Tech 1: 120 Min

This technical seminar builds upon the foundational understanding of Premiere Pro learned in Fundamentals of Doc Filmmaking I (or equivalent experience). This tech will review basics on video and audio editing, sync sound, basic visual effects (including color grading and clip stabilization) and some advanced editing in the sequences. There is an optional section for more advanced editing work that you can complete at the end of the tech, or at a later time if you choose to.

This tech will be guided by an Instructor from the Post Production Center, students must work along with the guidance and check off each task as it is performed. The professor, tech instructor and a TA will be present during the tech. Students are encouraged to ask questions as they move through the material. Students must also remain present until they reach the optional portion of the tech outline below.

Some sections have links to video tutorials, which you may use for review at any time in the future.

If you have ANY questions about Premiere, visit the Post-Production Center for support. They are available Mon-Fri 9am-10pm and Sat & Sun 10am-9pm. They can be reached in person on the 11th floor, or you can call 212-998-1736, or email ppc-team@nyu.edu.

Notes:

• You will need class exercise footage shot on an SD memory card to work through this tech.

BEFORE CLASS, PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

• Check out the  Hard Drive Requirements and Computer Specifications
• Format your hard Drive: On a Mac or PC (if no drive, create folder on Media Drive).
• No Exfat formatted Drives please!

1. REVIEW - Getting Started 
If/when students want to review this material, they can find it covered here:

Getting Started (12:24)

• Download the FOD II Premiere Folder Structure Template onto your external hard drive.

• Duplicate the folder structure so you will have a template for future projects.
• In your duplicated folder, rename the root folders as follows Edit Exercise_1
• Retrieve footage from SD card into the appropriate folder..
• Make sure you drag and drop the ENTIRE contents of your SD card into the “MEDIA” folder on your drive (Media->Raw_Footage) (best practice: make a subfolder with the date of your shoot).
• When using multiple cards, make sure to have separate folders for each card on your Drive.

• Open Premiere

• Create a New Project Called - LastName_EditExercise_1

Guide:  Premiere: Creating a New Project

• SAVE this new project in the 1. PROJECTS (Premiere Pro) folder

• Set scratch disks and Autosave Location.
• Create the following Bins in your project:

• Sequences
• Footage
• Archival
• Audio
• Music

2.  Importing Media and Proxy workflow

If/when students want to review this material, they can find it covered here:

Importing Media (9:43)

• Import footage into your Raw Footage Bin via Media Browser (By importing via Media Browser you do not lose metadata)
• Go over creating and working with Proxies using the OA 4K footage.
• Go over modifying Audio Clips from Stereo to dual mono.

3. Editing in the sequence:

If/when students want to review this material, they can find it covered here:

Working on the Timeline (15:25)

• Create a New Sequence from a clip and rename it as Edit Exercise I and move it to the Sequences bin.
• In the Source Monitor, practice using the JKL keys to scrub through footage
• In the Sourse Monitor, practice using the I and O keys to mark in and out points of some of the best parts of the footage (which are the close-up/insert shots.

• Once you have marked your IN and OUT points, add clips from your Source Monitor into your Timeline.
• You can add clips using the INSERT or OVERWRITE tools
• You can also add clips by dragging them from the Source Monitor into your timeline

• Practice the following ways to REMOVE CLIPS from a sequences:
• To remove a clip and leave the space where it was, select the clip and press Delete (macOS) or Backspace (Windows).
• To remove a clip and automatically close the gap, select the clip and press Shift+Delete (Windows) or Shift+fn+Delete (macOS).
• Select multiple clips by clicking them while holding down the Shift key.
• Undo your changes by pressing Control+Z (Windows) or Command+Z (macOS).
• To select just the video or audio part of a linked clip, right-click the clip and choose Unlink.
• You can turn video and audio linking off or on for the whole sequence by clicking the Linked Selection button at the top left of the Timeline panel.
• Practice the following ways to MOVE CLIPS IN A SEQUENCE:
• To change the order of clips in your sequence, drag a clip to a new position, leaving a gap and overwriting whatever is there when you drop it.
• Hold Control (Windows) or Command (macOS) while dragging a clip to insert the clip at its new location and push existing clips to the right.
• Use the Track Select Forward tool to select every clip from where you click to the end of the sequence.
• Use the Razor tool to divide a clip into two pieces you can move separately.

