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A Digital Video Primer
Nonlinear editing
It’s nally time to put it all together. Nonlinear editing (NLE) makes editing and assembling
your production as easy and as exible as word processing. Once your raw materials are in your
computer, you can edit, alter, adjust, and recongure them, over and over again, with a few
mouse clicks. In this section, we’ll introduce you to some of the basic concepts of NLE, as well as
give you an overview of Adobe Premiere Pro.
Getting to know NLE tools
e Adobe Premiere Pro interface provides many of the tools and methods that are familiar to
seasoned professionals who may have learned their cra working on costly high-end systems.
But even though Adobe Premiere Pro is loaded with professional features, it is also easy for
beginning video enthusiasts to learn and use. Because of its exibility and many customization
options, Adobe Premiere Pro is a good choice for beginners and experts alike.
Most of the work takes place in these panels of the workspace:
• Project panel, where assets are managed
• Monitor panels, where video being edited is viewed
• Timeline panel, where the actual editing takes place
e Adobe Premiere Pro user interface consists of a workspace containing multiple panels for
tasks such as editing, monitoring, managing a project, capturing video, creating titles, applying
and controlling eects, and mixing audio. You can create any number of customized workspaces
by selecting, grouping, and laying out the panels. For example, you could create a workspace for
general editing and another for working with eects. You can also create a free-oating panel by
undocking it from a group. For example, you can undock the Program Monitor and drag it to a
second video monitor in a dual-monitor system. Additionally, Adobe Premire Pro comes with a
number of precongured workspaces.
In the main Adobe Premiere Pro workspace, manage content with the Project panel, trim edit points, and view clips and edited video
in the Program Monitor, and build your project on the Timeline.
Monitor panels
Timeline panel
Project panel
Adobe Premiere Pro
The real-time editing solution for professional
video production