Classroom in a book

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Clip Overlap
: Overlap presumes you’ll put a transition such as a cross-
dissolve between all clips. The goal in this lesson is to create a cuts-only 
video—that is, a video with no transitions—so set Clip Overlap to 0.
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 Note:
You can also 
choose Automate to 
Sequence from the 
panel menu.

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LESSON 5
Creating Cuts-Only Videos
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Transitions
: Because you’ll opt for no transitions, make sure these 
two options (Apply Default Audio Transition and Apply Default Video 
Transition) are deselected.
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Ignore Options
: Select the Ignore Audio check box to exclude the audio 
portion of the selected clips.
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Click OK. This places your clips in the order you selected in Sequence 01.
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Drag the Project panel out of the way. Click inside the Timeline to activate it, 
and press the spacebar to play your sequence.
View this sequence critically. Several edits are jump cuts or feel awkward. Some 
clips are too long. The next task is to fix those flaws.
Editing clips on the Timeline
You’ll use a variety of editing tools to improve this storyboard rough cut, including 
the following:
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You’ll trim a clip by dragging its end.
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You’ll use the Ripple Delete command to remove a gap between clips.
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You’ll use the Ripple Edit tool to save a step when you lengthen or shorten 
a clip.
Trimming a clip
To trim a clip, follow these steps:
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Open Lesson 05-03.prproj from the Lesson 05 folder. The clips in this project 
may be in a different order than the order you selected. That’s OK because 
you’re going to edit the clips into a short movie that has some kind of plot.
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Notice the Timeline now has two sequences, Sequence 01 and Completed. You 
may have as many sequences in a project as you like. An audio folder has also 
been added to the Project panel full of narration, music, and sound effects. 
Click the Completed sequence tab, and play the completed project.
The video in the Completed sequence is the final cuts-only video you will make 
using the edit tools available in Adobe Premiere Pro. It’s amazing how some 
well-timed cuts can transform your footage from a bunch of confusing clips into 
a short movie with a plot.
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Practice zooming in and out of the Timeline by pressing the equal sign (=) to 
zoom in and the minus sign (-) to zoom out. Press the backslash ( \ ) to make the 
entire sequence fit on the screen.
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 Note:
If you have 
only one clip on the 
Timeline after this step, 
you may have missed 
step 2, in which we 
selected all clips in 
the bin.
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 Note:
To fully 
appreciate the cuts-only 
sequence, we’ve added 
the audio for you. The 
audio tracks are locked 
in this lesson to prevent 
you from accidentally 
moving or deleting 
the audio from the 
sequence. We’ll focus on 
audio in a future lesson.

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ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS5 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK