If you are a new-comer to Adobe Premiere Pro, but have a basic understanding of non-linear editing systems, here is a quick tutorial on how to use the Razor Tool in Adobe Premiere Pro. You’ll be up and editing in no time!

1. Step 1

   Open Premiere Pro, start a project and save it.

2. Step 2

   Import footage into your project, by going to File, Import.

3. Step 3

   From the Project window, click on the file that is your footage and drag it into the Timeline below.

4. Step 4

   In the program monitor window, play your footage until you get to the part you want to cut or edit. In the monitor control window, you can step forward or backward frame by frame, using the arrow keys to the right and left of the play button, to get it to the exact point where you want to make the cut.

5. Step 5

   At the bottom of the Timeline, on the left hand side, underneath all the controls for Video and Audio, there is an arrow that you can drag to the left or right, to expand your footage view. Here you can view your footage in the Timeline by minute, second or frame. Drag that arrow all the way to the right, to view footage by in frames.

6. Step 6

   In your tool window, select on the Razor Tool.

7. Step 7

   Go back over your to your footage in the Timeline, and click directly on the footage where you want to make the cut with the Razor Tool. This creates a cut in the footage and you can now click on and drag that footage out, or to another place in the Timeline.

8. Step 8

   Repeat steps until you have the edit you want. You can import multiple footage clips into your project and Timeline, and edit back and forth between all clips.

People make mistakes. Luckily in Premiere Pro they are easy to undo. If you change your mind or commit an error, there are several ways to revise your work. Keep in mind you can undo only those actions that alter the video in the program.

1. Step 1

   To undo the most recent change, go to Edit, and then Undo. You can sequentially undo up to 100 changes within the project, assuming you have not closed and re-opened the project.

2. Step 2

   You can also jump to a specific state of the project since the project was opened, by selecting an item in the History panel.

3. Step 3

   Undo all recent changes made since the last time you saved the project by going to “File,” and then “Revert.”

4. Step 4

   If you must undo changes that were made before the last time you saved a project, open a previous version of your project from your Auto-Save folder. Then go to “File” and “Save As.” Store the project in a location outside of the Auto-Save folder.

5. Step 5

   To stop a change that Adobe Premiere Pro is processing (any time you see a progress bar), press the “Esc” key.

6. Step 6

   To close a dialog box without applying changes, click “Cancel.”

7. Step 7

   To reset any applied effect back to its default value, click the “Reset” button for that effect from within the Effect Controls panel.

If you are a new-comer to Adobe Premiere Pro, but have a basic understanding of non-linear editing systems, you may want to add music to your edited footage, or try making a music video. If you are looking for a way to bring some excitement to your video edits, it is easy to bring music files into Adobe Premiere Pro.

1. Step 1

   Open Premiere Pro, start a project and save it.

2. Step 2

   Go to File, and Import.

3. Step 3

   Find the file where you have it saved, and click on it. If your music is not saved to your computer and you only have it on CD, find the CD file, and locate the track you want to use. Click OK.

4. Step 4

   Bring the file into a timeline by clicking on it and dragging it into one of the Audio tracks in the Timeline.

5. Step 5

   You can now use the Audio track of the file to edit your video footage to.

The Trim Monitor in Adobe Premiere Pro displays a clip’s “In” and “Out” points at a specific cut so that you can see which frames you are cutting out. In your Premiere Pro workspace, the monitor on the left side shows the clip to the left of the edit point, and the monitor on the right side shows the clip to the right of the cut.

1. Step 1

   To open the Trim Monitor, first click on the “Trim” button at the bottom right corner of the Program Monitor. The monitor will open in a pop-up window.

2. Step 2

   To preview an edit, click the “Play Edit” button. You may also choose to loop the clip, to continuously preview, by clicking the “Loop” button.

3. Step 3

   You can set the number of frames that will be trimmed automatically by using the “Multiple-Frame in” button or the “Multiple-Frame Trim-out” button. Choose these by going to “Edit,” then “Preferences,” then “Trim.”

4. Step 4

   You can cancel an edit, by pressing Ctrl+Z, or utilizing the “History” palette.

5. Step 5

   To close the Trim Monitor, click the close box (X) in the upper right corner of the Trim Monitor.

