- Hey, in this video, I'm
gonna show you a fail-proof,
easy way to get started editing
in Adobe Premier Pro, let's go.
- [Narrator] You gotta just press record.
- Hey, what's up, it's Omar
Takrori with Think Media,
helping you build your
influence with online video,
and in this video, I wanted
to show you how to properly
kinda set up your workflow to
begin editing in Premier Pro.
I think a lot of times
throughout your workflow,
you can mess up along the way,
and starting your project correctly,
and also organized is really important,
so I just wanna make this really quick.
I think the only thing I wanna preface
this tutorial before
I start screen-sharing
is you wanna make sure your settings
are consistent throughout,
so even the settings
on your camera is a big deal,
based off of how you're
gonna edit your video,
and then how you're
gonna export your video,
and so if you wanna learn
how to set up your camera,
whether you're vlogging,
or you're doing YouTube videos ilke this,
then make sure you check out this video.
I'll put a link to it
in the description below
as well as in the YouTube card,
but once you've got that dialed in,
you've got your camera settings good,
you've shot your video,
now you're gonna go into your computer.
All right, so for this tutorial,
I'm gonna use my M50
Photography Tips video we did
a little bit ago, and just real quick,
before I even get into much,
notice how I edited the
folder with the date.
We love doing it by year, month,
and then date of when that was recorded.
It's helpful to go back, too,
if you notice, if I go in my hard drive,
you'll see how all of my stuff is dated,
and so it's really
easy, 'cause by the name
I'm able to base things
off of when they were shot,
and then still, because they
are named what they are,
I can also search that, so
if I go M50 Photography Tips,
it's right there, shows
it right there, boom.
So just keep that in mind
whenever you're doing stuff.
It makes it easy to come back to,
and so as you notice, inside
the folder is very simple.
I've got my talking head stuff
right here, as you can see,
here's my talking head video,
and that's what I would call A-roll,
and then we got the B-roll
in a separate folder,
so here's the B-roll of
the stuff that I will
put on top of my A-roll, right?
So those are the two things
in the folder right now,
I just dragged 'em straight from the card.
I'm gonna create a new
folder called Projects,
so I'm just gonna call it Project,
and so I do this for every video we do,
and I'm gonna call it Project,
and then so I'm gonna X out now,
and then we're gonna open Adobe Premiere,
but if you don't have Adobe Premiere,
make sure you check it out.
There's a 30-day free trial,
we'll put a link to it
in the description below.
We love the Adobe suite. We
use Photoshop for thumbnails.
We use Lightroom for editing photography.
If you don't have Adobe
Suite, look into it.
It's really a game-changer when you have
just everything accessible to you,
and it's very, I think, affordable
on a monthly standpoint,
but try it for free, 30 days.
So now we've opened up Premiere Pro,
I'm gonna hit New Project
right here on the top left,
and I'm gonna call this,
again, what it is, 2020-02,
I think 05, and then M50 Photo.
Now, I used to just start
the project right here,
but I'm gonna browse, I'm
gonna hit this Browse button,
and I'm gonna put the project
file in the project folder.
You know, I think a lot of
people actually disagree
with this workflow just because it might
use the same part of the computer.
I found I'd rather be
able to reference my stuff
in the future, sacrifice
a little speed to do so,
and so I'm just gonna save
that file, that Premiere file,
in this folder, so all the
autosaves will be in that file,
as well as your main project file,
so you can always reference
everything you need
in that folder.
Once Premiere Pro is all opened up,
I'm going to double-click
right here in Import Media
to start, double-click, go
ahead and go to Desktop,
M50 Photography Tips, and
then I'm just gonna select
everything I want to edit right here.
All right, once all your files
are imported into Premiere,
I do like to see it in the icon view
instead of the list view,
'cause you can kinda see what's going on,
and you can also scrub
through your video in here,
which is really cool,
but all you have to do
is right-click your clip, and then go down
to New Sequence From Clip.
