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Part I ✦ Getting Started with Premiere

5. Press the Return/Enter key or choose Timeline ➪ Preview. If you don’t see

the transparency effect, render the area by pressing Shift+Return/Enter.

Adding and fading in the audio track

Now that the majority of editing is complete, it’s time to add the audio track.

Fortunately, the Timeline treats audio much the same as it treats video. To place

the audio track in the Timeline, follow these steps:

1. Listen to the Background Music clip by double-clicking it in the Project win-

dow. After the clip opens in the Monitor window, click the Play button.

2. Drag the Background Music clip from the Project window to the Audio 1

track in the Timeline window. Line the beginning of the audio track with the

beginning of the video track.

3. Expand the Audio 1 track by clicking the triangle icon at the far left of the

track.

4. Click the Display Volume Rubberbands icon (the red square).

5. Click the red rubberband line to create an anchor point about two seconds

before the clip ends.

6. Click and drag the end of the red rubberband downward so that it gradu-

ally moves down.

7. Preview your project to see the production and hear the fade-out. If you

want to fine-tune the effect, use the mouse to edit the Rubber Band icon

beneath the audio track.

See Chapter 6 to learn more about Premiere’s audio features.

Fine-tuning the project

The project you’ve worked on is a simple introduction to editing in premiere. Feel

free to enhance, change, and re-edit as you desire. If you want, create a fade up from

black or fade out to black. You can create pure black video and place it in a video

track. To create black, choose File ➪ New ➪ Black Video. This command places the

black video clip into the Project window. From there you can drag it into the time

line. If you want to fade in or out, place it in track Video 2.

Exporting your first movie

When you finish editing your movie, you can export it in a variety of different for-

mats. Premiere enables you to export movies in video formats such as QuickTime,

RealVideo, and Advanced Windows Media, as well as formats for DVD discs. The

Cross-

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