Now that high definition is the new standard in television and home theater video equipment, you may want to know what can be done to keep your old movies looking their best. High definition offers up to two and a half times the display resolution of the old standard. In this guide, we will show you how to scale up standard video using Adobe Premiere CS3 and Topaz Enhance software. We will assume your movies have already been transferred to your computer.

1. Step 1

   Open a new project in Adobe Premiere Pro and designate the project type as “HDV 720p30.”

2. Step 2

   Import your original movie files into the Adobe Premiere Pro project by selecting “File” and “Import” from the menu.

3. Step 3

   Drag the imported files onto the sequence time line. Note the file in the program monitor window. The original movie should appear smaller than the new HD movie frame.

4. Step 4

   Select the “Effects” tab, and choose the “Video Effects” folder. Locate the “Topaz Enhance” plug-in folder and select “Enlarge” from the list of available effects. Use your mouse to drag the effect onto the video clip you placed in the time line.

5. Step 5

   Select the “Effect Controls” tab and expand the “Enlarge” effect to display the plug-in controls. Adjust the “Zoom in” amount until the edges of the original DVD clip touch the vertical edges of the monitor frame. You will have to play the time line sequence to view the effect. If your original clip was shot in full screen, some cropping may occur at the top and bottom of the frame. If the original is wide screen, you still may have some black at the top and bottom, depending on the wide screen format. Either way, you can use Adobe Premiere’s image adjustment controls to reposition or stretch the full screen image to fill the new HD frame. When you are satisfied with the image size and position, proceed to the next step.

6. Step 6

   Select “File,” then “Export,” then “Export to Encore” from the menu. Select “Blu-Ray Disc Single Layer MPEG-2″ for the export type. Make sure “Entire Sequence” is selected for export range. Press the “Settings” button and from the “Preset” pull-down menu, select settings for a 720p Blu-Ray format. Press the “OK” button. Pressing “OK” again will begin transcoding the video and copying it to your Blu-Ray disc burner.

Digital cameras have allowed computer owners to produce and store thousands of photos on their computers, but those who want to do more with the photos can add even more life to them by turning picture files into movies. A movie clip can turn into a slide show or part of an actual editing production. The process is pretty simple and can be done with a lot of programs, but Adobe Premiere Pro is the easiest and offers the best editing options.

1. Step 1

   Open Adobe Premiere Pro and start a new project. Keep the default settings and give the project a name you can remember.

2. Step 2

   Import your photos into the project. Right-click on the “Project” window and click on “Import….” A browser will load. Select all of the pictures that you want to convert into a movie. Click “OK,” and the pictures will load into the project window.

3. Step 3

   Drag a picture down into the “Video 1″ slot in the Timeline window. This will add the picture to your video project. In the Monitor window, you may see only part of your picture, or the picture may be completely cropped. This means you have to adjust the picture to make it fit properly on the screen.

4. Step 4

   Click on the Effects tab in the Project window. Click on “Video Effects” followed by “Distort” and look for the “Transform” option. Click and drag the transform effect over the picture to apply it.

5. Step 5

   Click on the Effect Controls tab in the Monitor window. Make sure that the clip is highlighted in the Timeline window, or no effect options will appear. Click on the arrow next to the Transform option, and a drop-down menu of choices will load. Look for the “Scale Height” option. It should currently be at 100. Click on the “100″ and type in “50″ if the picture is too big. Type in “200″ if the picture is too small. If the changes still do not quite fit, then change the Scale Height numbers until the pictures fits in the project.

6. Step 6

   Change the rotation of the picture if the orientation is wrong. Click and drag the “Rotation” button until the picture rotates to its correct position. The Rotation tool is found directly underneath the Scale Height tool.

7. Step 7

   Repeat this process for any extra pictures you want to add to the project. Remember to save the project. Pictures can take up a lot of memory in a video program.

8. Step 8

   Export your movie by going to “File” > “Export” > “Movie.” Wait for the movie to completely render and then enjoy your JPG photos as a movie file.

High Definition Video (HDV) camcorders using Mini-DV or tapeless formats record video in the same MPEG-2 format supported by a host of video editing and conversion software titles. Whether your camcorder records in 720p, 1080i or 1080p, the same file format is used to encode the HDV format. MP4 is an extension used for the newer H.264 video codec known for outstanding video quality and an even smaller file size than MPEG-2. H.264 is quickly becoming the Internet standard for streaming video.

