Course outline
Key Concepts• A brief history of video
• Aspect ratio
• Timecode
• The working environment
• New Interface/workspaces
• Adobe Bridge
• Native HD/SD support
• Preferences
Starting the Project/Setup
• Importing footage
• Importing stills and sound (Photoshop)
• Capturing: capture settings
• Storyboarding
• Using Adobe OnLocation CS4
Editing Overview
• Editing Tools
• In points and out points
• Instances of clips
• Trimming
• Clip markers
• Poster frames
• Ripple editing
• Roll editing
• Preparing clips for timeline
• Transcription and Using Speech Search
• Viewing and editing metadata
The Timeline
• Understanding the timeline
• Inserting vs. overlaying
• Manipulating clip speed
Sequences
• Creating a new sequence
• Importing one sequence into another
• Nesting Sequences
Transitions
• Video Transitions; Selecting transitions
• Effect controls for selecting transitions
• Lengthening the transition
• Audio transition: the cross fade
• L-cuts
Audio
• The audio mixer
• Tweaking cross fades
• Recording voice overs
• Audio Effects and Audio transitions
• Normalising audio
Title
• The Title window
• Integrated tiling tool
• Importing titles from other products
Transparency
• Track hierarchy
• The opacity slider
• Keying: an introduction (green/blue screen keying)
Effects
• Overview of Effects
• Basic effects (topic covered in depth on the advanced course)
• New FAST Colour corrector
• Track Matte
Outputs
• Exporting to tape
• Adobe Media Encoder
• Export to the Web
• Exporting to DVD
• Adobe clip notes (PDF video able to be sent via email)
• New DVD export with menus
• Exporting with the Adobe Media Encoder
