Editing guide

Grace Hardy
STEP-BY-STEP EDITING GUIDE TO
USING ‘ADOBE PREMIER PRO
CS6’

• To firstly edit your footage you have
recently filmed, you need to import the
footage from the camera onto your hard
drive. Firstly take out your SD memory
card from the card slot from your
camera
• Then insert you SD card into a reader and plug it
into the USB port of your hard drive. Then take the
usual procedure and open up the removable
device you have just plugged in. Move the footage
from the usual footage folder and copy it into a
new folder on your hard drive by dragging so it will
be copied

• If you are using one of the Haydon School
computers, Go to ‘Start’ and click on the
folder called ‘Media Applications’. Here
you will find various ‘Adobe’ applications.
You will need to select ‘Adobe Premier Pro
CS6’ to edit your footage
• When you have clicked on ‘Adobe Premier Pro
CS6’, you will be presented with the screen which
has been displayed above. When you are
presented this this screen, select ‘New Project’
which will be the first icon out of the three

• When you have clicked on the ‘New Project’ option a
window will appear where you will have to include
the video, audio and capture format. This is
important do when you are rendering the playback
when editing the footage. At the bottom of the
window you are able to choose the location where
you will be saving the project and what you would
like to name it.
• When you have decided on the video, audio and
capture format, you will then have to decided the
correct workspace that matches the frame width
and height of the footage You can also select the
presets for the audio settings and frame rate which
match the footage you have recorded
• Here you when you have
selected the preset you
might want. You are able to
see if it matches the footage
details. This conveys the
recommended settings of
the frame rate (24 fps),
frame width and height
(W:720 H:1280)
• To be able to see what
folder contains the right
setting, it will be displayed
with a number which has
your frame rate and
footage width

• When you have set the correct workspace settings to edit
your footage, you will then be presented with a
workspace which includes a timeline, a video space and
a space where you can select the footage which you have
imported from your SD card.
• To begin editing the footage you have recorded you will
have to import the footage from the new folder you have
created and put the footage into the ‘Media Browser’ bin
in ‘Adobe Premier Pro CS6’ which is conveyed above
• This part of the workspace allows you to
select what location your footage can be
found so you can drag it onto the
timeline so you can edit it.
• This bar indicates where you
can select the ‘Media Browser’
window to get your footage

• When you have located the footage which you have imported from your SD card,
you can drag and drop it into the timeline directly opposite so you can edit the
video and audio footage. Be sure to place it into the ‘Video 1’ so you have room
to place any overlapping images or titles in ‘Video 2’ or ‘Video 3’
• If you would like to add anymore additional
footage to play after the first piece just simply put
it right next to the footage. You will know when it
will be played after the first piece of footage when
a black line appears. This has been highlighted
with a red box in the screenshot below

• On the column at the left of your footage and
audio timeline, you will be able to see a icon
which looks like a razor blade. This tool can be
used to cut any video or audio footage you would
like to move to a different area of your timeline,
save one piece for a particular part of your
project or delete it completely. The cut piece of
footage or audio will have a line where you have
cut it. This has been highlighted by a red box in
the image. You are able to move the cut video or
audio to another part of your project by simply
just dragging it across. If you want to delete a cut
piece of video or audio you can just press the
‘Delete’ key on your keyboard when the piece of
footage or audio has been selected. You can get
the piece of footage or audio you deleted by
accident by going to ‘File’ then ‘Undo’ at the tabs
at the top of the programme.

• On the same bar where the ‘Media Browser’ is located, there is another option called ‘Effects’. In this option you
can add footage and audio effects and transitions such as: Cross Dissolves which induce fades so you can add a
smooth transition from one piece of footage to the next and Constant Gain so you can have your audio fade in and
out as your project begins and ends. These effects can be easily found by clicking on the ‘Effects’ option in the box
to the left hand side of the video timeline. A drop box will appear and you will be presented with folders which will
be called ‘Video Transitions’, ‘Video Effects’, ‘Audio Transitions’ and ‘Audio Effects’. You will be able to choose which
folder you will need to get the specific effect you wish to apply to your video and your audio.

