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Lecture 12 – Part 1
Video Editing
– Basic Gameplan and Task Units & Workflow
– Premiere Elements
– Project View, Preview Window and Monitor Panel
– Creating Clips in Project Folder (List View needs to be selected)
– Sceneline & Timeline | Time Stretch Tool
– Trimming and Editing Clips
– Transitions: Concept | Positioning | Duration | Add & Remove
– Titles
– Workarea
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Video Editing – Basic Gameplan
Identify Clips in your “raw footage”– Identify IN and OUT points– Create clips
Decide on Order of Clips– Drag & drop clips onto Timeline– Test if “Illusion of Continuity” is created
Transitions?– Specify how adjacent clips are merged
Insert Image or Sound– Detach video and audio tracks– Trim video or audio– Insert new video or audio
Titles?– Font Selection, Position, Overlay?
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Video Editing – Task Units & Workflow
1. Capture
2. Import Digital Media source files
3. Create & Organize Clips
4. Sequence Clips
5. Edit & Modify Clips
6. Create Transitions
7. Apply Effects for Video or Audio
8. Create Titles
9. Share
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Create Clips
Video Editing – Basic Mechanics
[ ]Specify IN / OUT
Drag & Drop Clips onto Timeline
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Premiere Elements – File & Workspace
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Project = Premiere Elements file– Stores references to all clips, arrangement and transitions
or effects applied
Workspace– Task Panels
– Project: organize “source material” or clips– Create, Name & Edit clips : IN / OUT in Preview Window
– Edit: Transitions, Effects , Titles– Share: AVI, YouTube
– Sceneline / Timeline Window– Drag clips from Project or Preview Window to Scene/Timeline
– Monitor Panel– View program or sequence of clips on Scene/Timeline
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Project View
A. List view B. Grid view C. Up one level D. New folder E. New item F. Delete item G. Hide/Show video files H. Hide/show audio files I. Hide/show image files J. Icon indicating that the media is being used in the project K. Video clip L. Folder to help classify assets
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Preview Window
A. Zoom control
B. Clip In point
C. Current time
D. Current-time indicator
E. Playback controls
F. Clip Out point
G. Clip duration
Drag & Drop Preview Image to List View in Project View to Create Clip
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Sceneline & Timeline
A. Current-time indicator B. Time ruler C. Zoom control D. Video track E. Audio track
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Monitor Panel
A. Mini Timeline B. Current time C. Playback controls D. Split clip E. Add text F. Freeze frame
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Timeline Tools
A. Selection B. Time Stretch C. Pan and zoom tool D. Smart Trim mode E. Motion Tracking mode F. Properties G. Audio Tools options H. Marker Tools options
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Time Stretch Tool
Reverse Clip: Clip > Time Stretch and Stretch dialog box: Select Reverse Speed
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Trimming Clips in Timeline
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Add Clips to Timeline
Alt-drag insertion: second audio track unaffected.
Default insertion: all clips after insertion point shift
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Overlay Clip in Timeline
Ctrl-drag/Cmd-drag clip from Project to first frame you want to overlay. When the pointer changes to Overlay icon, release mouse.
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Clearing and Ripple Deletion
Clearing: Delete clip and leave gap of same duration Edit > Clear
Ripple Deletion: delete clip and close the resulting gap Edit > Delete And Close Gap, or press Delete or Backspace.
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Transition Basics
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Transitions View
Edit > Transitions
Drag & Drop Transition onto Clip in Timeline or between Clips in Sceneline
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Keyframes
A. Previous Keyframe button B. Add/Remove Keyframe button C. Next Keyframe button D. Current-time indicator E. Effect properties menu F. Add Keyframe pointer
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Titles
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Setting Work Area to be rendered
Timeline > Render Work Area or Hit Enter
Creates Preview Files
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Lecture 12 – Part 2
Video Editing
– Pan & Zoom Tool for Exploring Images
– Audio Mixer
– Narration: Recording | Editing
– L-cut and J-cut and Timeline Markers
– Effects
– Share: Upload to YouTube
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Pan & Zoom Tool
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Audio
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Adding Narration
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Audio Mixer and Smart Mixer
As you make adjustments, keyframes are added to the track.
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J-cut and L-cut
A Clip trimmed for J-cut B Clip trimmed for L-cut
Audio & Video need to be unlinked
LJ
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Markers in Timeline
A. Timeline Marker B. Menu marker C. Markers menu D. Beat marker
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Effects View
A. Preview of selected clip
B. Effect menus
C. Edit Effects button (opens Effect Properties view)
D. List of applied effects
E. Search box
F. Panel menu
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Effect Properties View
A. Clip name
B. Show/Hide Keyframes button
C. Toggle Animation button (also Keyframe summary icon)
D. Effect properties
E. Property values
F. Play Audio button
G. Loop Audio button
H. Delete button
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Apply Effect
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