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EASY VIDEO EDITING WITH ADOBE PREMIERE 6.5.

1. Choose a preset.

Use this preset for

your PAL camera.

2. Set your Scratch Disk.

1. Make sure you set your Scratch Disk.

Everything you capture will go here.
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2. Decide where you want to store all

your footage by choosing “Select

3. Choose the folder you want.

4. Or make a new folder.

3. Capture your footage.

1. Choose Movie Capture to put

footage on your hard drive.

2. Press Play to start the camera. Make sure

the camera is in “Play/Edit” or “VCR” mode.

3. Press Record to start capturing.

4. Press Stop to stop capturing.

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4. Drag your video file into the timeline.

Left click, hold on the mouse button, You will see it appear
and drag into Video 1A or 1B. in Video 1A, with the
audio in Audio 1.

5. If you want to add audio.

1. Right click in the Project Bin

and choose Import -> File.
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2. Choose the MP3 (or

other audio file) you want.

3. Drag the MP3 file

from the Project Bin
into an audio channel,
like Audio 2.

6. If you want to delete the audio but keep the video (delinking).

1. Choose the Delink tool.

2. Click on the video

channel you wish to delink.

3. Click on the audio track

linked to the video track
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4. The audio track will now turn

blue; simply press delete if you
want to remove it.

7. Changing the volume of the audio.

1. Right click on the audio track

you wish to adjust the volume of
and choose Audio Options ->
Audio Gain.

2. Choose the appropriate %; <100

makes it quieter, >100 makes it louder.

3. Choose OK.
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8. Adding a title.

1. Choose File->New->Title.

2. Click on where you wish to

write your text and type it.

3. Change the Font, Font

size, or Color, if you wish.

4. Save the file.

5. Close the title designer.
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6. Drag the title file into the

video 2 or above in the timeline.

7. Put it in the right place

and for the right time.

9. Changing the length of the video or the audio using the selection tool.

1. Left click on the

selection tool.

2. Bring your mouse to the

end or beginning of the video
file you wish to change.

3. Left click on the

mouse and drag
the point to the
new position.
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10. Changing the length of the video or the audio using the razor tool.

1. Left click on the razor tool.

2. Place the razor tool on the frame that

you wish to make the cut and left click.

11. Adding transitions.

1. Choose the transition you want.

2. Drag it into the

Transitions channel
between two overlapping
video tracks.
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12. Fading audio or video in and out.

1. Choose the
Selection Tool.
3. Left click on the red line (the
“rubberband”) to mark the point
where you want the fade to end (for
a fade-in) or start (for a fade-out).
2. Click on the triangle to
expand the track and view
the “rubberbands”.

4. Pull the start or end down to the bottom. Note

that this is the same idea for video or audio, but it will
only work on video in Video 2 or above channels.
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13. Adding more video or audio tracks.

Click on Timeline-> and choose

Add Video Track or Add Audio
Track.

14. Moving Multiple Video Tracks in the Timeline.

1. Choose the MultiTrack Select tool.

2. Drag all the tracks to the area you want.

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15. Changing the size of location of a video track on your video frame.

1. Open the Distort menu

and choose Transform.

2. Drag the Transform effect on each

video track you wish to apply it to.

4. Enable the Transparency effect.

3. Change the scale height and width to a

different % and change the Position to a
different (x,y) location. Double click to change.

5. Choose on Alpha Channel on the

Transparency effect.
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16. Making video appear in slow or fast motion or backwards.

1. Select the clip you wish to change the

speed of by left clicking on it.

2. Choose Clip->Speed.

3. Choose a different rate; >100% will speed it up,

<100% will slow it down. If you choose –100%, the
clip will play backwards.

17. Changing the background color.

1. Choose File->New->Color Matte.

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3. Give the color a name and press OK.

2. Choose a color you like and press OK.

Drag the new Color Matte into the timeline under the files that you want to have
the background under. NOTE: This can only be done in Video 2 or above, and
only if the files over the background are in the Alpha Channel (see 15.5).

18. Adding Motion to a Clip.

1. Select the clip you wish to add motion to in

the timeline and then choose Motion.
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2. Choose the Start and End points of the motion you wish to create, and press OK.

19. Exporting your completed Timeline.

1. Choose File -> Export Timeline->Movie.

2. Give the movie a name and press Save.

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20. Exporting for the Web.

1. Choose File->Export Timeline-

>Advanced Windows Media.

2. Choose this option

and press OK.