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Premiere
Quickstart
W
elcome to the world of Adobe Premiere and digital
video. For both experts and beginners alike, Adobe
Premiere 6.5 packs the power you need to create sophisticated
digital video productions. You can create digital movies, docu-
mentaries, sales presentations, and music videos directly from
your desktop computer or laptop. Your digital video produc-
tion can be output to videotape or the Web, or you can inte-
grate it into projects in other programs, such as Adobe After
Effects, Adobe Live Motion, Macromedia Director, and
Macromedia Flash.
This chapter introduces you to the basics of Adobe Premiere:
understanding what it is and what you can do with it. This
chapter also provides a simple Quickstart project to get you
acquainted with the Adobe Premiere production process.
You’ll see how easy it is to load digital video clips and graph-
ics into an Adobe Premiere project and to edit them into a
short presentation. After you’ve completed the editing pro-
cess, you’ll export the movie as either a QuickTime or
Windows Media movie for use in other programs.
What You Can Do with Premiere
Whether you need to create a simple video clip for the Web or
a sophisticated documentary or presentation, Premiere has
the tools you need to create a dynamic video production. In
fact, the best way to think about Premiere is to visualize it as
a complete production facility. You’d need a roomful of video-
tape and special effects equipment to do everything that
Premiere can do.
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In This Chapter
Introduction to
Premiere
Accomplishing tasks
with Premiere
Understanding how
Premiere works
Creating your first
digital video project
Importing production
elements
Viewing and editing
clips
Applying transitions
Exporting your
project as a
QuickTime movie
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