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Software Training: Adobe Premiere Elements 11 Prof. John Snape (Adobe Certified)

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Premiere Elements 11 is one of the easiest to learn and most affordable consumer video editing programs available. Adobe Certified Premiere Pro Instructor John Snape will guide you through the Elements version which focuses on smart and automated options to create professional level results. John's conversational style blends technical information with useful real-world examples to get you up and running in Premiere Elements in no time. The course covers everything from Video Importing and Editing, to Audio/Video Effects and Exporting Movies. The capstone lesson focuses on completing a wedding video project from start to finish. Professor John Snape teaches both Premiere Pro CS6 and Elements 11 professionally, has a degree in Photography and Computer Science, as well as founded his own photography/videography studio.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Getting Started

  Getting Started in Premiere Elements 11 39:56
   Intro 0:00 
   The Startup Screen 0:55 
    The Startup Screen Overview 0:56 
    Startup Settings 1:46 
   The Organizer Overview 2:38 
    The Organizer Overview 2:39 
   The Editor Workspace Overview 4:22 
    License Agreement 4:23 
    Help Improve Adobe's Products 5:01 
    Top Menu 6:08 
    Quick & Expert Mode 6:44 
    Action Bar 11:19 
    Tools Menu 12:17 
    Transitions 15:15 
    Titles & Texts 16:40 
    Effects 18:22 
    Music 19:05 
    Graphics 20:30 
   Installing Premiere Elements 11 22:30 
    What's in the Box? 22:31 
    Installing Premiere Elements 11 27:30 
  Video Capture & Import 25:24
   Intro 0:00 
   Lesson Overview 0:07 
   Capturing Tape-Based Video 0:39 
    Capturing Tape-Based Video 0:40 
   Importing from DVD 4:10 
    Importing from DVD in Quick Mode & Expert Mode Overview 4:11 
    Add Media 5:58 
    Video Importer 6:58 
    Add Media From Cameras or Devices 12:32 
   Importing File-Based Video 17:03 
    Importing File-Based Video 17:04 
   Importing from Your Hard Drive 20:26 
    Importing from Your Hard Drive 20:27 
   Lesson Summary 24:50 
  Organizing Your Content 29:54
   Intro 0:00 
   The Organizer 0:06 
    Organizing Media 1:16 
    Organizing People 9:08 
    Organizing Places 9:58 
    Organizing Events 10:42 
   The Project Assets Panel 15:03 
    Viewing Mode 15:28 
    Grid View & List View 16:19 
    Creating a New Folder 17:24 
    More on List View 18:48 
    Auto Analyzer & Subclips 20:07 
    Find 23:08 
   Tagging Your Files 25:28 
    Tagging Your Files 25:29 
   Why You Should Organize 27:25 
    Why You Should Organize 27:26 

Section 2: Editing Your Videos

  Editing Your Videos, Part 1 28:34
   Intro 0:00 
   The Monitor Panel 0:18 
    Editing in Quick Mode & Expert Mode 1:06 
    Playback Quality 2:24 
    Video Properties 4:28 
    Magnification 5:01 
    Safe Margins 5:49 
    Playback Settings 8:11 
    Moving the Video & Anchor Point 9:48 
    Set Timeline Marker 11:47 
   Quick View Editing 13:41 
    Quick View Editing 13:42 
  Editing Your Videos, Part 2 29:44
   Intro 0:00 
   Expert View Editing 0:16 
    Expert View Editing Overview 0:17 
    Moving Tracks 5:24 
    Project Assets 7:23 
    Editing in Expert Mode 14:38 
   Smart Trim Mode 21:44 
    Smart Trim Mode 21:55 
   Lesson Summary 28:07 
  The Tools Menu 28:44
   Intro 0:00 
   The Tools Menu 0:25 
    Audio Mixer 0:26 
    Freeze Frame 4:01 
    Pan & Zoom 10:00 
    Smart Trim 17:42 
    Time Stretch 22:51 
   Lesson Summary 27:47 
  New Project Settings 38:29
   Intro 0:00 
   New Project Settings 0:11 
    The Default Settings 0:12 
    Creating a New Project 2:10 
   Some Terminology 10:01 
    Standard Video Sizes 10:02 
    Common Frame Rates 13:33 
    Interlaced vs. Progressive 20:55 
   Changing Preferences 24:03 
    General Preferences 24:31 
    Audio Preferences 28:23 
    Audio Hardware Preferences 29:54 
    Audio Output Mapping Preferences 30:13 
    Auto Save Preferences 30:44 
    Capture Preferences 33:04 
    Device Control Preferences 34:36 
    Media Preferences 35:14 
    ScratchDisks Preferences 36:04 
    Stop Motion Capture Preferences 36:24 
    Titler Preferences 36:52 
    Web Sharing Preferences 37:21 
   Lesson Summary 38:04 

