Adobe Premier Pro - Tutorial fun!

Good evening, designer friends!

This week, I began exploring a new Adobe program: Adobe Premiere Pro. At first, I was a bit apprehensive about tackling this software, as I feared it would be overwhelming and complex. However, I’ve found myself having a lot of fun experimenting with the various tools and options it offers. Watching numerous tutorials has truly helped me grasp the range of features available to me.

I decided to jump into one of the projects from the tutorials that I thought would be both enjoyable and beneficial for learning practical effects. I chose the tutorial titled "Discover Blend Modes." It really helped me understand how to layer clips and see how they interact, especially with video 1 and video 2. I experimented with nearly every blend mode on my first video clip and then on the second one. I also adjusted the opacity of the blends and alternated between having one clip with a blend and another without it.

Not wanting to stop there, I found a website https://www.epidemicsound.com/music/featured/  where I can download various audio clips for free. There's a membership required, but I opted for a free trial to see what the site had to offer, and I was really impressed. I picked two audio clips that I thought would work well together. I manually adjusted the keyframes on the kids' laughter, tweaking the volume to ease in and out. Then I layered a second clip of bubbles underneath, keeping its volume low and doing a similar easing in and out effect. 

I even added the laughter clip again, following the same easing technique and layering it with the bubbles for a fade out effect. While it’s not perfect, and I realize I could improve on timing and layering, the important thing is that I learned from it. I think I am starting to get the hang of it!