Adobe Premiere for beginners

Premiere Pro for beginners — How to edit videos faster

Learn to quickly review footage, trim clips, and zip around the timeline in this lesson on rough-cutting.

Looking for the first video in this series? Here ya go.

 

Sequence settings

This video will make Premiere's complex web of sequence settings a piece of cake. 🍰

Bookmarks

04:02 → Sequence settings
06:58 → Sequence presets
07:41 → Mixing footage
08:34 → Copying sequences
09:23 → Practice tasks


Timeline navigation

Learn to get around the timeline, starting with beginner basics and ramping up to expert-level moves.

Bookmarks

00:35 → Controlling tracks
03:42 → Program monitor
06:06 → Moving around
10:28 → Rendering
12:04 → Snapping
12:48 → Practice tasks


Icon view

Learn to quickly trim clips and memorize keyboard shortcuts with my Cardi B-inspired editing rap.

Bookmarks

01:40 → In & out points
09:35 → Source patching
13:37 → Footage usage


The source monitor

Learn to preview footage up close and personal in the Source Monitor panel.


Freeform view

I walk through the good and bad of Premiere Pro's recently released Freeform View feature.


Timeline trimming

I'll show you the little-known technique that lets you trim footage at psycho speed.


Bookmarks

01:12 → Trim mode
02:40 → Q & W keys
04:51 → Ripple deleting
05:58 → D key
07:12 → Splitting clips


Assignment

Review what you've learned and get your first assignment.


Mentions

Essential shortcuts PDF

Snatch up a cheat sheet with the Premiere Pro shortcuts I think are worth learning first.

Frame rates tutorial

Understand how to create epic slow motion effects by using the right frame rate.

Shortcuts music video

Memorize trimming shortcuts in Premiere Pro with my Cardi B-inspired editing rap.


The first lesson

 

How to set up your Premiere project

Start at the beginning of this series! You'll learn the right project settings and get a tour of Premiere's ultra-powerful interface.

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