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Adobe Premiere Pro Full Course - 2026 - 10 Hours of Lessons

Name: Adobe Premiere Pro Full Course - 2026 - 10 Hours of Lessons
Rating: 4.3 (31 reviews)

Go From Beginner to Pro

Created byJeff Napolitano

Last updated 1/2026

English

What you'll learn

Discover the basics of Premiere Pro starting from scratch to high-end video editing.
Become fluent with the layout and know the basics of editing on your first lesson.
Create titles and learn how to animate them with motion and cropping effects.
Key out green screen footage and learn how to deal with bad lighting.
Practice and copy YouTube effects like blur transitions, sound effects and matte layers.
Learn technical skills like organizing files, creating proxies, and colorizing your timeline to make your editing faster.
Work real life examples used on TV, Movies, Sports and YouTube.
Work with audio and see what is happening with TV show opening sequences and create your own.
Make lav mics sound like boom mics with equalizer tools and sound repair.
Learn special FX that are easy to apply to your own videos.
Write on the screen using Photoshop and out of the box techniques.
Work with sample project files to use as templates for your own videos.
Make captions using Adobe's AI features that make transcripts in a few seconds.
Animate objects like a plane over a map to see how animation works in Premiere.
And so much more!

Course content

1 section • 100 lectures • 10h 5m total length

Lesson 1 Professor Intro1:35
WHAT IS THE CREATIVE CLOUD FRO PREMIERE PRO?2:19
ADOBE PREMIERE WALK THROUGH15:15
HOW TO IMPORT YOUR FOOTAGE2:43
ASPECT RATIOS FOR VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL6:03
HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR FILES3:09
HOW TO CUT FOOTAGE9:53
ORGANIZE YOUR TIMELINES WITH COLOR3:59
IMPORTING BILLIE EILISH MUSIC4:41
AUDIO EDITING4:27
REMOVING AIR CONDITIONERS IN YOUR AUDIO TRACK3:42
CUTTING AUDIO WITH EFFICIENCY3:39
USING AI IN PREMIERE2:04
CUTTING WITH 2-3 CAMERAS9:25
VOICEOVERS WITH AI9:17
WHAT IS B-ROLL?5:16
SOUND EFFECTS2:14
LUMETRI COLOR EFFECTS5:58
KEY OUT GREEN WITH ULTRKEY5:08
HOW TO MAKE TITLES5:51
MAKE CAPTIONS4:27
WRITING ON THE SCREEN3:44
EFFECT CONTROLS FOR ANIMATION9:09
THE ESSENTIAL GRAPHICS PANEL4:15
MAKING TANSITIONS3:20
HIGHLIGHT TEXT4:17
EXPORTNG YOUR VIDEO8:33
Rotating iPhone Footage3:21
We look at how iPhone footage my come in sideways. We rotate the footage so that it fits into the traditional 16x9 aspect ratio.
Adding Speed or Slow Motion0:40
Adjust the Timing of Clips
Sometimes you need it to play just a tad bit faster, or maybe you need that slowed down version of an amazing replay. This lesson tackles the basics.
Premiere Preference Settings to Optimize Performance4:39
Editing Performance - Playback Resolution and Creating Proxies2:15
How to Export Your Footage with the Best Settings9:46
Bitrate Knowledge Enables Streaming in Maximum Performance
In this lesson you will be able to add learn what Bitrates do and what the settings should be so you don't lose all of your quality.
Make 3D Angles Using the "Corner Pin" Effect2:56
Place Titles Behind a Subject with Masking Cut Outs6:27
Mask Out Video to Place Titles in Between Two Video Layers
In this lesson you will be able to cut out around a moving subject in a video track to place a title behind it while using keyframes to animate the titles.
Generate Transcripts and Captions4:10
Animate Titles from Scratch8:30
Use another Premiere Project File to adjust that letters that I have already animated with Effect Controls. This project file will show you what I did and if you play with the keyframes you can speed up or slow down the rotations of the letters. This is the same project file I used in the lesson.
Skewing Titles Behind the Subject7:08
I give you the Premiere Pro Project File for this lesson so you can see how it works. You will need to download the raw footage and the brick wall photo and also the SNL music track for the project file to be able to work and locate these assets. Play around with the template to make it work and learn by copying what I did in the project.
Making Lower Thirds Titles0:06
I give you the Premiere Project File that i use in the lesson. You can change the letters into your own name and then place this over you talking. The keyframes are built into the project you can use as a future template.
The Legacy Titler - What Happened? (Making Use of Older Style Title Lessons)0:41
