Premiere Pro: 15 Min basics (everything you need to know)

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How to open/ create a new project & settings

The general interface (what you first see)

What is the 'project'

How to customise your sequence

How to add video/audio to your sequence

Explaining clips and playback

Editing: selection tool

Editing: how to separate video and audio

Editing: Cutting and pasting clips

Editing: Rate stretch tool (speed)

Editing: Cutting and splitting clips

Editing: Undo/history

Editing: Multi-select 

Explaining tracks

Editing: Layering tracks/ clips 

Editing: Titles

Editing: Effects

Editing: Transitions

Saving the project

Exporting the finished video

Premiere Pro: Masks

Masks can be used for many simple tasks as well as excited visual effects!

Here are just a few example of the power of masks:

Introduction

Masks and colour

Automated Tracking Masks

Masks could help with created the perfect matte black background in studio shoots for music videos; more exciting split screens in spy films or spotlighting/ highlighting characters in romantic movies. You could also play around with shapes and footage overlay. There are many possibilities, whether it's just fixing up footage or something more ambitious, masks are always a handy skill to know.

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Premiere Pro: Cinematic footage