Premiere Pro Guru: Outputs and Media Encoder

Course details

Outputting video is one of the most important yet misunderstood parts of the creative process. If you work with Premiere Pro, you need to understand Adobe Media Encoder—the encoding engine that outputs your media for playback on mobile devices, Blu-Ray and DVD, broadcast networks, and the web. In this course, Jason Osder explains everything you need to know to use Media Encoder to ingest, process, and output video in any format. He also shows you how to access Media Encoder from inside Premiere Pro or as a stand-alone program; create an efficient export workflow; and output formats for broadcast, DVD or Blu-ray, websites like YouTube, and iOS and Android devices. Plus, learn how to apply color correction and effects during processing and leverage the custom settings and automation features to speed up your workflow.

Learning objectives
Choosing a format, frame rate, and data rate
Exporting directly from Premiere Pro or After Effects
Using Media Encoder as a standalone application
Using an export workflow
Applying LUTs and effects
Encoding for iOS and Android
Encoding for the web
Transcoding for broadcast
Encoding for disk-based media
Customizing Media Encoder settings

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know
03 - Exercise

1. Essential Concepts and Terminology for Professional Compression

04 - Why language matters
05 - Overview of the interface
06 - Choosing a format
07 - The use of codecs
08 - Use and converting an asset's frame rates
09 - The role of data rates
10 - Work with interlaced or progressive files
11 - Common file extensions for video and audio file types

2. Access Adobe Media Encoder

12 - Export with Media Encoder for Premiere Pro
13 - Export with Media Encoder for After Effects
14 - Use Media Encoder as a standalone application
15 - Load Adobe project files directly
16 - Essential keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Media Encoder

3. Plan and Execute - Export Workflows

17 - Stitch files together on import
18 - Working with Premiere Pro previews for export
19 - Create a master file for compression
20 - Use multiple output files
21 - An introduction to automation

4. Better and Faster Video Output

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

5. The Role of Effects in Media Encoder

25 - Apply a LUT to a converted file
26 - Conform HDR video to a standard dynamic range
27 - Use an image overlay to watermark videos
28 - Use a text overlay
29 - Use a timecode overlay
30 - Set a target export time with Time Tuner
31 - Normalizing video and audio on export

6. Encoding for Portable Devices

32 - Identify your device requirements
33 - Export for iOS and Android devices
34 - Adjusting iOS and Android workflows

7. Encoding for Web Video

35 - Create MPEG and H.264
36 - Create H.265 HEVC files for the web
37 - Publish to YouTube
38 - Publish to Facebook
39 - Publish to Vimeo
40 - Publish to Twitter

8. Transcoded Workflows for Broadcast

41 - Understand mastering and delivery codecs
42 - Create and work with DNxHR and DNxHD files
43 - Create working MXF OP1a files
44 - Create and work with professional QuickTime files

9. Encoding for Disk-Based Media

45 - Disk-based outputs
46 - MPEG for DVD and Blu-ray
47 - H.264 for Blu-ray
48 - Adjusting disk-based outputs

10. Other Export Workflows

49 - Master and archive formats
50 - Create image sequences
51 - Work with alpha channels on export
52 - Create and work with Wraptor DC packages

11. Custom Settings

53 - Storing custom settings
54 - Organize and share custom settings
55 - Sync settings across multiple machines
56 - Watch folders in Adobe Encoder
57 - Custom watch folder outputs
58 - Automate FTP uploads
59 - Add customer metadata to export
60 - Include script or speech analysis
61 - Publish to Adobe Stock

Conclusion

62 - Conclusion