Premiere Pro is similar to Adobe Premiere Elements but adds more advanced tools and a more detailed interface to better serve professional users. Premiere Pro, released in 2003, is an update of Adobe Premiere, which was Adobe’s re-creation of ReelTime, one of the first non-linear video editing programs. Unlike other editing programs, a non-linear editor does not change the files it reads, instead preserving their original contents by creating a separate working file. Premiere Pro is also timeline-based, meaning that it displays each project as a timeline of events; an ‘event’ can be a video clip, sound clip, image, or text. Users can separately adjust each component’s length, parameters, and placement, adding effects like transitions, filters, and animations to the combined video file. Using Premiere Pro’s interfaces and shortcuts, you can immediately see the results of your changes and can make adjustments in seconds that used to take days of hard work. Newer tools, including AI features, can create automated captions, add speech from text scripts, clean up audio, and coordinate camera angles and color across video clips. You can export completed video files or smaller clips from Premiere Pro in a variety of formats suitable for film, television, web content, or social media posts. Creators can even publish directly from Premiere Pro to many social media sites.
While there are many available video editing programs, Premiere Pro’s integration with the Adobe Creative Suite gives it exceptional power and utility. Professional users also consider Premiere Pro one of the best-designed and most powerful video editing programs available. It can handle full-length movies containing thousands of component files without noticeably slowing down. For these reasons, several major film producers have used Premiere Pro to edit their movies.
Entertainment and social media are just two of the many creative uses for video editing software like Premiere Pro. You could also combine photographs and video from an event into a video album to commemorate the occasion. Business owners, marketers, and other promoters can use Premiere Pro to create commercials for television, streaming video, websites, or video billboards. Both educators and students can create instructional and informational videos. Premiere Pro can also assemble and polish animated content from other creative programs to create cartoons or short features for advertising, illustration, or software… including video games!
For Adults & College Students
Though adult students do not usually get a summer break, summer can still offer extra time for an online class. Learning Adobe Premiere Pro will provide a valuable tool for personal video projects or career advancement. Professionals already working in entertainment, advertising, social media, or another field that uses video products — or anyone interested in pursuing a career in those areas — can benefit from one of these classes. To find even more Premiere Pro classes in your area, try Noble Desktop’s Classes Near Me tool.
Noble Desktop
Premiere Pro in a Day: July 30, 2025
In this single full-day class, students can learn the main concepts and features of Premiere Pro. This course is a convenient introduction for anyone curious about Premiere Pro or those who only need the program for simple editing projects. Using the framework of a sample video interview, the course’s instructor will give students an overview of Premiere Pro’s controls and lead them through key features like editing clips, correcting color and audio quality, adjusting clip size and speed, and inserting images, animations, and transitions. In addition to the class session, participants receive a course workbook and can access a recording of the lesson after its completion. Students receive a digital certificate upon completion and, if needed, may retake the class once for free, for up to one year later.
Premiere Pro Bootcamp: June 11-13 or July 30 to August 1, 2025
Noble Desktop’s bootcamp course for Premiere Pro requires no previous video editing experience, teaching its concepts and techniques alongside a thorough exploration of Premiere Pro. Beginning with an overview of the program’s controls and features, the course addresses how to add, edit, and adjust audio and video files; add transitions and animations; correct audio and video; and export video projects for a variety of uses. The course also teaches some professional techniques like green-screen editing, multi-cam editing, and voiceovers. The instructor brings these lessons together in practical projects like a music video and social media content for several platforms, preparing students to use Premiere Pro for their own video work. In addition to the online class sessions, the course includes supplemental study materials and a private 1-on-1 session with an instructor to discuss difficult topics or career planning. Upon completion, participants receive a certificate of achievement and can retake the class once for free for up to one year.
Premiere Pro Certification Program: June 4 to July 11, (Weekdays); June 11-15 (Saturdays and Evenings); or July 30 to August 10, 2025 (Saturdays and Evenings)
This course is Noble Desktop’s most comprehensive training program for Premiere Pro. It is recommended for students planning to use this program in their careers. This certification program combines Noble Desktop’s Premiere Pro Bootcamp and Premiere Pro Advanced courses to prepare students to earn Adobe Certified Professional status for Premiere Pro. The Premiere Pro Bootcamp course, alone, will enable students to create high-quality video projects, but the Advanced coursework adds valuable topics like custom animations, transitions, and special effects; unique video formats like vertical video; and editing for fast-paced action sequences. Both component courses include a proprietary reference workbook, and students can access recordings after each class session. Students also receive six hours of private, 1-on-1 tutoring and additional video lessons to prepare them for the certification exam. The course fee also includes a proctored exam session for Adobe certification, plus a free retake of the exam, if needed. The course awards its own digital certificate upon completion, and students can retake the class once for free for up to one year.
Premiere 101 — Premiere Essentials: June 3-4, July 1-2, July 8-9, or August 5-6, 2025
The first of two live online courses from Ledet Training, this short course requires no prior knowledge of Adobe Premiere. The instructor will introduce the program’s most important functions while illustrating a complete video editing workflow. Although condensed for time, this course still covers multiple editing techniques, color and audio corrections, effects and transitions, and project exporting. This course particularly emphasizes efficient video production, highlighting time-saving features and common time-wasting mistakes. Participants receive their choice of a digital or printed workbook.
