Chapter 6. Essential Editing Skills

Up until this point, we’ve spent a great deal of time focusing on the organization part of editing. As an experienced editor, you know that properly configuring and organizing an edit is essential to a successful project. Of course, it’s not as much fun as actually editing video.

After all, you probably didn’t get into this business because you like organizing files into folders or knowing the finer points of how a video codec works. You want to create compelling stories—stories that entertain, inform, or even inspire! Without further ado, let’s get to the fun stuff, editing in Adobe Premiere Pro.

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