This document provides an overview of some key tools in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 for video editing. It describes the timeline as the central tool for organizing footage and managing the overall video length. It also explains that the selection tool is used for moving clips, adding footage to the timeline, and opening clip properties. Additionally, it outlines that the razor tool is used for trimming clips and cutting footage, and the pen tool can create fades and adjust audio levels at specific points in a video.

1. HOW TO USE
ADOBE
PREMIERE PRO
Timeline and Editing Tool
CS5.5

2. This is your timeline on CS5.5, it is there you help
TIMELIN you manage the length of your footage and the
E overall time of your video.
This tool at the bottom half of the software main
screen is a tool that allows you to zoom in and out
the timeline, to make more precise cuts In your

3. Selection Tool
The selection tool is the tool
that you will use the most
on your time on CS5.5. This
tool allows you to move
your footage area the
timeline, put footage or
sound from your files onto
This three pictures
the timeline and let you
show what and how
open up extra information
you can move your
and options on singular
footage around with
footage just by double
the selection tool.
clicking.

4. The Razor
Toolrazor tool
The
that is shown by
the arrow on the
left, it is just
below the
In the picture below I have selection tool I
selected the razor tool and I'm just showed you.
going to trim a bit of footage at The razor tool is
the end of this video as it is not used to trim and
needed. cut footage on
your timeline.
You can get rid of
bits of footage
that are just not
needed in your
video.
The image to the left shows that the
footage is now cut into two
separate videos and now I can just
delete the bit of footage I trimmed.

5. The final tool I will look
at is the pen tool that the
arrow on the left is
showing. The pen tool
can be used to create a
fade on sound coming in
or out or just a dip in the
sound level for a point of
The Pen Tool Next we see that I time in your footage.
We start with the have used the pen tool Finally we see that I
footage and the by clicking on the have pulled the
volume level is the yellow line a the bottom half down and
yellow line and the bottom of the footage the top half up, so the
bottom part of the to create little dots volume level on this
footage we see o the where we can now piece of footage will
timeline. move around. now fade in.