Basic Old School Typewriter Effects5:23
For those of you that still appreciate the typewriter, this is a simple way to reveal letters as they are typed.
Making Letters See-Though with Video Behind Them3:20
This is an older lessons that used the Legacy Titler, but the effects are still the same. I left it in here because I thought the basic principles were still pretty cool and we still see this effect a lot. Key out the letters after you make a title using the Type T tool instead. Crank up the font size and you're good to go.
Animated Paintbrush Swipes Behind Titles3:37
Highlight Text with a Quick Splash of Paint
In this lesson we use the cropping tool and keyframes to animate a swipe underneath the text.
Part 1: Cutting a Lecture Starting with "Ultrakey"4:45
Removing Unwanted Words with AI, Match Cutting and Adding B-Roll5:30
Understanding Audio on Reality TV Shows6:03
Explaining Audio Tracks
This lesson doesn't use Premiere, instead it points out what is actually happening when you are watching a show.
Make Lav Mics Sound Like Shotgun Mics with EQ Effects2:44
This lesson take mediocre sound from a lav mic with pops and add an equalizer effect and tame audio levels and raise the volume.
Clean Up Audio for Interviews5:36
How to Make Basic Transitions3:33
Transition From One Video to the Next
In this lesson you will be able to use pre-programmed transitions that are already embedded into Premiere Pro. Nothing flashy, just simple yet effective with the Essential Graphics Panel.
Essential Graphic Transitions3:33
Creating Blur Transitions2:11
Create a Circle Around a Talking Head4:23
Oftentimes you will see a lecture being given and in the bottom right corner there is someone talking. The Premiere program allows you to add a circle around the talking head, with an outline color of your choice. Then you can position that person talking over the video that is being taught.
Adding Motion to Photos7:42
Bring Photos to Life By Using Motion
In this lesson you will be able to practice with photos by using them to move in or out with keyframes, adjusting speed while it happens. The Ken Burns documentary film effect applies here, the first to do this back in the day.
Add Basic Filter FX2:45
Add a Basic Filter to Change the Look
Use the arithmetic filter to add some music video type of colors, saturated and blown out for a crazy look.
Color Correction Basics and FX6:07
Add a Basic Color Effect
In this lesson you get the rundown of the color correction tools.
Horizontal Cropping Effects and Color Changes4:21
Split Screen Horizontally
Top and bottom videos seem to be one of the latest trends. You will need to scale and position the video to get the most of the composition and then use the cropping effect to cut in in half.
Circling Things in Red While Drawing Around Text2:34
How to Make a YouTube Opener3:25
Use Essential Graphic Templates to Make an Opener
Easily program what Premiere gives you to design the color scheme you need.
Jeep Commercial Effects11:59
Add Quick Cuts, Glitches and Lens Flares with Jeep
In this lesson you will be able to apply quick cuts and and glitches to the Jeep commercial available to you to download.
Google Search Bar Typing Effect6:11
Google's Commercial Effect for Typing a Search
In this lesson we use the cropping effect to reveal letters as someone types into the search bar.
Chili's Restaurant Commercial Introduction6:57
Syncing Audio and Video
This lesson shows how to sync up audio with video titles and the voice. This is a commercial for the restaurant Chili's.
Chili's Restaurant Commercial Part 22:33
This lesson continues in Part 2.
Chili's Restaurant Commercial Part 37:29
This lesson continues in Part 3.
Pink Opacity Layers in T-Mobile3:07
Enlarge and Shrink See-Through Shapes with T-Mobile
Use T-mobile's commercial and add a layer of pink and change the opacity levels to see the actors from Stranger Things in the video behind it.
"Downsizing" Making Yourself Small5:55
Analyzing The Shape of Water Movie Trailer3:36
This Analysis Examines an Award Winning Film
Before we start cutting our own movie trailer, it's important to look at an award winning film to see how it's done, including the number of cuts, fades and titles on the screen.
Create the Cinematic Letterbox Effect6:27
Change the Aspect Ratio to 16 x 9
Not only can you adda letterbox to the top layer, this allows you to scale the image underneath so it doesn't get completely cropped out. Then change the look with Lumitri color.
