Classroom in a book

2
Open the Lesson 12-2 Working sequence.
3
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the second clip, and 
choose Unlink.
4
Complete the unlinking process by clicking outside that clip in the Timeline to 
deselect it.
Now when you click either the audio or video portion of that clip, only that 
portion is selected. You’ll relink these clips and then use a keyboard modifier 
to temporarily unlink them.
5
Shift-click both of those unlinked clips to select them (if one is already 
highlighted, you don’t need to Shift-click it).
6
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) one of them, and choose Link.
Now you’ll use the keyboard modifier unlinking method.
7
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the audio portion of the second 
clip to unlink it, and select it.
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 Note:
In this case, 
the cutaway clips aren’t 
being used as cutaways. 
They’re 
B-roll
—basic
video used to piece 
together a project.

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LESSON 12
Acquiring and Editing Audio
8
Drag the unlinked audio portion of the second clip straight down to the 
Audio 2 track.
9
The audio on the edit director track is very low. Click to select the track, 
right-click, and choose Audio Gain. In the Audio Gain dialog, select the 
“Normalize Max Peak to” option, and leave the value at 0. The waveform 
will expand considerably, and you should be able to hear the director.
10
Click the Rolling Edit tool ( ) in the Tools panel, or press N on your keyboard. 
Grab the link between the first and second clips on Video 1, and drag it to the 
right as far as it will go. When you’re done, press V on your keyboard to restore 
the selection pointer.
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 Note:
As you move the audio portions of your clips in the sequence, take care that you don’t 
slide them left or right when you drag them; otherwise, the audio and video will get out of sync. 
Adobe Premiere Pro gives you a visual cue to help you line up your clips: If you see a black line with 
a triangle, your clips are properly lined up. If that black line disappears, you have moved out of sync. 
In that case, move the clip around a bit until the black line reappears.
11
Apply a fade-out on the first audio clip using the Constant Power transition 
(you used this transition in the previous exercise) to fade out the explosions 
gradually as the subject starts to speak. Grab the edge of the transition, and 
drag it to the left so it starts before the edit director audio clip.
12
Play that J-cut. The explosions should fade as the director begins speaking.

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ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS5 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK