Digital Media Production
Digital Media
Production
Anselm Spoerri PhD (MIT)
SC&I @ Rutgers University
aspoerri@rutgers.edu
anselm.spoerri@gmail.com
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Lecture 8 - Overview
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
Lectures – Week 8 Content
http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~aspoerri/Teaching/DMPOnline/Lectures.html#week8
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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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Video Editing – Basic Mechanics
Create Clips
Specify IN / OUT
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Drag & Drop Clips
onto Timeline
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Premiere Elements – File & Workspace
Adobe Premiere Elements 10
30 day Free Trial
http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere-elements.html
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
Default insertion: all clips after insertion point shift
Alt-drag insertion: second audio track unaffected.
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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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