Edit Like a Pro – 13 of the Best Adobe Premiere Pro Tutorials to Learn From

When it comes to learning a new skill, YouTube has long been the undisputed champion of free educational content.

And the same goes for anyone trying to learn Adobe Premiere Pro. We've gathered 13 of the best Adobe Premiere Pro tutorials that you can find on YouTube.

If you want to improve your filming skills before you start learning to edit, consider reading our article on filmmaking. You'll learn everything you need to know about filmmaking.

Rory Nichols

Premiere Pro Tutorial: Ultimate Guide on Film Editing for Complete Beginners

Are you a complete beginner in film editing and want to get into it? Have you just opened Premiere Pro and have no idea what to do? Watch Rory’s walkthrough of Premiere Pro on how to create a project from scratch 👉

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Intro

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Premiere Pro Basics

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Create new project

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Organizing your files

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Editing tab

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Create new sequence

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Color coding footage

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Working with footage

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Keyboard shortcuts

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Timeline overview

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Immediate tools

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Color correction

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Effect controls panel

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Media browse & effect panel

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Graphics tool

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Locating your footage

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Export

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Big scale project

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Ending

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Meet Rory

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What you’ll learn

Make sure you stay organized from the beginning – it is too easy to create chaos with a bigger project.

You do take criticism for a living but remember the criticism is not directed at you personally.

You will be working in a dark room many times, just remember why you get into editing in the first place – to have fun.

Make sure you master one of the programs first – it is better to be a master of one than to know all a little.

13 of the best adobe premiere tutorials

1. Premiere Pro 2021 – Tutorial for Beginners in 12 minutes!

• Skill Level: Any
• Hosted by: Skills Factory

Skills Factory teaches you everything you need to know about Adobe Premiere Pro in this video.

Skills factory explains all of the basics in Premiere Pro, including the home screen, setting up a project, inserting vectors and text objects, using the program panel, and much more.

Once you've watched this video, you should expect to know at least enough to edit a basic video.

Watch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ta4dbRD7E

2. 9 cuts every video editor should know

• Skill Level: Intermediate
• Hosted by: Shutterstock Tutorials

In this video, Shutterstock teaches you some of the most common cuts in filmmaking.

Specifically, they talk about the Standard Cut, J-Cut, L-Cut, Jump Cut, Montage, Cutting on Action, Cross-Cutting, Cutaways, and Match Cut.

This is great to know if you're new at editing videos and want to give some more life to your videos through editing. Most people think the creativity stops after filming, but it's in the editing room where the magic happens!

Watch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3Hmf2Dxlo

3. How To Use Adobe Premiere: Learn Premiere Pro in 15 Minutes

• Skill Level: Any
• Hosted by: Motion Array Tutorials

This is another all-encompassing Adobe Premiere Pro tutorial. Here Motion Array takes you through a lot of the basics in Premiere Pro in a very pedagogical manner.

They touch on a lot of the same things as Skills Factory, but you can safely watch Motion Array's video for more Premiere Pro tips.

Wath video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRVXhqYM26o

4. Multi-Camera Editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CC tutorial

• Skill Level: Intermediate
• Hosted by: Premiere Gal

Premiere Gal created this video, and it's made for people who would like a more dynamic video setup with multiple cameras.

Remember, when you have multiple cameras, you also have to implement it properly in the editing.

Premiere Gal shows you how to implement multiple camera tracks and make use of them.

Watch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxz1JR26vpc

5. How to make L-cuts and J-cuts in Premiere Pro | Tutorial

• Skill Level: Any
• Hosted by: Motion Array Tutorials

Here's another video created by Motion Array. It's a more specific Premiere Pro guide. Here they go in-depth with L-cuts and J-cuts and teach you how to use them to your advantage in editing.

While Shutterstock already touched upon this in their video, this video goes more in-depth with these two types of cuts. The L-cut and J-cut are typically used in films to transition between shots.

Watch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AMCKQEVExk

6. Beginner tips for Premiere Pro | Adjust audio levels | Adobe Premiere Pro CC tutorials

• Skill Level: Any
• Hosted by: Adobe Tutorial

In this video, the user adobe tutorial teaches us how to adjust the audio levels on the individual tracks. This is a valuable premiere pro guide, as audio mixing is sometimes forgotten when people make videos.

