How to get the most out of Photoshop if you are a Premiere Pro User?

by Ravi Bhadauria ADMEC Multimedia Institute

As we all know, Adobe Photoshop is a photo editing software and Adobe Premiere Pro is a video editing software but both can be used together. Photoshop mainly used for edit, retouch and modify still images whereas Premiere Pro is used for edit videos.

First know about these software one by one.

Uses of Adobe Photoshop

Image writing

Adjust proper color
Touch up photos like erasing or removing unused part
Save photos in various formats
Resize photos
Crop photos

Website designing

Export multiple versions of graphics
Design individual components like buttons or backgrounds
Slice up graphics into a set of pictures like a button bar

Project layout

You can make layouts of flyers, posters, business cards, etc.

Graphics creation

In this application, you can make custom brushes, add effects like drop shadow, work with photos by using a large number of tools.

Pattern and texture style

Patterns and textures can enhance your design.

Uses of Adobe Premiere Pro

● Croma cutting: In adobe premiere pro, you can cut the green or blue background from the image or video.

● Edit video and audio: Yes, it is the video editing software but you can edit video and audio both in it. There are lots of videos effects and transitions that can be added in the footages,

● Make slideshow: You can make image slideshow in this software by using different images.

● Mashups: As it is a great tool for editing. So, you can make mashups of songs and dialogues.

● Audio and video synchronization: You can match or synchronize multiple audios or videos automatically or manually.

Let’s see how can you use Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere Pro together:

● Edit frames: In adobe photoshop, you can edit individual frames of video and image sequence. You can edit the frames by applying filters, masks, transformations, layer styles, and blending modes, etc.

If you want to paint the frames then there are various tools in photoshop to use like: clone stamp, Pattern Stamp, Healing Brush tool, and Spot healing brush tool, etc. After making edits you can save them as a PSD file and can render it as a quick time.

● Import Photoshop file: You can import PSD files directly in Adobe premiere pro and edit as you want. Make slideshow or use PSD files in video.

Steps of importing PSD files in Adobe Premiere Pro are:

Go to file > import
Locate and select PSD files
Click open
Then you have two options to choose i.e import as footage and sequence. Use footage if you want to use image repeatedly and use sequence if you want to use your file as a sequence.
Then you have layer options of choosing layer and merge layer. If you select on choose layer then you can choose the selected layer and if you choose to merge layer then all the layers get merged in one sequence.

● Frame

You can make attractive frames in Adobe Photoshop and use them in Adobe premiere pro in images or videos.

● Backgrounds

By using Photoshop, you can make backgrounds on different themes and give motion in Adobe Premiere Pro.

● Cut - out

Suppose, you want to make image slideshow in Adobe Premiere Pro and you have to use image having no background then you can make the cut out of the image in adobe photoshop.

It is good if you use these software together. If you have knowledge of photo editing software with video editing software then it increases career options for you.

Photoshop is a very creative tool for you as it is used with premiere then your workflow in video increases in a good manner.

So, as per the experts both software are useful for video editors. That’s why you should join any reputed institute where you can gain practical knowledge as well as live working experience.

One such institute is Video Editing Institute in Rohini which is a well-known training platform for professional video editing courses. Apart from the video editing training, VEI also offers the best photo editing courses like Photoshop Master and Lightroom Master.