Hello everyone, I'm Hallease, a filmmaker and storyteller based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Welcome to Adobe Premiere Pro.

Whatever story you are trying to tell, Premiere Pro is the one application you'll need to assemble video clips, add effects, sweeten audio clips, and so much more.

Now, before you can begin crafting your story, you'll want to understand how the interface is set up.

This is what Premiere Pro looks like when you first open a project.

To support you as you create your video project, the interface is divided into sections called panels, and each panel serves a different purpose during your edit.

Let's start with the Project panel.

This acts as your media organizer.

It's where imported clips, music, and other elements reside.

If you double click on any of the clips in the Project panel, they'll open in the Source monitor where you can review them more easily.

Some of the controls in the Source monitor should look familiar.

There's a Play and a Stop button and a Timeline that shows progress through the clip as you play it.

The blue line is called the Playhead, and you can drag it back and forth to preview the video quickly.

Once you've identified which of your clips you want to string together into your video, it's time to add them into a sequence in the Timeline panel.

A sequence is where you'll arrange all of your media into your video project.

Think of it as like where you build out your video.

You can add video clips, music, visual effects, and titles to your sequence.

When your clips and other media are added to the Timeline, you'll be able to watch your sequence in the Program monitor.

Just press Play.

Similar to the Source monitor, your Timeline also has a blue line or Playhead, and as it moves along the Timeline, the exact moment of the sequence is shown in the Program monitor.

Now, because it's so customizable, sometimes things accidentally get a bit out of order.

For example, you could open the Essential Graphics panel, move the Project panel, or even close the Timeline.

If things ever get too crazy, just go to Window, then Workspaces and Reset to Saved Layout.

It will go right back to where you started.

I have barely scratched the surface of all the panels in Adobe Premiere Pro.

There are many other panels like the Essential Sound panel for Audio editing, and Lumetri Color for color correction and grading, but generally the Project panel, the Source monitor, the Timeline, and the Program monitor are your go tos for every project.

So to recap, there are four main panels that you'll use every time you edit a video: The Project panel, which helps you organize and find your media, the Source monitor that shows you a preview of your clips selected from the Project panel, the Timeline panel where you arrange your clips into the story you want to tell, and then finally the Program monitor where you watch it all come together.

In the next video, I'll show you how to import and preview clips.

I'll see you over there.