Cropping FX in Ocean's 8 Trailer4:22
Use Cropping and Color Simultaneously
A movie trailer from the past, Ocean's 8, used the cropping effect with keyframe animation to reveal the sides and its movement from left to right for an interesting effect.
Simple Lightning Teleport Effects1:31
Teleport Yourself with Lightning Star Trek Effect
Premiere Pro has a lightning tool and sometimes it can be useful for simple special effects. Check out this lesson to see where it is in Premiere and how you can modify the strands and branches to make it short or long.
Adding Comic Book Effects with Animated Overlays "Pow" Graphics2:50
Add Some Pow to Your YouTube Videos
Download the graphic files and key out the BG to place these over any YouTube video.
Masking Cut Out Effects Using Black Panther3:16
A masking effect while using the Black Panther movie footage.
Layering HBO's "True Detective"6:48
Make a Basic Netflix Style Opener4:39
Layer Windmills and Key Out Burning Paper in Wild West Town
In this lesson you will be able to make a basic Netflix style opener in a wild west type of town with burning paper and layered images with an old film style look.
"Deception" TV Show Part II4:43
This lesson continues for part 2.
"Deception" TV Show Part III1:17
This lesson continues for part 3.
"Deception" Opener - Layering Photos, Smoke and Poker0:37
Use Layering for Videos and Images with a 3D Twist
In this lesson you will be able to layer several images and video clips to generate an animated teaser for the TV series promotional ad.
Making "Stranger Things" Titles8:18
This video points out some of the effects used in the opening title sequence of Stranger Things using the Alpha Glow filter found in Premiere.
Green Screens11:07
Key Out Bad Lighting in Green Screens with More Filters
In this lesson you will be able to examine the good and bad of uneven lighting in green screens. Use the regular Color Key filter first for one green color, then use another key color filter for the second green color. Normally, using the Ultrakey filter is the way to go, but this shows you how to be creative when you have different colors of green on the wall. A great first lesson to know the fundamentals and what you can do to fix it if it ever happens to you.
Color Keying to Reveal a Title in "Groupon"1:07
The Big Reveal
In this lesson we use a green layer to cover up a title and then key it out as "Groupon" appears. A different creative approach opposed to masking to show other tricks in the bag.
Key Out Color and Scale Logo Placement8:04
Place a Stripe and Key Out a Logo
Made with an earlier version of Premiere, this is still an interesting lesson to watch as it covers some interesting details regarding a small logo and a vertical stripe over a split screen.
Keying Out Colors in Matte Layer Transitions3:41
Create Matte Placements to Block What's Underneath
Download these creative animated mattes to give you a creative alternative.
Scribble Graphics1:30
Making a Neon Sign Title8:29
Quick Flash of Light Transitions6:11
Keying Out a Silhouette1:52
Write On the Screen5:40
See Video Through Letters1:07
Animate Objects in Travel Project21:08
Clone Yourself With Cropping Effects1:40
Retail Store Grunge Look Promo Ad for "Old Navy"8:08
Add Texture Layers and Edgy Cuts for a Grunge Look
In this lesson you will be able to add a texture layer over one track and a flash of red and orange alongside quick cuts for an edge.
Make Split Screens3:05
A Basic Split Screen
Scale on one side and do the same on the other. Use the cropping effect to take out the left and right for each and make sure to use the rulers to position the videos so they are in the center.
Placing 4 Videos on Screen at Once6:57
Pattern Transitions with Prints2:50
Sports Masking Effects and Color Changes Using MLB Footage14:54
Learn Masking Effects in Sports Footage
Cutout the outline of the player with graphics behind. Use MLB footage and download the files to practice the steps to achieve the look.
Sports Masking and Outline Effects Using NFL Footage8:49
Cut out around freeze-frames in sports footage and add in a stadium in the background. Use feathering to expand the edges or make them hard edged cut outs.
My Selfie Movie: Airplane Cutouts21:22
My Selfie Movie: The Building Jump28:59
My Selfie Movie: Cologne Commercial Parody30:20
My Selfie Movie: Cloning and Counseling Yourself (Alone)14:13
My Selfie Movie: Chase Scene Inside the House19:08
My Selfie Movie: The Selfie Convention of Selfies10:02

