Introduction

Now it is time to get to know Adobe Premiere's primary work areas. Adobe Premiere is highly adaptable to various workflows and is infinitely customizable. The first thing we will do is to make sure we are set to factory defaults.

Premiere Workspace FullScreen

Resetting the Layout

Like almost everything in Adobe Premiere, there are multiple methods to do this. Below are the two most common.

Reset the layout using Workspace Shortcuts

Along the top of the screen, there are several workspace shortcuts that can reset Premiere to workspaces dedicated to specific tasks. We will be using the Editing mode, to begin with. Simply click on 'Editing' and the screen will shift to that mode. The various areas within the workspace are moveable and the previous user, or yourself, may have moved some of them. If this happens you can easily reset the layout to default by right-clicking on the 3 small lines next to the selected workspace and selecting 'Reset to Saved Layout'

Premiere Workspace Shortcuts With Menu

Reset the layout Using the Menu

If a workspace has been very customized it is possible that the shortcuts used previously are not visible. In that case, the primary menu would be used to adjust the workspace. This time we will simply go to the top of the screen, select 'Window', then 'Workspaces', and 'Editing'.

If you need to reset as we did before you can also select Window>Workspace>Reset to Saved Layout.

Premiere Workspace File Menu

Workspace Introduction

Here we will work our way around the various windows within the primary workspace.

Box 1

Premiere Workspace Source

Source
- This is where you can preview, select desired portions of, and insert clips into your timeline.
Effect Controls
- Any effects, or the default motion effects, can be controlled from this tab.
Audio Clip Mixer
- One of many methods to adjust the audio on a clip by clip or track by track basis.
Metadata
- Displays the metadata of the selected clip.

Box 2

Premiere Workspace Program

Program
- The output of the selected timeline will be shown here. This is your product.

Box 3

Premiere Workspace Project

Project (Library)
- All of the clips you have imported into your project.
  - Note: When importing clips into Adobe Premiere you are NOT moving the files. If you move the files outside of Adobe Premiere after you import, you will unlink the clips and your Premiere project will be unusable until relinked. More on this later.
Media Browser
- How we import media assets.
Libraries
- Used in Creative Cloud, not covered here.
Info
- Not covered here.
Effects
- These are the effects that can be used on your timeline or media assets. Audio and video.
Markers
- Not covered here.
History
- A continual list of any changes made. This shows you what undo will do as you walk back.

Box 4

Tools
- The primary tools we use in modifying our timeline.

Box 5

Premiere Workspace Timeline

Timeline
- Where we will layout video and edit our project.

Box 6

Audio Meters
- Live VU meters of your active media or projet as it plays.