WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.187 --> 00:00:03.765 I want to show you the power 2 00:00:03.765 --> 00:00:05.455 of Adobe Premiere Pro. 3 00:00:05.455 --> 00:00:08.134 Before we even dive into the nitty gritty 4 00:00:08.134 --> 00:00:10.727 and all the different things about getting started, 5 00:00:10.727 --> 00:00:12.744 I'm going to dive in, showing you how 6 00:00:12.744 --> 00:00:16.744 to stabilise shaky footage in just a few clicks. 7 00:00:17.693 --> 00:00:21.328 So go ahead and download the practise video clip 8 00:00:21.328 --> 00:00:25.245 in this lesson, it's called Bride and Groom - Shaky. 9 00:00:25.245 --> 00:00:27.889 This is a video clip that I shot at a friend's wedding, 10 00:00:27.889 --> 00:00:30.624 just with my DSLR camera, and as you can see, 11 00:00:30.624 --> 00:00:33.156 it's a little shaky and not so great. 12 00:00:33.156 --> 00:00:36.243 Let's fix that in Adobe Premiere Pro really quickly. 13 00:00:36.243 --> 00:00:37.932 Open up Adobe Premiere Pro. 14 00:00:37.932 --> 00:00:39.581 If you've never opened it up, don't worry. 15 00:00:39.581 --> 00:00:41.394 We're gonna be going over all the settings 16 00:00:41.394 --> 00:00:42.960 in the future lessons. 17 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:45.883 All you need to do is click New Project. 18 00:00:45.883 --> 00:00:49.224 Type in a name for your project. 19 00:00:49.224 --> 00:00:50.636 I'm gonna call it Shaky. 20 00:00:50.636 --> 00:00:51.469 Click OK. 21 00:00:52.616 --> 00:00:54.770 Adobe Premier Pro will open up 22 00:00:54.770 --> 00:00:57.864 and your windows might not look the same as mine. 23 00:00:57.864 --> 00:01:00.050 That's okay, we're gonna learn how to adjust 24 00:01:00.050 --> 00:01:02.073 all the windows in a future lesson. 25 00:01:02.073 --> 00:01:03.516 But all you have to do right now is 26 00:01:03.516 --> 00:01:07.599 look for the project panel called Project: Shaky. 27 00:01:08.874 --> 00:01:12.425 And it says import media to start in this window. 28 00:01:12.425 --> 00:01:15.524 Double-click right in there and it will open up 29 00:01:15.524 --> 00:01:17.298 a little window where you can find 30 00:01:17.298 --> 00:01:20.024 the Bride and Groom - Shaky footage 31 00:01:20.024 --> 00:01:21.675 that you just downloaded. 32 00:01:21.675 --> 00:01:24.611 Click Import and that's going to bring this video clip 33 00:01:24.611 --> 00:01:26.551 into your project window. 34 00:01:26.551 --> 00:01:29.822 Let's add this to a new timeline or basically, 35 00:01:29.822 --> 00:01:32.172 a new video sequence. 36 00:01:32.172 --> 00:01:35.642 Click and drag this clip onto this little icon 37 00:01:35.642 --> 00:01:37.416 that looks like a Post-it note. 38 00:01:37.416 --> 00:01:39.691 This is the new item button. 39 00:01:39.691 --> 00:01:42.416 By doing this, a new timeline opens up. 40 00:01:42.416 --> 00:01:44.810 We can click through the timeline up here 41 00:01:44.810 --> 00:01:47.533 to drag and play through our video clip. 42 00:01:47.533 --> 00:01:50.200 Just press the spacebar to play. 43 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:54.003 Let's make this footage not so shaky. 44 00:01:54.003 --> 00:01:56.396 Find the Effects window. 45 00:01:56.396 --> 00:01:59.118 It should be behind the Project window. 