Section 3: Finessing Your Videos

  Video Effects, Part 1 25:35
   Intro 0:00 
   Smart Fix & Color 0:21 
    Smart Fix 0:22 
    Color: Overview 4:35 
    Color: Hue 5:33 
    Color: Lightness 7:41 
    Color: Saturation & Vibrance 8:11 
   Copying Effects 17:08 
    Copying Effects 17:09 
   Lesson Summary 25:03 
  Video Effects, Part 2 36:32
   Intro 0:00 
   Playback Speed 0:12 
    Time Stretch Overview 0:13 
    Time Stretch: Maintain Audio Pitch 5:22 
   Time Remapping 9:27 
    Time Remapping 9:47 
    Frame Blending 15:35 
   Video Merge 19:06 
    Video Merge Overview 19:07 
    Green Screen Key 23:49 
   What are Keyframes? 26:46 
    Keyframes Overview 26:47 
    Motion Keyframes 28:16 
    Opacity Keyframes 31:17 
  All About Transitions 12:56
   Intro 0:00 
   Why Use Transitions 0:06 
    Why Use Transitions 0:15 
   Video Transitions 1:26 
    Adding Transitions 1:27 
    Transitions Adjustments 3:42 
    Transitions Demonstration 6:12 
   Audio Transitions 10:06 
    Constant Gain & Constant Power 10:23 
    More on Audio Transitions 11:33 
   Lesson Summary 12:02 
  Titles & Lower Third 15:54
   Intro 0:00 
   Creating & Modifying Title 0:10 
    Preparing Your Videos 0:11 
    Selecting Titles & Text 2:21 
    Adjustments: Text & Style 4:00 
    Adjustments: Animation 7:27 
    Adjustments: Shapes 9:48 
   Rolling & Crawling Texts 10:47 
    Adding Rolling & Crawling Texts 10:48 
   Lesson Summary 14:49 
  Audio Adjustments 16:56
   Intro 0:00 
   Using Volume, Gain and Normalize 0:13 
    Volume Control 1:58 
    Balance 2:28 
    Treble 2:35 
    Bass 3:55 
    AudioGain 4:36 
   Adding Narration 6:50 
    Adding Narration 6:51 
   Smart Mix 9:04 
    Smart Mix 9:05 
   Using SmartSound Music 11:24 
    Using SmartSound Music 11:25 

Section 4: Outputting Your Videos

  Exporting Your Movies 11:58
   Intro 0:00 
   Exporting Your Movies 0:12 
    Instant Movie 0:13 
    YouTube Videos 3:39 
    Mobile Phones & Players 5:58 
   Lesson Summary 10:15 
  Creating DVDs, Blu-rays & Web DVDs 30:53
   Intro 0:00 
   Overview of the Three Types 0:16 
    Overview of the Three Types 0:17 
   Creating DVDs, Blu-rays & Web DVDs 1:26 
    Scene Makers 1:27 
    Auto-Play vs. Menued Disc 4:03 
    Customizing Menus 6:21 
    Preview Disc 17:28 
    Burning Discs 19:53 
   Creating Web DVDs 25:43 
    Creating Web DVDs 25:44 
    Final Result 29:16 
  The Wedding Video Project 24:35
   Intro 0:00 
   Editing Philosophy 0:36 
    Editing Philosophy 0:37 
   The Wedding Video Project 4:09 
    The Wedding Video Project: Part 1 4:10 
    The Wedding Video Project: Part 2 10:01 
    The Wedding Video Project: Part 3 15:34 
    The Wedding Video Project: Part 4 18:08 
   Lesson Summary 23:06 

Duration: 6 hours, 36 minutes

Number of Lessons: 15

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