Premiere 201 — Adobe Premiere — Advanced: June 27-28 or August 1-2, 2025
Continuing from the introduction presented in Premiere 101, this second live online course improves students’ proficiency with Adobe Premiere. The instructor will present advanced editing techniques and video effects, demonstrate tips to save more time and further enhance video quality, and show how to work with integrated programs to add further editing options and work even faster. This course also has its own digital or printed workbook.
Premiere 301 — Producing VR Content in Premiere: July 5 or August 9, 2025
Another advanced course for Adobe Premiere, Producing VR Content in Premiere is a unique offering for students who want to work with VR media for either VR headsets or social media VR players. This short course does require previous experience such as Ledet Training’s Premiere 101 or the equivalent, and the school recommends further study such as their advanced Premiere 201 course. The instructor will first introduce students to VR media formats including stereo recordings, describe the rigs and cameras used to create VR video, and then demonstrate how to edit video and add effects for VR projects in Premiere. This course particularly addresses how to output VR projects for various formats (like VR headsets, immersive VR, and stereoscopic 3D video) and different uses (like gaming, advertising, and industrial uses). This course also has its own digital or printed workbook.
Premiere 501 — Adobe Premiere Bootcamp
Students who want a complete course in Adobe Premiere Pro that can take them from beginner to expert ability can book Ledet Training’s Premiere 101 — Premiere Essentials, Premiere 201 — Adobe Premiere Advanced, and Premiere 301 — Producing VR Content in Premiere as a single discounted bundle. This bootcamp course presents all three courses, in order, over five days, including the same live classes and workbooks for each course.
Certstaffix Training
Adobe Premiere Pro CC (2020): June 5-7, July 15-17, or August 27-29, 2025
Certstaffix’s live online courses are designed for professional users seeking to add or update technical skills. This short course provides a solid grounding in Adobe Premiere Pro, including both basic and advanced editing techniques. The instructor first introduces Premiere Pro’s interface and then demonstrates its features by creating a sample project. The course progresses through importing, organizing, and editing files; adding transitions; advanced editing techniques for video; audio editing and mixing; adding motion graphics and video effects; color correction; compositing and color keying (greenscreen); creating custom motion graphics; and finally, exporting and uploading video files. This course includes a printed workbook, and Certstaffix Training offers access to software labs for students near their physical locations.
Key Code Education
Adobe Premiere Pro I: June 10-14, 2025
Although this course requires no prior experience with video editing or video editing software, Key Code Education recommends it for professionals who will use Premiere Pro for video production at work. The instructor will demonstrate Premiere Pro’s most important functions to assemble, improve, and export video projects. In addition to entertainment and social media uses, this course also addresses editing and exporting videos for web content, documentation, and instructional purposes.
For High School Students & Teenagers
By the time they have reached high school, most teenagers have viewed countless creative video projects, especially on social media sites. Some students have already begun to create online content and might have dreams of a career in content creation. Older high school students could be considering related jobs like filmmaking, journalism, advertising, or video game design. Summer break is a great time to explore both creative activities and potential careers, and a practical software skill can benefit both interests. Learning Premiere Pro will teach students more about video editing and provide them with a valuable creative tool.
NextGen Bootcamp
Video Editing with Premiere Pro Live Online: August 5-8, 2025
In this short but thorough bootcamp course, high school students can learn to create high-quality video projects in Premiere Pro. Using several sample projects as concrete examples, an instructor will introduce Premiere Pro’s workspace and controls, demonstrate the program’s features, and guide students through important video editing techniques. The lessons in this course include editing, correcting, and synchronizing audio and video clips; adding images, animations, and transitions; resizing and layering video; and exporting video files in a variety of formats. Students will also learn some advanced techniques like green-screen removal and multi-camera editing. For more grounded learning, the instructor will repeat these lessons in multiple forms across several sample projects. The course also addresses valuable storytelling and narrative planning skills. Participants receive a digital certificate upon completion.
Video Editing and Motion Graphics Bootcamp NYC: August 5-15, 2025
NextGen Bootcamp’s summer Video & Animation Certificate is an excellent option for high school and college students who want a more comprehensive video editing education. The first half of the course covers video editing with Adobe Premiere Pro, while the second half focuses on fundamental animation techniques with Adobe After Effects. Students complete a variety of hands-on projects throughout the course, and many graduates choose to add these to a digital portfolio to help with college applications later on. Students must have basic computer skills to attend this program; no previous video editing experience is required. This program is available both online or in-person. The school is located in the heart of New York City. Virtual attendees will use Zoom to connect with their peers and receive real-time guidance from their instructor.
Outschool
Editing Essentials with Adobe Premiere Pro: June 10-14 or June 24-28, 2025 (Weekdays)
This five-part live online course, aimed at students aged 13 to 18, teaches video editing and storytelling using Adobe Premiere Pro. The first two parts of the course discuss video storytelling using an interview project, guiding students through planning and recording stages to create video footage. In the third part, the instructor will introduce and explain the key features of Premiere Pro as students assemble their clips into a video project. Part four teaches further editing techniques to improve the quality of students’ videos. The final lesson teaches students how to clean up, export, and upload their completed videos.
