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Making Animations and Videos for Science Communication:
An Informal Short Course On Adobe Premier
Elizabeth North
January 28, 2008
University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Science
Horn Point Laboratory
Course Outline
• Introduction to Adobe Premier
• Making Animations
• Shooting video with editing in mind
• Capturing (uploading) video to your computer
• Editing
• Adding text by using titles
• Adding/manipulating audio
• Creating the movie file
Course Outline
• Introduction to Adobe Premier
• Making Animations
• Shooting video with editing in mind
• Capturing (uploading) video to your computer
• Editing
• Adding text by using titles
• Adding/manipulating audio
• Creating the movie file
Screen Shot A: Premier Project Workspace
Source Monitor
Program Monitor
Project
Window
Timeline
Window
Info
Window
Time Ruler
Audio Meter
Tools
Course Outline
• Introduction to Adobe Premier
• Making Animations
• Shooting video with editing in mind
• Capturing (uploading) video to your computer
• Editing
• Adding text by using titles
• Adding/manipulating audio
• Creating the movie file
Making Animations
> Create a series of image files (e.g., .gif, .bmp) files that are the same size and are
named in consecutive order (e.g., salt001, salt002, etc.).
>Start Adobe Premier
>New Project
>Select Custom Settings tab of the Project Settings Dialog Box (Screen Shot B)
-General/Editing Mode/ Desktop
-Video/Pixel Aspect Ratio/ Square Pixels
-Video/Frame Size/ set horizontal and vertical frame size to the width and
height of the images (find this by right clicking on file in Windows
Explorer, selecting Properties, then clicking on the Summary tab)
-Specify location of project file, name project, and click OK (this will take
you to the Premier project workspace
>Edit/Preferences/General/ Still Image Default Duration (this sets the duration
of all still images that you import into Premier – Screen Shot C)
>File/ Import (adds the image files to the project)
Making animations (cont)
>In Project window, click on ‘Name’ to make sure files are in order
> In Project Window, select all images (click on the top, scroll to bottom, hold ‘shift’
then click on bottom
> Drag images to Video 1 Track in Timeline Window (Screen Shot D)
> In the Program Monitor, click on Play to view the animation
> If you do not like the timing (i.e., frame rate is too fast or slow) , delete files from
Project Window (which will clear them from the timeline), change the default
duration of still images (Edit/Preferences/General) and re-import the files
> Make sure the Timeline Window is selected and then File/Export/ Movie
to create an .avi animation file
> If you want a high resolution animation, click on Settings (Screen Shot E)
and Video/Compressor/ None
Screen Shot B: select Project Settings for making Animations
Screen Shot C: set General Preferences for Still Images
Screen Shot D: Drag Images to Video 1 Track
Screen Shot E: select Settings to control movie export settings like compression levels
Course Outline
• Introduction to Adobe Premier
• Making Animations
• Shooting video with editing in mind
• Capturing (uploading) video to your computer
• Editing
• Adding text by using titles
• Adding/manipulating audio
• Creating the movie file
Shooting video with editing in mind (for beginners)
> PLAN which shots you want before the action begins
> STEADY yourself to keep camera motion to a minimum – sit, kneel, lean
> Take MULTIPLE fixed-frame shots at different angles
> HOLD each shot for LONGER than you think you should
> Hold for a few seconds BEFORE and AFTER panning and zooming
> If you pan, or zoom in and out, GO SLOWER than you think you should
> Get shots that provide context (wide shots) and interest (close ups)
> Pay attention to lighting and sound
> Set white balance
Course Outline
• Introduction to Adobe Premier
• Making Animations
• Shooting video with editing in mind
• Capturing (uploading) video to your computer
• Editing
• Adding text by using titles
• Adding/manipulating audio
• Creating the movie file
Capturing (uploading) video to your computer
>Start Adobe Premier
>New Project
> In Load Presets tab, select the present that is compatible with your camera
(NTSC for US systems, PAL for EU, NZ). Standard/widescreen refers to video
Hz refers to audio (Screen Shot F)
> Connect camera to computer and turn on its video playback feature (VCR)
> File/ Capture
> Use the buttons at the bottom of the Capture dialog box to rewind, fast forward
and play the tape.
