Premiere Pro Guru: Blending Mode Secrets

Learn the tricks to working with blending modes in Premiere Pro.

Get a detailed look at the secret sauce of filmmakers, motion graphics artists, and colorists: blend modes. In this course you'll learn how to unlock their power and create compelling new looks for your videos. Premiere Pro guru Rich Harrington shows you how to import blend modes from Photoshop and After Effects, color correct your footage exclusively with blend modes, and create a number of special effects, including reducing wrinkles, adding texture, creating a moving illustration, and even relighting a shot.

Introduction

• Introduction
• What you should know before watching the course
• How to use the exercise files

1. What Are Blend Modes?

• The role of blend modes
• Understanding blend mode categories
• Importing from Photoshop with blend modes
• Copying blend modes between Premiere Pro and After Effects
• Getting real-time performance with blend modes

2. Color Correction with Blend Modes

• Recovering a blown-out shot
• Recovering an underexposed shot
• Blending a Look Up Table (LUT) to refine its appearance
• Secondary color correction with blend modes

3. Effects with Blend Modes

• Softening wrinkled skin with blend modes
• Hiding noise and grain with blending modes
• Creating a duotone effect for video
• Creating a spot color effect
• Applying a texture for a graphic treatment
• Adding scan lines to a shot
• Creating a cartoon look with Find Edges
• Creating a moving illustration
• Creating a high-contrast look
• Relighting a shot with blend modes
• Creating a vignette

Conclusion

• Final thoughts