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Adobe Premiere Workspace

Objectives

At the end of this chapter students should be able to:

Viewing
Window

Clips

in

the

Project

Editing Clips

Editing Workspace
Effects Workspace
Audio Workspace
Color Correction Workspace

Importing Clips

Importing, Editing and Previewing

Changing The Video Format

Importing And Trimming Clips

Previewing Clips

Dragging the Edit Line

Using the Play Button

Understand types of workspace in Adobe

Premiere
Know the steps in importing clips
Know the steps in editing clips
Know the steps in previewing clips

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INTRODUCTION
When you have some video clips, sometimes you need to trim the frames and add in other
frames to create a more professional result. The mixing of several frames will produce a very
interesting montage. In this chapter, you will learn to do the trimming to select suitable
scenes (from a VCD) for a montage using Adobe Premiere.

6.1

ADOBE PREMIERE WORKSPACE

An important consideration before actually editing a project is to plan how you

would like your workspace set up.
To choose a workspace, choose Window > Workspace.
There are four types of workspace:

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Editing Workspace
Effects Workspace
Audio Workspace
Color Correction Workspace

Editing Workspace
This workspace sets the Timeline window so that you are working with singletrack video tracks.
It lets you see more of the Timeline onscreen at once and is simple to work with.
Use this workspace for projects that consist primarily of cuts or for rough cuts.

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6.1.2

Effects Workspace
This workspace is the most efficient workspace for building a production with
transitions and effects.
Users have the power to do and control the effects and transitions.

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6.1.3

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Audio Workspace
In the Audio workspace, the Audio Mixer window is displayed. The Audio
workspace is useful when you are working with your projects audio.

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6.1.4

Color Correction Workspace

It includes effects that allow you to adjust color in video, such as the Color Corrector
effect.
By using this effect, you can correct problems such as smeared colors, color casts from
mixed lighting, or loss of detail in highlights and shadows.

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6.2

IMPORTING CLIPS

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Once the Premiere windows are opening onscreen, youre ready to import the
various graphic and sound elements that will comprise your digital video
production.
All the items that you import are stored in the Project window.
Each item is stored as an icon. Next to the icon, it will display whether the item is a
video clip, an audio clip, or a graphic.
Premiere enables you to import the two most popular digital video formats:
QuickTime and AVI (video for Windows), AIFF and WAV sound files and
graphic files stored in TIFF, JPEG, BMP, and Photoshop formats.
When importing into Premiere, you can choose whether to import one file, multiple
files (by pressing and holding the Shift key), or an entire folder. You can also
import one project, using the File > Import > Project command.
This is how you can import all the production elements into the project.
1. Choose File > Import. Select all the files (but not the Final folder) by selecting
the first file, holding down the Shift key, and then selecting the last file.
2. Then click Open button.
3. The video files are added to the Project window.

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6.2.1

Viewing Clips in the Project Window

Before you begin assembling and trimming your clips, you may wish to view a clip
or graphic, or listen to an audio track.
You can obtain a preview of any of the clips in the Project window by clicking the
clip. The preview appears at the upper-left corner of the Project Window.
If you are previewing a video or audio clip, a small triangle (Play button) appears on
the left of the preview.
1. Click the Play button to see a preview of a video clip, or to hear an audio clip.
2. You can also click and drag on the slider next to the Play button to gradually
view the clip.

6.3

EDITING CLIPS

Premiere provides ways of assembling and trimming clips: dragging clips directly
into the Timeline and trimming them there.
Before you do the editing, you must first find for the suitable video clips.
You can get them from a VCD, DVD, handy cam or the Internet.
You need to change the format of those video clips in order to import them into
Adobe Premiere.

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6.3.1

Changing The Video Format

Here are the step of changing a video clip with *.dat format to an *.avi format :
1. Insert your video CD into the CD drive.
2. Click on Start button > All Programs > Accessories > Entertainment >
Windows Media Player.

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3. Windows Media Player window appears.

4. Click on File menu > Open.

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5. An Open dialog box will appear.

6. In the Look in field, choose NEW (D:) > MPEGAV folder.

7. Click the Open button.

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8. Change the Files of type to Any File (*.*).

9. Choose AVSEQ01 file.
10. Click the Open button.

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11. The video will be displayed in the Windows Media Players monitor.
12. Click the Play button to start the movie.
13. Click the Stop button to stop the movie.

