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Elevate your video content with a professional touch by seamlessly incorporating your logo. In this step-by-step guide, Adobe Masters demonstrates how to add a logo in Premiere Pro, ensuring your bran
Hey, what's up, everybody! Welcome to Adobe Masters. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a fast and efficient photo slideshow in Adobe Premiere Pro. You can put together a slideshow for a co
In this tutorial, I'll guide you through the process of creating a captivating echo effect using Adobe Premiere Pro. By following these step-by-step instructions, you'll learn how to animate an object
Do you want to add a captivating storybook drawing effect to your videos? In this tutorial by Adobe Masters, we'll guide you through the process of creating an animated drawing effect that can make an
Creating an infinite scrolling background in Adobe Premiere Pro can add a captivating touch to your video projects. Follow these step-by-step instructions to achieve this effect: If you have any quest
Shapes are an important part of creating effects in Adobe Premiere Pro. Luckily with the shape tool we have the ability to create easy circles and rectangles. What happens if we want to create a shape
Graphic templates are one of the best things to come to the Premiere Pro world. With templates one can now use someone else's creation as a starting point for their own effects and edits. No longer do
File size is a critical factor in video export, especially considering the diverse requirements for different platforms. Adobe Premiere Pro CC offers built-in tools within its render engine to streaml
Learn how to generate heat waves in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Throughout my career, one of the trickiest things I have had to deal with is making text interesting. It's the first thing people see, therefore the first thing they are going to judge. This means car
Captions are a great way to make your videos more accessible. They provide a written word by word view of your dialogue in your film. This helps not only deaf and hearing challenged people better unde
Today we are going to go over a very simple but useful thing to know in Adobe Photoshop, how to brighten a face. This is important to make whatever image you are working on look professional. Normally
Depth of field is a great way to focus the audience's attention. A human eye tends to go towards the most in focus thing on the screen. This is because we as humans can't un-focus our eyes like a came
Assets are a great way to add to your production in Premiere Pro. They are elements and layers that can be used to build out the world in your scene. An explosion, falling snow, or text graphics are a
Adding some motion to your edits can bring life and energy to the final product. This motion can be added in real life, with dolly shots, or slow zooms. However, you don't need to be perfect while fil
Today we go over a common pain point in Adobe Premiere Pro. The program is extremely flexible, and able to fit anyone's workflow with just a few clicks. However, sometimes mistakes can be made, and yo
A countdown is a great way to help show the passage of time. It can be used in sports videos, a compilation video, or really anything that is time dependent. Sadly this necessary feature isn't as stra
Today we go over a fun effect to add a little bit of style to your videos. The mirror effect is a great effect to use for things like music videos and montages. With Premiere Pro its also really easy
A neat way to zoom your footage is to make it look like it is being zoomed in by a camera. You can recreate the shutter zoom in Adobe Premiere Pro pretty easily. Today we will be going over how to cre
Creating animations within Premiere Pro can save a trip to After Effects. This, depending on the effect, can help improve the overall workflow. Today we are going to be going over a fun line reveal ef
Captions and subtitles are important to increase the accessibility of your videos. They can also be used to show translations from a different language, or to help clarify difficult to understand spee
Facebook is a great place to post your videos. However, the Facebook player is unique in the fact that it supports square videos. Whenever we scale down our 16:9 footage down to meet this square dimen
Freeze frames are great for a variety of purposes. They can help with exposition, create tension, or just give a few seconds for a title screen. Premiere Pro makes it easy to create freeze frames dire
Heat waves are a great way to get across to your audience that it is hot out. They are a natural occurrence that are a symbol of summer and tropical location. For this reason, it is often beneficial t
A horizontal text crawl is a great way to let information slowly flow on the bottom of the screen. The horizontal text crawl is also a great effect to use to simulate a news cast. With just a couple o
Adding music to a video edit is something that happens quite often. However having music just start can be a little abrupt. To not jolt the user, we can use a fade to help slowly bring the audio in to
Adding camera shake is a great way to make a tripod shot look more natural. In After Effects this is easy to do with expressions. However, in Premiere Pro, we don't have access to these features. This
Motion blur is essential to making an effect look realistic. It's something that our eyes and camera's naturally capture. Whenever you take a camera and move it quickly back and forth, a certain amoun
Adding motion blur is the key to selling an effect. Motion blur happens all the time in our everyday lives. Take your head and move it back and forth. Are you getting a series of beautiful pictures, o
Organization is key whenever creating anything. If you have poor organization, you will not only spend more time than necessary, the quality of the overall piece can suffer as well. Today we are going
Animating borders is a great way to add a little flare to a shape. In After Effects, creating a professional looking animation is quite simple. It just takes a little key-framing, and some value adjus
With the recent update and the introduction of the text tool, a lot of things changed within Adobe Premiere Pro. The text tool replaced some features, created some features, and reorganized some other
Different ways of transitioning will create different moods. Some transitions are happy, some sad, some mysterious. Today, I am going to show one that adds a little bit of fun energy to the edit. It a
GIFs and Memes have quickly taken over the internet. You can't visit a forum without finding one of these somewhere on it. Many people use something like Photoshop to create a GIF. Did you know you c
There are a bunch of different effects you can pull off in Premiere Pro with a little bit of creativity. Once such effect is the heartbeat effect. This effect gives the illusion of a strong heartbeat
A parallax effect is a fun effect to throw in to an edit. Through combining the horizons, you are able to quickly create a fantasy world. It is a great effect to quickly create some awe in your edit.
