EDITING WORKSHOP

Basic editing skills to get you started

 Before you start to edit there a few simple rules
Admin BEFORE you can edit 

In order for your footage to last, not corrupt or go offline you need to make sure you do the following things: 
• Create a Folder on your memory stick / hard drive 
• Name it (Title of Production)
• Within that folder create 3 more sub folder 
I. Footage
II. Sound
III. Graphics

• Transfer ALL clips from SD card into the folder titled FOOTAGE
• Transfer ALL sound clips (including music) into the folder titled SOUND
• Any graphics or still images need to be transferred into the GRAPHICS folder
• Open up Premier Pro and SAVE IT to the main folder (Title of production) 
• Any extra footage MUST be transferred to these folders as well

Failure to follow these steps could result in lost or damaged footage

 Before we start the editing workshop….
• You need to set up the admin
• Please create folders and add clips (any clips) to the correct folders – if you do
not have a memory stick you are going to have to sit this out – we did warn you!
• If you do not have footage – ask someone or download it from YouTube
• DO NOT open premier pro yet – we will show you how to do that after
Opening up Premier Pro
Go to the windows New Project
button at the bottom
of the screen and type
in Premier.
This will appear –
click on it. Don’t
choose the 2015
version
Title your project (something relevant – DO NOT leave
it as ‘Untitled’

Click on the browse button next to location and find

your folder

Leave everything else as it is

Hit OK
 Effects control tab
Edited footage

Unedited footage and editing window

Timeline
Folders and Effects tab
imported footage
Importing footage

Find footage from your

folder and hit open
 Starting to edit

Double click on the footage and it

will appear in the browser /
editing window
• Hit the play button or scroll the blue marker across the timeline to get to the point you wish to start your edit from.
• Once there hit ‘I’ on the keyboard for ‘in’. Scroll along to the end point and hit ‘O’ on your keyboard for ‘out’
• Drag the footage down to the timeline but placing the curser in the middle of the screen and drag down – it should slot into
place
• Repeat this process for all clips you would like on your timeline

VERY BASIC
EDITING
 Basic effects: Transitions
Adding transitions and effects
This is when you can start to make your video your own by adding transitions and effects.
 
Transitions: The transitions can be found in the effects box next to the time lime.
Click on Video Transitions and a list will appear.
Select the fade you want to use and drag it so it covers the cut between your footage.
Basic effects:
Effects: The effects can be found in the same box under Video Effects. To add an effect, find the one
you wish to use and drag it over the whole clip.
 Basic effects:
Once your effect is on your clip you can adjust the strength of the effect by altering the levels in the Effect
control panal which is located behind your source panel.
Most used effects:
Clip speed change: Right click the sequence you wish to change and a panel will appear – scroll down to find
speed duration; another box will appear – change the speed by dragging the numbers to either side (above
100% speeds the clip up / below 100% speeds the clip down)

If you are slowing the footage down

make sure there is space for the footage
to go by not having another clip next to
it
Most used effects:
Black and White: Image control – black and white: drag and place over clip
Further practice
• Over the next week you will be editing a few filming techniques and footage so
you will get used to the software

• In you spare time please come to the computer rooms or the SLT and practice
using the software

• It is THIS software you will be using to edit ALL your productions – NOT
iMovie or Windows Movie Maker or any other editing software you may have
at home. If you do NOT have Premier Pro you will edit ALL your work at college