• To add a video and audio effects and transitions you can select which one you would like by dragging it out of the
folder from the ‘Effects’ option on the left hand side. You can add video and audio effects and transitions at the
beginning and at the end of any piece of footage or audio. You will be able to see where you have placed this effect
as it will be indicated with a small grey rectangle on the beginning or end of your video or audio.

• If you would like to add overlapping text or credits to
you project. Select the tab at the top of your project,
click on ‘New’ and go across and click the ‘Title’ option.
This has been clearly conveyed to the right.

• When you have clicked on ‘Title’ you will be presented with a window which looks like this. On the column to the
left you will be able to choose a text box to add a title or credits or a range of shapes you might want to include.
At the bottom you will be able to choose what text style you would prefer for your project. And on the right you
can edit the font you have chosen if you would like to add a shadow, an outline or even another colour. If you
chose the text box tool you and create a text box in the square in the middle and type what you want to include.

• When you have typed what you want the text to say, click the ‘X’ button and your title will be found in the ‘Project’
bin which can be found next to the ‘Media Browser’ tab. You can drag the text that you want to use onto your
editing timeline and place it in the ‘Video 2’ line if you would like the text to overlap your footage like a caption.
Or if you would like your text to be the only thing which is being shown, place it in the ‘Video 1’ line where your
main footage has been placed.

• After you have edited all the audio and
footage the way you want it to be you
can then render your footage out of
‘Adobe Premier Pro CS6’ into a video
file (mp4). Before you render your
project you need to make sure the bar
at the top of your project time line
covers the length of all the video and
audio footage you want to include in
your project. This bar conveys a grey
bar with two orange ends. You can
stretch this bar so it covers the footage
and audio you would like. An easy way
to do this is to double-click on the three
vertical lines in the middle of this bar.
You will know when the bar has
completely covered all your footage
when a black line appears on the end.

• To finally export your footage from ‘Adobe Premier Pro CS6’ so it renders into a video file (mp4), go to the tab at
the top of the programme once again, click ‘File’ and go to the bottom where it says ‘Export’. When toy have
clicked on ‘Export’ you will then have an option where you can choose what you would like to export. You will
have to click on ‘Media’ as you will be exporting the media features of your project which is the video and the
audio.

• When you have clicked the ‘Media’ option,
a window like this image above will pop
up. In this window you will be able to set
the format of your video file (mp4). For
exporting footage of this type the
recommended format would be ‘H.264’.
By clicking on the orange text which would
usually say ‘Sequence 1.mp4’, you can
click on this to change the set name to
what you would like it to say and then you
can decide where you would like to render
to.
• When setting the video details for your project you can pick the ‘Video’ option in the tab in the
middle. Here you can insert the video width and height which we already established are: W:720
H:1280 and the frame rate as: 24 fps. You can check if these are the correct settings from looking
at the video example to the left. If you are able to see that there are any black lines surrounding
your footage you may have to change the frame width and height so your footage fits.
• Here you can see all the details of your
project. E.g: Name, Saved folder, WxH,
Audio settings ect..

• Next to the ‘Video’ tab there is a ‘Audio’
tab as well where you can set the
recommended settings for the audio file
you have placed in your project. You can
decide the Audio Code, Sample Rate and
Audio Channels. The recommended
settings I would decide for my audio would
be: Audio Code: AAC, Sample Rate: 44100,
Channels: Stereo. You can make sure that
you are exporting the audio as well as the
video by checking the tick-boxes just above
the ‘Summary’

• Next to the ‘Audio’ tab there is a
‘Multiplexer’ tab. This is the last tab you
will have to select when you are exporting
your project from ‘Adobe Premier Pro CS6’.
The basic settings of the ‘Multiplexer’ tab
you will have to set is the multiplexer and
the stream compatibility. The multiplexer
option will be set to ‘MP4’ as this is the
correct file format for a video file.

• The last step you will have to take to export your footage is to click on the ‘Export’ button at the bottom of the
window. Wait until the bar has reached 100 percent and go to the folder where you have rendered your project
to and you will be finished.

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