Knowing a couple of quick tricks can help make a plain video look really professional. This is especially true with text animations. Whether it's when introducing a interviewee, opening a scene, or gi
Displaying the passing of time in a video is often important. It often times helps connect two scenes together, so the general story is preserved. There are very basic ways to do this, like with a fad
Text is essential to most videos. Whether it's introducing a story, giving the location, or bringing attention to a certain point, text is powerful when used right. Just like with video, its important
Transitions are a great way to give your video some style. Different transitions give off different moods, which can help you control the overall feeling of the film. Premiere Pro comes with a basic s
Getting text moving is a good way to make it more interesting. One of the best ways to get text to move, is to animate it when it comes into the screen. Due to our common knowledge of computers, typin
You can use what was once a problem of yesterday, and incorporate it into your project. These "problems" are often a visual feature representing nostalgia, or authenticity. Take the VCR line for examp
Voiceovers are essential to any video production. They work great for narration, tutorials, or even replacing audio in post-production. Did you know Premiere Pro actually has a feature to create a voi
Whip pan transitions are a fun way to cut between clips. They can be used in fast paced conversations, action movies, or even to simulate a knife throw like in this video simulate a knife throw. To ca
80's content seems to be in right now. Every network is coming out with their nostalgia inducing 80's sitcom, show, or movie. Although these shows are usually shot with today's cameras, there often co
Adding text to a sequence or scene can accomplish a number of tasks. It can introduce locations and characters, clarify information, or give context. Whatever it's use, using text that fits the theme
Audio is extremely important for selling an effect. Weather it's an explosion, a footstep, or an airplane, every little sound effect helps create the effect. How you edit the audio can also be very im
Want to take your tripod footage from static and uninspired to dynamic and professional looking? I get it, a lot of times a tripod is used or needed to capture a scene. However, a tripod shot is the q
Adding a letterbox can help give your shot a cinematic look. Think about movies like Saving Private Ryan, or Jason Bourne. The letterbox on the edges restricts your view, focusing you on the action in
Adobe Premiere Pro doesn't have too many different text presets built in. Sure you can change the color and font. But when it comes to true styling, that's something you will have to create on your ow
With the recent updates to Adobe Premiere Pro, the workflow to create scrolling credits changed. With the Title Tool you used to be able to just click the crawl button. This feature didn’t transfer to
Slow motion is a great effect to use when trying to spice up a scene. It’s ability to slow down the world and bring focus to things that normally would be missed are really powerful. Slow motion is re
Adding some movement or lighting to a 2D object is a great way to add some life to the object. One of my favorite methods of this is to add a shine. If you notice, almost any good logo, app icon, or g
The night creates a really unique opportunity for shooting. The blend of lights, the high contrast, and the mystery of it all helps to make night shots compelling. Just like every other shot, there ar
GoPros are great action cameras. They are small, lightweight, and capture some pretty decent footage. One of the main features of these cameras is their ability to capture really wide angles. However,
Grouping clips is a great way to organize your timeline, and make moving your clips around easier. Premiere Pro makes this grouping quite an easy feature to implement. With just a few clicks you will
Adding animations to your 2D photos is a great way to make them stand out. However, we can take it to the next level past just a simple pan or zoom. With some key-masking, we can take those 2D photos,
Stylizing your footage is a great way to make it stand out. There are many great techniques out there to add your own style to your footage. One such way is to make it look like a painting. With a lit
Sometimes it is helpful to be able to find the frame you are looking at in the timeline on your source panel and sometimes vice versa. In this quick tutorial, we will be matching frames. How to Match
Speeding up your workflow helps you get more editing done quicker. It allows you to edit at the speed of your thoughts, instead of at what the Program has set the speed at. In this tutorial we are goi
Sometimes speed is important while editing. Maybe it's a family gathering, a quick work slideshow, or just a situation where quality isn't that vital. In these situation, the faster the better. Premie
One of the most frustrating things to have in a piece of footage is grain. With its random and continuous bursts of color, it can make any video look and feel unprofessional. In today’s Premiere Pro t