However, audio is one of the most important aspects of a video, and with this video, you can learn how to adjust the audio levels yourself.

Watch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihHKkp-Iplw

7. How to zoom in and out on videos and photos in premiere pro cc

• Skill Level: Any
• Hosted by: Vegard, The Filmmaker

Vegard, The Filmmaker, is a Norwegian filmmaker who shares Adobe Premiere Pro tips on YouTube.

In this video, we learn how to use the zoom function in Premiere Pro, which can be great for creating a dynamic feeling in a video.

The video is short but sweet. Vegard doesn't spend a lot of time with introductions but gets more or less straight to the point.

Watch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MLpwqKaXyk

8. How to Save and Render a Video in Adobe Premiere Pro CC

• Skill Level: Any
• Hosted by: Big E

Big E is another filmmaker and YouTuber who loves creating Adobe Premiere Pro tutorials. In this video, we learn how to save and render a video.

Typically when you save a video, you just save a project, but to share it outside of premiere pro, you will have to render it.

Rendering a video can be complex, and choosing the correct format can also be confusing. But don't worry, because Big E has got your back!

Watch tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz_NoH-aCQY

9. How to Create Custom Keyboard Shortcuts in Adobe Premiere Pro

• Skill Level: Intermediate
• Hosted by: FilterGrade

In this video, FilterGrade teaches us to create our custom keyboard shortcuts. This is mainly for experienced video editors with specific tools and shortcuts that they want to utilize but aren't available in the default hotkey setup.

This is not something you should mess around with as a beginner. Changing the key binds can make it confusing when trying to look up stand shortcuts and find out you've replaced them with something else.

So don't start making your key bindings before you feel comfortable in Premiere Pro and feel the need to improve the accessibility through customization.

Watch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5BzWOGDf_M

10. 5 AWESOME Creative Transitions Effects in Adobe Premiere Pro! (Video Editing Tutorial / How to)

• Skill Level: Any
• Hosted by: Justin Odisho

In this video, Justin Odisho shows off five cool transition effects. The five effects shown are as follows: Bump Scale, Diagonal Slice, Glitch Crop, Painbucket Fill, Dissolve, and Invert Flash.

These transition effects help you create more exciting videos and keep the flow of your video going. The transitions are relatively simple to do but look incredibly elegant.

Watch tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QymCJhq_v7M

11. How to Color Correct in Premiere Pro CC 2019 (Lumetri Color)

• Skill Level: Intermediate
• Hosted by: Tech Infusion

In this video, Tech Infusion shows us how to use the Lumetri Color feature in Adobe Premiere Pro.

Color correction fixes your video's colors and makes you able to have consistent colors in each clip. This feature can help you color correct your videos and make them look 10x better. However, it's pretty hard to get the hang of.

But don't worry, because Tech Infusion takes you through everything you need to know, and after watching it, you should be ready to color correct your own projects!

Watch tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq--m515d8M

12. How I COLOR GRADE in Adobe Premiere Pro CC

• Skill Level: Intermediate
• Hosted by: Armando Ferreira

In this video, Armando Ferreira takes you through his process of color grading videos. It happens to be an excellent video showcasing color grading, and there are loads of takeaways for anyone watching.

Color grading is when you try to achieve a different mood or tone through the adjustments of your colors. Some of the most basic types of color grading happen if you apply a blue hue to signify cold or orange to represent warmth.

Watch tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuEhGR0QJmE

13. The FASTEST Way to Edit Video (Three-Point Editing) | Premiere Pro Tutorial

• Skill Level: Any
• Hosted by: Tutvid

In this video, Tutvid teaches us how to perform three-point editing, which significantly improves the speed of any digital video editor. This is a vital premiere pro tip to remember because it will make your editing sessions much more efficient.

Three-point editing is a specific editing method that happens when you use the digital timeline in digital video editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro.

This timeline allows you to import and edit clips in a specific sequence and overwrite clips through your source monitor.

Watch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvb4iL0rcGA

Become a better video editor

If you feel well-versed in your adobe premiere pro skills, check out our article on video editing.

Here you'll learn everything you need to know about video editing in general, and you can even watch our masterclass on film editing to learn even more.

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