Premiere Pro Course - Introduction
Live Premiere Pro course
Adobe Premiere Pro course online or in-person
This is the introductory level of our Adobe Premiere Pro classes. This course teaches you the essentials of digital video editing with Adobe Premiere Pro in two days of intensive hands-on training. You learn to use the interface and editing tools to produce broadcast-quality movies for video, multimedia, and the Web.
What you learn in this live Premiere Pro course
- Efficiently create professional-quality videos using Premiere Pro
- Add, edit, and trim video and audio in the timeline
- Apply video and audio transitions to clips
- Create and add titles and images video
- Work with imported Photoshop and Illustrator files
- Output video from Premiere Pro for distribution online, cinema, or broadcast
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Ways to attend this Premiere Pro Course
- Live Online classes from your office or home as a regularly scheduled small group class.
- Live, in-person regularly scheduled Premiere Pro classes in Boston or Philadelphia with a live instructor in the same classroom.
- Private training customized to your specific needs delivered in-person or online. Call 781-376-6044 or complete the Private Premiere Pro Training form for more information.
- Corporate Premiere Pro Training for your group or team.
Why learn Premiere Pro at AGI
- Hands-on learning: Learn Premiere Pro by doing, using our proven method to gain skills quickly.
- Proven curriculum: We have delivered Premiere Pro training to thousands.
- Expert instructors are skilled educators and the best in class with video editing & Premiere.
- Small class sizes: receive personalized attention with ten or fewer participants per class.
- Repeat for free: If you need a refresher or miss a class day, retake the class at no cost.
- Learn using proven methods: We have been teaching Premiere Pro courses for 20 years.
- Course recording: Access a recording of the class to revisit what you learned.
- Earn a Premiere Pro Certificate: A certificate is provided upon course completion.
All Premiere Pro classes include
Free retake
Detailed curriculum
Live instructor
Flexible rescheduling
Certificate of Completion
Small class sizes
Course recording
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"Alex was a great instructor! He made learning Premiere Pro interesting and kept the flow moving. He did a good job making sure everyone was able to keep up and understand each topic." - Kat D
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- How to edit video using Premiere Pro
- Navigate the Premiere Pro workspace effectively
- Importing media into Premiere Pro for editing
- Understanding different clip types and cuts
- Creating transitions with Premiere Pro
- Using markers in Premiere Pro
- Applying effects and filters to enhance your video
- Creating titles in Premiere Pro
- Superimposing in Premiere Pro
- Understanding Premiere Pro audio editing capabilities
- Exporting and rendering video from Premiere and Adobe Media Encoder
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This course is available individually or as part of these certificate programs
Premiere Pro Course - Introduction - Course Dates
All classes are led by a live instructor. Class times listed are Eastern time.
Premiere Pro class - Introduction: Course topics
Understanding digital video: foundations for Premiere Pro editing
- Understanding video settings
- Input & output formats
- Dimensions, frame rate, and pixel aspect ratio
- Online and social media video standards
- Understanding time code
Learning the Premiere Pro interface
- Understanding the default workspaces
- Switching and resetting Premiere Pro workspaces
- Working with Premiere Pro panels
- Understanding the application tools
- Setting application preferences
- Appearance & memory
- Using the project panel
- Understanding media management & creating and organizing bins
- Using the media browser panel
- Previewing clips: hover scrub vs source monitor
- Transcoding video
- Locating missing media in Premiere Pro: where it is located and what it is named
Learning to edit clips in the Premiere Pro timeline
- The cuts-only editing methodology: continuity editing
- A Roll vs. B Roll
- Cut-ins and cut-aways; cutting on action
- Working with multiple video tracks
- Adding and deleting tracks
- Renaming tracks
- Trimming clips in the Premiere Pro source monitor
- Adding clips to the timeline
- Making insert and overwrite edits
- Using the timeline editing tools
- Markers: timeline vs clip
Using video & audio transitions in Premiere Pro
- Understanding transitions
- Adding transitions to video clips
- Preparing a clip to receive transitions
- Editing transition settings
- Adding an audio transition
Learning to use Premiere Pro graphics
- Understanding the uses of titles in video
- Creating graphic clips in Premiere Pro
- Adding images to a graphic clip
- Using the legacy titler
- Creating an end credit roll
- Controlling the speed of a rolling title
- Working with graphic clips on the timeline
