00 0672321661 FM 6/22/01 3:19 PM Page i HOW to USE Adobe  Premiere 6  Douglas Dixon 201 West 103rd Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46290 y a l l u s V i n i 00 0672321661 FM 6/22/01 3:19 PM Page ii How to Use Adobe Premiere 6 Acquisitions Editors Jennifer Kost-Barker Betsy Brown  Copyright 2001 by Sams Publishing Development Editor Jonathan Steever All rights reserved. No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, Managing Editor recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. No patent Charlotte Clapp liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein. Project Editor Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the Elizabeth Finney publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. 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The author and the publisher shall have neither liability nor respon- sibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this book or from the use of the files available on the Web site. 00 0672321661 FM 6/22/01 3:19 PM Page iii Contents at a Glance Introduction 1 1 Getting Started with Adobe Premiere 5 2 Importing and Organizing Clips 19 3 Assembling Clips Using the Storyboard and Timeline 35 4 Adding Transitions Between Clips 47 5 Exporting Video Clips 63 6 Exporting Video and Audio Projects 83 7 Creating Internet Media 97 8 Capturing and Using DV 109 9 Trimming and Editing Clips 129 10 Editing in the Timeline 141 11 Editing in the Monitor Window 161 12 Adding Titles 175 13 Superimposing Video Clips 191 14 Mixing Audio 199 15 Applying Audio and Video Effects 211 16 Animating Clips in Motion 225 Glossary 235 Index 245 00 0672321661 FM 6/22/01 3:19 PM Page iv Contents 5 63 Exporting Video Clips Introduction 1 How to Export a Video Clip 64 1 How to Check Clip Settings 66 5 Getting Started with Adobe Premiere How to Use Export Settings 68 A Quick Tour of Premiere 6 How to Choose Video Settings 70 How to Manage Projects 8 How to Choose Audio Settings 72 How to Organize Clips in Project Bins 10 How to Use Special Processing Settings 74 How to Play Clips in a Clip Window 12 How to Load and Save Export Settings 76 How to Add Clips to the Timeline 14 How to Export in QuickTime Format 78 How to Preview a Program on the Timeline 16 How to Export in AVI Format 80 2 Importing and Organizing Clips 19 6 83 Exporting Video and Audio Projects How to Use the Project Window 20 How to Set Project Settings 84 How to View Clip Information 22 How to Export a Project 88 How to Import Clips 24 How to Export to Audio Formats 92 How to Organize Bins 26 How to Export Image and Web Formats 94 How to View Clips 28 7 How to Label and Search 30 Creating Internet Media 97 How to Undo and Change History 32 How to Export to Internet Formats 98 3 How to Use Advanced Windows Media 100 Assembling Clips Using the Storyboard and Timeline 35 How to Use Advanced RealMedia Export 102 How to Export to QuickTime 104 How to Add Clips in the Timeline 36 How to Use Cleaner EZ 106 How to Insert and Delete Clips from the Timeline 38 8 109 Capturing and Using DV How to Add a Group of Clips to the Timeline 40 How to Automate to the Timeline 42 How to Connect Your DV Camcorder 110 How to Use the Storyboard 44 How to Select Your DV Device 112 How to Set Up Movie Captures 114 4 47 Adding Transitions Between Clips How to Use DV Device Control 116 How to Use Automated Transitions 48 How to Capture with Device Control 118 How to Preview Transitions 50 How to Create a Batch Capture List 120 How to Set Transition Durations 52 How to Capture with a Batch List 122 How to Use the Transition Palette 54 How to Export to a DV Camcorder 124 How to Insert and Modify Transitions 56 How to Capture Analog Video and Audio 126 How to Choose Transitions 58 How to Create Split-Screens and Insets 60 00 0672321661 FM 6/22/01 3:19 PM Page v 9 13 129 191 Trimming and Editing Clips Superimposing Video Clips How to Trim Clips 130 How to Fade Video Tracks 192 How to Mark Clips 132 How to Use Transparency Keys 194 How to Reuse Clips 134 How to Use Transparency Mattes 196 How to Duplicate Clips 136 14 199 Mixing Audio How to Trim Clips in the Timeline 138 How to Edit Audio Clips 200 10 141 Editing in the Timeline How to Adjust Audio Volume 202 How to Use the Timeline Window 142 How to Cross-Fade Audio Clips 204 How to Customize the Timeline Window 144 How to Pan/Balance and Set Gain 206 How to Add and Lock Tracks and Clips 146 How to Use the Audio Mixer 208 How to Disable and Hide Clips and Tracks 148 15 211 Applying Audio and Video Effects How to Select Clips and Tracks 150 How to Use the Effects Palettes 212 How to Trim Adjacent Clips 152 How to Apply Effects to Clips 214 How to Copy and Paste Clips 154 How to Use Keyframes 216 How to Unlink and Unsync Clips 158 How to Choose Audio Effects 218 11 161 Editing in the Monitor Window How to Choose Video Effects 220 How to Use the Monitor Display 162 16 225 Animating Clips in Motion How to Set Up the Dual View Display 164 How to View the ztour Project 226 How to Use the Monitor Source View 166 How to Define a Motion Path 228 How to Trim in the Monitor Window 168 How to Change Speeds, Rotate, and Zoom 230 How to Edit with the Monitor Window 170 How to Delay and Distort Clips 232 12 175 Adding Titles 235 Glossary How to Create Title Objects 176 How to Set Title Window Options 178 245 Index How to Format Text 180 How to Add Graphic Objects 182 How to Use Color and Transparency 184 How to Create Rolling and