Premiere Tutorial 1: A New Project

These pages are still under construction and more information will be added in due course

Macs are very easy to use as well as being very powerful. They are even more powerful than Pentium III's.

Your first step ill be to turn it on, you do this by pressing the power button on the keyboard. This will also powerup the monitor. It will show the happy Mac icon on the screen showing that all is well with the computer, then it will load up various extensions and control panels which run the Macand after a minute it will be raedy to start work

You will notice that Mac keyboards only have one button. To open files you just drag to cursor over a file icon and click on the button twice, this will open the file.

The Mac uses files, folders, alias's and applications.

File (or Document)- This can be a letter or a picture, or perhaps a file needed for as game. Double clicking will open the file in the program that made it.

Folder - This is like a folder on your desk. It is a place where you store all the bits of paper and photos you need for your work. You can have as many ass you want. You can drag files ontop of a folder and they will be placed inside it for you.

Applicaions (called an App) or Programs - these are the games or word processors you use on the Mac. Double clicking will open the app.

Alias - this is an easy way of finding the files you need without going through a load of folders. They are not copies, just pointers to the item you want. Double clicking an alias will open the original file. You can recognise an alias by the little arrow in the lower left corner of the icon

Menu Bar

Here you will find commands for using your apps, such as Save or adding effects in Photoshop.

The little coloured Apple at the far left is known as the Apple Menu and contains useful little apps for controlling the Mac.

The bar at the right saying Finder lets you select between whatever programs are running. The box marked Applications is a part of it allowing you to see at a glance what is running, in this case XXX & XXX.

Control Strip

If you press COMMAND-CONTROL-S at the same time a control strip will pop out allowing you to alter functions of the Mac.

The main ones are:

Monitor Colour - you can choose between 256 colours or Millions of colours. Leave it set for millions.

Monitor Resolution - This alters the amount of screenspace that is available. Its like having a larger desk to hold more things on. This is why it is called a desktop

Volume - pretty obvious I hope !

Control Panels & Extensions

These control aspects of the Mac and Collingwood students are not allowed to play with these settings - so leave them alone

Wastebasket

If you drag a file or folder you do not need onto the wastebasket then selct Empty Wastebasket from the menu the files will be erased from the computer - Collingwood students are not allowed to erase material from the computer - EVER!!

Mac

	Your first step ill be to turn it on, you do this by pressing the power button on the keyboard. This will also powerup the monitor. It will show the happy Mac icon on the screen showing that all is well with the computer, then it will load up various extensions and control panels which run the Macand after a minute it will be raedy to start work
	You will notice that Mac keyboards only have one button. To open files you just drag to cursor over a file icon and click on the button twice, this will open the file.
	The Mac uses files, folders, alias's and applications. File (or Document)- This can be a letter or a picture, or perhaps a file needed for as game. Double clicking will open the file in the program that made it. Folder - This is like a folder on your desk. It is a place where you store all the bits of paper and photos you need for your work. You can have as many ass you want. You can drag files ontop of a folder and they will be placed inside it for you. Applicaions (called an App) or Programs - these are the games or word processors you use on the Mac. Double clicking will open the app. Alias - this is an easy way of finding the files you need without going through a load of folders. They are not copies, just pointers to the item you want. Double clicking an alias will open the original file. You can recognise an alias by the little arrow in the lower left corner of the icon
	Menu Bar Here you will find commands for using your apps, such as Save or adding effects in Photoshop. The little coloured Apple at the far left is known as the Apple Menu and contains useful little apps for controlling the Mac. The bar at the right saying Finder lets you select between whatever programs are running. The box marked Applications is a part of it allowing you to see at a glance what is running, in this case XXX & XXX.
	Control Strip If you press COMMAND-CONTROL-S at the same time a control strip will pop out allowing you to alter functions of the Mac. The main ones are: Monitor Colour - you can choose between 256 colours or Millions of colours. Leave it set for millions. Monitor Resolution - This alters the amount of screenspace that is available. Its like having a larger desk to hold more things on. This is why it is called a desktop Volume - pretty obvious I hope !
	Control Panels & Extensions These control aspects of the Mac and Collingwood students are not allowed to play with these settings - so leave them alone
	Wastebasket If you drag a file or folder you do not need onto the wastebasket then selct Empty Wastebasket from the menu the files will be erased from the computer - Collingwood students are not allowed to erase material from the computer - EVER!!
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