Adobe Filmmaking: The Basics of Video Editing with Premiere Pro
(Part 1): June 9, June 23, July 7, July 21, August 11, or August 18, 2025
(Part 2): June 10, July 15, or August 19, 2025
This short online course, geared toward learners aged 13 to 18, is taught in two single-session classes, Parts 1 and 2, each booked separately. This course teaches video editing using Adobe Premiere Pro, focusing specifically on filmmaking. Students can apply these lessons to create social media videos, music videos, or movies. Part 1 introduces video editing and Premiere Pro, explaining the program’s structure and functions, especially importing, editing, and organizing clips. The instructor will supervise students as they practice each lesson with sample video footage. Part 2 moves on to more advanced topics like resizing and adjusting clips, adding transitions, and exporting finished videos.
New York Film Academy
3-Week Online Film Camp for Teens: July 22 to August 9, 2025
This online summer program from the New York Film Academy (NYFA) teaches teens aged 14 to 17 the art of filmmaking through the production of two short films, using Adobe Premiere Pro for video editing. The instructor first teaches participants the terminology and techniques of cinema, visual storytelling, screenwriting, and cinematography. Once students have planned their first film project, the instructor guides them through video recording using their own mobile devices. Students then import this footage to Adobe Premiere, and the course proceeds to lessons on video editing like placing and trimming clips, adding effects and transitions, sound design, and exporting the finished film. Guided by the instructor, the class then reviews each film project to discuss good results and areas for improvement. A second film project of greater complexity allows students to apply this feedback and further improve their skills.
iD Tech
Adobe Premiere and After Effects Private Tutoring
In addition to on-campus and live online courses, iD Tech’s instructors offer private 1-on-1 tutoring services for many skills and software applications, including Adobe Premiere Pro. Such direct instruction is more focused on each student’s interests, needs, and learning style, and may be preferable to a shared online classroom. The instructor can prepare lessons for students as young as 7 or as old as 19 years, at any skill level from introductory to advanced. Parents can purchase private lessons in monthly sets of 1, 4, 8, or 12 one-hour sessions, with a per-lesson discount for larger packages.
Why Summer is the Perfect Time to Learn Premiere Pro
For many students, summer break provides several weeks of free time. Freedom from their school-time workload and fixed schedules allows children to pursue activities that would be difficult otherwise. While students might not think to use this time to learn, summer courses let them pursue subjects that interest them personally and that might not be taught in their local schools. Best of all, they can have fun while learning, especially when studying creative skills like video editing with Premiere Pro.
Engagement in structured activities can also help students stay active and focused through the summer. A creative tool like Premiere Pro is an outlet for many ideas and projects. A learning goal like gaining a skill or completing a project can also be good practice in setting personal motivations.
Learning Premiere Pro can also lead to long-term goals, helping students explore potential careers like filmmaking, scriptwriting, animation, or advertising. Working with a video editing program can also lead to more interest in subjects like creative writing, programming, and audiovisual technology. This motivation can carry over from the summer into the school year and beyond. For older high school and college students, learning Premiere Pro can also add a useful job skill.
For adults or students without a summer break, summer’s long daytime hours may still give them more energy and usable time. Summer is a great time to record outdoor video footage, giving learners plenty of material to practice their editing skills. Many people enjoy making and sharing social media content, especially when recording new and exciting summertime activities. Video editing software can also let you combine pictures and video from summer trips to record your memories in documentaries and video albums. Learning Premiere Pro will make these videos more detailed and polished.
How to Choose the Right Summer Premiere Pro Course
Online learning provides many options, and it can be difficult to decide between courses. Reading reviews can help you choose a well-reputed school and course curriculum. You should also consider your schedule and learning goals before exploring courses. Some Premiere Pro courses may require multiple class sessions over several weeks. In some cases, this schedule adds time to work on sample projects during class sessions or between classes. Other classes are much shorter, either condensing their workload into a few intensive days or addressing only a short introduction or a single, focused topic in one or two class sessions. Students should balance their available time against the demands of each course.
The type of course you choose is also based on your learning goals. If you want to learn just the basics of Premiere Pro, a short introductory course might be preferable. Younger students might also prefer a shorter course with a less demanding schedule and fewer technical demands. If you want to become an expert user, for your own creations or to prepare for employment, a longer, more complete course might be worth investing more time. Or, if you are already familiar with Premiere Pro, you might look for an advanced course that will add to your knowledge.
Some courses focus on particular uses of Premiere Pro, such as editing for film and television, music videos, or content creation for social media. If you have a specific project or career in mind, you might look for a course that emphasizes that work. Other courses offer extended practice in Premiere Pro’s fundamental features, like transitions and effects, color balancing, and audio integration. These courses might be preferable for students who want to learn more about the technical aspects of video editing. Other courses emphasize the creative and design aspects of video work, using Premiere Pro as a tool to explore students’ ideas. Students with more artistic interests might prefer a course that focuses on creativity over technical detail.