1. Step 1

   Download Any Video Converter (AVC) from http://www.any-video-converter.com/download-avc-free.php. Install the program and click the “Add Video” button to add your HDV MPEG file to the project window. Use the Profile pull-down menu and select “Customized MP4 Movie.” Click the “Output Folder” button at the bottom left of the program window to select where to save the converted files. Click the “Convert” button to begin the conversion process.

2. Step 2

   Download Super Media Encoder from http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html. Install and open the program. Click the right button of your mouse anywhere within the program window to open the main menu. Select “Add Multimedia File(s)” from the menu and select the MPEG file you want to convert. Select “Output File Saving Management” from the menu to designate the target folder where the converted files will be saved. From the “Select Output Container” pull-down menu, select “MP4.” Press the “Encode (Active Files)” button to begin the conversion process.

3. Step 3

   Open Adobe Media Encoder CS4, which is included with the Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 video editing software. Click the “Add” button to add the HDV MPEG file to the conversion queue. Click the file path under “Output File” and select the destination folder for the converted file. Click the “Settings” button and choose H.264 from the “Format” pull-down menu. Choose the HDV format that matches your source file from the “Preset” pull-down menu and click the “OK” button. Click the “Start Queue” button to begin the conversion process.

The Adobe Premiere Pro program will automatically preserve the aspect ratio of imported assets, or footage, so that the asset does not look distorted when used in a sequence. You can set your preferences to do so automatically or change your options to scale your footage manually.

1. Step 1

   Before you bring footage into a sequence, you can choose to automatically scale imported assets to the project’s default size.

2. Step 2

   Go to Edit, then Preferences, and then General. Choose “Default Scale to Frame Size” and click “OK.”

3. Step 3

   If you want to scale footage manually, you can rescale the asset without distortion if its pixel aspect ratio has been interpreted correctly. Bring the footage into the sequence by dragging it into the timeline. Select it by clicking on it.

4. Step 4

   Open the Effect Controls panel, and click on the small arrow next to the Motion effect. This will reveal the motion controls.

5. Step 5

   Click on the small arrow next to the Scale control to show the Scale slider. Move it to the left or right to decrease or increase the size of the frame.

Adobe Premiere Pro has what’s knows as an “Audio Mixer” a tool you can use to track, edit and change effect options you apply to video/audio tracks. To apply an effect with the Audio Mixer controls, you must use the “Effects and Sends” panel, which contains pop-up menus you can use to apply to up to five effects. Once open, you can add and adjust track effect using the Mixer.

1. Step 1

   Open the program and your project, and make the “Effects and Sends” panel visible by clicking on the “Show/Hide Effects and Sends” triangle, located on the left-hand side of the Audio Mixer panel.

2. Step 2

   To apply an effect to your audio track effect, first click on the effect you want to use in the Effects panel. The Effects panel’s tab is to the right of the Info and History panel tabs.

3. Step 3

   Open your Audio Mixer, and locate the track from within “Effects and Sends” that relates to the track you want the effect to (Audio 1, Audio 2, etc.).

4. Step 4

   You will see a series of grey boxes that have multiple Click the Effect Selection triangle and choose the effect from the pop-up menu

5. Step 5

   Use the controls under the pop-up menu to adjust the effect you added. It looks like a knob you can adjust by clicking on it with your mouse and dragging to the left to decrease, or the right to increase.

Title cards impart information to the viewer in Adobe Premiere Pro. These cards can introduce a character, identify them or clarify important information which may not otherwise be communicated. Throughout a video production, titles can provide transitions from one segment to another.

1. Step 1

   Load Adobe Premiere Pro and create a new project. Select “File,” “New” and then “Project.” Use the aspect ratio and frame size you want your title drawing area to have.

2. Step 2

   Choose “File,” “New” and “Title” to create a new title in Adobe Title Designer.

3. Step 3

   Choose the font size and style for your title card.

4. Step 4

   Choose the “Horizontal Type” tool to begin typing your title card.

5. Step 5

   Click the mouse and type “Title.”

6. Step 6

   Format your text in the “Object Style” area.

7. Step 7

   Create your title card.

8. Step 8

   Choose “File” and “Save” once you have finished your title card. The “Title” file is saved to your hard drive and placed in the current project’s Project window.

9. Step 9

   Close the Title window and drag the title file from the Project window to a video track in the Timeline window in order to place the title in your project.