Rendering out your creation shouldn’t be the hardest part of After Effects, but often it can feel that way. In this tutorial, I will be going over a few ways to render out your footage in Adobe After
Reversing your footage can be a helpful thing to know how to do. It's a great way to create a rewind effect, or to match the direction of movement. In Premiere Pro, doing both of these things is quite
Simulating different environments is a great way to create different moods within your edit. It's usually better to try to capture the environment in real life, as it will provide the most realistic l
Adobe comes out with major updates every once and a while. These updates usually add a host of new features and content! In the 11.1 update, Adobe changed the entire process of graphic creation in Pre
Optical Flow is a great tool that Adobe has implemented into their software. It allows you to take footage shot at a low frame-rate, and slow it down like it was shot at a high frame-rate. This featur
Overlays are a great way to quickly stylize your footage in Adobe Premiere Pro. They can be used to add snow, fireworks, color correction, and so many other things. Essentially, they work the same way
Snapping can be really helpful when creating graphics. It makes it easier to make sure that things are lined up. Today we are going over how to use snapping with Graphics in Adobe Premiere Pro CC. How
Looking at a before and after can be really important when working with color. Our eyes play a trick on us the longer we work with the color grading of a piece of footage. We get used to the changes,
Vector graphics are great to use when you don't know the size you want the graphic to be. With vector graphics, the image is saved as series of points and equations. These equations draw the image dep
When we really want a color to pop, we can isolate that color. What this means is taking the color, and making it the only color that has any saturation in the footage. This works really well with col
If you have used After Effects or Photoshop, you may be familiar with the grids and guides in these two programs. These are great features to help align everything within your production. Premiere Pro
4K footage has become all the rage with cameras becoming cheaper and cheaper. The problem many people overlook while shooting with 4K though is the editing process. A decently strong processor/video c
Music often times guides our edits. Putting a series of cuts on to the beat of a song is a great way to bring the piece to life. Often times though, this can be a time-consuming process. For one minut
Sometimes it becomes necessary to record different your audio and your video separately. Whether it's because the camera audio is bad, you have an external recorder, or you are on a professional set,
Glitch effects are quite popular in any technology related films. They are a great way of showing that technology is going bad. They can also be used in dreamy or confused sequences to show the audien
In today's fast paced world, branding is really important. YouTube is no different. Applying a social media call to action with your logo, or with classic social media icons is a great way to increase
There are a lot of reasons why you might not be able to get out to shoot at night. Maybe the crew can't meet then, maybe the camera isn't good enough to capture the scenes at night, maybe there isn't
At the surface, the track matte and the mask seem like they do basically the same thing in Adobe After Effects. In many cases this is true, using one or the other will result in the same final product
Adobe Lightroom is one of the most used image editing apps out there. Available for iOS, tvOS, Windows, Android, and macOS, the app is popular among both professionals and DIYers. However, despite bei
A shake effect is a great way to add some energy to a shot. Whether it's a punch, a car crash, or a strong baseline, shaking the footage to the action will make it more interesting. Luckily, this effe
When trying to re-create sound, making sure the sound matches the recording environment is really important. One of the most notable flaws with added sound is forgetting to add echo and reverb in to i
In my experience, almost every single edit is going to have some sort of text in it. This text can be to introduce a character, a place, give background, and even be used as a storytelling element its
Sound should match it's environment. In this tutorial we will be going over how to make a voice match a really echo filled environment. Think cave, or large empty auditorium. We will be going over how
Fading in and out music, or ducking, is a great way to have your music and voice work together in the same audio space. With a more recent update from Premiere Pro, this process has become easier than
Photoshop has the ability to do some amazing things. One such thing is the ability to creatively blend two images together. With this we are able to take 2 different photos, and combine them to make a
Shooting footage in public can add authenticity to a shot. Sometimes however, it may become necessary to blur people's faces. This will prevent legal issues as well as maintain the privacy of people.