Crawling Titles 186 How to Add Titles to a Project 188 CONTENTS v 00 0672321661 FM 6/22/01 3:19 PM Page vi About the Author Douglas Dixonis a technologist and author who has worked in the “Video Valley” of Princeton, New Jersey, for more than 20 years, at the bleeding edge where advanced consumer video applications meet personal computers. As a technology leader at Sarnoff Corp., and previously as a software product manager at Intel, Doug has exten- sive experience developing multimedia and Web tech- nology into consumer products. As a technology writer, Doug is a contributing editor for Camcorder and Computer VideoandDigital Photographermagazines. His writing has covered video editing and streaming media technology and tools, DV and DVD, desktop and handhelds, as well as consumer and professional products. While he writes about new and cutting-edge technology, Doug’s focus is on making technology understandable and useful for real people. For more on these topics, see his Manifest Technology Web site at www.manifest-tech.com. Doug has published technical articles related to his pro- jects in publications ranging from ACM and IEEE jour- nals to Computer Graphics World. He also is active in professional activities and has spoken at local, regional, and national meetings, from user groups to Comdex and the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference. 00 0672321661 FM 6/22/01 3:19 PM Page vii Dedication Acknowledgments To my mother and father, who helped start me on the Not surprisingly, I would like to thank the team at journey, and to my family, Connie, Karin, and Brian, Adobe who brought us version 6 of Premiere. It has who make the trip so special. been a real pleasure working with such a clean applica- tion, especially because it makes it so fun and easy to mess around with video on DV, and so painless to help out friends with quick productions. Thanks also to the team at Sams Publishing, who brought together this book and were great to work with, especially Jennifer Kost-Barker, who got this puppy rolling; Betsy Brown, who kept it on track; Jon Steever, who made sure it all fit together; Mary Ellen Stephenson, who kept the words straight; and Elizabeth Finney, who pushed it to the end. And thanks to Neil Salkind and Studio B for their sup- port and perseverance in developing this opportunity. After all, this is a very exciting time to be in the tech- nology business, especially as digital video becomes accessible and affordable on consumer PCs. I would like to thank Bob Wolenik, Tony Gomez, and Mark Shapiro for the opportunity to cover these developments for Miller Magazines, and Rich Rein and Barbara Fox for the great learning experience of writing for the U.S. 1news- paper in Princeton. And thanks to Andy van Dam and my compatriots back at the Computer Science program at Brown University for making writing a natural part of technology education. 00 0672321661 FM 6/22/01 3:19 PM Page viii Tell Us What You Think! As the reader of this book, youare our most important critic and commentator. We value your opinion and want to know what we’re doing right, what we could do better, what areas you’d like to see us publish in, and any other words of wisdom you’re willing to pass our way. I welcome your comments. You can e-mail or write me directly to let me know what you did or didn’t like about this book—as well as what we can do to make our books stronger. Please note that I cannot help you with technical prob- lems related to the topic of this book, and that due to the high volume of mail I receive, I might not be able to reply to every message. When you write, please be sure to include this book’s title and author as well as your name and phone or fax number. I will carefully review your comments and share them with the author and editors who worked on the book. Email: [email protected] Mail: Mark Taber Associate Publisher Sams Publishing 201 West 103rd Street Indianapolis, IN 46290 USA 00 0672321661 FM 6/22/01 3:19 PM Page ix The Complete Visual Reference Each chapter of this book is made up of a series of short, instructional tasks, designed to help you understand all the information that you need to get the most out of your computer hardware and software. Click:Click the left mouse Each task includes a series of easy-to- button once. understand steps designed to guide you through the procedure. Double-click:Click the left mouse button twice in rapid succession. Right-click:Click the right mouse button once. Drag:Click and hold the left mouse button, position the mouse pointer, and release. Pointer Arrow:Highlights an item on the screen you need to point to or focus on in the step or task. Each step is fully Extra hints that tell illustrated to show you how to accomplish you how it looks a goal are provided in Selection:Highlights the area onscreen. most tasks. onscreen discussed in the step or task. Type:Click once where indi- Key icons:Clearly indicate which key combina- cated and begin typing to enter tions to use. your text or data. Menus and items you click are shown in bold. Drag and Drop:Point to the Words in italicare defined in more detail in the starting place or object. Hold glossary. Information you type is in a special down the mouse button (right font. or left per instructions), move the mouse to the new location, If you see this symbol, it means the task you’re in and then release the button. continues on the next page. Continues Drop Drag