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Workspace
Customizing the workspace
About workspaces
Choose a workspace
Dock, group, or float panels
Resize panel groups
Open and close panels and windows
Display any panel full-screen
Working with multiple monitors
Save a custom workspace
Reset a workspace
Delete a workspace
Brighten or darken the interface
Tools, clip details, and menus
Tools
Clip details in the Info panel
Display context and panel menus
Projects
Project basics
About projects
Create a project
Open a project
Adjust project settings and presets
Change your preferences
Aspect ratios
About aspect ratios
Common pixel aspect ratios
About square‑pixel footage
Using assets with various aspect ratios
Fix aspect ratio distortion
Special projects
About 24p footage and projects
About 3:2 and 24Pa pulldown
Create a 24p project
Set 24p playback options
Disable 24p pulldown to simulate film-video transfer
Display 24p source timecode
Start an HDV or HD project
Start a widescreen project
Start a mobile device project
Workflows
Basic workflow
DVD workflow
Cross-platform workflow
Cross-application workflows
About Adobe Bridge
Setting up, and bringing in assets
Setting up your system
About setting up your system
Set up a DV or HDV system
Set up an SD-SDI, HD-SDI, or component system
Set up an S-video or composite system
Specify scratch disks to improve system performance
Optimize rendering for available memory
Bringing assets into a project
About capturing, digitizing, and importing
Capturing and digitizing
System requirements for capturing
Capturing DV or HDV video
Capturing HD video
Capture analog video
Capturing content for DVD
Prepare for digital video capture
Set capture format and preferences
File size limits
Set up device control
Capture without device control
Capture with device control
Determine if your device is online
Use automatic scene detection
Common capture issues
Batch capturing
About batch capturing
Log clips for batch capturing
Log clips interactively
Tips for logging clips interactively
About batch‑capture settings
Specify capture settings
Batch capture clips
Troubleshooting batch capturing
Import and export batch lists
Work with offline files
Timecode
About timecode
Stripe tape or replace timecode
Capturing timecode
Set timecode manually for a clip
Enter timecode
View timecode as a burn-in
Online and offline editing
About online and offline editing
Recapture clips
Importing files
Import files
Start Adobe Bridge from Adobe Premiere Pro
File formats supported for import
Importing digital audio
Import still images
Importing image sequences
Import numbered still‑image files as one clip
Importing earlier Adobe Premiere Pro projects
Importing libraries (Windows only)
Importing After Effects compositions
About Panasonic P2 media
About Sony XDCAM and XDCAM EX media
Importing assets from file-based sources
About spanned clips
Managing and viewing assets
Customizing the Project panel
About managing assets in the Project panel
Change Project panel views
Customize List view columns
Define a different thumbnail for a clip
Organizing assets with the Project panel
About bins
Work with bins
Change bin behaviors
Label assets
Find assets in the Project panel
Find assets matching criteria F30844 Static Metadata UI: Project Panel]
Working with assets
About clip properties
View the properties of a clip
Duplicate a clip
Rename assets
Remove assets from a project
Play back a clip in the Project panel
Change the frame rate of a file [F23124 Create single "Modify Clip" dialog (combining Offline File, Timecode, Interpret Footage, Field Options and Audio Channel Mapping]
Work with proxy files
About proxy files [F8488 Proxy Editing]
Create proxy files from the Project panel [F8488 Proxy Editing]
Create proxy files from the Timeline [F8488 Proxy Editing]
Delete a proxy file [F8488 Proxy Editing]
Make original media offline, or delete it [F8488 Proxy Editing]
Relink proxies to original media [F8488 Proxy Editing]
Enable or disable a proxy for playback [F8488 Proxy Editing]
Source and Program Monitors
Source and Program Monitors overview
Open or clear a clip in the Source Monitor
Source and Program Monitor time controls
View safe zones in the monitors
Choose a display mode
Playing assets
Play video in the Source and Program Monitors
Jog or shuttle playback
Move to a different frame in the Source and Program Monitors
Match a frame with its source
Reference Monitor
Use a Reference Monitor
Editing a sequence
Editing basics
Editing workflow
Source clips, clip instances, and subclips
Create subclips from the Timeline panel [21586 Ability to create subclips from the Timeline (support drag and drop from the Timeline to the Project window)]
Timeline panel overview [F30903 Metadata 'Track' in Timeline]
