2014
Lynda
Abba Shapiro
2:06
English

Cutting stills and video with music is an essential skill for any editor. So join Premiere Pro guru Abba Shapiro in this course, as he shows how to cut a music-based slideshow (still images with music) and cut a music montage (video clips with music) in Premiere Pro CC. Learn how to read an audio waveform, place markers on beats, and fine-tune the timing of your cuts. The course also introduces several workflows to reduce the time it takes to create a music-based edit.

Introduction
Welcome
Using the exercise files
1. Essential Skills for Cutting to Music
Optimizing audio files for import
Viewing and reading a waveform
Prepping your music bed
How to change the duration of music with editing
Placing markers on the beat
Cutting to the beat vs. cutting with the beat
Locking and sync-locking audio
2. Creating Music-Based Slideshows
Preparing your images for import
Importing and organizing images for the edit
Editing to markers
Editing with the Automate to Sequence command
Adjusting the size of images
Adding movement to images, with keyframes
3. Refining Your Cut
Replacing images in the Timeline
Changing clip order
Refining edit timing
Adding transitions
4. Editing a Musical Montage
Determining the tempo of the music and the strategy for the edit
Quick-cut editing
Timing action: Slip edits
Targeting action: Match frame
Quick trimming techniques
Adding and trimming sound bites
Using effects to add sizzle
5. Mixing Music and Primary Audio
Planning your mix
Mixing levels with track automation
Using keyframes and the Pen tool to mix
6. Enhancing Music
Using an EQ effect to enhance music
Using other effects in Audition
Retiming music with Premiere Pro
Retiming music with Audition
Changing the pitch and key of music with Audition
Conclusion
Next steps

Download File Size:1.45 GB

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