Saturday, 20 October 2012

PREMIERE PRO TUTORIALS

Before the editing process, I wanted to figure out how to add some effects and use the tools on Premiere Pro. I did this as I knew some effects I wanted to use but wasn't sure how to so I thought I'd watch a few YouTube tutorials to get myself more familiar with the editing suite and tools so during the editing process I wouldn't be wasting time trying to figure out how to do something and asking people for too much help. 

SPLIT SCREEN/MULTIPLE VIDEOS.
I was looking at some music videos and liked the idea of a few clips all being played together at the same time, such as the one below.
I learnt that to do this I need to add each clip onto the timeline. However, I will need to put each video clip on a separate 'Video 1,2,3' above each other etc on the timeline...(Hard to explain through text so I have print screened a picture)
I will then need to go to the 'Window' tab at the top of Adobe Premiere, and enable 'effect controls' if it's not already selected. From there I can click on 'Effect Controls' and click the sub heading 'Motion Effects'. I then need to click 'Scale' and re-position each clip to the size I want it to be on the frame.

BORDER TO CLIP.
 If I want to add a border to the clip (as they have in the above picture) I will need to go to 'New item>title>frame>rectangle' then click 'no fill' and make sure 'show video' is ticked. I can then play around with the 'strokes', 'inner strokes' and 'colour' tab to get the border accurate.

ZOOM
To zoom in on parts of a clip, I will need to make sure the 'key frame' is selected on a part of a clip. To do this I need to pause the clip where I want it to zoom in, then I need to make sure the alarm clock looking button is clicked under 'effect controls>motion effects>scale'. I would then need to change the scale (percentage of the video) which will then scale the video to a close up shot and when played it will zoom in.

FLASH
To get a flash effect inbetween cuts of a clip or during a clip I need to click 'new item>colour matte' and chose the right colour for my clip. I then need to change the opacity so you can still see the video but the colour will flash quickly. To change how long the colour matte flash lasts, I will need to zoom in extremely close to the clip on the timeline so it's stretched out. I will then need to crop it so it lasts for less than half a second to achieve the effect I am looking for in my video.

COLOUR CORRECTION/TINT
To achieve a more film type finish on my music video/more contrast I need to change the colours and brightness etc. I will need to go to 'Video Effects>Colour Correction>RGB effects' I can then play around with the 'Master/Red/Green/Blue' colours to try create a professional, more contrasted look on my video.
NOTE* Top level of curve controls highlights, bottom level of curve controls shadows, middle level of curve controls midtones. Dragging curve to the left - darker. Dragging to the right- lighter. 
Tint specific object- Effects> Colour Correction Effects> Change to Colour/ Paint bucket.
Change to Colour.... 'From' click the colour you want to change.
'To' click a colour you want to change to!'
*Make sure to click onto the clips and drop the effect onto the clip!*

CROP
Effects>video effects>transform>crop. Then I need to go to 'Effect controls' and play around with the crop scales 'left,right, top, bottom' to crop the clip as needed.

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