Requirements

No experience with video editing is necessary as we start from scratch.

Description

Welcome to Adobe Premiere Pro - Beginner to Pro 2026!

This is a new course and I am confident this will give you a thorough demonstration into seeing how Premiere Pro works, all the way to advanced lessons that will get you thinking about how to become a unique and creative video editor. I'm also available for questions to make sure you advance your skills.

Start with the Basics to Know Adobe Premiere Pro and Creative Cloud

In these first set of lessons, I give you everything you need to know to edit. If you can take a few minutes to watch these lessons, it will ensure that you have the fundamentals you need to start editing. Once you have those, you can move on to the fun stuff!

This Course Gives You Everything You Need to Start Your Video Editing Career

From downloading the Adobe Premiere Pro App, to using real footage you can cut, this complete editing course offers all of the tools you need so you can walk away at the end of it with the basics, but outside-the-box creativity so you can have the tools you need when a video editing challenge presents itself.

Understand the General Layout of Premiere Pro

In this lesson you will see the layout of Premiere and how it changes when it is populated with footage, and what to do next.

See a Simple Way to Import Footage into Premiere

In this lesson you will be able to practice with the footage provided and drag it into the project bin to see how it changes in Premiere.

Start Cutting Footage

In this lesson you will be able to practice cutting the footage provided using the razor blade tool and the rollover end-cut tool.

Rotate iPhone Footage

Switching iPhone footage so it crosses over to the regular 16x9 aspect ratio may not turn out just right until you flip it over or scale it back. This lesson looks at converting it to play on YouTube.

Import a Music Track into Premiere

In this lesson you will be able to practice cutting the footage provided using the razor blade tool and the rollover end-cut tool.

Animate a Lower Thirds Intro Title

Download the Premiere Pro template and change out your name inside it to replicate the project and learn from tinkering and retyping over the name to make it your own and learn at the same time.

Make Voiceovers and Mics Sound Pro with EQ

This lesson take mediocre sound from a lav mic with pops and add an equalizer effect and tame audio levels and raise the volume.

Start Cutting Away to a 2nd Track of B-Roll Footage

Back to days of shooting without sound, physically cutting and splicing 2nd film-rolls, B roll is now a non-linear B Track.

Adjust the Timing of Clips for Speed and Slow Motion

Sometimes you need it to play just a tad bit faster, or maybe you need that slowed down version of an amazing replay. This lesson tackles the basics.

Transition From One Video to the Next with Page Turns and Dissolve Effects

In this lesson you will be able to use pre-programmed transitions that are already embedded into Premiere Pro. Nothing flashy, just simple yet effective.

Bring Photos to Life By Using Motion and Scaling to Zoom in or Out

In this lesson you will be able to practice with photos by using them to move in or out with keyframes, adjusting speed while it happens.

Spin Your Name on a 3D Axis in the Premiere Pro Template Provided

In this lesson you will be able to add a Basic 3D filter in Premiere that allows you to spin letters on an axis to animate a title. Then change out your name in the Pr project template and use it for yourself.

Understand Audio Tracks and How They Work in a Reality TV Show

This lesson doesn't use Premiere, instead it points out what is actually happening when you are watching a show.

Use Essential Graphic Templates to Make a YouTube Opener

Easily program what Premiere gives you to design the color scheme you need.

Using the Essential Graphics Panel for Modifiable Transitions

In this lesson you will be able to use the essential graphics panel templates in Premiere and change the settings to meet your needs.

Exporting Your Footage and what Bitrates Mean

In this lesson you will be able to add learn what Bitrates do and what the settings should be so you don't lose all of your quality.

Change Premiere Preferences for the Look and Performance you Want

Change the performance and the colors and the look and feel to make it meet the needs of your eyes and performance levels to match your hardware.

Skew 3D Titles in a "Saturday Night Live" Cover

Skew titles and make them 3D and even behind a subject just like SNL.

Add Basic Color Correction Effects

In this lesson you get the rundown of the color correction tools.

