Video editing involves manipulating and rearranging video clips to create a new work. It is one part of post-production which also includes tasks like color correction and sound mixing. The goals of editing can include removing unwanted footage, choosing the best takes, creating a smooth narrative flow, and adding elements like effects, graphics and music. The Adobe Premiere workspace contains panels for the project, monitor, timeline, effects and more to allow arranging and editing video clips.

1. What is Video Editing?
Video editing is the process of
manipulating and rearranging video
shots to create a new work. Editing is
usually considered to be one part of the
post production process — other post-
production tasks include titling, color
correction, sound mixing, etc.

2. What is Video Editing?
Many people use the term editing to
describe all their post-production work,
especially in non-professional situations.
Whether or not you choose to be picky
about terminology is up to you. In this
tutorial we are reasonably liberal with
our terminology and we use the word
editing to mean any of the following:

3. What is Video Editing?
Rearranging, adding and/or removing
sections of video clips and/or audio
clips.
Applying color correction, filters and
other enhancements.
Creating transitions between clips.

4. The Goals of Editing
There are many reasons to edit a video
and your editing approach will depend
on the desired outcome. Before you
begin, you must clearly define your
editing goals, which could include any of
the following:

5. The Goals of Editing
Remove unwanted footage
This is the simplest and most
common task in editing. Many
videos can be dramatically
improved by simply getting rid of
the flawed or unwanted bits.

6. The Goals of Editing
Choose the best footage
It is common to shoot far more footage
than you actually need and choose only
the best material for the final edit. Often
you will shoot several versions (takes)
of a shot and choose the best one when
editing.

7. The Goals of Editing
Create a flow
Most videos serve a purpose such as
telling a story or providing information.
Editing is a crucial step in making sure
the video flows in a way which achieves
this goal.

8. The Goals of Editing
Add effects, graphics, music, etc
This is often the "wow" part of editing.
You can improve most videos (and have
a lot of fun) by adding extra elements.

9. The Goals of Editing
Alter the style, pace or mood of the
video
A good editor will be able to create
subtle mood prompts in a video.
Techniques such as mood music and
visual effects can influence how the
audience will react.

10. The Goals of Editing
Give the video a particular "angle"
Video can be tailored to support a
particular viewpoint, impart a message
or serve an agenda.

11. The Adobe Premiere Workspace
The screenshot on the next slide shows
the default workspace. This workspace
can be customized in many ways — you
can rearrange the panels and use
specialist panels for different tasks
(audio mixing, titles, etc). For now, we
will stick to the default workspace.

12. Adobe Premiere CC Workspace

13. The Adobe Premiere Workspace
 This workspace is divided into 5 panels & 5 tabs that we use:
 The project panel, where you store all the elements which
make up your edited video (video clips, audio clips, graphics,
titles, etc).
 The monitor panel, where you view video clips and the result
of your edits.
 The Media/Effects Browser, which allows you to choose
media to edit and SFX to add to the timeline.
 The timeline panel, where you arrange the elements of your
video in the desired order.
 The tools panel, where you can select various editing tools to
use in the timeline.

14. Adobe Premiere CC Workspace

15. The Project Panel
 The project panel is where you
store all the elements needed to
create your finished video. It
can contain individual video
clips, audio clips, titles, photos
and graphical images. When
you import new items they
appear automatically in the
project panel.
 The project panel also contains
sequences, which include all
the data in a particular timeline.

16. The Monitor Panel
 The monitor panel is where you view video clips and edited
video sequences. Controls under each monitor allow you to
scroll through the video and set edit points.
 In the top right corner of the monitor panel is a fly-out menu
containing numerous additional viewing options, including
technical monitors.

17. The Source Monitor
The left screen is the
source monitor, which
allows you to preview
clips and make
adjustments before
adding them to the
timeline.

18. The Program Monitor
The right screen is the
program monitor
which shows you the
active timeline.

19. The Timeline Panel
The timeline panel is where your video takes shape. By dragging
items from the project panel or source monitor and placing them in
the desired order, you create a sequence of clips and events which
play in the timeline from left to right.

20. The Timeline Panel
With items in the timeline, you can:
Adjust edit points, making clips shorter or longer, or stretch
them over time.
Create multiple layers of video, e.g. titles, superimposed
images, etc.
Create multiple layers of audio, e.g. voiceovers, music, etc.
Add transitions, filters, special effects, etc.

21. The Current Time Indicator
The Current Time Indicator (CTI) is
a yellow triangular indicator which
shows you where you are in the
timeline. CTIs are used in several
different panels.
Many tasks depend on the position
of the CTI, for example:
 Pasting clips into the sequence.
 Adding markers to a clip or
sequence.
 Razor at Current Time Indicator
(CTRL-K): This splits any
unlocked clips at the point where
the CTI is positioned.

22. The Effects Panel
Drag video and audio
effects and transitions
from this panel to the
timeline. Effects and
transitions can then be
modified with the effect
control panel.

23. The Media Browser
The Media Browser is
where you get the
footage or photos that
you will import into your
Project Window.

24. The Toolbox
 The toolbox contains common
tools used for editing clips in the
timeline. Click on any of the
buttons (or use the keyboard
shortcuts) to select each tool.
The default tool is the selection
tool.
 When you select a tool, the
mouse pointer will usually
change to a new icon to
represent the tool when held over
the timeline panel. In some
cases, you can change the
behavior of a tool by holding
down a modifier key such as the
Shift key.

25. Keyboard Shortcuts
Ctrl + z
UNDO
allows you to go back as many times as needed to correct an error.
Ctrl + s
SAVE
allows you to save your project while you work. I recommend you save about
every 5 minutes or so.
Ctrl + x
CUT
allows you to cut out pictures or video from any panel.
Ctrl + c
COPY
allows you to copy pictures or video from any panel.
Ctrl + v
PASTE
allows you to paste pictures or video from any panel.

26. Keyboard Shortcuts
CTRL + A
Highlight All
Allows you to highlight everything all at once.
CTRL + T
Title
Allows you to make a new title.
HOME KEY
Allows you to go to the beginning of the
project.
END KEY
Allows you to go to the end of the project.
+ SIGN
Zooms out on the timeline.
-SIGN
Zooms in on the
timeline.
I
Sets a new in-point on a
clip of footage
O
Sets a new outpoint on
a clip of footage

27. Toolbox Keyboard Shortcut
V
Selection tool
The default tool, used to select clips in the timeline.
C
Razor tool
Cut a clip (or multiple clips) into two clips.
A
Track Select tool
Select all clips on a track from a given point, or select multiple tracks.
B
Ripple Edit tool
Adjust an edit point and move other clips in the timeline to compensate.
N
Rolling Edit tool
Adjust an edit point between two clips without affecting the rest of the
timeline.

28. Toolbox Keyboard Shortcut
X
Rate Stretch tool
Change the duration of a clip while simultaneously changing the speed to
compensate.
Y
Slip tool
Move a clip's in and out points by the same amount simultaneously, so the rest
of the timeline is not affected.
U
Slide tool
Move a clip back and forth in the timeline, while simultaneously adjusting
adjacent clips to compensate.
H
Hand tool
Drag the timeline view left and right.
Z
Zoom tool
Click in the timeline to magnify the view, or drag and select a rectangular area
to zoom into.