Ultimate After Effects 2024 & Premier Pro 2024 Masterclass

Explore why adobe premiere pro is the go-to video editing tool, its focused purpose, and how it complements after effects later in the course.

Access Premiere Pro project settings from file, project settings, general. Choose renderer, display timecode or frames format, audio display (samples or milliseconds), scratch disk paths, and project name.

Learn how to customize After Effects workspaces by switching between essential and vertical learning editing layouts, adding panels like reference monitor and media browser, and saving as new setups.

Import clips by right-clicking or double-clicking to open browser, then use mark in and mark out to select a section and drag it into the timeline to create a sequence.

Toggle the video format with Ctrl to view timecode or frames, and observe how a 12-second clip comprises 370 pictures. Understand the difference between timecode and frames for editing.

Navigate the project panel to import videos, organize them into bins, and preview content in list, icon, or free form views; manage resolution, zoom, and read-only locks to safeguard edits.

Master the source window: preview video and audio via the source and program tables, add markers, import sections, and export frames while syncing edits to audio beats.

Master insert and overwrite techniques in video editing by using the source and program windows to insert or overwrite sections, and practice undo with Ctrl Z.

Right-click a video and choose new sequence from the clip to create a sequence with video properties in Premiere Pro, using 1080p 30 fps presets and adjusting scale as needed.

Navigate the timeline settings to manage video layers, drag and drop, and snapping. Lock tracks to protect audio during imports, hide or mute layers, and show keyframes and audio names.

Zoom in and out on your sequence with alt plus the mouse scroll, with cursor-dependent zoom, navigate via the time slider, and adjust video thumbnail views and audio levels.

Master the selection tool to select videos, move them, change tracks, move audio, trim clips to adjust duration, and overlap videos with precision.

Learn how to use the track select forward and backward tools to quickly select all tracks after a point or a single track, and compare it with holding shift.

Master reverse speed in After Effects by resetting speed and applying reverse speed, while using frame sampling or frame blending to control slow motion and preserve audio pitch.

learn essential editing with the razor tool, cut with ctrl k, do full-section cuts with ctrl shift k, and use ripple delete with shift delete to automatically adjust the timeline.

Master the slip tool to subtly move the contents of a clip within a track. Clone clips with alt and use the slide tool to adjust timing and duration.

Learn to add and customize video transitions in Premiere Pro, edit transitions in the effects control, adjust length and alignment, and try options like cross dissolve and zoom.

Apply effects controls to position, scale, rotation, opacity, and blend modes on stacked videos. Create and edit keyframes to design and reverse simple animations, including duplication and reset actions.

Create and animate basic shapes in Adobe Premiere Pro using rectangle, ellipse, and polygon tools. Edit fill, stroke, and shadows, and apply auto keyframes to transform, rotate, and scale shapes.

Create a simple After Effects animation using opacity, scale, and rotation keyframes, duplicating and swapping frames for fade in and out, and learn timing and speed remapping basics.

Control music volume in Premiere Pro by using the pen tool to create keyframes, shaping volume over time and adjusting the waveform by adding points.

Learn to create and animate masks in After Effects with ellipse, polygon, and pen tools, adjusting feather, expansion, and opacity, including inversion and animated mask path.

Create and customize text in Premiere Pro with the Type tool, using Essential Graphics to align, position, scale, rotate, color, stroke, background, and shadow, then save and apply text styles.

Master the vertical text tool in Premiere, write text vertically, adjust shadows and colors, and animate rotation, scale, and position, including masking and feathering via effects control for text animation.

Learn to create text animations in After Effects using the type tool, essential graphics, center alignment, color, and keyframe-driven position and opacity to craft dynamic titles.

Export a specific part of your sequence with in and out marks. Render as MP4 with adjustable bit rate and frame settings, then publish to YouTube.

Create a rolling text animation in Adobe Premiere Pro by using essential graphics, centering the text, adjusting pre and post roll, and editing in the text panel.

Learn to transcribe audio to text, create and edit captions in Premiere Pro, adjust timing and style with essential graphics, and build captioned motivational videos.

Mark in and mark out to render the chosen portion, then export media. Adjust bitrate to control the estimated file size, balancing quality with options like 4K and 1080 HD.

Export your course subtitles from Adobe Premiere Pro after transcribing, saving as a transcript, text file, or CSV file, and optionally import subtitles and run a spell check.

Master applying and animating video effects with presets and a wide range of tools, from blur variations and color corrections to lens distortion and lens flare.

Apply effects to multiple clips using an adjustment layer; create, position, scale, rotate, and mask with feather, then animate it to affect all layers below.

Apply effects to hide a face by using fast blur or mosaic, create and adjust an ellipse mask, and use face-tracking to automatically follow the subject.

Drag music into a sequence, label audio types in the essential sound tab, and adjust loudness, ducking, and presets for dialogue, music, SFX, or ambience.

Learn color grading with Lumetri Colors to transform footage, using auto corrections, presets, white balance, temperature, saturation, exposure, and contrast, plus curves and vignette controls.

Learn to use proxies in Adobe Premiere Pro to edit smoothly by creating proxies, enabling the proxy toggle, and applying effects that reflect on the original high-resolution video.

Color grade in Adobe Premiere Pro using the color workspace, Lumetri Scopes, and white balance, adjusting exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, and blacks for balanced footage.

Learn to apply selective color grading in Adobe Premiere Pro by using hue and saturation curves to target blue and green colors for precise saturation control.

Record your voice in Adobe Premiere Pro by selecting the audio track and clicking the mic button to start after a countdown, then stop and apply audio transitions or effects.

Right-click the track, select scene edit detection, and analyze to automatically cut the footage into pieces. Then move any piece to any place to refine the edit.