Jeremy Bowtell, a former RMIT student conducted an intro to editing on Adobe Premiere. I am familiar with Adobe Premiere and have edited all my media projects using it so far although it was great to get back to the basics to fill in some of those gaps. Even things like what a scratch disk or using Premiere is non-destructive editing meaning it doesn’t change the original at all. Definitely building a strong foundation, learning without the shortcuts I think is the best way for me to learn because later on you can cut out some of them more tedious steps when you have to a higher level. Also, I picked up a few things more someone who has professional editing experience and could add that perspective.

One of the most new aspects that I learned was the very basics of colour grading and white balancing on Premiere. Although we shouldn’t rely on white balancing through Premiere, it can work pretty well if there is something that is pure white in the clip. I think the colour grading can come in handy because I had to go back and shot some photos near the end of the shooting day which were slightly darker because of the lighting.