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Premiere Pro Video Editing Masterclass [Updated for 2026]

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Start editing your video professionally with Adobe Premiere Pro CC!

If you are looking for a video editing application that will allow you to edit videos however you want them, Adobe Premiere Pro is the best answer. Premiere Pro is used by professionals across the world for every type of production from business & marketing videos, music videos to documentaries, feature films. This full course is the best way to jump right in and start editing.

Make videos the way you imagine them!

Practice editing while you learn. This course includes practice video files so you can follow along and actually learn by doing.

What makes me qualified to teach you?

My name is Phil and I've been editing videos with Adobe Premiere Pro for over a decade. Plus I'm the creator of some of the world's most popular video editing courses - with over 3,000,000 students around the world.

Truly gives you a great hands on training so that you can actually edit video on premiere. Great course. - Jeff Gilbert

Awesome course, easy to follow! - Tim Clark

Your course is amazing, so I can say that I am learning a lot. Your English is very easy to understand ( I'm from Brazil). Thanks for sharing your amazing knowledge. - Jerilson Duarte

My Promise to You

I'm a full time video editor and online teacher. I'll be here for you every step of the way. If you have any questions about the course content or anything related to this topic, you can always post a question in the course or send me a direct message. 

What is this Adobe Premiere Pro course all about?

In this complete guide to Adobe Premiere Pro video editing course, you'll not only learn all of the editing tools available in Premiere Pro, but also how to edit with the mindset of a professional editor.

This course will cover everything you need to know to start video editing, including:

  • Starting a project
  • Editing your videos
  • Adding video and audio transitions
  • Adding professional and modern titles (even some with motion)
  • Improving audio and finding great free music for your projects
  • Correcting and grading the color of your video to give it a great style
  • Adding visual effects to your projects
  • Editing green screen (chroma key) footage
  • Exporting your video for high-quality playback on any device
  • Advanced efficiency tips
  • So much more!

By the end of this course, your confidence as a video editor will soar You'll have a thorough understanding of how to use Adobe Premiere Pro for fun or as a career opportunity.