- Creating a graphics template
Working with imported graphics in Premiere Pro
- Working with Photoshop and Illustrator Files in Premiere Pro
- Importing layered Photoshop files into Premiere Pro projects
- Understanding and animating static clip effects
- Understanding position, scale, rotation, and opacity with Premiere Pro
- Using Premiere Pro to add transitions and effects to images
Using Premiere Pro Video Effects
- Understanding video effects in Premiere Pro
- Animating static clip effects
- Adjusting position, scale, rotation, and opacity for video in Premiere Pro
- Applying Premiere pro video effects to clips
- Understanding the Premiere Pro timeline vs project panel
Using greenscreen footage in Premiere Pro
- Creating a garbage matte in Premiere Pro
- Working with the ultra keyer
Learning to stabilize shaky footage with Premiere
- Evaluating shaky footage
- Using the warp stabilizer
Introduction to Premiere Pro audio editing
- Understanding clip audio
- Working with various audio types, including standard, mono, and 5.1 audio
- Using the essential audio panel
- Assigning audio clip types in Premiere
- Animating clip volume
Outputting video from Premiere Pro
- Exporting video from Premiere Pro
- Understanding Adobe Media Encoder export from Premiere Pro
- Exporting video directly from Premiere Pro
- Exporting video from Premiere Pro for social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) & Mobile Devices
- Exporting video from Premiere Pro for desktop and broadband distribution
- Understanding video file settings, including video dimensions, formats and codecs, bit-rate, frame rate, and aspect ratio
The course topics serve as an outline for the course. Instructors may adjust content based on the specific needs of each class, such as to answer your Premiere Pro questions.
Premiere Pro course instructors
Learn Premiere Pro from expert instructors who are video editing professionals. Our instructors authored Adobe Premiere Pro Digital Classroom and Creative Cloud for Dummies. Benefit from our skilled teachers that help you learn Premiere Pro quickly and easily.
Alex
BA, Film & Communications
Video producer
Animator
RJ
BA, Dual degrees
Certificate, Film making
Extensive professional experience
Sean
Art Institute of Philadelphia, Video Production
Author, Premiere Pro Digital Classroom
Author, After Effects Digital Classroom
Adobe Certified Instructor
Custom and private Premiere Pro classes
This Premiere Pro course is available as a private class. Curriculum can be customized for your specific needs. Premiere Pro classes can be delivered at your location, online, or in our classrooms. For more information, call 781-376-6044 to speak with a training consultant or contact us.
Prerequisites for the Adobe Premiere Pro course
We recommend that you have the Premiere Pro application before starting the class. You can purchase subscriptions to Creative Cloud or obtain a trial version from the Adobe website. If attending class in our classrooms, a computer and the application are provided for use during the class. If attending a Premiere class online, check system requirements to ensure you can run Premiere Pro on your computer. It is important to have Premiere Pro installed before the start of class.
Exceptional Premiere Pro course materials
Our proprietary curriculum has been proven effective in teaching [category short name] to thousands. You’ll receive our extensive written reference along with lesson files for you to continue your practice following the class. This Premiere Pro course includes a copy of our Digital Classroom book with many projects and exercises.
Repeat for free
If you need a refresher or miss a day of class, you can repeat the Premiere Pro class at no additional cost for one year.
Private Premiere Pro classes for companies and groups
This Premiere Pro class is available as a private workshop for your company, group, or team. Use the contact form on this page or call 781 376-6044 to learn more about private classes.
Premiere Pro FAQ
Do I receive a Premiere Pro certificate?
AGI provides a certificate upon course completion, which can be shared on LinkedIn and verified digitally on the AGI website.
How many students are in a Premiere Pro class?
AGI limits its class sizes so that you receive personalized attention. Classes are limited to no more than 10 participants.
Can I get specific Premiere Pro questions answered in the class?
Yes, as a live class, you can ask the instructor questions about how you will be using Premiere Pro.
Does this Premiere Pro class include job placement support?
AGI provides job support only when Premiere Pro classes are taken as part of a longer-term certificate program, where AGI has a dedicated career counselor assigned to each certificate student.
Is this Premiere Pro class for Mac or Windows?
You can attend this Premiere Pro class using a Mac or Windows computer. The application itself has identical functionality for both. If attending in our classrooms, a computer will be provided using the operating system of your choice.