# Premiere Pro in a Day Canonical URL: ## Overview ### Learn Adobe Premiere Pro Fundamentals With Adobe Premiere Pro, you can edit videos for social media, TV, movies, or any video platform. In this class, you'll learn to bring video, photos, and B-roll into a Premiere Pro project. Then you'll put them together into a sequence, removing unwanted parts, animating the photos to make them more interesting, adding transitions, and more. In the end, you'll export a final video that you can upload to any social media platform or send to a client for them to use however they wish. This 6-hour class will quickly get you started with the essentials. It’s for people who use Premiere Pro occasionally and only have 1 day (or 2 nights) to spare. If you want to learn Premiere Pro in greater depth, check out our 18-hour [Premiere Pro Bootcamp](/classes/premiere-pro-training-nyc). For a more complete program including After Effects, look at our [Video Editing Certificate](/certificates/video-editing) and [Motion Graphics Certificate](/certificates/motion-graphics) Programs. ## What you'll learn - Learn to edit video footage - Clean up background noise in the audio - Color-correct video - Add B-roll (extra video to make it more engaging) - Bring in photos/logos and animate them - Add transitions - Export your videos for sharing on social media or delivering to clients ## Curriculum ### Section 1 #### The Interview: Intro to Premiere Pro - Importing Files - Organizing the Project - Creating a Sequence - The Editing Workspace - Timecode - Syncing Audio & Video #### The Interview: Fixing Audio/Color & Making Edits - Fixing Color - Fixing Audio (Removing Background Noise) - Timecode - Video with Linked Audio - Timeline Editing Techniques #### The Interview: The Source Monitor & Adding B-Roll - Trimming Clips in the Source Monitor - Adding B-Roll - Working with Slow Motion (Slowmo) Footage - Changing the Size of Footage (Scaling It) ### Section 2 #### The Interview: Adding a Logo “Bug” & Animating Images - Adding Images - Animating Motion Effects - Adding Transitions #### The Interview: Editing Clips - Moving & Trimming Clips - Ripple Edit Tool - Rolling Edit Tool - Slip Edit Tool #### The Interview: Lower Third Title - Adding a Lower Third Title #### The Interview: Exporting the Final Video (H.264) - Exporting H.264 with a Preset ## Schedule - Jun 16, 2026 – Jun 18, 2026 — NYC - Jul 7, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC - Aug 18, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC - Sep 8, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC - Nov 3, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC - Dec 14, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC ## Instructors ### Jerron Smith — Program Director & Senior Instructor Jerron has more than 25 years of experience working with graphics and video and expert-level certifications in Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and Illustrator along with an extensive knowledge of other animation programs like Cinema 4D, Adobe Animate, and 3DS Max. He has authored multiple books and video training series on computer graphics software such as: After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash (back when it was a thing). He has taught at the college level for over 20 years at schools such as NYCCT (New York City College of Technology), NYIT (The New York Institute of Technology), and FIT (The Fashion Institute of Technology). Learn more about [Jerron Smith's](/jerron-smith) background and expertise. ### Stephen MacGillivray — Instructor Stephen teaches classes in the Motion Graphics and Video Editing Certificate programs. In addition to his work with Noble Desktop, Stephen teaches Nonfiction and Fiction Video Production, Motion Graphics, and Introduction to Film Production to grades 9-12 at LREI, a private K-12 school in New York’s Greenwich Village. In addition to teaching media classes, he runs his own production company, Indian summer Media. Through ISM he works as a freelance producer, specializing in documentary style films. Stephen holds a B.A. in Classics from Concordia University in Montreal and an MFA in Screenwriting from Columbia University. While an accomplished professional his most beloved project has been raising his two young daughters, Margaret and Grace. ### Michael Venzor — Instructor Michael Venzor is a multi-disciplinary filmmaker, video editor, and motion graphics artist with over twenty years of professional experience across television and short films, commercial projects, and educational media. His background spans the full post-production pipeline, including editing, animation, visual storytelling, and workflow design. A dedicated educator and mentor, Michael has spent years teaching video editing and animation to students of all experience levels, helping them build both technical proficiency and creative confidence. His teaching style emphasizes real-world workflows, thoughtful problem-solving, and clear communication, empowering students to develop skills they can immediately apply in professional environments. ## FAQ ### Do I need to bring anything to the class? No. We provide computers (Mac or PC) with Premiere Pro installed. Choose your operating system at checkout. ### What computer do I need to run Premiere Pro and After Effects? Premiere Pro will run on either Mac or PC. Make sure your computer meets the minimum system requirements for [Premiere Pro](https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/system-requirements.html). ## Pricing **Tuition:** $425