Read more about the article MediaStorm Guide to Fundamentals of the Premiere Pro Project Bin

MediaStorm Guide to Fundamentals of the Premiere Pro Project Bin

This article is part of a new series of posts with tips and tricks from our producers' experience working with Adobe Premiere Pro after years of working in Final Cut Pro. To read more about why we made the switch, check out this post. Today's post was written by MediaStorm producer Eric Maierson. The Adobe Premiere Pro Project Panel behaves much like the Browser in Final Cut Pro. Its basic function is to store and organize the assets used in your project. Still, there are two key, significant differences. Unlike FCP, if you drag a file from the Finder directly into your timeline, Premiere Pro will automatically add a reference to this asset in the Project Panel. Therefore, if an asset exists in a timeline then it will also exist in the Project Panel, whether you put it there or Premiere does. The more significant difference, however, is the way Premiere Pro…

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Read more about the article Transom Now Accepting Applications for 2013 Spring Workshop

Transom Now Accepting Applications for 2013 Spring Workshop

Transom has just released the application for its two-month intensive workshop to be held in April and May 2013. The lead instructor for this workshop will be Rob Rosenthal, along with Sarah Reynolds, the Transom Team, and special guests including Sean Cole and many others. Deadline to apply is January 4th. The Transom Story Workshop The Transom Story Workshop is an eight-week, full time training workshop for beginning radio producers. The Spring 2013 session will take place in Woods Hole, MA from April 1 through May 24, 2013. Cost is $6,500 and includes a license to Hindenburg Journalist, an audio editing software. Participants will also receive a free one-year account with the Public Radio Exchange. Full details about the workshop and registration are available on the Transom website. About the Instructors Rob Rosenthal will be the lead teacher at the Workshop. Rob is an independent producer and an experienced teacher. Most notably,…

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Read more about the article NPPA Revamped: New Resources for Visual Journalists

NPPA Revamped: New Resources for Visual Journalists

It's been an exciting month for the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) with the launch of their new brand and website and a revamped News Video Workshop announced this month. According to NPPA, the 66-year-old organization began their rebranding process in 2008 when they realized, although they had begun equipping and supporting their members' work in new media, they needed to do a better job of communicating these efforts and offerings to their members. As NPPA president Sean D. Elliot said in his address to the NPPA Board last January, “We may still have some work to do convincing visual journalists that we have moved beyond print, but the mission of the NPPA is not tied to the printed page.” Their new branding package, designed in collaboration with Journey Group, of Charlottesville, VA "reflects the concepts of motion and community," and loosely represents a camera lens, according to NPPA. The new logo…

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Read more about the article MediaStorm Guide to Making Quick Selects on the Adobe Premiere Pro Timeline

MediaStorm Guide to Making Quick Selects on the Adobe Premiere Pro Timeline

This article is part of a new series of posts with tips and tricks from our producers' experience working with Adobe Premiere Pro after years of working in Final Cut Pro. To read more about why we made the switch, check out this post. Today's post is the second of two posts on navigating the Adobe Premiere Pro timeline, written by MediaStorm producer Eric Maierson. I spend much of the time in Premiere Pro making selects. Knowing just a few shortcut keys makes the process much faster. As in Final Cut Pro, J, K, L, are your transport tools. J shuttles your timeline playhead backward. K is stop. And L is forward. To begin, place clips from a single day or scene onto one timeline. Add the suffix RAW to your sequence to indicate that the timeline contains all media from a particular day. Then, press the Spacebar or the L key…

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