Unlock the power of blurring in video editing with Adobe Premiere Pro CC. Learn step-by-step techniques for implementing a full-page blur and blurring specific objects. Elevate your storytelling by ad
When working with a large project oftentimes the sources of footage come from many different locations. This can pose a problem if an editor needs to share the project between more than one location.
Changing the pitch of your voice is good for simulating different environments and characters. For example, imagine star wars. Every creature has a different way of speaking. Some have really deep voi
When creating music videos, it is necessary to create footage where the expressed emotion complements the song. Today I am going to show you how to create an effect that can be used in a rock/rap musi
Sometimes a scene requires the footage to have a sort of dreamlike quality to it. This happens frequently in places like soap operas or in dream sequences. Today, I am going to show you a super simple
A timer is a great device to show time. It's main use is to directly show the length of time of something. Tutorials and DIY's can benefit greatly from a well placed timer. It can also be used in a ex
We have all seen it in a compilation video or when looking at security footage. The video highlight which points us to what we should be focusing on. For example, imagine looking at dashcam footage of
Creating a watermark is a great way to be able to share your footage without fear of it being stolen. A watermark when created successfully, adds your brand or logo to the video. It is done in a way t
I love creating interesting transitions for my work. With a mix of effects, you can create all sorts of different interesting ways to shift from one clip to the next. One such transition is what I lik
Scenes and shots are all about telling stories. Sometimes we want to show the audience that a particular area is hot, like it's in middle of summer. The footage we get however, for various reasons, us
Creating proxies is a great way to allow any computer to edit 4k footage. With a proxy, instead of using the really large original footage to edit with, we use a substitute low-res version. This low-r
Scrolling credits is a great way to finish off a production and give thanks where it's due. Premiere Pro has recently come out with an update which makes this a whole lot simpler. With the inclusion o
Exporting can sometimes be a tricky thing to do. Today I go over how to export images from Adobe Lightroom CC. How to Export Images from Lightroom CC Once you’re done editing your images, it is time
Discover the essential techniques to control audio dynamics in Adobe Premiere Pro CC. This step-by-step guide will teach you both the fast automated way and the manual approach to achieve seamless aud
Flipping a video is sometimes necessary when the footage you have filmed is facing the wrong direction. An example of this is if you film a certain piece of footage on wrong side of the car, so that i
When putting together a sequence it’s sometimes necessary to have a custom asset created. These assets are a lot of times created in something like Adobe Illustrator. These files are generally vector
Combining voice and music is a very common thing to do when editing video. However, a lot of time, both of these elements can compete for the same sound space. This means they both have frequencies in
There are many things one can do to make their footage look cinematic. Some of the most important aspects come from the way you manipulate the colors. Different color palettes can bring different mood
We all want our photos to look better!! But let's face it... Many of us never get down to editing images because it can be a "time-consuming" process. However, the results of photo editing can be monu
Borders are a great way to separate content, or to set a mood. Premiere, unlike other Adobe software, doesn't have the most straight forward way of creating a border. Today I am going to show you how
How to Quickly Create a Pencil Drawing in Photoshop CC There are many apps that can add a pencil drawing filter to your photos but they may not be very efficient. Photoshop with it's strong range of l
I find one of the most important things to learn on the job is how to increase speed without reducing quality. This usually comes from a collection of small tips and skills that slowly begin to add up
A lot of times, especially in low light situations, a picture can get grain in it. This grain and noise will reduce the clarity of the image, and overall reduce the quality of the content. Today I wil
Touching up photos is a common task when taking professional photos. Often times small blemishes are removed to give a better final appearance. This task is accomplished quite easily in Adobe Photosho
Sometimes while editing, you want to know how to swap between clips in an edit. Maybe you have multiple takes, or just a bunch of different clips that fit different moods. Instead of deleting and repl
Today I am going to show you a basic, yet important thing in Adobe Premiere Pro. We will be working with how to properly rotate a video. This is great if the rotation data gets lost on a video. This c
Post-production can add more motion to your videos and enhance them! One of the most popular post-production tricks is fake camera movements. Let's take a look at how to get it done! When to Use Fake
We talked about Graduated filters in one of our previous articles. We suggest you have a look at it in order to understand how to use multiple filters on different parts of an image at the same time.