Navigate in the Timeline panel
Work with tracks
Set track display
Trimming clips
Working with In and Out points
Trim in the Source Monitor
Trim with Trim-in and Trim-out tools
Trim with the current-time indicator
About rolling and ripple edits
Perform rolling and ripple edits
Perform slip and slide edits
Work in the Trim Monitor
View source timecode in the Program Monitor
Assembling a sequence
Adding clips to a sequence
Targeting tracks
Drag a clip to a sequence
Add clips to a sequence automatically
Mixing clip types in a sequence
Add a track while adding a clip
Replace one clip with another
Make three‑point and four‑point edits
Specify source tracks to add to a sequence
Set or remove sequence In and Out points
Set sequence start time
Correcting mistakes
Correct mistakes
History panel
Work with the History panel
Remove alerts with the Events panel
Changing clip scale, duration, speed, or interlacing
View clip properties in a tool tip
Scale assets
Interlaced video, noninterlaced video, and progressive scanning
Create interlaced or non‑interlaced clips
View the total duration of selected clips
Change clip duration
Change clip speed
Blend frames for smooth motion
About the Time Remapping effect
Vary change to clip speed
Move a split or unsplit keyframe
Play a clip backward, then forward
Freeze a frame
Remove the Time Remapping effect
Working with clips in a sequence
Find a clip in the Timeline
View the source of a clip in a sequence
Select one or more clips
Enable or disable a clip
Copy and paste attributes
Group clips
Snap clips
Rearranging clips in a sequence
Move clips
Split a single clip or multiple clips
Lift frames
Extract frames and close gap
Delete clips and close gaps
Delete space between clips
Copy and paste at the current‑time indicator
Delete all clips on one track
Previewing sequences
About previewing sequences
Set the area to be previewed
Render a preview
Play a sequence from start to finish
Play a sequence with preroll and postroll
Disable rendered previews
Scroll the Timeline panel during preview
Preview on a television monitor
Work with preview files
Editing: Beyond the basics
Using markers
Add markers
Find, move, and delete markers
Add comments, chapters, and links to sequence markers
Sharing markers with After Effects, Encore, and Flash
Add Encore chapter markers
Editing audio in the Timeline panel
Set sample‑based audio In and Out points
Link and unlink video and audio clips
Create split edits
Creating special clips
Create a counting leader (Windows only)
Create color bars and a 1‑kHz tone
Create black video
Create a transparent video clip
Multiple sequences
Use multiple sequences
Create a new sequence
Nest sequences
Subclips
About subclips
Create a subclip
Adjust media start and end times of a subclip
Convert a subclip to a master clip
Editing a multi‑camera sequence
About multi‑camera editing
About the Multi‑Camera Monitor
Display the Multi-Camera Monitor
Add clips for multi‑camera editing
Synchronize clips
Create a multi‑camera target sequence
Record multi‑camera edits
Play clips in the Multi‑Camera Monitor
Rerecord multi‑camera edits
Adjust multi‑camera edits in the Timeline panel
Insert or overlay clips in a multi‑camera sequence
Working in other applications
Edit a clip in its original application
Working with Photoshop and Adobe Premiere Pro
Create and edit Photoshop files
Copy between After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro
Working with Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Flash
Trace video with Adobe Bridge and Illustrator Live Trace
Adobe Dynamic Link
About Dynamic Link (Production Premium only)
Saving and Dynamic Link (Production Premium only)
Managing performance and Dynamic Link (Production Premium only)
Color and Dynamic Link (Production Premium only)
Link to a new composition with Dynamic Link (Production Premium only)
Link to an existing composition with Dynamic Link (Production Premium only)
Delete a dynamically linked composition or clip (Production Premium only)
Edit a dynamically linked composition in After Effects (Production Premium only)
Offline compositions and Dynamic Link (Production Premium only)
Transitions
Transition overview
About transitions
Transition workflow
Clip handles and transitions
Single‑ and double‑sided transitions
Adding transitions
Adding a transition
Apply a transition
Work with default transitions
Replace a transition
Fine‑tuning transitions
Display transitions in the Effect Controls panel
Adjust transition alignment
Move a cut and transition together
Change transition duration
Reposition the center of a transition
Change transition settings
Customizable transitions
Customize a Gradient Wipe transition
Customize the card flip transition (Windows only)
Audio
Working with audio
About audio
