Premiere Pro Guru: Outputs and Media Encoder

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Exercise

1. Essential Concepts and Terminology for Professional Compression

• Why language matters
• Overview of the interface
• Choosing a format
• The use of codecs
• Use and converting an asset's frame rates
• The role of data rates
• Work with interlaced or progressive files
• Common file extensions for video and audio file types

2. Access Adobe Media Encoder

• Export with Media Encoder for Premiere Pro
• Export with Media Encoder for After Effects
• Use Media Encoder as a standalone application
• Load Adobe project files directly
• Essential keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Media Encoder

3. Plan and Execute: Export Workflows

• Stitch files together on import
• Working with Premiere Pro previews for export
• Create a master file for compression
• Use multiple output files
• An introduction to automation

4. Better and Faster Video Output

• Faster encodes with constant bit-rate encoding
• Higher-quality encodes
• Compression goals for video-sharing websites

5. The Role of Effects in Media Encoder

• Apply a LUT to a converted file
• Conform HDR video to a standard dynamic range
• Use an image overlay to watermark videos
• Use a text overlay
• Use a timecode overlay
• Set a target export time with Time Tuner
• Normalizing video and audio on export

6. Encoding for Portable Devices

• Identify your device requirements
• Export for iOS and Android devices
• Adjusting iOS and Android workflows

7. Encoding for Web Video

• Create MPEG and H.264
• Create H.265 HEVC files for the web
• Publish to YouTube
• Publish to Facebook
• Publish to Vimeo
• Publish to Twitter

8. Transcoded Workflows for Broadcast

• Understand mastering and delivery codecs
• Create and work with DNxHR and DNxHD files
• Create working MXF OP1a files
• Create and work with professional QuickTime files

9. Encoding for Disk-Based Media

• Disk-based outputs
• MPEG for DVD and Blu-ray
• H.264 for Blu-ray
• Adjusting disk-based outputs

10. Other Export Workflows

• Master and archive formats
• Create image sequences
• Work with alpha channels on export
• Create and work with Wraptor DC packages

11. Custom Settings

• Storing custom settings
• Organize and share custom settings
• Sync settings across multiple machines
• Watch folders in Adobe Encoder
• Custom watch folder outputs
• Automate FTP uploads
• Add customer metadata to export
• Include script or speech analysis
• Publish to Adobe Stock

Conclusion

• Conclusion