> Click on the record button to begin and end capture of each clip (Screen Shot G).
For best results, start and end recording a few seconds before and after the
footage that you want to use).
> Name each clip with descriptive title. The clips will appear in the Project window.
Screen Shot F: Load Present Tab in the Project Settings dialog box
Screen Shot G: Video Capture dialog box with record button highlighted
Course Outline
• Introduction to Adobe Premier
• Making Animations
• Shooting video with editing in mind
• Capturing (uploading) video to your computer
• Editing
• Adding text by using titles
• Adding/manipulating audio
• Creating the movie file
Editing
> File/Import to add clips (and other assets) to the Project Window
> Double click on clips in Project Window to see them play in the Source Monitor
> Drag clips to Video 1 track in Timeline Window
> Use Current Time Indicator and Program Monitor buttons to view and play clips
that are on the Timeline (Screen Shot H)
> Change position of clips with standard click, hold and drag technique.
> Resize (cut) clips by holding cursor over end until it becomes a red [ or ], then
click, hold and drag.
> Can select multiple clips by clicking above them (in gray area) and dragging a box
around them
> Use Ripple Delete (right click on empty areas) to advance all clips
Screen Shot H: Current Time Indicator in the Timeline Window and Program Monitor buttons
Course Outline
• Introduction to Adobe Premier
• Making Animations
• Shooting video with editing in mind
• Capturing (uploading) video to your computer
• Editing
• Adding text by using titles
• Adding/manipulating audio
• Creating the movie file
Adding text by using titles
> Place Current Time Indicator over the clip where the text/title will go
> File/New/ Title and name the title asset
> Create text, drag to location desired, and pick font size, color, etc., then exit
(select ‘x’ in upper right) (see Screen Shot I for location of add text button)
> Drag title asset from the Project Window to Video 2 track at the location
of the Current Time Indicator
> Resize the title so it has the desired duration. If it is too small to see on the
Timeline, then use the Timeline Viewing Area Bar to resize the Timeline
until you can resize the title (see Screen Shot K)
> View the location and timing of the title in the Source Monitor
> Double click on the title asset icon in the Project Window to edit the title
Screen Shot I: Add text button in the Title widow
Screen Shot K: Timeline Viewing Area Bar
Adding video transitions
• You can add many different visual transitions between clips.
• Click on the “effects” tab in the window in the bottom left corner of the
screen.
• Select the “video transitions” drop down menu
• Choose whatever transition you want to use. (You can play around with
these to figure out which ones you like the best. Probably the most
commonly used one is “dissolve”->”dip to black” but it’s worth
experimenting to find other transitions to achieve specific desired effects)
• Drag the transition you want from the effects window to between the two
clips where you want the transition to appear in the video line of the
Timeline Sequence window.
• You can play around with the other effects in the same way—drag the
effect onto the area in the Timeline Sequence where you would like to
apply the effect and see what it does!
(This page contributed by Cassie Gurbisz)
Course Outline
• Introduction to Adobe Premier
• Making Animations
• Shooting video with editing in mind
• Capturing (uploading) video to your computer
• Editing
• Adding text by using titles
• Adding/manipulating audio
• Creating the movie file
Adding/manipulating audio
> File/Import to add music files to the Project Window
> Drag music file from the Project Window to Audio 2 track. Make sure the audio
file does not cover up other audio tracks.
> To use audio from a video clip, drag clip to Timeline window, then right click
on the clip and select Unlink. The audio portion of the clip will be free to be
moved around on the timeline
> NOTE THAT ALMOST ALL DIGITAL MUSIC IS COPYRIGHTED. It is not legal to
use copyrighted material in educational videos without permission (and often)
payment to copyright holders.
Course Outline
• Introduction to Adobe Premier
• Making Animations
• Shooting video with editing in mind
• Capturing (uploading) video to your computer
• Editing
• Adding text by using titles
• Adding/manipulating audio
• Creating the movie file
Creating the movie file
> Select the Timeline Window and then File/Export/ Movie
to create an .avi movie file
> Can also encode to Flash format using File/Export/ Adobe Media Encoder