About audio tracks in a sequence
About channels in audio clips
Mixing audio tracks and clips
Processing order for audio
Audio workspace
Audio Mixer overview
View audio data
Making quick audio adjustments
Working with clips, channels, and tracks
Mapping audio channels
Extract audio from clips
Render and replace audio
Break a stereo track into mono tracks
Break all stereo tracks into mono tracks
Use a mono clip as stereo
Linking multiple audio clips
Link audio clips
Edit a multi‑clip link in the Source Monitor
Recording audio
About recording audio
Capturing analog audio
Set the location for captured audio
Record a voice‑over
Record an analog source
Prepare the input channel for recording
Record audio
Mute input during recording
Adjusting volume levels
Adjusting gain and volume
Specify the gain level for a clip
Adjust volume in the Timeline panel
Apply a volume level to several clips
Adjust volume in Effect Controls
Set track volume in the Audio Mixer
Mute a track in the Audio Mixer
Mix tracks in the Audio Mixer
Audio transitions
Work with audio transitions
Crossfade between audio clips
Fade in or fade out clip audio
Adjust or customize an audio transition
Applying effects to audio
Applying audio effects to clips
Applying audio effects in the Audio Mixer
Apply a track effect in the Audio Mixer
Designate a track effect as pre‑fader or post‑fader
Edit track effects in the Timeline panel
Remove or bypass a track effect in the Audio Mixer
Working with VST effects
Adjust a VST effect in a VST Editor panel
Select a preset for a VST effect
Recording audio mixes
About recording audio changes
Record changes to sound tracks
Preserve a track property while recording an audio mix
Audio Mixer automation modes
Set Automatch Time for Touch mode
Specify the automated keyframe creation
Panning and balancing
About panning and balancing
Panning and balancing in the Audio Mixer
Pan or balance a stereo track
Pan or balance a 5.1 surround track
Pan or balance a track in the Timeline panel
Advanced mixing
Work with submixes
Route tracks with sends
Downmixing to fewer channels
Change 5.1 audio to stereo or mono
Routing track output
Route or turn off track output
Editing audio in Adobe Soundbooth
About editing audio in Adobe Soundbooth
Edit audio in Adobe Soundbooth
Undoing edits made in Adobe Soundbooth
Titles
Creating titles
About the Titler
Create new titles
Open a title in the active project
Show video behind the title
Import a title file
Export a title as an independent file
About the safe margins
Choose or create title templates
Adding text to titles
Enter text in titles
Format text in titles
Work with paragraph text
Create tab stops in titles
Adding shapes and images
Create shapes
Change the shape of a graphic object or a logo
Draw straight segments with the Pen tool
Draw curves with the Pen tool
Adjust anchor points and curves
Add images to titles
Working with text and objects in titles
Change the stacking order of objects in titles
Align and distribute objects in titles
Transform objects in titles
Adding fills, strokes, and shadows in titles
About object properties
Set a fill for text and objects
Fill type options
Add a sheen
Add a texture for text or object
Add a stroke to text or object
Change the listing order of strokes
Delete strokes from an object or text
Create a drop shadow
Working with styles
Work with styles
Create a style
Apply a style to an object
Delete, duplicate, or rename, a style
Manage style libraries
Rolling and crawling titles
Create titles that roll or crawl
Convert a title to another type
Applying Effects
Working with effects
Working with effects
About Fixed effects
About Standard effects
About clip‑based and track‑based effects
Using effects from other products
About GPU‑accelerated effects
About high bit-depth effects
Working with discontinued effects
Applying, removing, and organizing effects
Find and group effects
Apply an effect to a clip
Remove an effect from a clip
Copy and paste effects
Adjusting effects
About the Effect Controls panel
View the Effect Controls panel
View effects in the Effect Controls panel
View keyframes for an effect property in the Timeline
Adjust or reset controls in the Effect Controls panel
Disable or enable effects in a clip
Create markers in the Effect Controls panel
Customizing effect presets
Effect presets
Create and save an effect preset
Apply an effect preset
Work with a custom or presets bin
Motion
Adjust position, scale, and rotation
Animate motion in the Program Monitor
Adjust or animate anchor points
Eliminate flicker
Color correction
Adjusting color and luminance
Set up a Color Correction workspace
Apply the Color Correction effects
Quickly remove a color cast
Make quick luminance corrections
Color balance, angle, and saturation controls
