Adobe Premier is a video editing software that allows users to import, cut, and combine video clips to create a polished final product such as a music video. It has features for precise cutting and matching of clips, as well as applying effects like dissolves between clips. The timeline displays and organizes all imported media, and tools like the razor allow dividing video into smaller segments to select the desired portions. Audio can also be added and edited alongside the video. Previewing work as it is edited helps identify needed changes before final export.

1. User Guide – Adobe Premier
Adobe Premier is a piece of software that allows you to import and edit
various pieces of video footage to create a professional final product. It
includes many features that allow you to accurately cut and crop to
achieve a precise music video.
This is the main page of the edit. This is called the timeline and
everything that you create and edit appears on this timeline. However as
you can see if you were to import a very small piece of video footage it
may be difficult to cut it down. However below you can see that you are
able to stretch the timeline to make it more accurate down to the
nearest 100th of a second. (This allows you to be more accurate, making
the transition between the different clips unnoticeable).
The first thing that you must do is open up a blank page within the
software, click on file then import. Once you have done this a prompt
screen will appear, this is where you must go into the designated folders

2. to find the video clip that you wish to import. (If you need to import any
other video clips then just follow the same process).
Here, in the project box, shows everything
you have imported so if you make a mistake
you can drag a new copy onto the timeline
and re-edit. This is very helpful as
otherwise you have to keep going through
the import process which would be very time
consuming and you will end up spending more
time on importing and less on tweaking the
video to get a more professional final
product.

3. One of the main tools that you will
come across is the razor tool. To
use this you simply mark and cut up
various segments of a video clip to
narrow it down to the footage that
you require. (This is very helpful if
the footage is very long as you can
cut that particular piece into many
segments saving time from
importing each individual clip).
After the cutting has been done, you simply
just have to drag it onto the timeline into its
desired place. This will form the basis of the
creation of the music video.

4. Once the various segments have been cut up they all
appear on the timeline and you can see that it shows
the clips individually so if you did not like the affects
or the speed of the one segment then you can easily
remove them individually instead of the whole timeline.
As I was creating a music video to go along
with the video I needed to add the soundtrack
in as well. This was done by using the same
process as importing the video clips; however,
instead of dragging it into the video section of
the timeline you drag it into the audio section
so that they play simultaneously. You can also
edit the sound in more depth, especially the sound of the video clips as
they must be muted so that it does not interfere with music in the
background.
To make the final product more visually exciting and interesting for the
viewer various effects can be inputted by clicking on the project screen
and then video transitions. (This means the way in which the video
transfers from one clip to another). For the music video we decided to
use the dissolve transition as this gave off smooth transition between
clips.

5. Once you have chosen and edited to desired effect
you can then drag it to wherever you want. As this is a
transition effect you must place it directly between
the two of the individual clips. In more depth you can
then edit the amount of time the effect has over the
two clips so for example you can have it 2 seconds
before and 2 seconds after the clips to show a smooth transition.

6. A simple but very affective feature of the software is that it allows you
to preview the work that you have done as you go along, so that any
mistakes or changes you wish to make can be indentified immediately
after some editing has been taken place. It also gives you an idea of what
the final product is going to look like.