Newby To Adobe Premier Pro

Russ Gutshall · December 30th, 2010, 09:50 AM

Greetings - as a newby to Adobe Prem Pro/CS5 - I was wondering if some one could give me a quick step by step workflow to get started to do the following :

1. I have a clip of animal in tree - but sky is grayish - and I want to add a blue sky layer for more pleasing affect.

Where do I start first ? Do I eventually get into "After Affects" , etc. ? Any help would be much appreciated !

I have MacPro with 10gb ram, 3ghz dual core, Nvidia 8800 GT

Thanks !

russgutshall@hotmail.com

Robert Young · December 30th, 2010, 12:09 PM

Within PPro are video filters for "Change Color" and "Replace Color"
You can apply the filters and play around with the settings, look up info about them in PPro "Help", and also go to the Adobe TV website and find well done video tutorials that cover a wide variety of topics such as this one.

Pete Bauer · December 30th, 2010, 01:57 PM

Good advice from Robert. Other tools that might help would be garbage matts and experimenting with keys, especially perhaps luminance.

Ann Bens · January 1st, 2011, 01:39 PM

You might want to have a look at this:
Adobe Evangelists - Karl Soule - Using the 3-way CoCo as a Secondary Color Corrector | Adobe TV

Robert Young · January 2nd, 2011, 01:05 AM

Good one, Ann!!
As much as I've used the Three Way Color Corrector, I never knew that feature was available :)

Ann Bens · January 2nd, 2011, 06:12 AM

It's very well hidden. ;-)

Paul R Johnson · January 2nd, 2011, 01:12 PM

It's more annoying when you discover the feature AFTER you spent ages on a previous project and the new feature, had you known about it, would have been damn handy!

John Kilderry · January 2nd, 2011, 01:51 PM

Does anyone else appreciate the irony of a color correction tutorial that itself has bluish skin tones and bad lighting?

Don't get me wrong, Adobe, the tutorials are worth their weight in gold.

Ann Bens · January 3rd, 2011, 06:10 PM

Actual it isn't a new feature, it has been there ever since CS3.

Tim Kolb · January 4th, 2011, 02:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ann Bens

Actual it isn't a new feature, it has been there ever since CS3.

Another everyday edit feature that got displaced by Dynamic Link in the marketing message priority list...

December 30th, 2010, 09:50 AM	#1
Russ Gutshall Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Canton, GA 30114 Posts: 78	Newby To Adobe Premier Pro - Workflow ? Greetings - as a newby to Adobe Prem Pro/CS5 - I was wondering if some one could give me a quick step by step workflow to get started to do the following : 1. I have a clip of animal in tree - but sky is grayish - and I want to add a blue sky layer for more pleasing affect. Where do I start first ? Do I eventually get into "After Affects" , etc. ? Any help would be much appreciated ! I have MacPro with 10gb ram, 3ghz dual core, Nvidia 8800 GT Thanks ! russgutshall@hotmail.com __________________ Russ Gutshall

December 30th, 2010, 12:09 PM	#2
Robert Young Trustee Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Coronado Island Posts: 1,472	Within PPro are video filters for "Change Color" and "Replace Color" You can apply the filters and play around with the settings, look up info about them in PPro "Help", and also go to the Adobe TV website and find well done video tutorials that cover a wide variety of topics such as this one. __________________ Bob

December 30th, 2010, 01:57 PM	#3
Pete Bauer Wrangler Join Date: May 2003 Location: Eagle River, AK Posts: 4,100	Good advice from Robert. Other tools that might help would be garbage matts and experimenting with keys, especially perhaps luminance. __________________ Pete Bauer The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert Einstein Trying to solve a DV mystery? You may find the answer behind the SEARCH function ... or be able to join a discussion already in progress!

January 2nd, 2011, 01:05 AM	#5
Robert Young Trustee Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Coronado Island Posts: 1,472	Good one, Ann!! As much as I've used the Three Way Color Corrector, I never knew that feature was available :) __________________ Bob

January 2nd, 2011, 01:51 PM	#8
John Kilderry Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Brevard, Florida Posts: 77	Does anyone else appreciate the irony of a color correction tutorial that itself has bluish skin tones and bad lighting? Don't get me wrong, Adobe, the tutorials are worth their weight in gold. __________________ Beer is cheaper than therapy.

January 1st, 2011, 01:39 PM	#4
Ann Bens Major Player Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 710	You might want to have a look at this: Adobe Evangelists - Karl Soule - Using the 3-way CoCo as a Secondary Color Corrector \| Adobe TV

January 2nd, 2011, 06:12 AM	#6
Ann Bens Major Player Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 710	It's very well hidden. ;-)

January 2nd, 2011, 01:12 PM	#7
Paul R Johnson Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lowestoft - UK Posts: 4,045	It's more annoying when you discover the feature AFTER you spent ages on a previous project and the new feature, had you known about it, would have been damn handy!

January 3rd, 2011, 06:10 PM	#9
Ann Bens Major Player Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 710	Actual it isn't a new feature, it has been there ever since CS3.