Cinematic Looks with Letterboxing and Color Changes

Not only can you adda letterbox to the top layer, this allows you to scale the image underneath so it doesn't get completely cropped out. Then change the look with Lumitri color.

Clone Without a Green Screen

Using a split screen cropping effect and a still camera set up you will be able to duplicate yourself without a green screen.

MTV Style Flash Cuts

In this lesson you will be able to use jump style cuts coupled with a quick glare of bright white for a music and fashion type of flash.

Key Out Bad Lighting in Green Screens with More Filters

In this lesson you will be able to examine the good and bad of uneven lighting in green screens.

Audio Cutting Out "Ums" and "Uhs" in Traditional Media Interviews

Unlike YouTube where you just cut every space between talking and allow for jumpcuts, traditional TV still needs a bit more skill to cover those jumpcuts. This shows you how.

Layering a Basic Netflix Style Opener

In this lesson you will be able to layer a windmill, a field, and running kids for a wild west type of Netflix Town with opening credits.

Generate Captions and Make Transcripts

In a few simple steps generate all of the audio track into an entire transcript. Then urn that into YouTube style text captions on the screen one word at a time.

Turn Documents into a Crime Scene Documentary

Highlight words with marker sound FX and yellow highlights that scrape across the screen.

The Big Reveal

In this lesson we use a green layer to cover up a title and then key it out as "Groupon" appears. A different creative approach opposed to masking to show other tricks in the bag.

Highlight Text with a Quick Splash of Paint

In this lesson we use the cropping tool and keyframes to animate a swipe underneath the text.

Enlarge and Shrink See-Through Shapes and Make them Move

Use T-mobile's commercial and add a layer of pink and change the opacity levels to see the actors from Stranger Things in the video behind it.

Create Matte Placements to Block What's Underneath

Download these creative animated mattes to give you a creative alternative.

Cut Out Shapes with Free Draw Bezier Tools to Mask Out the BG

A creative effect you can use over again in other projects as well, this is a fun way to learn the basics of masking out an image in video.

Stranger Things Titles

In this lesson you will see the glowing titles in Stranger Things and how that burning effect translates over to glowing titles.

Add Some "Pow" to Your YouTube Videos in Comic Book Overlay Effects

Download the graphic files and key out the BG to superimpose these Comic Book Overlays over any YouTube video.

Examine an Award Winning Film Movie Trailer for the number of Cuts and Fades

Before we start cutting our own movie trailer, it's important to look at an award winning film to see how it's done, including the number of cuts, fades and titles on the screen.

Make the Opening Credits of the HBO Series "True Detective"

In this lesson you will be able to recreate the opening title sequence of the popular HBO series by using layers and opacity.

Use Layering for Videos and Images with a 3D Twist on ABC TV Series

In this lesson you will be able to layer several images and video clips to generate an animated teaser for the TV series promotional ad.

A Classic Cutout Masking Effect for the NFL

In this lesson you will be able to add cut out NFL footage and remove the background to create classic sports FX.

Add Texture Layers and Edgy Cuts for a Grunge Look Retail Store Promo Ad

In this lesson you will be able to add a texture layer over one track and a flash of red and orange alongside quick cuts for an edge.

Place Titles Behind a Subject By Cutting Out Around the Subject in the Video

In this lesson you will be able to cut out around a moving subject in a video track to place a title behind it while using keyframes to animate the titles.

Add Quick Cuts, Glitches and Lens Flares with Jeep

In this lesson you will be able to apply quick cuts and and glitches to the Jeep commercial available to you to download.
Learn Masks in Sports with MLB Footage

Cutout the outline of the player with graphics behind. Use MLB footage and download the files to practice the steps to achieve the look.

Use Cropping Effects with Colors for Ocean's 8 Movie Trailer

See how the cropping effect was used with color for Ocean's 8.

Sync Audio with Titles for a Chili's Restaurant Commercial

Somewhere in your editing career you will need to be able to sync up audio and videos, more specifically are titles and audio voiceover with this lesson that examines a commercial that does it perfectly. We strip away the images and menu platter's parts to recreate the commercial.

And Many More

All of these and many more in this out-of-the-box editing style Premiere Pro Video Editing Course!

Who this course is for:

Beginning video editors who want to learn Adobe Premiere Pro.