip you can select the clip in the timeline, hit the CMD+C to copy the clip and then select others clip(s) that you would like to paste the changes to. After copying the clip, select the clips you would like to paste the correction onto and then right click the selected clip and choose paste attributes from the pulldown menu. Premiere will then ask which attributes you would like to paste.

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In Adobe Premiere Pro, you can create a video slideshow of your photographs, applying smooth transitions from one photo to the next. You can then output the slideshow to a video file, which you can share online with friends and family.

Create a new Premiere Project

1. Open Adobe Premiere Pro.
2. At the Home screen, click New Project.

In Premiere, there are usually several ways to do the same thing. For example, you can create a new project by going to File > New > Project in the menu bar. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+N on a Windows computer, or ⌘+Opt+N on a Mac.

3. In the New Project window, enter a descriptive Name for your project, and click OK.

About Workspaces

Your new project opens to a blank Workspace, divided into sections that contain Panels. Each panel contains a different set of buttons, options, and information to help you edit your video. The panels are organized in tabs. At the top of any workspace section, click a tab to display that panel.

The Workspaces bar is located at the top of your window, under the menu bar. Each workspace offers you a different configuration of panels, each designed to help you work with your project differently.

Click a workspace name to switch to that workspace. In this project, we start in the Editing workspace, which focuses on assembling your media objects, called clips, in the sequence timeline.

4. If you are already in the Editing workspace, its name is blue. If not, click Editing in the workspace bar now. (Window > Workspaces > Editing; Windows: Alt+Shift+5; Mac: Opt+Shift+5.)

Create a new sequence

In the lower-left of the Editing workspace, you see the Project panel.

The Project panel is where you manage the source media for your project: still images, movie clips, audio files, etc. It also contains your sequences. You can think of a sequence like a scene in a movie. In Premiere, a sequence contains all the edits for a specific sequence of audio and video.

Every Premiere project has at least one sequence. In this example, we edit everything in one sequence.

5. In the menu bar, click File > New > Sequence. (Windows: Ctrl+N, Mac: ⌘+N.)

The New Sequence window opens. Here, you can configure the video and audio format of your sequence, such as video resolution, frame rate, color depth, audio quality, etc. Most often, it's best to choose one of the Sequence Presets that provide standard configurations for a variety of formats.

6. Under Available Presets, select AVCHD > 1080p > AVCHD 1080p30. This preset creates a 1080p video ideal for uploading to YouTube or Vimeo, suitable to view on any mobile device or television.
7. Enter a descriptive Name for your sequence (such as 'Our Vacation'). This name is used as the default file name of the final video.

8. Click OK.

Your new sequence is displayed in the Project panel.

Set Media and Timeline defaults

Before you import your photos, edit some key preferences that affect how they're imported and displayed.

9. Click Edit > Preferences > Timeline.
10. Set the Video Transition Default Duration, which is the default length of transitions (such as a crossfade) from one photo to the next. In this example, we choose 30 frames (1 second) for the transition duration.
11. Set the Still Image Default Duration, which is how long a single photo is shown in the video, by default. Here, we've chosen 8.00 seconds.

12. In the left pane of the Preferences window, click Media.
13. Set the Default Media Scaling to Set to Frame Size.

When you choose Set to frame size, imported images are scaled to fit the frame in Premiere, rather than being resampled to match the sequence resolution. With this setting, your photos retain all their original pixel data, which improves video quality if you decide to zoom in on an image.

14. Click OK.

Import photos

When you import a still image in Adobe Premiere, it's like creating a link to the file on your computer. The image is imported as a clip (as if it were a video clip). Its duration is the value you set in step 11.

15. Right-click the Project panel and click Import. (File > Import; Windows shortcut: Ctrl+I, Mac: ⌘+I.)

16. If all your photos are organized in a single folder, click the folder once to select it, and click the Import folder.

17. Or, select one or more photos inside a folder, and click Open to import those photos.

Repeat steps 15-17 as necessary until you have imported all the photos you want to use in the slideshow.

Assemble clips in the timeline

18. In your Project panel, locate the first image for your slideshow. (You can double-click the clip in your Project panel to preview it in the Source Monitor panel in the upper-left.) Drag the clip from the Project panel onto the Timeline panel to the right, into the V1 ('video 1') channel. Position the clip at the beginning of the sequence, all the way to the left, at the 00;00;00;00 mark. Release the mouse button to drop the clip there.

