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USING ADOBE PREMIERE PRO
Editing sequences and clips
Last updated 1/16/2012
Create black video
Empty areas of a track appear black if no other visible clip areas are present on underlying video tracks. If necessary,
you can also create clips of opaque black video for use anywhere in a sequence. A black video clip behaves as a still
image. To create a clip of a different color, use a color matte. (See “
Create a color matte
” on page 171.)
1
In the Project panel, click the New Item button
at the bottom of the Project panel and choose Black Video.
2
If necessary, in the New Black Video dialog box, set Width, Height, Timebase, and Pixel Aspect Ratio to match these
settings for the sequence in which you will use the black video clip. By default, the duration of the new clip is set to
five seconds. Click OK.
You can change the default duration of black video clips and other still image clips in the General pane of the
Preferences dialog box. For more information, see “
Change the default duration for still images
” on page 299.
Create a color matte
1
In the Project panel, click the New Item button
at the bottom of the Project panel and choose Color Matte.
2
In the New Synthetic dialog box, set Width, Height, Timebase, and Pixel Aspect Ratio to match these settings for
the sequence in which you will use the color matte. Click OK.
3
In the Color Picker, select a color for the color matte, and click OK.
More Help topics
“
Select a color with the Adobe Color Picker
” on page 321
Create a transparent video clip
Transparent Video is a synthetic clip just like Black Video, Bars and Tone, and Color Matte. It comes in handy when
you want to apply an effect that generates its own image and preserves transparency, such as the Timecode effect or
the Lightning effect. Think of Transparent Video as “Clear Matte.”
Eran Stern explains the purpose and use of transparent video clips in Adobe Premiere Pro
in this video
.
You cannot apply just any effect to Transparent Video—only those that manipulate the alpha channel. For example,
these are some of the effects you can use with a transparent video clip:
•
Timecode
•
Checkerboard
•
Circle
•
Ellipse
•
Grid
•
Lightning
•
Paint Bucket
•
Write-On
1
In the Project panel, click the New Item button
at the bottom of the Project panel and choose Transparent
Video.
2
In the New Synthetic dialog box, set Width, Height, Timebase, and Pixel Aspect Ratio to match these settings for
the sequence in which you will use the transparent video. Click OK.