Adjust color balance and saturation
Adjust color and luminance using curves
Adjust luminance using levels
Select a color with the Adobe Color Picker
Define the tonal ranges in a clip
Specify a color or range of colors to adjust
Special color and luminance adjustments
Match the color between two scenes
Replace a color
Remove color in a clip
Mix color channels in a clip
Isolate a single color using Color Pass
Adjust edges, blurs and brightness using Convolution presets
Add Lighting Effects
Apply Lighting Effects textures
Vectorscope and waveform monitors
About the vectorscope and waveform monitors
View a scope
Vectorscope
YC Waveform
YCbCr Parade
RGB Parade
Animation
Keyframing effects
About animating effects
About keyframes
Working with keyframes
View keyframes and graphs
Activating and selecting keyframes
Activate keyframing
Move the current‑time indicator to a keyframe
Select keyframes
Adding and setting keyframes
Add keyframes for animating
Delete keyframes
Edit keyframe graphs
Editing keyframe values in the Timeline panel
Optimize keyframe automation
Moving and copying keyframes
Move keyframes
Copy and paste keyframes
Controlling effect changes using keyframe interpolation
About interpolation
Change a keyframe’s interpolation method
Control change using Bezier keyframe interpolation
Fine-tune the speed of an effect
Effect reference
About the effect reference
Descriptions of effects
Gallery of effects
Gallery of effects
Adjust effects
Auto Color, Auto Contrast, and Auto Levels effects
Convolution Kernel effect
Extract effect
Levels effect
Lighting Effects effect
Posterize effect
ProcAmp effect
Shadow/Highlight effect
Threshold effect
Blur and Sharpen effects
Antialias effect (Windows only)
Camera Blur effect (Windows only)
Channel Blur effect
Compound Blur effect
Directional Blur effect
Fast Blur effect
Gaussian Blur effect
Ghosting effect (Windows only)
Sharpen effect
Unsharp Mask effect
Channel effects
Arithmetic effect
Blend effect
Calculations effect
Compound Arithmetic effect
Invert (video) effect
Set Matte effect
Solid Composite effect (Windows only)
Color Correction effects
Brightness & Contrast effect
Broadcast Colors effect
Change Color effect
Change To Color effect
Channel Mixer effect
Color Balance effect
Color Balance (HLS) effect
Equalize effect
Fast Color Corrector effect
Leave Color effect
Luma Corrector effect
Luma Curve effect
RGB Color Corrector effect
RGB Curves effect
Three‑Way Color Corrector effect
Tint effect
Video Limiter effect
Distort effects
Bend effect (Windows only)
Corner Pin effect
Lens Distortion effect (Windows only)
Magnify effect
Mirror effect
Offset effect
Spherize effect
Transform effect
Turbulent Displace effect
Twirl effect
Wave Warp effect
GPU effects (Windows only)
Page Curl effect (Windows only)
Refraction effect (Windows only)
Ripple (Circular) effect (Windows only)
Generate effects
4-Color Gradient effect
Cell Pattern effect
Checkerboard effect
Circle effect
Ellipse effect (Windows only)
Eyedropper Fill effect
Grid effect
Lens Flare effect
Lightning effect
Paint Bucket effect
Ramp effect
Write‑on effect
Image Control effects
Black & White effect
Color Balance (RGB) effect
Color Match effect (Windows only)
Color Pass effect (Windows only)
Color Replace effect (Windows only)
Gamma Correction effect
Keying effects
Alpha Adjust effect
Blue Screen Key effect
Chroma Key effect
Color Key effect
Difference Matte effect
Eight‑Point, Four‑Point, and Sixteen‑Point Garbage Matte effects
Image Matte Key effect
Luma Key effect
Non Red Key effect
RGB Difference Key effect
Remove Matte effect
Track Matte Key effect
Noise & Grain effects
Dust & Scratches effect
Noise effect
Noise Alpha effect
Noise HLS and Noise HLS Auto effects
Perspective effects
Basic 3D effect (Windows only)
Bevel Alpha effect
Bevel Edges effect
Drop Shadow effect
Radial Shadow effect
Stylize effects
Alpha Glow effect
Brush Strokes effect
Color Emboss effect
Emboss effect
Find Edges effect
Mosaic effect
Replicate effect
Roughen Edges effect
Solarize effect
Strobe Light effect
Texturize effect (Windows only)
Time effects
Echo effect
Posterize Time effect
Time Warp effect
Transform effects
Camera View effect (Windows only)
Crop effect
Edge Feather effect
Horizontal Flip effect
Horizontal Hold effect (Windows only)
Roll effect (Windows only)
Vertical Flip effect
Vertical Hold effect (Windows only)
Transition effects
Block Dissolve effect
Gradient Wipe effect
Linear Wipe effect
Radial Wipe effect (Windows only)
Venetian Blinds effect (Windows only)
Utility effects
Cineon Converter effect
Video effects
Timecode effect
Audio effects
About audio effects in Adobe Premiere Pro
Balance effect
Bandpass effect
Bass effect
Channel Volume effect
Chorus effect
DeClicker
DeCrackler
DeEsser effect