Cheers,

Phil

Syllabus

  • Welcome to Your Premiere Pro Video Editing Course
  • Download the Course Resources
  • Welcome to the Full Premiere Pro Course
  • How to Get Adobe Premiere Pro
  • How to Start a Premiere Pro Project for the First Time
  • Get to Know the Premiere Pro Workspace and How to Customize It
  • Start Editing Videos Fast with this Premiere Pro Crash Course
  • Importing and Organizing Your Media
  • Advanced: Using the Import Window to Start a Project
  • Starting a New Sequence the Easiest Way
  • Advanced: Creating a New Sequence with Custom Settings
  • Quick Tip: Why and How to Use Different Sequences
  • Adding Clips to the Timeline
  • Making Your First Edits
  • Previewing Clips and Making Selects in the Source Monitor
  • Advanced: Source Patching
  • Quick Tip: Turn on Snap in Timeline
  • Quick Tip: AI-Powered Media Search
  • Advanced Editing Tools: Ripple, Slip, Slide, Track Select
  • Quick Tip: Quickly Swap Footage on Your Timeline
  • Use AI to Extend Your Footage with Generative Extend
  • Adjusting the Volume of a Clip
  • Making a Song Shorter to Fit Your Video Length
  • Exercise: Making Your First Edits
  • Syncing Video and Audio
  • Adjusting Video Properties: Scale, Position, Opacity, Crop
  • The Direct Manipulation Tool
  • Creating a Colored Background'
  • Quick Tip: How to Copy Property Adjustments & Effects
  • Introduction to Video Transitions
  • Advanced: Editing Transition Properties
  • Film Impact Effects & Transitions
  • Audio Transitions
  • Intro to Audio Editing
  • The Essential Sound Panel
  • Quick Tip: How to Edit Multiple Audio Clips at the Same Time
  • Editing Ambience and Sound Effects
  • Editing Music in the Essential Sound Panel
  • Quick Tip: Remix a Song to Make it Shorter
  • How to Create and Use Audio Presets
  • Adjusting Multiple Audio Clips at the Same Time
  • Advanced: Fine Tuning Audio Levels with the Pen Tool
  • Audio Track Mixer - Edit All Audio on a Track
  • Adding and Adjusting Audio Effects
  • Applying Audio Effects to an Entire Track
  • Exercise - Editing the Audio in Our Travel Video Project
  • Adding & Adjusting Titles with the Property Panel
  • Using Motion Graphic Templates
  • Advanced: Animating Your Titles with Keyframes
  • Advanced: Response Design Time Tutorial
  • Advanced: Response Design Position Tutorial
  • Create Scrolling Credits in Premiere Pro
  • Downloading and Using Motion Graphic Templates
  • Exercise: Finishing Up Our Video Graphics
  • Text-Based Editing in Premiere Pro
  • Create Captions (Subtitles) in Premiere Pro
  • Quick Tip: Quickly Edit Any Graphic Text in Premiere Pro
  • Translate Captions to Any Language in Premiere Pro
  • Introduction to the Lumetri Color Panel
  • White Balance Adjustments
  • Light (Exposure) Adjustments
  • Creative Adjustments
  • Quick Tip: Copying Color Adjustments to Another Clip
  • Advanced: Applying Color Correction with an Adjustment Layer
  • Advanced Color: Lumetri Scopes
  • Advanced Color: Curves
  • Advanced Color: Color Wheels & Match
  • Advanced Color: HSL Secondary
  • How to Add & Adjust a Second Lumetri Color Effect
  • Advanced: Using Masks to Adjust Part of a Video
  • Vignette Tutorial in Premiere Pro
  • Advanced Color: Using LUTs
  • Advanced Color: Color Space Settings (Important for Working with iPhone Footage)
  • Quickly Export Your Videos into a High Quality File
  • Quick Tip: An Even Quicker Way to Export Your Videos
  • Full Breakdown of the Export Settings in Premiere Pro
  • Exporting with the Media Encoder
  • Perfect Audio Levels for YouTube with Loudness Normailzation
  • How to Add Effects in Premiere Pro
  • Animating Effect Properties
  • Stabilizing Shaky Video with the Warp Stabilizer Effect
  • Blur Out Moving Faces in Premiere Pro (Tracking Effects to Video)
  • Quickly Change Video Speed with the Rate Stretch Tool
  • Advanced: A Deep Dive into Slow Motion Options in Premiere Pro
  • Super Smooth Slow Motion with Interpret Footage
  • Adding Speed Ramps with Time Remapping
  • Creating a Freeze Frame (Frame Hold Tutorial)
  • Removing a Green Screen with the Ultra Key Effect
  • Cropping or Masking to Prepare for Green Screen Removal
  • Adding and Matching the Green Screen Video to the Background
  • Advanced: Improving the Background Video to Match Our Video Lighting
  • Advanced: Removing Green Screen with After Effects
  • Quickly Change Video to Vertical Video with Auto Reframe
  • Fixing Issues with the Auto Reframed Sequence
  • Nesting and Motion Tracking Settings for Auto Reframe
  • Exporting a Vertical Video for Shorts, Reels, TikTok
  • Let's Add Some Style to Our Travel Video
  • Add Cinematic Overlays to Change Aspect Ratio of Video
  • Create an Animated Paper Texture Background
  • Adding a Smooth Scale Animation Across Clips
  • Create a Custom Glitch Transition
  • Adding Film Impact Transitions to Text
  • Adding a Zoom Blur Transition
  • Adding Glows and Glints with the Film Impact VFX
  • Creating Custom Zoom Transitions
  • Dust & Scratches, Overlays and Blend Modes
  • Make Sure to Download the Resources for the Next Lessons
  • Introduction to this Skills Section
  • Marking and Labeling Shots - Pro Level Organization
  • Quickly Swap Media with the Option Drag Trick
  • Working with Different Video Resolutions and Speeding Up This Workflow
  • How to Export a Still Image from Your Video
  • Nesting - How and Why We Use Nests
  • Speed Up Your Editing Workflow with My Library
  • Slow Computer? 5 Ways to Speed Up Premiere Pro
  • Proxy Editing Workflow - How to Edit High Resolution Video on a Slow Computer
  • Autoreframe - Quickly Resize Videos for Different Screens
  • Make Any Panel Full Screen with the ~ Key
  • Adobe Dynamic Link - Working with Other Adobe Applications
  • Multicam Editing in Premiere Pro - Quickly Edit Videos Shot with 2+ Camera
  • Relinking Missing Footage
  • Linking, Unlinking and Grouping Clips - Why and How
  • Team Projects in Premiere Pro - Collaborating with Other Editors via the Cloud
  • Several Ways to Make Titles Stand Out Over Video
  • Put Video Inside Text or Logos Effect
  • Adding Light Leaks, Film Burns and Lens Flares to Your Video
  • The Vintage Old Film Look in Premiere Pro
  • The Type-On Effect in Premiere Pro
  • Zoom In or Out Effect
  • Custom Wipe On / Wipe Off Reveal Effect
  • VHS Style Look in Premiere Pro
  • Introduction to this Advanced Color Grading Section
  • Orange & Teal Color Grading
  • Warm & Bright Color Grading
  • Cool Blue Color Grading
  • Moody Desaturated Color Grading
  • Flat Black and White vs Film Noir Look
  • How to Copy Any Hollywood Color Grade like The Matrix Look
  • Introduction to this Bonus Project
  • Making Selects and Putting Them in Sequence
  • Adjusting the Size & Position of Split Screen Clips to Match the 'Nike Ad' Style

Taught by

Phil Ebiner

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