4.  Students to Ingest their own footage to their projects.

END PART I

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Tech 2: 150 Min

1. Working with Audio

If students want to review this material, they can find it here:  Working with Audio (16:16)

• Visit the Soundsnap SFX Library

• Login→ Username: NYUSoundFX     PW: NYU77!
• Look up SFX that could go with your project and download the ones you want to use in your cut to your SFX folder on your external hard drive in 004_Media’s→Audio→SoundEffects

• Create a bin in your Premiere project for SFX
• Import your SFX via Media Browser into your SFX Bin
• Bring SFX into your timeline

• TIP: Keep all SFX on one audio track (or two, if necessary)

• Expand Audio tracks
• Try using “solo” and “mute” buttons.
• Change audio level using Audio Clip mixer.
• Change audio level directly on the clip in sequence.
• Keyframe your audio
• Add in Constant Power crossfades between clips.
• Use Denoise Effect. Practice copying onto multiple clips
• Add a track for room tone. Add room tone into the new track.
• Explore Audio Workspace.
• Show how to Add Audio Effects (Denoise, and EQ)
• Take a look at the meters to the right of your timeline - you want to check that your audio never hits the red and stays mainly in the green (-12ish)

• TIP: Do not trust your headphones or your speakers! You can raise/lower the volume on your computer, but that doesn’t change the volume of the audio within the project. You must do a final pass before you export and keep your eyes on the meter to the right of your timeline to make sure it doesn’t go into the red.

• Download music that you want to use in your cut to your Exercise 1 folder.

• This goes into Media > 3. Audio > 1. Music
• Import your music via Media Browser into your Music Bin
• Bring music into your timeline

• Working with multiple audio tracks

2.  Working with Effects
If students want to review this material, they can find it here:  Working with Effects (10:55) 

• Select clip and open Effect Controls window to explore built in effects.
• Check out the Effect panel in the lower right panel.
• Add Gaussian Blur. Try it with keyframes.
• Add Warp Stabilizer effect on a clip.

• TIP: The shorter the clip you are trying to warp stabilize, the greater likelihood of success

• Change Speed Clip/Duration
• Add an adjustment layer - use effect on the adjustment layer
• Choose a clip and color grade it using the Lumetri Color Effect tool

• TIP: Color grading is how you fix white balance issues. Lumetri is one of many ways to color grade, but is the most recommended option for you to use this semester.
• OPTIONAL: Color Grading for the Colorblind

• Try Lumetri Color effect in Color Panel
• Video Transitions - add a cross dissolve between clips

Placing Effects on Multiple Clips (3:54)

• Use Paste Attributes to copy effects from one clip and put on multiple
• Go back to the history panel and undo all of the previous video effects if you are not wanting to keep them as part of your final cut

• TIP: this concept is also mentioned in the section on Audio Effects. It’s the same principle.

3. TITLES & TRANSCRIPTION  

If/when students want to review this material, they can find it covered here:

Adobe Premiere Pro - Working with Titles  8:00

Adobe Premiere Pro - Transcription and Captions 12:32

• Create a title card that includes “Edited by” and your name
• Add this title card to the beginning of your cut
• Try a “Lower Third”
• Use the Transcription tools to transcribe a sequence.
• Export transcript to text
• Caption sequence (just to learn how, you can undo this)

4. Downloading and Editing Archival Footage

If/when students want to review this material, they can find it covered here:

Adobe Premiere Pro - Working with Archival Footage  10:41

• Go over downloading Archival Footage.
•  Go over working with mixed formats and resolutions on the timeline.

5. Exporting

If/when students want to review this material, they can find it covered here:

Exporting Media   4:45

FOR DELIVERY

• Export an H.265 file and upload the resulting quicktime file to our class NYU Stream Channel.
• OPTIONAL: Some Instructors will ask you to also upload your Apple ProRes 422 HD file to the Class GoogleDive in the appropriate folder.

• Be sure to choose your export destination as the Exports folder and to rename the export as follows: Exercise#_LastName_FirstName_Title
• If you ignored audio as you made your edits, uncheck the “Export Audio” box, and only your video will be exported
• Export an H.265 version of you cut
• Preview your export (it should open in Quicktime).

Q&A Session (20 min approximately)

6. Advanced Editing Tools (TIME PERMITTING)

• Keyboard Shortcuts (4:59)

• Test out the keyboard shortcuts on the footage in your timeline - these will ultimately save you a lot of time

• Intro to Ripple Trim (4:50)

• Begin fine tuning the assembly by using the trim tool

• Slip and Slide Tool (6:18)

• Continue fine tuning the assembly by using the slip and slide tool

7. Split Screens (TIME PERMITTING)

Video:  How to create a split screen effect 12:42