Available PDF Chapters

Accelerated Workflow in Premiere Pro

This chapter is for all you lazy, smart and busy editors out there! And for the editors who’d like to earn some money on their editing!

Due to ever-decreasing budgets, tight deadlines and quick turnaround we need to complete projects faster and speed up our creative timeline with time-saving techniques.

Of all the chapters, this is probably the most unsexy one. But the time you save on accelerating your workflow can be used to create a lot more fun stuff in your film – or just help you get home for dinner, which is also cool!

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This chapter is now obsolete. The chapter has been updated to cover more features added to Premiere Pro since this was released, and is now part of the book. Read more about The Cool Stuff in Premiere Pro here.

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Color Grading in Premiere Pro

Using the techniques explained on these 69 pages on Color Grading in Premiere Pro will bring your film to a new level of awesome!

Download the PDF file below and learn everything about Primary and Secondary Color Correction, Shot Matching, Creating Looks, Using the scopes, Color Correction Workflow, Memory Colors, Masks, Vignettes, Qualifiers, using Presets, dealing with LOG material, grading ARRIRAW, CinemaDNG and REDRAW, Sky fixes, and much, much more!

Looks creation in Premiere is dealt with in great detail, with four methods for achieving the oh-so-popular Bleach Bypass and Teal & Orange looks. Cross process looks, Black & White, Blooming Whites, Sepia and Color Negative are also explained – and you’ll even learn how to make more commonly used presets like Cooling and Warming Filters and Highlight Roll-Off.

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This chapter is now obsolete. The chapter has been updated to cover more features added to Premiere Pro since this was released, and is now part of the book. Read more about The Cool Stuff in Premiere Pro here.

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Audio Editing in Premiere Pro

Audio Editing is what most people struggle a lot with in Premiere Pro, especially if coming from other NLEs like FCP, Vegas or Avid. Premiere Pro CC handles audio in very different ways from all of these. Once you understand the logic behind the audio handling in Premiere, you’ll see that it’s very powerful and deep. You’ll get a full overview of the complete audio chain in Premiere Pro CC!

In this chapter you’ll learn everything about how to decide what channels from a source to import and what channels to put on the timeline. You’ll learn how to make Premiere treat Stereo clips as Dual Mono (like FCP and Avid does), and understand the difference between Mono, Standard, 5.1, Adaptive and Multichannel clips and tracks. You’ll also learn how to make Multichannel timelines where you can route audio tracks to whatever outputs you need – and how to treat a 5.1 mix. Need to export 32 audio channels? You’ll learn how.

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This chapter is now obsolete. The chapter has been updated to cover more features added to Premiere Pro since this was released, and is now part of the book. Read more about The Cool Stuff in Premiere Pro here.

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Motion Graphics in Premiere Pro

Using the techniques explained in this chapter will let you stay within Premiere Pro and still create professional looking motion graphics!

Learn everything about Lower Thirds, End Credits, Rolling Titles, Pincture-in-Picture, Animated Travel Routes, Video in a Comic Book, Grungy Image Frames, Photos on boards, Reflections, Text Techniques, Motion Graphics for Non-Standard Screens, Split Screens , and much, much more!

You’ll learn how to build the Cover Flow template available on PremierePro.net, how to make sure your end credits always are rolling smoothly, and why the Track Matte Key is our best friend.

You’ll unlock the power of the seemingly basic Titler Tool, and learn lots of time-saving techniques. All the motion graphics in this video were created entirely inside of Premiere Pro – even the Cover Flow that displays all of them. In this 84-page chapter, you’ll learn how to create all these effects.

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This chapter is now obsolete. The chapter has been updated to cover more features added to Premiere Pro since this was released, and is now part of the book. Read more about The Cool Stuff in Premiere Pro here.

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Compositing in Premiere Pro

This is probably the coolest of all the cool stuff you can do in Premiere! Compositing, Green Screen, Keying, Blending Modes, Track Mattes and other techniques are so much fun to work with. You get 47 pages crammed with tips and techniques for doing high quality compositing inside of Premiere. Everything is done without the help of third-party plug-ins.

Get inspired! Download the PDF file to learn advanced compositing techniques, including expert keying, skin smoothening, witness protection, custom soft wipes, sky replacement, muzzle fire. You’ll also learn how to use the CC plug-ins from After Effects in Premiere, so you can add effects like Particles, Radial Fast Blur, Snow and Rain.

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This chapter is now obsolete. The chapter has been updated to cover more features added to Premiere Pro since this was released, and is now part of the book. Read more about The Cool Stuff in Premiere Pro here.

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Shot Matching in Premiere Pro

In this free sample chapter from The Cool Stuff in Premiere Pro you’ll learn shot matching in Premiere – probably the most important skill to have when it comes to color grading.

This chapter is now obsolete. The chapter has been updated to cover more features added to Premiere Pro since this was released, and is now part of the book. Read more about The Cool Stuff in Premiere Pro here.
The techniques in this PDF are still valid, but if you’re using Premiere Pro 2018 or newer versions, you should use the techniques described here instead: Comparison View and Shot Matching in the Lumetri Color Panel.

Spreadsheets to Lower Thirds

In this free sample chapter from The Cool Stuff in Premiere Pro you’ll learn how to take a list of people’s names, occupation, nationality etc. from a spreadsheet and automatically make Photoshop output one lower third per person – including their name and occupation and even a flag representing their nationality – while you’re drinking coffee.

This chapter is now obsolete. The chapter has been updated to cover more features added to Premiere Pro since this was released, and is now part of the book. Read more about The Cool Stuff in Premiere Pro here.