PremierePro Tips

How to Change the Color of Exterior Lights in After Effects

In this video tutorial, learn how to change the color of location lighting in After Effects — including a free project file! You’ve probably noticed the rise in neon-toned exteriors in modern movies. (See the opening shot in the trailer…

How to Use Light Leaks to Create Text Reveals in Premiere

In this step-by-step video tutorial, learn how you can use light leaks to create a text reveal effect in Adobe Premiere Pro. For a long time, DPs and filmmakers considered light leaks undesirable effects. Literally caused by light “leaking” into…

Make Your Video Graphics Stand Out with These 6 Tips

Make your text graphics stand out in Premiere Pro with these 6 six tips. Cover image via Shutterstock. Adobe Premiere Pro’s latest update introduced the brand new Essential Graphics panel, an entirely new way to work with graphics. However, while…

Quick and Easy Tips on Shooting and Processing Day for Night

In this article, we’ll take a look at the basics of shooting day for night footage — as well as post-production processing in Adobe Premiere Pro. Day for night shooting has a bad reputation — but with a little information,…

Quick and Easy Compositing Tips for Adobe Premiere Pro

Join us as we explore how to use opacity blending modes to alter or enhance your footage by blending elements from one scene into another. Opacity blending tools are some of the most versatile and useful tools in any NLE….

How to Clean up Noisy Video and Audio in 30 Seconds

Looking for audio clean-up tips for Premiere Pro or After Effects? Here’s how to fix noisy audio and video in no time at all. Top image via Shutterstock. Whether you’re in the business of editing or shooting, noisy footage is…

Quick Tip: Using Label Colors to Manage Premiere Pro Projects

Labeling your clips with colors can streamline your workflow and help you identify metadata at a glance. Learn how to maximize them in this Premiere Pro tutorial. Top image via Shutterstock. In this quick video tutorial, I am going to…

Premiere Pro Tips: 3 Options for Separating Boom and Lav Audio Files

Here are a few ways you can properly balance two different audio sources so they sound like one using Adobe Premiere Pro. Cover image via Shutterstock. For many productions, working with both a boom mic and a wireless lavalier kit is…