Learning Premier Pro

[Cope This 719]

Well I have bitten the bulitt and purchased a new computer, so while I am in the mood I will download Adobe Production CS that contains Premier Pro. What I would like to do is to find some locations where I can learn the basics ( and a little more ) of PP.

Any help most appreciated

Regards from "Down Under "

[Steve Grisetti]

The first place I'd go would be http://www.creativecow.net. They have hundreds of free tutorials!

But if you want to learn the basics, I'd go with the "Essential Training" tutorials at our partner site, http://www.Lynda.com. This site offers "books" of tutorials, which you work through one "chapter" at a time. And it's probably the best tutorial site on the web.

[Peru]

Here is a good place to start (There is a link for tutorials.):
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/premierepro ... index.html


Also, Google "Premiere Pro Tutorials":
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Premiere+Pro+CS5+Tutorials

[Bob]

Creative Cow does have a lot of tutorials on the basics, but they are relatively scattered around. The best bet for a coherent training course is a training site like Lynda.com. If you buy the production suite and register it, you get a bonus. One choice of bonus is a free one month membership to Lynda.com. Even if you don't choose the free month, Lynda.com is very reasonable.

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

If you have used one of the very early versions of PrEl (v1 or v2) you'll find a lot of things are familiar in PPro. I switched to PPro from PrEl v2 and I was surprised at how easy the migration was.

I haven't used PrEl beyond v2 but my gut feeling is that there has been some divergence in look and feel as Adobe have driven their Elements products away from their original 'cut down versions of PPro (and Photoshop)' to more easily used consumer products.

For speed of starting I agree that the Lynda tutorials are best. The one to start with is probably the Premiere Pro Essentials. For Photoshop I would also start with the Essentials training.

Although I have used PPro and PS for some years now I have a few other Lynda courses on DVD and often play them through just to refresh my memory about some of the tools/techniques that maybe I don't use that often.

[momoffduty]

I agree that the Lynda tuts are a great way to jump into PrPro. Sometimes when you purchase an Adobe Pro Product you get a free 30 day trial at Lynda. A good book is Premiere Pro Bible by Adele Droblas & Seth Greenberg. Loaded with lots of info with 1,000 pages, but I am don't know if they have a CS5 version.