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Transcription and Text, Working Together: The Premiere Pro CC I Want

Post author:Eric Maierson
Post published:March 30, 2015

In a digital world, transcription feels like tube amps and mechanical typewriters. It’s an affront to all things modern. In short, it’s a laborious process that kind of sucks. Sure, Premiere Pro has some built-in tools, but they feel mostly like an experiment and a bad one at that. Apple offers a dictation service that is remarkably good with a human voice but falls short when you feed an audio file to it. So how come a better solution doesn’t exist, one that offers a deep integration between the timeline and a transcript? Adobe, if you’re listening, here’s my dream for Premiere Pro CC 2016. Audio Transcription On Ingestion Import a file with audio and Premiere Pro automatically emeds a timecode-based transcript into the file. Text Document That Contains All Transcription In A Sequence Premiere Pro creates a text document based on which portions of a clip are used in a timeline.…

MediaStorm Guide to Quickly Scaling Images in Premiere Pro 2014

Post author:Eric Maierson
Post published:March 17, 2015

This article is part of a series of posts with tips and tricks from our producers' experience working with Adobe Premiere Pro CC after years of working in Final Cut Pro. To read more about why we made the switch, check out this post. Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014 offers two ways to quickly scale a large image to the size of your sequence. To begin, add your image to the timeline, then right-click it. You’ll see two options: Scale to Frame Size and Set to Frame Size. While both options will resize your image, each does so in a slightly different manner. Scale to Frame Size changes the image Scale setting to 100%, effectively throwing out any addition resolution. If you need to further increase your image you will have to up-res it. Using Set to Frame Size will also scale your image to the sequence frame size but it does…

MediaStorm Guide to using the Transparency Grid in Premiere Pro

Post author:Eric Maierson
Post published:March 5, 2015

This article is part of a series of posts with tips and tricks from our producers' experience working with Adobe Premiere Pro CC after years of working in Final Cut Pro. To read more about why we made the switch, check out this post. At MediaStorm, we are meticulous about how we crop the photographs in our films. Even so, sometimes when a picture has black edges it can be difficult to see exactly where the photograph ends and the default black background of Premiere Pro begins. Sometimes a sliver of of black slips through undetected. Recently, I stumbled across a Premiere Pro setting that makes it easier to distinguish between an image and black background, the Transparency Grid. To turn on the transparency grid, simply click the wrench in the Program Window and select Transparency Grid. The default black background will change to a grey and white checkered pattern. Notice, how…

MediaStorm Guide to Recording Voice-Over in Premiere Pro 2014

Post author:Eric Maierson
Post published:January 19, 2015

This article is part of a series of posts with tips and tricks from our producers’ experience working with Adobe Premiere Pro CC after years of working in Final Cut Pro. To read more about why we made the switch, check out this post.

Recording voice-overs in Premiere Pro 2014 is both easy and straightforward.

First, you’ll need to connect your audio interface. From the Premiere Pro menu select Preferences > Audio Hardware.

I use the Mackie Onyx Blackjack 2×2 USB interface with a Heil Pr–40 microphone.

Therefore, from the Audio Hardware preference window, I select Onyx Blackjack. Depending on the input source, your options may vary.

Next, set the destination for recorded audio. From the File menu, select Project Settings > Scratch Disks… Change the Captured Audio destination to a folder where you’d like to store your voice-overs.

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MediaStorm Guide to Adding Quick Audio Dissolves in Premiere Pro 2014

Post author:Eric Maierson
Post published:January 7, 2015

This article is part of a series of posts with tips and tricks from our producers' experience working with Adobe Premiere Pro CC after years of working in Final Cut Pro. To read more about why we made the switch, check out this post. Note: This tip only works on the most recent update to Premiere Pro 2014.