Premiere Pro has finally joined the ranks of it's fellow Adobe software. It has added the ability to add guides onto the preview window. These guides will allow you to line up assets with one another
Photoshop is undoubtedly the most popular photo editing tool out there. It’s used by both pros and novices, yet very few people know how to use all the tools and features this incredible software has
The HSL/color panel looks pretty confusing and intimidating. but it's one of the most important Lightroom tools. HSL sliders let you change different aspects of an image – hue, saturation, and lumina
Lightroom lets you enhance your images in a variety of ways. One of the most popular methods of doing so is to use the Tone Curve Tool. The tool is made to let you modify the various light levels whil
Fine tuning an edit is important when polishing your work. A few frames in either direction can help keep the audience engaged, and the content flowing. This fine-tuning is easy to pull off with the t
Adobe Premiere Pro has the ability to write anything no the screen. With the write-on effect, one can draw paths, scribbles, or really anything they want. Today I am going to show you how to write in
Getting videos to react to music is a great way to tie audio and visual together. Music a lot of times can be the force that drives the piece forward. Because of this, we often want the visuals to rea
The Brush tool is one of the most important and widely used Lightroom tools! And yet, so many people struggle with it. Also known as the "Adjustment Tool", it allows you to modify specific areas of an
The Graduated Filter lets you make adjustments to a specific area of your project across an even gradient! This is very important because when you adjust the sliders in the Develop module, it makes c
This is the era of mobile phones and DSLRs. We use these devices to click photos that often need editing. Since Lightroom is one of the most popular photo editing platforms, it’s important to know ho
Lightroom is the go-to option for those who want to work on photos and enhance outputs. It’s hugely popular among professional photographers and hobbyists since it’s effective and easy to use. Whether
There are many apps that can add a cartoon effect to your images but they may not always offer your desired results! If you want to play around on your own then check this guide on how to make a comic
Want your photos to look brighter, better, and more impressive? Here we have a light and airy tutorial on how to make your images stand out!! But before we move ahead, it’s important to keep in mind t
Adding motion blur to a photo can add the feeling of speed to a shot. If you take a picture of a fast car driving, odds are, it came out really clear and crisp. This is because to capture it properly
Adding text to photos is one of the most heavily used features of Photoshop. With just a few clicks, you can bring definition and meaning to a photograph. A photo of a street now has a location, or an
White balance has always been a tricky thing to get just right. Getting white balance correct is the closest thing we can get to true color. If our balance is off, so are the rest of the colors. Lucki
Color really changed the way photographs were taken. Suddenly a world of color was opened up. Different hues, saturation levels, and balancing made infinite possibilities. However, every once and a wh
Sometimes to get the story across, we need to go back in time. To do this, we use a flashback. To prevent the viewer from being confused, we typically apply an effect to this flashback to separate it
Filming the sun is a very hard thing to do. Either it's so over exposed that it makes the entire sky white, or it's properly exposed and the rest of your scene is almost dark. To fix this we can add a
Sometimes for a scene to look right, you have to show something that wouldn't typically be seen. One such instance is with anything wireless. Thousands of waves are being sent all around us with each
Learn how to Create Circle Text in Adobe Photoshop CC
Have you ever watched a video and felt entertained by the content?! Adding a bit of personality to your text is a fun way to incorporate some energy to your shots! In Premiere Pro you can do this pret
Do you enjoy watching videos with a futuristic vibe?! Creating an X-ray effect is a fun way to give your piece a bit of that sci-fi feeling! Now understand, this won't create a literal X-ray. For that
Do you like cyberpunk effects?! You could use different tools to add this effect to your photos BUT they may not be suitable and some of them are paid! So why not learn how to add a cyberpunk effect u
A lot of assets and overlays will come with a black background on it. This is usually done because the format of the image doesn't support transparent backgrounds. This poses a problem however when we
Learn how to Reduce File Size in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.