46 00:01:59.118 --> 00:02:01.641 If you don't see it, you can go up to Window 47 00:02:01.641 --> 00:02:04.073 and make sure Effects is on. 48 00:02:04.073 --> 00:02:06.180 There's a little search bar at the top of Effects. 49 00:02:06.180 --> 00:02:08.168 Let's type in warp. 50 00:02:08.168 --> 00:02:10.313 Under the Distort bin right here, 51 00:02:10.313 --> 00:02:12.788 we see this effect called Warp Stabiliser. 52 00:02:12.788 --> 00:02:14.267 Oo, sounds cool. 53 00:02:14.267 --> 00:02:18.892 Let's click and drag that onto our video clip. 54 00:02:18.892 --> 00:02:21.771 In the Effects Controls Panel that pops up, 55 00:02:21.771 --> 00:02:25.245 we'll see all sorts of text and buttons and things. 56 00:02:25.245 --> 00:02:26.445 Don't worry all about that, 57 00:02:26.445 --> 00:02:27.640 but you will notice 58 00:02:27.640 --> 00:02:30.888 that there's this little time remaining countdown. 59 00:02:30.888 --> 00:02:33.487 It's analysing this clip, trying to think, 60 00:02:33.487 --> 00:02:35.960 how can I stabilise this footage? 61 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:38.267 How can I make it not so shaky? 62 00:02:38.267 --> 00:02:40.700 Once it's down, it will stabilise it. 63 00:02:40.700 --> 00:02:44.669 We could go backwards on the timeline and play through. 64 00:02:44.669 --> 00:02:46.901 Mm, smooth, buttery motion. 65 00:02:46.901 --> 00:02:48.344 I love that. 66 00:02:48.344 --> 00:02:51.520 It's completely different than what we had before. 67 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:53.920 And we can easily see what we had before by 68 00:02:53.920 --> 00:02:56.108 turning on and off this effect 69 00:02:56.108 --> 00:03:00.355 by clicking this fx button right next to Warp Stabiliser. 70 00:03:00.355 --> 00:03:03.900 Play through it without the effect on, 71 00:03:03.900 --> 00:03:04.888 turn that on, 72 00:03:04.888 --> 00:03:07.163 and play through it with the smooth, buttery 73 00:03:07.163 --> 00:03:09.104 Warp Stabiliser on. 74 00:03:09.104 --> 00:03:11.748 We can ever take this a step further, 75 00:03:11.748 --> 00:03:14.476 changing the result from smooth motion 76 00:03:14.476 --> 00:03:15.546 to no motion. 77 00:03:15.546 --> 00:03:18.439 Just click that little drop-down and choose No Motion. 78 00:03:18.439 --> 00:03:21.362 It's going to re-stabilize and it probably will have to 79 00:03:21.362 --> 00:03:23.256 crop in a little bit so that it can 80 00:03:23.256 --> 00:03:25.157 make sure that there's no motion. 81 00:03:25.157 --> 00:03:27.472 And when we play through this, 82 00:03:27.472 --> 00:03:29.463 look at that, that is crazy. 83 00:03:29.463 --> 00:03:33.085 Absolutely no motion for this clip. 84 00:03:33.085 --> 00:03:36.551 This is just one of the many effects and tricks and tips 85 00:03:36.551 --> 00:03:39.564 that I'm going to be teaching you in this class. 86 00:03:39.564 --> 00:03:41.793 But let's first take it a step back 87 00:03:41.793 --> 00:03:44.518 and in the following lessons, we're going to learn 88 00:03:44.518 --> 00:03:46.134 about starting your new project, 89 00:03:46.134 --> 00:03:47.662 the settings you want to choose, 90 00:03:47.662 --> 00:03:50.306 and making sure we're all set up for success 91 00:03:50.306 --> 00:03:51.953 with the right panels 92 00:03:51.953 --> 00:03:55.050 and understanding the layout of the programme. 93 00:03:55.050 --> 00:03:56.741 Thank you so much for watching 94 00:03:56.741 --> 00:03:58.628 and we'll see you in the next lesson.