Digital Video

FURTHER VIDEO EDITING TECHNIQUES

EDITING TECHNIQUES
Capture video
Make separate bins or folders for each scene, audio, graphics, titles etc. Don't have all in one bin.
Back up media and project files. BACK UP, BACK UP, BACK UP.
Save the project file. Know where you saved it and write down its path. E.g. Student/Steve/skate03.ppj
Get, make, new Black video, colour-bars, and count-in. Insert into timeline.
To put videoclips into timeline, double click on file in bin or drag it to the "source" (left) window. Select the "in" point and the "out" point and Apply. Drag to timeline or Program (right ) window.
Render and view.

One video track is layered over the other and transitions are in between to connect vidclips.
In Premiere select WINDOW - WORKSPACE - A/B Editing . Try it.
Then select SINGLE-TRACK EDITING mode and see the difference.
Use whichever method suits you.

TRANSITIONS
Wipes or fades that connect one vidclip to another.
Just drag them to the timeline and put between the vidclips you choose.
There are 3D, fly-ins, cubes, spins etc.
Go over the top with them at first to learn how to use them and then pull right back. Some of them can be downright tacky.

FILTERS
Click on a vidclip in the timeline and select the desired filter(Premiere) or drag filter onto vidclip(FCP).
Filters do things like brightness, contrast, colour correction. B& W, emboss, etc.
Experiment.

CLIP SPEED
You can change the speed and duration of a video or audio clip.
Choose Clip - speed and enter a percentage.
A negative (-) value will reverse the clip.
When using less than 100% select "De-interlace" in Clip - Video Options- Field options.

Reading
How to use Digital Video (SAMS Publishing)
Your Companion Guide to Digital video (Next Power Guides, $14.95 from Newsagents)
Film and Video Editing, (Roger Crittenden, Blueprint, 778.535. CRIT 1995)