Key details

Premiere Pro training course for beginners, teaching key techniques for editing, adjusting and refining video.

Adobe Premiere Pro is the industry-leading video editing software. It is widely used by:

• Mainstream broadcasters and studios.
• Public sector organisations with a requirement to edit video, such as local councils and police forces.
• Designers and creatives.

Our Introduction to Premiere Pro course provides a thorough grounding in the application. The topics covered include adding video effects, exporting frames, clips and sequences, and managing your projects.

This course is ideal for newcomers to Premiere Pro, and those with limited Premiere Pro experience.

This course can be attended remotely, from your place of work or home. For a limited time, we’re offering discounts off the usual course price. See Remote training for further details.

Upcoming course dates

Accredited Premiere Pro training

Armada is an Adobe Authorised Training Centre (AATC), accredited by Adobe to provide Premiere Pro training.

Courses are hosted by Chris Nelthorpe, an Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI) and an Adobe Certified Expert in Premiere Pro.

How will I learn?

Premiere Pro training is hands-on and practical.

Our trainers teach the necessary theory then demonstrate techniques step-by-step. You then practice the techniques taught on a computer running Premiere Pro.

There is plenty of time to ask questions, and you can take away all the files you create.

Training guide and certificate

Course delegates receive:

• A comprehensive training guide for Premiere Pro, to refer to throughout the course, and to use as a refresher afterwards.
• An e-certificate confirming successful completion of an Adobe‑accredited Premiere Pro training course. Click here to see an example of the certificate you receive.

After course support

Following Premiere Pro training, delegates are entitled to 30 days’ email support from their Premiere Pro trainer to help with any post-course issues. For further details, see Support.

Prerequisites

No prior Premiere Pro knowledge is necessary.

Premiere Pro Version

Training is based primarily on Premiere Pro 2020. The techniques taught are relevant to all recent releases of Premiere Pro.

All Premiere Pro training is suitable for both Windows and Mac users.

Our guarantees to you

Our price guarantee is your assurance that you’re getting the best value for money.

Our training guarantee ensures that you learn the concepts and skills you need.

On-request Premiere Pro training available

As well as our scheduled courses, Introduction to Premiere Pro training is also available on-request, i.e. one-to-one training or a ‘closed’ course for your group, hosted at one of our centres, or your venue.

On-request training can be tailored to take into account any existing knowledge you have, and the work you’re going to be doing in Premiere Pro. Please contact us for a quote.

General information

Course times

9.30am–4.30pm.

Payment

Payment for Premiere Pro training can be made bank transfer or card.

We accept purchase orders from UK-registered companies.

If you’re self-funding your training, you can pay in staged payments, interest-free, over 12 months.

For further details, see training course payment options.

Cancellations and transfers

If a booking on a scheduled Introduction to Premiere Pro course is cancelled giving less than 10 working days’ notice, a cancellation fee is payable. View cancellation terms.

If a delegate requests a transfer to a different scheduled Introduction to Premiere Pro course giving less than 10 working days’ notice, a transfer fee is payable. View transfer terms.

Terms and conditions

Training course bookings are subject to our terms and conditions.

Expert trainer

Chris Nelthorpe

Chris is an Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI) and an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in both After Effects and Premiere Pro. He is also an expert user of Adobe Audition. He uses all three applications extensively in his professional work as an Editor, Motion Graphics Designer, Visual Effects Artist and Sound Designer.

Chris has worked on documentaries, short films, fashion shoots, corporate videos and features, editing over a hundred show reels for clients including Forces TV and British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS).

Course content

Session One: Getting Started with Premiere Pro

• Overview
• Launching a New Project
• Touring the Premiere Pro Interface
• Workspaces
• Exploring Preferences
• Exploring Keyboard Shortcuts

Session Two: Importing and Organising Media Assets

• Getting Started
• Importing Video and audio files
• The Media Browser and P2 files
• Synchronising audio and video with Merge Clips
• A note about Conforming
• Using the Storyboard feature in the Project panel
• Metadata

Session Three: Basic Editing

• Creating new sequences automatically
• Moving clips to the Timeline
• Moving, trimming and deleting clips on the Timeline
• Markers and Subclips
• Using the Source monitor; editing clips with In and Out points
• Inserting and overwriting edits
• Working with Linked Selection

Session Four: Refining the Edit

• The Toolbar
• Ripple and Rolling edits, creating J and L cuts
• Slip and Slide edits
• Lift and Extract

Session Five: Adding Effects and Transitions

• Adding Transitions
• Adding Effects and Keyframes
• Applying Keyframes to the Timeline
• Basic time changes
• Colour Grading
• Compositing with Ultra Key
• Rendering and previews

Session Six: Audio Editing and Mixing

• Adjusting clip volume
• Cleanup and optimisation with the new Essential Sound panel
• Using the Audio Track Mixer

Session Seven: Additional Editing Techniques and Titling

• Offline media
• Replacing clips on the Timeline
• Adding titles with the new Essential Graphics panel

Session Eight: Multi-Camera Editing

• Organising and selecting camera angles for Multi-Camera mode
• Creating a Multi-Camera edit

Session Nine: Exporting

• Exporting single frames
• Exporting audio
• Exporting to web-ready video
• Exporting video with the Adobe Media Encoder

Session Ten: Project Management

• Copying projects to a new location
• Consolidating and archiving projects

Remote training

Remote training lets you join a live Premiere Pro course from your place of work or home. You can:

• See and hear our trainer and other delegates participating in the Premiere Pro training.
• Allow our trainer and the other delegates to see and hear you (if you have a webcam, and you’re agreeable).
• Interact by speaking, using chat, or raising your ‘virtual hand’ if you need assistance.
• Share your screen with our trainer to show them what you’re seeing.

