What this book covers

Project 1, Creating a Movie Montage – The Easy Way, shows you how to take the hard work out of adding many hundreds of clips to a Timeline, and create a montage to the beat of a music track.

Project 2, Cutting a Short Film Without Getting Stung, builds on workflows learned in Project 1, but uses those skills to cut a short film using a variety of techniques including three and four-point edits.

Project 3, Protect the Innocent – Interview Edit Techniques, looks at various techniques you will find useful when editing news or documentary footage, such as the J- and L-cuts, and the Extract and Lift functions.

Project 4, See the Bigger Picture – Edit Multiple Cameras, shows you how to synchronize footage that was recorded on nine different cameras, as well as demonstrating a Picture-in-Picture (PiP) effect.

Project 5, Visual Effects – Muzzle Flashes, Laser Beams, and Clones, takes you through the steps necessary to create these effects using only the filters and effects found in a standard install of Premiere Pro CS6.

Project 6, Visual FX Using Real Media, builds on Project 5, but shows you how to replace the effects with real explosions sourced free from the Internet.

Project 7, The Ultimate Do-over – Correcting Visual and Audio Problems, takes a look at just what's involved when someone says, "We'll fix it in post"!

Project 8, Reach the World – Export to DVD, the Internet, and Beyond, looks at the practical steps needed to get your finished project out onto YouTube, or DVD, or wherever else you want to send it.