Premiere Pro Beginner Workshop 2-day

DAY 1: Getting Started with Premiere Pro

Goal: Understand the interface, organize media, and start editing confidently.

✅ Introduction to Premiere Pro & industry use cases

✅ Setting up a new project: scratch disks, sequence settings, frame rates

✅ Organizing media: best practices for folders, bins, labels, and naming conventions

✅ Importing footage, audio, and images

✅ Source Monitor vs. Timeline: understanding how edits are made

✅ Basic editing tools: Razor, Selection, Ripple Edit, Slip/Slide

✅ Creating your first edit: rough assembly using drag-and-drop and overwrite/insert

techniques

✅ Adding audio and simple transitions

✅ Exporting your first cut: basic export settings and file formats

📂 Assignment: Organize and edit a 30-second scene using the provided footage

DAY 2: Building Structure and Working with Sound & Titles

Goal: Gain confidence in assembling short scenes and understanding the foundations of

sound and visual polish.

✅ Building continuity: J-cuts, L-cuts, and basic pacing techniques

✅ Working with sound: levels, balance, and audio track types

✅ Adding music and ambient sound for tone

✅ Titles and lower thirds: how to add and customize text

✅ Using markers and color labels for workflow

✅ Understanding sequences and timelines (for social, YouTube, and film)

✅ Reviewing export settings in detail (H.264, ProRes, presets)

✅ Troubleshooting common beginner mistakes

✅ Quick intro to keyboard shortcuts and creating a custom workspace

📂 Final Project: Edit a 60–90 second sequence with dialogue, music, and titles.

Course Code - PR-L1
Entry Level