Adobe Premiere Pro Beginners (Level 1)

The footage is fine. The cut is what people notice.

Video landed on your team the way design did: gradually, then all at once. Someone recorded the interview, someone else has to make it watchable, and that person was hired for something else entirely.

This class is for that person. Not film school, not theory, but the working sequence: get the footage in, get it organized, cut it so people keep watching, fix the audio, brand it, and export it correctly. Participants finish a real edit during the class.

Communications and marketing staff take this because video is now expected. Internal teams take it to bring training and recruitment content in-house. It is the entry point for the Digital Media Production Certificate.

Content and exercises are built around real work, and private group sessions are built around your own brand, templates, and files. Classes are delivered live online, and on-site delivery is available across the Colorado Front Range. This class sits alongside our other Adobe Creative Cloud classes.

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This course includes

Live, instructor led class delivered across four sessions
A real edit taken from raw footage to finished export during class
Audio work, which is where most amateur video gives itself away
AI-assisted audio cleanup and auto-captioning
Digital learning materials and take home reference guides
Certificate of completion for every participant

Description

The first sessions are project setup and organization, which sounds like housekeeping and is actually the thing that prevents a project from becoming unusable. Media management, sequence settings that match the footage, and a bin structure that still makes sense in week three. Participants learn why a disorganized project fails at exactly the worst moment.

The middle is the edit. Cutting for pace, using the timeline efficiently, and making the choices that decide whether someone watches to the end. Then audio, which is where amateur video actually gives itself away: levels, cleanup, music beds, and why viewers forgive bad picture and never forgive bad sound.

The final sessions are polish and output. Titles and lower thirds that match a brand, basic color correction so clips match each other, transitions used deliberately rather than decoratively, and export: which settings for which platform, and why the file that looked fine locally is a mess on social. Participants also use Premiere's AI-assisted audio cleanup and auto-captioning, which save real hours.

What You'll Learn at a Glance

Set up and organize a project that survives past week one
Match sequence settings to your footage
Cut for pace so people watch to the end
Fix audio levels and clean up problem sound
Build titles and lower thirds that match your brand
Correct color so clips match each other
Export the right file for each platform

Details

Duration

14 hrs (4 sessions)

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this class and no editing experience is assumed. Basic computer skills are expected. You will need Adobe Premiere Pro installed before the first session; we send information about access, student discounts, and trials beforehand.

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Tuition

Adobe Premiere Pro Beginners (Level 1) runs 14 hours across four live sessions. Enroll as an individual or book private training for your team.

Individual enrollment: $895 per participant. Book a seat on a scheduled class directly. If no date is listed, request information and we will tell you when one opens
Private group training: request a custom quote. Built around your own brand, templates, and files, and scheduled around your team
Certificate credit: this class counts toward the Digital Media Production Certificate
Employer funding: we provide invoices, purchase order documentation, and certificates of completion on request