Notice that the photo now appears in the Program Monitor panel in the upper-right. This panel shows how the video looks at the current time.

The current time is indicated visually by the playhead, which looks like a blue arrowhead in your timeline. A blue line descends from the playhead, marking the current time in all your media layers.

The current time is displayed numerically as a blue time code in the upper-left corner of the Timeline panel (such as 00;00;00;00, representing hours; minutes; seconds; frames).

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Zooming the timeline

At the bottom of the Timeline panel is the Zoom Bar, a horizontal bar with a circular handle on each end. The size of the bar represents the percentage of your timeline you are currently viewing. If you drag a handle to make the bar longer, you zoom out, showing more of the timeline. If you drag a handle to make the bar shorter, you zoom in, showing greater detail for the section of the timeline at the playhead.

20. Click the right handle of the Zoom Bar, and drag it left to zoom in on your clip.

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Notice the clip gets longer as you zoom in on the timeline.

Moving a clip in the timeline

If you move your mouse over the clip, the mouse pointer icon changes. When you hover over the left edge or right edge of the clip, the pointer looks like a bracket, and you can click-and-drag to extend or shrink the clip duration. Hovering over the middle of the clip makes the pointer an arrow and allows you to click-and-drag the clip to a different timeline position.

21. In the upper-left of the Timeline panel, click the magnet icon to enable Snap.

When the Snap feature is enabled, the magnet icon turns blue. Now, when you work in the timeline, your edits 'snap' to existing edit points, without small gaps or overlaps.

22. In the Project panel, locate the next photo for your slideshow. Drag it from the Project panel onto the timeline, and position it directly after the first photo, so it 'snaps' to the end of that clip.

23. Repeat this process for the rest of your photos, dragging them from your Project panel, and dropping them so they snap to the end of the previous photo. If you select multiple clips in the Project panel and drag them all at once, they are inserted as a group into the timeline. Use the Zoom Bar to adjust your view of the timeline as necessary.

Preview the slideshow

24. In the Timeline, press the Home key to move the playhead to the beginning of the sequence.
25. Press the Space key to preview the sequence. Playback starts at the current position of the playhead. The playhead moves forward, and the video is displayed in the Program Monitor. Press Space to stop Preview playback at any time.

In the timeline, you can press the Up or Down arrows on the keyboard to jump to the previous or next edit point. You can use these keys to quickly flip through the photos in your slideshow.

26. Click-and-drag the playhead marker (the blue arrowhead) to scrub the timeline. Move the playhead marker back and forth to preview different parts of your sequence in the Program Monitor.

Remove or rearrange photos

Now is a good time to make a final decision about which photos to keep in your slideshow, and in what order. Right now, all your clips are the same duration, which makes it easier to move them around like puzzle pieces. (When you move one, you know another fits exactly in its place on the timeline.)

27. To select a clip, click the middle of the clip once. When selected, the clip displays a white border on the timeline.

28. To remove the selected clip, press the Delete key on your keyboard. (If you make a mistake, you can press Ctrl+Z to undo the change.)

28. To move a clip, click the middle of the clip and drag it to a gap in the timeline. Make sure it snaps to the end of the previous clip and start of the next clip, then release the mouse button to drop it there.

Repeat this process, rearranging and removing clips as necessary until the photos are assembled as you want them.

Apply video transition

Apply a transition to your clips, so they smoothly dissolve from one to the next.

29. In the Timeline panel, select all clips. (Edit > Select All; Windows: Ctrl+A; Mac: ⌘+A.)
30. In the menu bar, click Sequence > Apply Video Transition. (Windows: Ctrl+D; Mac: ⌘+D.) The default video transition is a crossfade, which smoothly dissolves from the end of one clip to the beginning of the next. Its duration is the value you set in step 10.
31. Preview your slideshow. Notice the first clip fades in from black, each clip dissolves into the next, and the last clip fades out to black.
32. Save your project. (File > Save; Windows: Ctrl+S, Mac: ⌘+S.)

Export video file

33. To create a video file of your slideshow, click File > Export > Media. (Windows: Ctrl+M; Mac: ⌘+M.)
34. The Export Settings window opens. Leave all settings at their defaults, and click Export.

Premiere encodes your video and writes it to disk. The default location of the video file on your computer is Documents > Adobe > Premiere Pro > version. The default video file format is H.264-encoded MP4.

If preferred, you can upload your video to YouTube. If you do, you can send the YouTube link to friends and family by e-mail, text message, or on social media. For more information, see: How to upload a video to YouTube.