Play
button

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Stop
button

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14. Choose File menu > Save Media As.

15. Create a new folder for this project.

16. Name this folder as Video Project.
17. You will save this clip in this folder.
18. In the File name field, type a name for this file together with its new extension,
for example Madagascar01.mpg.
19. Then, click the Save button.

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20. A Copying dialog box appears.

21. Please wait for the copying process to complete.

22. When you are done, insert your second CD into the CD drive.
23. Repeat step 4 to 14.
24. Choose the Video Project folder.
25. In the File name field, name this file as Madagascar02.mpg.
26. Then, click the Save button.

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27. A Copying dialog box appears.

28. Please wait for the copying process to complete.

29. When the process completed, you will have two video files in Video Project
folder.

Two video files

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6.3.2

Importing And Trimming Clips

When you want to assemble a series of clips with little or no trimming, you simply
drag clips from the Project window directly into the Timeline.
For this project, you are required to import the previous video clips and trim them
according to the projects need.
1.
2.
3.

Open Adobe Premiere program.

A Welcome page of Adobe Premiere appears.
Click on the New Project icon.

New Project icon

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4.
5.

New Project window appears.

In the Available Presets, choose DV PAL > Standard 32kHz.

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In the Field name, type montage as your file name.

Make sure you have one folder to keep all elements needed for this project (for
this project the folders name is AVT).
8. Next, click the OK button.
6.
7.

Field name

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Folder name

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9.

Right-click on the Project window and choose Import.

Import
command

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10. Import dialog box appears.

11. Select Madagascar01 file.
12. Click the Open button.

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13. This movie will be placed in the Project window.

14. In the Project window, position the pointer on the Madagascar01.mpg clip icon

and drag it into the Timeline, positioning it at the beginning of the Video 1
track.

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15. Double-click on the clip in the Timeline.

16. You will see the clip appears in the source clip view.

Before double-clicking on
the clip

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After double-clicking on
the clip

17. Now, this clip will be trimmed according to the projects need.
18. You have to identify which frames are essential to be included into this project.

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19. Here are the example of selected scenes duration :

Scene
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

20.
21.
22.
23.

Duration
00:00:25:08 00:00:48:15
00:01:17:00 00:01:21:19
00:03:10:08 00:03:14:00
00:03:31:16 00:03:41:20
00:04:00:00 00:04:09:23
00:12:26:03 00:12:33:04
00:27:46:03 00:27:54:15
00:31:23:00 00:31:35:00
00:32:40:00 00:33:00:10
00:33:31:19 00:33:41:12
00:33:54:15 00:34:00:00

This is how you identify the duration for each scene.

Observe the Source View in the Monitor.
Click the Play button and choose the scenes that you want.
List down the time by observing the current duration area.

Current duration area

Play button

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24. This is the example of how you list down the duration for the selected scene.

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Start duration of Scene 1

End duration of Scene 1

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25. Now, we are going to trim those scenes and arrange them in a sequence.
26. We are going to use the Timeline Window to get the exact time for trimming

the clip.
27. Click once on the current duration area.
28. Type 00:00:25:08 and press Enter.

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The value

29. Observe the Timeline. The Edit line will be positioned at that time.
30. If you can see the specific time, drag the Zoom In slider at the bottom left of

the Timeline.

Zoom In/Out slider

Edit line
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31. Next, click on the Razor tool to activate it.

Razor tool

32. Position the Razor tool on the Edit line and click once.

Razor tool that snaps on the edit line

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33. The clip will be divided into two sections.

First section

Second section

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34. Click on the Selection tool to activate it.

Selection
tool

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35. Click on the first section of video in the Timeline.

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First section has been selected

36. Next, click the Delete button on your keyboard.

37. This is the new look of your Timeline.

First section has been deleted

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38. Click once on the current duration area.

39. Type 00:00:48:15 and press Enter.

The value

40. Next, click on the Razor tool to activate it.

Razor tool

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41. Position the Razor tool on the Edit line and click once.

Razor tool that snaps on the edit

line

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42. The clip will be divided into two sections.

First section

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43. Click once on the current duration area.

