Tips & Tricks
10 Fun Premiere Pro Templates for Beginners
Tuts+PhotographyAdobe Premiere Pro is an very powerful editing tool, so it’s normal to feel a bit overwhelmed when you're just getting started. With helpful tutorials and courses, like our Introduction to Video Editing in Adobe Premiere Pro, and some amazing templates, we can help you get your work to the next level, all while building your comfort and the strength of your editing.
Templates are a Fun Way to Learn
Learning any app from the ground up is time consuming. If you're working for clients, they often don't have the time: you need to create a professional product in a short turn-around. Not fun! These ready-to-use templates can help guide your learning and speed up your workflow, giving you the time to enjoy the process. Let the knowledge of others build your skills naturally.
In this round-up, we chose templates that are guided by the following principles:
- Ease-of-use: We worked through the templates in this round-up to make sure they were easy for a beginner and almost all of them come with a helpful tutorial.
- Simplicity: Trying to keep things manageable, we used templates that feature only a couple of items that might need to be customized.
- Variety of assets: Titles, lower thirds, slideshows, and more. Giving you the tools to make almost any video you'd hope to create.
Here are ten fun templates from the authors at Envato Elements for Premiere Pro that are quick to pick up and easy to use:
1. Clean Title Reveal
Exactly what the name promises—a clean and simple title sting that makes your text the centre of attention. The customization of this templates in accomplished with a couple of clicks of the mouse and included is a helpful tutorial to help get you going.
2. Dynamic Upbeat Opener
Dynamic Opener is a modular template allowing you to pick and choose with of the assets you’d like to use. Add your photos or video media to the timeline and starting creating your own rhythmic intro for your project.
3. Minimal Glitch Titles
Glitch effects are very popular in video today, from subtle colour shimmers to heavy, wavy distortion. If you’re looking to add a tasteful glitchy title for your next project, this minimal template has you covered. It’s easy to use and is perfect for any modern promotion with elegant and direct production.
4. 15 Wedding Titles
This pack is perfect for videographers who create amazing wedding videos for their clients. These classic titles are wonderful to have in your toolbox and are guaranteed to please the bride and groom.
5. Vintage Memories Slideshow
Bring character and life to your photos with Vintage Memories Slideshow, a template with a compelling retro-style look that’s full of depth and emotion. While not suited for every project, this one is still a great asset for the right project.
6. Modern Lifestyle
Sleek, cinematic, easy to use and elegant, Modern Lifestyle is an opener that gives all the attention to the text while still bringing out the best of your photos. Use it to see grain, light leaks and a parallax effect added to your media, giving movement and depth to your opening sequence.
7. Local News Elements
Perfect for any news theme or live broadcast television project, this project is flexible enough to be used in themes other than news, too. This template is easily customizable and requires no 3rd-party plugins.
8. 15 VHS Video Effects
Simple and to the point, 15 VHS Video Effects is actually a collection of ten VHS-inspired noise overlays that add grit and texture to your footage.
9. Dope Transitions
This is an extremely popular pack and it boasts over four hundred transitions to choose from. With four choices of speed and each one with its own unique sound, you’ll be able to bring style and excitement to all of your videos. This pack features an easy drag and drop method and comes with a video tutorial to get you started.
10. Call Outs
A great template for displaying information about a specific item in your video. Call Outs would be great in a product video to point to each feature and easily give context to your audience.
Keep Learning!
Thanks for stopping by! Envato Elements and Tuts+ are constantly adding new templates and new tutorials to further your skills. Here are a few more helpful links for you to check out:
- Video10 Top After Effects Video Project Templates for BeginnersAndrew Childress
- Video15 Modern, Minimalist After Effects Templates for Your Inspiration (2019)Andrew Childress
- Adobe After EffectsHow to Learn Adobe After Effects in Adobe After EffectsAndrew Childress
- Adobe Premiere ProHow to Quickly Change Picture Styles in Premiere Pro With LUT PresetsMarie Gardiner