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Tell the computer to build a rough cut, and go make coffee
Half the work in an edit suite is not editing. It is renaming clips, setting label colors, building bins, making string-outs, pulling a rough cut out of a transcript, and writing the same expression for the fourth time this month.
Adobe Premiere and After Effects can now be driven by an AI assistant that does those things while you do something that needs a human; The creative part of the job. This is a one-day course in setting that up on your own machines and knowing how far to trust it.
You'll also learn what AI actually can do – and when you should take control.
- Length1 day
- FormatOn site or online
- LanguageNorwegian or English
- CategoryAutomation
After the course you can
Talk to the timeline
- Use the AI Assistants in Premiere and After Effects on your own machine
- Have a project organized, named and color-coded without touching a bin
- Build a rough cut straight from the transcript by describing what you want
- Get an expression written, explained and corrected without opening a forum
What we cover
The program
Talking to it
- Typing versus speaking — which is faster for which task
- Tools that make dictation to an AI Assistant practical
- Giving the assistant the context it needs about your project and your house rules
Premiere in practice
- Tidying and organizing a project: bins, names, label colors
- Building a rough cut from a transcript by description
- Batch operations across dozens of clips
- Audio work: levels, ducking, cleanup
After Effects in practice
- Letting it build simple motion graphics and animation
- Having it write, explain and debug expressions
- Where it saves hours, and where it costs you time
- Tell it to build a script, making the same task super fast next time
The three routes, and which to choose
- Adobe's own tools inside the applications
- MCP servers and language models
- Plugins and panels
- What each one can reach, what it cannot, and what it costs
Setup
- Connecting LLMs to Premiere and After Effects on your own machine
- Permissions: what you give it access to, and what you definitely do not
- Keeping the setup working after an Adobe update
The limits and the traps
- What the technology still cannot do
- When to push back on the answer the AI gives you
- Backup and version control routines
- Keeping the cost down, and getting better results too
The honest bit
Some of this day is spent getting things connected, and finding the limitations. That is not something we skip. The people who get hurt by these tools are the ones who saw a cool demo and were never told where the edge is, and knowing the failure modes saves more time than any of the cool tricks.
Who it is for
Editors, content producers, motion designers, journalists and communication people who want to automate the repetitive part of the job. It works for beginners who are comfortable in the software, and for experienced users who already script.
Prerequisites
You need to be comfortable in Premiere or After Effects. No programming experience needed. You need a machine with the software installed and permission to install helper applications.
Bring
Bring a real project and real workflow problems you want to solve — preferably a project you're actively working on. The demo project everyone uses is not where this gets interesting.
Open courses
Prefer a fixed date for one person?
Also runs as an open course at Qross Kurssenter — classroom in Oslo and live online on the same dates.
Also runs as an open course at Institutt for Journalistikk, at Pressens hus in Oslo, with member pricing for the press organizations.
Questions
About this course
Do I need to know how to code?
No. You describe what you want in ordinary language, in plain English (or Norwegian if you prefer that). The one thing you do need is the judgment to check a result before you trust it, and that is what the day is really about.
Is our material sent anywhere?
That depends entirely on which of the three routes you choose, and it is covered in detail on the day. Some setups run locally, some send text but never video, some send neither. If your organization has rules about this, bring them and we will build a setup that fits.
Will this still work after the next Adobe update?
Usually, and when it breaks it is normally the connection rather than the work. You leave knowing how to re-establish it, which matters more than any single trick.
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