Cuts and Transitions Creating an Image Progression in Adobe Premiere 6 Cut Film and video editing term that defines the immediate and complete change (or transition) from one image to another Wipes, Zooms, Dissolves Film and video editing terms that define the change from one image to another image over time (transitions over multiple frames) In Adobe Premiere, create a QuickTime movie (a.mov file) no longer than thirty (30) seconds that contains six images that represent a visual progression. Use a transition between each image. Create an organized workspace on your hard drive for managing your files 1. Create a new folder and name it "Opposites". 2. Inside "Opposites", create the following three new folders: PPJs save the Premiere project file that you will create here PSDs save the images you create in Photoshop here MOVs save the QuickTime movie files that you export from Premiere here To set-up your transitions: 1) Launch Premiere 6. 2) Choose the Standard 48KHz setting under the DV-NTSC folder in the Load Project Settings dialog box and then press OK. 3) Select Window > Workspace > A/B Editing from the Window pulldown menu to arrange your windows. Project window Monitor window Timeline window Palettes 4) Select Edit > Preferences > General & Still Image from the Edit pulldown menu and specify a default duration of thirty (30) frames. With the timebase of 29.97 frame per second established by the Standard 48KHz setting chosen earlier, this will set the default duration of each still image to one (1) second until changed. The duration of any still image may be changed at any time later. 5) Select File > Import from the File pulldown menu to import your still images.
6) Drag and drop your first image into the Video 1A track in the Timeline window so that its In point lines up with the very beginning of the track. 7) Select the image (dancing ants will appear around it) in the Timeline window and select Clip > Duration from the Clip pulldown menu. 8) Drag and drop your second image into the Video 1B track in the Timeline window so that the Out point of the second image (or end of the image) is aligned with the Out point of the first image (or the end of image). You ve just created a one second overlap between image one and image two. 9) Select image two (dancing ants will appear around it) in the Timeline window and select Clip > Duration from the Clip pulldown menu. 10) If the Transition palette is not currently open, select Window > Show Transitions from the Window pulldown menu. 11) Select a transition, then drag and drop it into the Transition track in the Timeline window. Be certain to drop it into the overlap between image one in Video 1A and image two in Video 1B exactly. To make further adjustments to the transition, double-click on the transition in the Transition track of the timeline. Specify settings and click OK. 12) Drag and drop your third image into the Video 1A track of the Timeline window so that its Out point lines up with the Out point of image two. 13) Select image three (dancing ants will appear around it) in the Timeline window and select Clip > Duration from the Clip pulldown menu. Specify a duration of three seconds (0.00.03.00) You ve just created a one second overlap between image two and image three. 14) Select image three (dancing ants will appear around it) in the Timeline window and select Clip > Duration from the Clip pulldown menu. 15) If the Transition palette is not currently open, select Window > Show Transitions from the Window pulldown menu. 16) Select a transition, then drag and drop it into the Transitions track in the Timeline window. Be certain to drop it into the overlap between image two in Video 1B and image three in Video 1A exactly. To make further adjustments to the transition, double-click on the transition in the Transition track of the timeline. Specify settings and click OK
To preview your transitions at any time, press the Option key (Mac) or Alt key (Win) and click and drag in the Time Ruler in the Timeline window. The results will be visible in the Target portion of the Monitor window. As you work, you can zoom in and out in the Timeline window using the Zoom tool (top left of the Timeline window), the Navigation palette, or by pressing the + and - keys along the top of the keyboard. 17) Continue placing your images in the Timeline in this manner until you ve used all six images. Your images should look something like this once arranged in the Timeline: If you haven t done so already, SAVE your project (File > Save from the File pulldown menu). Name it "Oppossites.ppj" and save into the "PPJs" folder created at the beginning of this lesson so that you can find it easily later. To change a transition after it s been placed in the Timeline: 1) Select the transition that you wish to change (dancing ants will appear around it) and press the Delete key 2) Drag and drop a new transition from the Transitions palette to the Transition track in the Timeline window (be certain to position it exactly into the overlap between your images in Video1A and Video1B) To preview your work: 1) Set the yellow work area (just above the Time Ruler) to match the length of your edit in the Timeline, or over the length of the edit that you d like to preview. Premiere 6 does this automatically be default. Shortcut: Option/Alt click the yellow area directly above your edit to automatically set the work area to any continuous length of images in the Timeline. 2) Select Timeline > Render Work Area from the Timeline pulldown menu. 3) When the preview is complete, press the play button in the Target portion of the Monitor window OR press the spacebar.
To render a QuickTime movie of your edit: 1) Specify the portion of the edit you want to turn into a movie with the yellow work area just above the Time Ruler in the Timeline window. Shortcut: Option/Alt click the purple area directly above your edit to automatically set the work area to any continuous length of images in the Timeline. 2) Select File > Export Timeline > Movie... (command M, Mac; control M, Win) from the File pulldown menu. 3) In the Export dialog box, press the Settings... button and verify your output settings (they should match the settings specified in the New Project Settings dialog box). General Settings File Type: QuickTime (or Video for Windows) Range: Work Area Export Video: SELECTED Export Audio: SELECTED only if audio was used in the Timeline window Open When Finished: Optional Beep When Finished: Optional Embedding Options: None Video Settings Compressor: DV-NTSC Depth: Millions (usually determined by compressor) Frame Size: 720x480 (make sure 4:3 Aspect is off to set this frame size) Frame Rate: 29.97fps Quality: 100% (high) Pixel Aspect Ratio: D1/DV NTSC (0.9) Recompress: DESELECTED Audio Settings Rate: 48,000 Hz (48 KHz) Format: 16 bit, Stereo Type: Uncompressed Interleave: 1 second Enhanced Rate Conversion: Optional Keyframe and Rendering Options Field: Lower Field First All other options deselected Special Processing Use default settings Press OK when done specifying settings. 4) In the Export dialog box, specify the "MOVs" folder created at the beginning of this lesson as the destination for your file name your movie and then press OK
Premiere will export your QuickTime movie. 5) Make two more movies following the same steps above changing the following settings: Video Settings Compressor: Sorenson Video, then Cinepak Depth: Millions (usually determined by compressor) Frame Size: 320x240 Frame Rate: 15 fps Quality: 100% (high) Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square Pixels (1.0) Limit data rate to DESELECTED Recompress: DESELECTED Keyframe and Rendering Options Field: No Fields All other options deselected 6) Bring all three QuickTime movies (they should all be the same except for the compression) to class next week for viewing. Add _DV, _SOR and _PAK to your respective filenames to differentiate between them (i.e. "name_opp_pak.mov"). While each of the three movies is rending, take note of how long Premiere takes to export each one. Different compressors take different amounts of time to compress. Also, take note of the differences in final file size and image quality once each export is complete. Different compressors yield different file sizes and image quality. Frame rate and Frame size will also affect your QuickTime movies final files sizes. The best way to get a feel for all of this is to export movies with similar settings. Completing the following table will be helpful in your comparison: Filename Compression Frame Rate Pixel Dimensions Data Rate/File Size Accurate information for the table can be found for each file by using Premiere s "Get Properties for " feature. Control click (Mac) or right click (Windows) any QuickTime file or Video for Windows file in either the Clip window or the Source side of the Monitor window and choose "Get Properties" from the pop-up menu.