Introduction

The goal of today is continue to learn how to use the video editing software Adobe Premiere Pro. You are going to use this software to create a 1-2 minute video montage: “Pets of Intro to Digital Studies.” I’m intentionally leaving the instructions a bit more open-ended - I would encourage you to explore and troubleshoot any problems you run into together.

Your building blocks

Download the .zip file posted to the #in-class Slack channel and extract it to a sub-folder in your computer’s folder for this class (Windows instructions, Mac instructions). In this folder I’ve included some files to get you started:

• A collection of image files of your pets that were posted to Slack at the beginning of the semester
• Audio file to use as background music (.mp3 file)

In addition to these files, download a few pet videos posted by your classmates on the in-class Slack channel.

Things to include

Your goal is to create a short video that includes as much of the following as possible:

• A mix of videos, audio, images, and overlaid text (ex. “Pets of Intro to Digital Studies”)
• Use the Razor Tool to split one video in half, then place one of the images a pet in between the two split video segments.
• Add a Cross Disolve transition between two different videos (Tutorial)
• Add an audio fade-in and/or fade-out (Tutorial)
• Export your project content as a single new video file using the settings Format: H.264 and Match Source: Medium Bitrate. Make sure to rename the Output Name to yourlastname-pets.mp4 and upload it to the #in-class Slack channel.

Other Relevant Tutorials

• Create a project and import media
• Adding clips and creating sequences
• Adding Images and Text
• Trimming clips