And then based off of the
settings from your video clip,
it will create a sequence for you,
'cause a lot of people
don't even know how to,
you know, if you start a
sequence by File, New Sequence,
then it gives you all these options,
and it's like, "What do I even decide?"
The cool thing about just right-clicking
and starting a new sequence
is it starts a sequence
based off of the clip settings,
so if you got all your
settings right in-camera,
like your frame rate,
and your shutter speed,
and things like that, then
you're gonna be good to go
to just right-click your clip,
and then start a new sequence,
and that's how you get
started with Premiere Pro.
I got two more tips that
I wanna share with you
in just a second, but before
I do, question for you:
lemme know in the comment section
what is your biggest pain
point with Adobe Premiere Pro?
You know, I think the way it looks,
if you've never used this program before,
it can be very daunting, but
I think if you simplify it,
and that's what I wanna do,
is make it very simple to edit video,
but what is your biggest pain point?
Lemme know in the comment section below.
Now, let's get back into the tutorial.
So, when you started a
sequence based off of the clip,
the sequence is gonna be titled The Clip,
and so because I use
Sonys, it has like C002,
as you can notice right here,
so the sequence that I
started is titled C002,
but if you wanna change that,
I'm just gonna go right here,
click the name of the sequence,
and I'm just gonna call it M50 Photo Tips,
and so now that's reflected right here,
so if you're stacking on
projects and sequences,
you'll be able to distinguish
better what project is what,
and so that's the first tip.
The next tip I wanna show you
is something you can do
before you even import all your footage.
So if you start a Premiere project file,
and maybe you're doing
the same kind of videos,
or you're using the same
intro, the same title cards,
or the same music, it's
gonna be very helpful
if you have an assets sequence.
You know, I've learned this
because I've done a lot
of client work, and I'm
always referring back
to old projects, or
even using old projects
to start new ones, right?
And so, how 'bout before
you actually import
all your footage, create an Assets folder
in your Premiere Pro project.
So what do I mean by Assets folder
is just include your YouTube bumper,
include all your music.
Maybe if you have titles, like your name,
or if you've created titles,
like tip one, tip two,
and if you notice here, I'm
just gonna show you real quick.
You know, there's a few
different intros we have.
At Think Media, we have this kinda intro.
You've probably seen
it in a previous video,
or we also have this kinda intro,
where it goes like, "Just press record."
And so, you know, also titles,
like anytime I need a
title, I just go in here,
and then I, you know, just copy-paste,
and so even my top view right here
is my social media handle and stuff,
and so having an asset
sequence where it just has
your intro, and your
music, it's very helpful
'cause you're not always
having to dig for it
in your computer, but
that's just a power tip.
And what you can actually do now
is once you have an Assets project file,
you can just File, Save As, you know,
call it Assets, and
then save that somewhere
you know you're not gonna lose it,
like in your Documents or something.
I'm just gonna put it on my Desktop,
so whenever you're gonna
start a new project,
you just double-click
your Assets project file,
and then you can just
import your new files
that you're gonna use,
and then Import,
right-click Start a Sequence From Clip,
and then I'm gonna name this M50 Photo,
and I'm gonna File, Save As,
and then just save that in my project file
under the M50 Photography Tips,
right here, boom.
So now I'm starting a fresh project
with all my assets, like my music,
my intro, and things like that,
and so you don't have to
try and fish for it anymore,
so that's just a power tip.
I hope that really helped.
Well I hope you got so much
value outta that video,
and if you did, why don't you
smash the Like button for me?
Thank you so much, and let me know
in the comments section below
what tutorials in Premiere
you'd like to learn.
I would love to make those videos for you,
and in the meantime,
why don't you check out
our Adobe Premiere playlist?
You'll find it super helpful,
and you can check that out by clicking
or tapping the screen,
and I will see you in
the next video, peace.
(rhythmic digital music)