44. Type 00:01:17:00 and press Enter.

The value

45. Next, click on the Razor tool to activate it.

46. Position the Razor tool on the Edit line and click once.

Razor tool placed on the edit line

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47. Now, this clip has been divided into three sections once.

Second section

Third section

48. Since we do not want the 00:00:48:16 to 00:01:16:24, we can delete this section.
49. In the Timeline, 00:48:16 to 00:01:16:24 refers to the second section.
50. Observe the diagram below.

00:00:25:08 00:00:48:15
00:00:48:16 00:01:16:24
00:01:17:00 00:40:19:22

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51. Click on the Selection tool to activate it.

52. Click on the second section of clip in the Timeline.

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Second section has been selected

53. Next, click the Delete button on your keyboard.

54. This is the new look of your Timeline.

Second section has been deleted

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55. Repeat step 43 to 53 for the other scenes.

56. When you have completed with the trimming of scenes, you will get this output.

These are some of the trimmed scenes

57. Since these trimmed scenes are not arranged side by side, we need to drag them

and place them in a sequence.

58. Click on the Track Select tool to activate it.

Track Select
tool

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59. Place the Track Select tool on the first section of the clip.

The look of Track Select tool when it is placed on

the clip

60. Click and drag the clip to the left until it snaps to 00:00:00:00.
61. You will realize that the other section of the clips will follow the first section.

00:00:00:00

The look of Selection tool

when it is click and drag

The other section of clip

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62. Click and drag the second section of the clip to the left until it snaps beside the

first section.

Second section that snaps beside the first section

63. Repeat step 62 until all the trimmed clips are arranged side by side.
64. You should get the below output.

All trimmed clips are arranged side by side

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65. Choose File menu > Save or Ctrl+S to save your file.

6.4

PREVIEWING CLIPS

Editing a video program requires a lot of previewing.

You need to know how the video program looks in its current version so you can
make any necessary changes.
Premiere lets you preview your video program in a few different ways.
There are two simple methods:
Dragging the Edit Line
Using the Play button

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6.4.1

Dragging the Edit Line

For quick previewing, you can drag the edit line in the Timeline window.
This method plays your video program at the rate at which you move your hand.
This method of previewing by dragging is often called scrubbing because of the
back-and-forth motion you use.
Position the pointer in the Time Ruler of the Timeline window at the point where
you want to start previewing, and then began dragging.
The edit line jumps to the pointer location as soon as you click in the time ruler.
Continue dragging the edit line across the clips in the Timeline window.
The clips appear in the Sequence 01 view of the Monitor window as you drag
through them.

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Edit line

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6.4.2

Using the Play Button

The controls below the Program view are a little bit different than the Clip view.
Consequently, clicking the Program view Play button plays the clips in the Timeline
window.
To start the preview from the beginning of the project, drag the edit line all the way
to the left, so it is positioned at the beginning of the Timeline.
Below the Program view, click the Play button.
Your video program plays in the Program view of the Monitor window.

Source View

Program View

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6.5

SUMMARY

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Four types of workspace in Adobe Premiere are:

Editing Workspace
Effects Workspace
Audio Workspace
Color Correction Workspace
Adobe Premiere enables you to import the two most popular digital video formats: QuickTime and AVI
(video for Windows), AIFF and WAV sound files and graphic files stored in TIFF, JPEG, BMP, and
Photoshop formats.
Editing clips involve :
Changing the video format
Importing and trimming in the clips
Premiere provides ways of assembling and trimming clips: dragging clips directly into the Timeline and
trimming them there.
You need to change the format of those video clips in order to import them into Adobe Premiere.
Two simple methods to preview clip are:
Dragging the edit line
Using the Play button
Scrubbing is a term that is used when previewing clip by drag the edit line back-and-forth motion.
Use the Clip view to work with individual clips and use the Program view to work with the assembly of
clips in the Timeline window.

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6.6

EXERCISE

1. List down the workspace in Adobe Premiere and explain each workspace.

2. Where can you get the suitable video clips for your project ?

3. What are the two simple methods to preview clip?

4. For quick previewing, you can drag the _____________________________ in the Timeline
window.

5. All the items that you import are stored in the ______________________.

6. Premiere enables you to import the two most popular digital video formats:
_______________ and AVI (video for Windows), AIFF and _____________ sound files
and graphic files stored in TIFF, JPEG, BMP, and Photoshop formats.

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