Premiere Competency

Level 1

  • Open Premiere
  • Import video files
  • Make and name a new Sequence
  • Explain the workflow of the Premiere
  • Use in and out points in the source screen while cutting clips
  • Use the razor tool
  • Unlink audio from video
  • Add background music
  • Add a solid title
  • Export

Level 2

  • 4 different ways to ripple edit
    • Use of Q and W
    • Ripple Edit tool
    • Right click method
    • Selection tool + command
  • Slip Edit Tool
  • Rolling Edit Tool
  • Rate Stretch Tool
  • Replacing Clips with Alt/ Option and drag and drop
  • Rearranging Clips with Alt/ Option + Command
  • Adjusting the volume using the rubber band
  • Key frame the rubber band using the pen tool
  • Edit audio from Premiere to Audition (right click> edit clip in Adobe Audition. note: saving in Audition automatically updates the track in Premiere)
  • Adding, deleting, and editing markers
  • Applying Video Transitions
    • Dip to Black
    • Cross Dissolve
    • Know how to change the length of transitions
  • Video Effects
    • Ultra Key (use to key out a green screen or blue screen)
    • Warp Stabilizer (stabilizes shaky footage)
  • Create a transition using effects
    • Make a Boomerang (See Reverse Stutter tutorial on day 6)
    • Learn at least one more transition from the day 6 tutorials
  • Slowing time, Speeding up time, Reversing Time
  • Color a clip using an adjustment layer
  • Import a Photoshop or Illustrator file as individual layers
  • Fix broken links in a project

Also be able to answer the following questions:

  • What are keyframes?
  • Explain how links work in Premiere. What is the best practice to avoid broken links?
  • What is the most compatible format to use when exporting?

Level 3

  • Stabilize footage using “Warp Stabilizer” effect
  • Create rolling credits using the “Essential Graphics” panel
  • Pixelate someone’s face using a mask and the “Mosaic” effect
  • Remove background noise from a clip in Audition
  • Create an animation with After Effects
  • Add Graphics using the “Graphics” tab
  • Create a multi-camera sequence
  • Creating and importing custom presets
  • Add sound effects using the “Essential Sound” panel
  • Export a still frame
  • Old film effect
  • VHS effect
  • Any other effects that look cool to you