Daunted at the thought of learning a new video editing software? Never fear!
Premiere CS6 looks just like Final Cut Pro. In fact, the core editing commands are almost completely the same!
Here is a complete list of the Premiere key commands.
And here is a list of just a few cool features that are new in Premiere:
- You can bring projects from Final Cut or iMovie into Premiere, including transitions and layers!
- Premiere supports every footage format, and enables you to mix and match different types on your timeline!
- It even lets you export in any format!
- There is no limit to the amount of effects you can put on a clip! (in FCP there was – it’s called auto-nesting)
- J-K-L TRIMMING !!!
- Your footage bins are much more organized with thumbnails of each file. You can drag your mouse over these thumbnails to scrub through each clip!
- You can even mark In & Out points on your thumbnails, allowing you to make rough cuts faster!
- The audio mixing feature allows you to have a great amount of control over your sound, in ways that FCP or iMovie never did. It shows you the peaks and valleys of your audio clips, and lets you isolate and edit different clips at once.
- Premiere’s appearance is completely customizable! (from Preferences, you can change the color of any part of the interface.)