Adobe Premiere Pro Video Editing for Beginners Short Course
Course description
Adobe Premiere Pro is the industry standard software for video editing for businesses, freelancers, and in post-production houses due to its flexibility and cross platform compatibility.
This beginners course will cover the video editing process from start to finish using Adobe Premiere Pro through instructor-led demonstrations and exercises.
During the course you will learn how to edit two versions of a short video, perform basic audio editing and mixing, apply colour correction, titles, captions, and export in different formats for social media: landscape, vertical and squared. All media will be provided.
Course outcomes
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Understand the Adobe Premiere Pro interface, video workflow and digital video formats
- Edit video, audio, captions and titles efficiently
- Add video effects and transitions and apply some basic colour correction to enhance your video
- Work on different versions of a short test video
- Render and export the final video edit in different social media formats
Who should attend?
This inspiring course is for complete beginners or casual users who want to learn a complete Premier Pro workflow to apply to various types of video projects.
Level: beginners
Please note: This course is for students aged 18 and older
Clear, easy to understand lessons:
- Our tutors will explain things in easy to understand, accessible English. If they need to use any special terminology they will make sure they explain what they mean.
- New methods will be shown to students through live demonstrations, in a way that's crystal clear and easy to understand.
Experience life on campus
- This course is located across two of our campuses, you will either study at London College of Fashion, East Bank a world leader in fashion design, media and business education or our London College of Communication campus in Elephant & Castle, a pioneering world leader in creative communication education
- Network and share ideas with students from across the globe
- Access the technology and materials relevant to your discipline
- Ask questions of your tutor in real time
- Receive feedback and critique on your assignments
- Experience the many sights of London on your down time
Digital credentials (certificate of completion and digital badge):
- You've put the work in so we want to make sure you have something to show for it.
- Students will receive a UAL Short Courses digital badge and certificate on completion of the course.
- We always recommend you attend all of the classes so that you get the most out of the experience.
- Certificates and digital badges are a great way to enhance your CV, celebrate your accomplishments and stand out from the crowd. Find out more about our digital badges and credentials.
Available dates
Details
Topics covered:
- A tour of Premiere Pro interface
- The brief: two different narratives for two short video edit versions
- Importing and organising media
- Editing video in Premiere Pro
- Trimming video and Premiere tools
- Premiere keyboard shortcuts
- Editing and mixing audio in Premiere
- Adding titles
- Creating captions
- Video and audio transitions
- Creating sub-clips
- Editing the two different versions of the video
- Adjustment Layers and Effects
- The Effects Control panel
- Colour correction with Lumetri Color
- Rendering and exporting
Materials
Online short course materials
Please bring for the first session:
- Notebook and pen
- Please be advised that during this course you will be using Adobe Premier Pro. Students will need to have their own paid subscription to Premiere Pro to able to participate in this course fully.
- If you do not already have access, you can sign up for a free 7 day trial of Adobe Creative Cloud however if your course is longer then you will have to pay for a subscription. Please note a credit card is required to register for the free trial. The subscription must be cancelled on the date provided by Adobe if you do not wish to continue onto a paid account.
To take part in the Online sessions you will need:
- An up-to-date web browser (we recommend Chrome)
- Microphone and headphones (a headset with a microphone function is recommended. The built-in microphone in your device would also be fine)
- Webcam
- Strong Internet connection - we recommend a minimum of 2 Mbps download, and 1 Mbps upload, faster if possible. You can test your network speed here - https://www.speedtest.net
On campus materials
Please bring with you to the first session:
- A notepad and pen
IMPORTANT - Adobe ID Login for On Campus Short Course Students
Students will need to create an account with Adobe (unless you already have one) in order to access the Adobe suite at the college; instructions are included below. You will need to use a personal email address to create this. If you already have an account with Adobe, please make sure you bring your login details with you on the first day of the course.
Please note:
- Creating an Adobe account is free.
- The software will only be accessible when logged into a UAL networked computer
- The same account can be used outside of the University, but software will only be accessible through a personal paid subscription that students will need to set up independently
- You can still create an account on the day but doing this beforehand will save time and avoid delays to the start of the class.
- If you already have an Adobe ID/ subscription you can use this on your short course rather than setting up a new account.
To create an account students will need to:
- Go to Adobe Sign in page
- Select 'Create an account'
- Enter your details and select ‘Create account’
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