Your experience will be as close as possible to actually being in the classroom…

• The training will follow the same syllabus as our classroom-based Introduction to Premiere Pro courses.
• It will be presented by the same Adobe Certified Instructors.
• We’ll post you a training guide, and send you all the information you need to participate in the training. We’ll even post you a headset and microphone if you need one.
• You’ll receive the same e-certificate confirming successful completion as classroom-based delegates. Click here to see an example of the certificate you receive.
• You’ll carry out exercises in Premiere Pro, assisted by our trainer. If you haven’t got Premiere Pro installed on your computer, we’ll send you a link to fully-functional trial software that you can download and install.
• You’ll be entitled to 30 days’ email support from your trainer.

When you attend our remote training, you’re participating in a real course, hosted by a real trainer, in real time. This training shouldn’t be confused with libraries of pre-prepared e-learning content, that provides an inferior training experience.

For a limited time, we’re offering 30% discount off the usual Introduction to Premiere Pro course price for remote training.

Discounts and bundles

To make your Premiere Pro training as affordable as possible, we offer:

• A discounted Premiere Pro training bundle.
• A range of training discounts on our scheduled (public) Premiere Pro training courses.
• A price guarantee that you won’t get Premiere Pro training for less.

Premiere Pro training bundle

Book classroom-based courses in:

• Introduction to Premiere Pro (2 days), and
• Advanced Premiere Pro (1 day)

for £545 + VAT.

The bundle price is applied automatically when you book these two courses.

Training discounts

Multiple places

If you book multiple course places, we can offer you:

• 10% discount if you book two places.
• 15% discount if you book three or four places.
• 20% discount if you book five or more places.

This can be for several people attending one course, one person attending several courses, or a combination.

These discounts are available for both classroom-based courses and remote training.

Concessions

We offer a 10% discount on scheduled Premiere Pro course places to:

• Students, teachers and lecturers.
• People who work for a registered charity.
• ISTC members.

These discounts are available for both classroom-based courses and remote training.

Please call us if you qualify for a discount. Evidence of your status that entitles you to a discount may be requested.

Terms and exclusions

Only one of the above discounts can be applied to any booking.

The above discounts are not available for training bundles or on-request course bookings (one-to-one training or a ‘closed course’ for your group).

Price guarantee

When you book training with Armada, we want you to be certain that you’re not paying over-the-odds. So, if you book a place on any scheduled (public) course and then find the same course at a lower price elsewhere, we will match that price.

To qualify for the price match:

• The course you find must be comparable. By this we mean it must:
  • Cover the same subject.
  • Be the same duration or longer.
  • Hold the same accreditations as our course, i.e. it must be provided by an Adobe Authorised Training Centre (AATC).
  • For classroom-based courses, be in the same region, i.e. within 50 miles of our centre.
  • For remote training, be a live course, i.e. not pre-prepared e-learning content.
• The lower price must be advertised on the other company’s website.

To claim a price match, just call any time before attending your course and tell us where you saw the price.

Complementary services

We offer a range of services to support your Adobe Premiere Pro development.

Bureau service

If you have a peak workload, or require assistance with a specific project, our highly experienced Premiere Pro specialists can carry out project work for you. We’ll be happy to quote for any project you’re looking to outsource.

Clients for whom our specialists have recently completed projects include Honda, Raytheon, Forces TV, British Forces Broadcasting Service and Giallo Films.

Audio

We can assist you with the production of audio to include in your Premiere Pro projects. We can:

• Provide spoken narrative, sourced by voiceover professionals.
• Advise on background music. We can suggest library music that fits your project from a wide collection we’re familiar with, or we can compose and create a bespoke soundtrack for your project.
• Edit your audio. We can trim and repair audio clips, add effects, set levels and mix. We carry out editing work using Audition, Adobe’s powerful audio workstation.

Video production

We can produce professional-standard video footage to incorporate into your Premiere Pro projects. We can cover all aspects of the filming process including:

• Production
  We’ll film the scenes you want to include in your tutorials. With 25 years’ experience, our cinematographers/camera operators know how to convey your message with maximum visual impact. All equipment is provided, including cameras, lighting, microphones, etc.
• Post-production
  From the footage recorded, we’ll produce professional-standard video, with audio and visual effects, that tells the story you want to convey.

Consultancy

Our consultants can provide expert advice on best practice and approach for your video production. We can advise on:

• Purchasing filmmaking kit and hardware. We can also train you in the use of your kit.
• Workflow and organisation of media.
• Timeframes and working with clients.