(a) The first time you open Premiere Pro you should get a dialog box with different options. Select “create new”. Don’t worry about the other settings, the preset settings should be fine for getting started. (b) You will begin by locating your files. My clips were taken with my phone, which uploaded to my google drive. If your clips are similarly saved, you will need to download them onto a memory device or the computer you are working on. If you have your files on a memory device, you can simply locate the files from that device via the File Explorer on your computer. (c) If you haven’t renamed your files yet, now would be a good time to do so before you import them to the program, otherwise you can rename the bins once they are imported. The simplest way it to click and drag the files to the big organizer panel in the bottom left corner of the screen.
2. Adding clips to timeline:
(a) Once you have all your clips collected, you can trim them in the preview window before you move the clip to the time line. This will make editing easier because you can do a preliminary trim to your clips before you order them in the timeline. (b) Drag a clip from your bins to the box above it. (c) To select a specific part of the clip to edit in your timeline, you can click the “Mark In” to select the starting point and the “Mark Out” to mark the end of the portion you want to use. These look like the curly brackets on your keyboard “{ }”. (d) Once you have made your trim selection, you can drag the clip over to your timeline. If you just want to select the video, click and drag the film icon under the video. To select only the audio from the clip, click and drag the sound wave icon under the video.
3. Editing in your timeline:
(a) Once you have gathered a few clips into your timeline, you can begin editing them in the timeline. (b) Adding transitions: 1. To add transitions between your clips, you can right click between clips and select “add default transition”. If you don’t want to use the default, you can look for other transitions by selecting the “effects” tab on the right. If you don’t see this panel, you can turn it on by going to “window” and then selecting the “effects” line. This will make the panel appear in your workspace to the right of the preview panel. Select the “transitions” tab to view your options. 2. Select the transition you would like to use and drag it to the location between the clips. You can edit the transition by double clicking on it. This will bring up a window to modify it. (c) Editing audio: 1. You can edit audio clips just as you would with video clips. 2. Fading in and out, and volume changes are some common changes to audio. 3. You can also use audio from creative commons or youtube by downloading the file, importing it to your bins box and dragging it to your timeline. 4. Adding title and credits: (a) To add a title or credit scene, you will find the effect in the effects panel. Simple insert the effect and add your text. 5. Exporting your video: (a) Once you have reached a stopping point in editing your video, you can export your video, or save it as a .prproj file to continue editing.