• An essential resource for anyone who wants to get up and running with this popular video-editing application, from amateur and hobbyist filmmakers to professionals who want to explore the possibilities of editing on a PC
• Explains how to shoot good footage, get digital video onto a PC, set up a Premiere production studio, edit clips, add effects, work with audio, and output the finished product or share it online
• Released day and date with the new software version, the book covers the latest Premiere features and improvements
• Keith Underdahl, the author of Digital Video For Dummies (0-7645-4114-5) and other books on digital video, has broad experience as both an amateur videographer and professional video producer

Contents

• Introduction
• Introducing Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Getting to Know Premiere Pro
  • Setting Up Your Production Studio
  • Getting Premiere Pro Ready to Work
• Gathering Footage
  • A Crash Course in Video Production
  • Starting and Managing Your Movie Projects
  • Capturing, Importing, and Managing Media
• Editing in Premiere Pro
  • Editing Clips
  • Working with the Timeline
  • Transitioning Between Clips
  • Improving Your Video Images
  • Compositing and Animating Clips
  • Affecting Effects in Your Movies
  • Working with Audio
  • Giving Credit with Titles
• Wrapping Up Your Project
  • Finalizing the Project
  • Sending Your Project to the World Wide Web
  • Exporting Your Movie to Tape
  • Recording DVDs
• The Part of Tens
  • Ten Movie-Making Tips and Tricks
  • Ten Essential Software Add-Ons for Adobe Premiere
  • Ten Tools (and Toys) for Your Production Studio
• Appendix
• Index