Premiere Pro 2020 is here. Adobe has dropped “CC” from the name and replaced it with some exciting performance and feature enhancements. Learn all about the new features in the latest version of this premiere editing program. Author Rich Harrington starts with the new camera support and export options, which make it easier to work with a wider range of devices and file formats. Then learn how to intelligently reframe footage with the AI-powered Auto Reframe effect, and leverage other editing improvements such as increased audio range and temporal and spatial interpolation on keyframes. Rich also reviews the enhancements to the Essential Graphics panel—the new home of motion graphic templates (MOGRTS)—for text formatting and layer management.

Topics include:

• Switch projects to Metal renderer on Mac
• Thumbnail drawing improvements
• New camera support
• New export options
• Auto Reframe effect
• Increased audio range
• Menu controls and text formatting for MOGRTS

About the Author

Rich Harrington is a digital video expert, educator, speaker, and author.

As a digital video expert and trained business professional, Rich Harrington understands both the creative and management sides of the visual communications industry. He is the founder of the visual communications company RHED Pixel in Washington, DC. He is a certified instructor for Adobe and Apple and a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals Instructor Dream Team. Rich is a popular speaker on the digital video circuit and has served as program manager for conferences hosted by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). He has also written several books for the video industry, including An Editor’s Guide to Adobe Premiere Pro, From Still to Motion, and Photoshop for Video. To explore more resources for media professionals and to listen to Rich’s many podcasts, visit RichardHarrington.com.

Product Details

• Full Video Tutorials
• Video File Format: MP4
• Skill Level: Intermediate
• Video Duration: 50m 49s
• Instructor: Rich Harrington

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Learn how to create better transitions by combining Premiere Pro’s built-in transitions with filters and other effects, and then find out how to customize and save your results. In this installment of Premiere Pro Guru, Rich Harrington covers best practices for applying, refining, stacking, and saving transitions to produce more-creative, more-professional projects. This course focuses on how to master the existing Adobe Premiere Pro transitions as well as how to use top third-party solutions. Additionally, in-depth coverage is given to creating custom transitions such as blurs, flash frames, fades, gradient wipes, and more.

Topics include:

• Applying transitions between clips
• Positioning transitions in the Timeline
• Customizing default transitions
• Trimming shots
• Combining effects and transitions
• Creating a blur transition
• Creating and applying custom gradients
• Saving transition presets
• Working with third-party transition plugins like Red Giant and CoreMelt

About the Author

Rich Harrington is a digital video expert, educator, speaker, and author.

As a digital video expert and trained business professional, Rich Harrington understands both the creative and management sides of the visual communications industry. He is the founder of the visual communications company RHED Pixel in Washington, DC. He is a certified instructor for Adobe and Apple and a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals Instructor Dream Team. Rich is a popular speaker on the digital video circuit and has served as program manager for conferences hosted by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). He has also written several books for the video industry, including An Editor’s Guide to Adobe Premiere Pro, From Still to Motion, and Photoshop for Video. To explore more resources for media professionals and to listen to Rich’s many podcasts.

Product Details

• Full Video Tutorials
• Video File Format: MP4
• Skill Level: Intermediate
• Video Duration: 2h 13m
• Instructor: Rich Harrington

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Project management is key to getting any idea from start to finish, but creative projects face special challenges that set them apart from traditional business projects. In this course, Rich Harrington introduces the core concepts of effective project management as it relates to work in video production, design, photography, or any other creative endeavor. Learn how to describe the services you offer, properly scope your project, identify major deliverables and interdependencies, and communicate with clients at all stages of the process. Rich shares insights from his many years as a business owner and creative professional, bringing together full-time employees, contractors, and freelancers to plan and execute high-level creative projects that keep clients happy.

This course was created by Rhed Pixel. We are pleased to offer this training in our library.

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Take charge of Photoshop and hard-to-select objects like hair, fuzzy edges, and color ranges. This course teaches you how to make better, more targeted image adjustments with the selection tools in Adobe Photoshop CC. Rich Harrington shows how to make precise selections for masking, changing color and tone, or even storing transparency. Dive into the Select menu commands and the Marquee, Lasso, and Magic Wand tools, and then learn how to refine your selections with Expand and Contract, Smooth and Feather, Quick Mask, and other controls. Photoshop power users can discover advanced techniques involving the Color Range command and alpha channel selections. Finally, see how to leverage the smart image-analysis tools such as Content-Aware Fill and Face-Aware Liquify to make complex selections and adjustments.

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