Video and PH350

Good Morning Everyone and welcome to another Terrific Tuesday!

If you are wondering what I am doing talking about video when this is supposed to be a blog about photography, then you are not the only one.  Down the road if you continue your studies in the BS program for photography you will take a class called Time Based Media where you will be using video editing software from Adobe.  Remember a few blogs back I talked about the need to have a camera that is able to record movies?  Well, this is the class that meets that requirement!

 Adobe Premier Pro CC video screen

The video editing program you will be using is called Adobe Premiere Pro CC.  You can access this program through the Adobe Creative Cloud umbrella or you can download the trial version straight to your computer and use it for 30 days.  Things you might want to take into consideration is that the program only works on Windows 7 or higher, it will not work on XP or Vista (trust me I know!).  There are tutorials in Lynda.com that will guide you through everything you need to know about the program, the combined time necessary to watch all the tutorials is about 29 hours!

When you open the program for the first time, it might look similar to Lightroom, don’t be fool, it is not the same process.  In this program you will be dealing with videos, audio, still images (photos), adding music, titles, motion graphics for both videos and still images.  To complete the assignments you will be dealing with WB for video and images, recording interviews and audio with different equipment and also dealing with continuous light in the form of a hot shoe mount LED light.  Of course you might be using your tungsten light set when doing the interviews because you will not be using your flash or strobes unless is for still images.

 

Adobe Premier Pro CC audio + video screen

So, my point is simple: be prepared before you get to the class!  I was not, and I struggled getting all the necessary equipment, learning how to use it while at the same time trying to get the homework posted on time.  The final project is to be about 60-90 seconds long, but you will have hours of work to get to that small amount of time!

I know that this is a different post than usual, but I felt I needed to post the warning out there.

Check out Adobe Premier Pro, if you have never used it, it is going to be an eye opener.

If you have any questions about it, the class, or what equipment you will need, drop me a line, I will guide you to where you can get all the information.

Until then, this is your Tuesday Ambassador wishing a great and wonderful, fun-filled, picture-taking day for all of you!

 Tuesday Ambassador