DeHummer effect
Delay effect
DeNoiser effect
Dynamics effect
EQ effect
Fill Left, Fill Right effects
Flanger effect
Highpass and Lowpass effects
Invert (audio) effect
MultibandCompressor effect
Multitap Delay effect
Notch effect
Parametric EQ effect
Phaser
PitchShifter effect
Reverb effect
Spectral Noise Reduction effect
Swap Channels effect
Treble effect
Volume effect
Compositing
Compositing video
About compositing
Compositing clips
Set how an alpha channel is interpreted
Adjust the opacity of clips
Transparency (masks, alpha channels)
About transparency
About alpha channels and mattes
About straight and premultiplied channels
About keying
Defining transparent areas with keys
Apply a key to a clip
Make a color transparent with Color Key
About Chroma Key
About RGB Difference Key
About Blue Screen Key
About Non Red Key
About Luma Key
Creating transparency and solid colors with mattes
About mattes
Define transparent areas with Image Matte Key
Replace a static background with Difference Matte
Move or change the transparent area with Track Matte Key
Mask out objects with garbage mattes
Create a solid color matte
Remove a black or white matte
Exporting
Choosing export formats
Exporting basics
File formats supported for export
About high-definition (HD) video
Options for exporting HD and HDV sequences
About MPEG
Add XMP metadata to an exported file
Understanding video compression, file size, and data rate
Compression tips
About compression of movie files
About compression keyframes
About data rate
Choosing formats for use in other applications
Exporting editable movie and audio files
About exporting movie and audio files
Export a movie file for further editing
Export to Panasonic P2 format
Export marker data in AVI files (Windows only)
Export an audio file for further editing
Exporting still images and still-image sequences
Export a still image
Export a still-image GIF or animated GIF
Export still‑image sequences
About Filmstrip format
Export a Filmstrip file for editing in digital imaging programs (Windows only)
Exporting PDFs for comments
About Clip Notes comments
Export a Clip Notes PDF
Add Clip Notes comments
Import Clip Notes comments
Exporting to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or CD
About exporting to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or CD
Types of DVDs and Blu-ray discs
Choosing file formats for various discs
Create an auto-play DVD or Blu-ray disc
Create a DVD or Blu-ray disc with menus
Exporting files for CD-ROM playback
Exporting files for Video CD playback (Windows only)
Export files for DVD, Blu-ray, videoCD (Windows only), super videoCD or CD-ROM
Exporting projects for online editing or archiving
About exporting projects for online editing or archiving
Export an Adobe Premiere Pro project as an EDL
Export AAF files (Windows only)
Archiving
Trim or copy your project
Exporting to videotape or film
About exporting to videotape
Prepare for exporting to videotape
Export a sequence to tape with device control
Export a sequence to tape without device control
Creating motion-picture film
Exporting for the web
About exporting for the web
Types of web delivery
Export a file for web delivery
Moving content between Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Flash
Tips for creating Adobe Flash Video
Alternates and Audiences options for encoding
QuickTime Alternates options
RealMedia Audiences options
Windows Media Audiences options
Exporting to iPods, cell phones, PSPs and other mobile devices
Export to iPods, cell phones, PSPs and other mobile devices
Using Adobe Device Central with Adobe Premiere Pro
Preview a movie on a virtual mobile device using Adobe Premiere Pro
Best practices for content on mobile devices
Tips for creating video for mobile devices
Adobe Media Encoder basics
About the Adobe Media Encoder
About the Export Settings dialog box
Export settings presets
Pre‑encoding tasks
Export settings
Settings for editable movie, still, or audio files
General export settings
Video export settings
Keyframe And Rendering export settings
Audio export settings
Adobe Media Encoder format options
Filter options for encoding
Video options for encoding
Audio options for encoding
Adobe Media Encoder MPEG multiplexer preset options
Others options for encoding
Keyboard shortcuts
Finding and customizing keyboard shortcuts
Find keyboard shortcuts
Customize keyboard shortcuts
Remove shortcuts
Switch to a different set of shortcuts
Print keyboard shortcuts
Default keyboard shortcuts
Keys for selecting tools
Keys for viewing panels
Keys for the Capture panel
Keys for the Multi‑Camera Monitor
Keys for the Project panel
Keys for the Timeline
Keys for the Titler
Keys for the Trim panel
Legal notices
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