Premire Pro Editing

Editing Basics

So, with all the stuff to cover about media development as a whole I thought I'd go over some of the tutorials from Premier Pro and what some of the take-away's are from each section.

We begin with the basics of editing, sequencing clips. Obviously this seems easy but it's actual more complex in the breakdown, this doesn't come from the action of the putting them on the timeline (lower right box) but rather their order and making sure that you keep the right audio files with the right clips otherwise it begins to be thrown off.

Now we come to the end of the aligning and functions area. In this section we covered how to move both audio and video to ensure good placement and quality.

Some of the take-away's from this are:

-Take care when you use the timeline, where you have stuff in sequence will affect the video playback

-Audio is linked to video, which means that you need to lock one of them in place if you begin to edit the other

-Having the preview window at a decent size goes miles to helping with edits, this will show you a preview of the final product and where you need to improve

Just to round off the basics of introductions to editing, we have overlaying on top of videos and bringing in different effects and bringing them together with the project to add more depth to the project and bring it together.

Some of the take-away's from this are:

- Using video effects and transitions can add another layer to your project, having these effects can improve the flow from a jumpcut so it's worth while to give it more consideration

-Always plan what you want from it, this seems obvious but having a list of what you want where will go miles in helping you keep structure when editing and it means that the project will meet what you wanted it to be rather than looking like a quickly pieced together jumpcuts and footage

-Organise your resources, keep what you want to use in the order that you'll need it with possible notes for the clip so that you can keep track of your video development and ensure you know how to best merge it together.

Well now we've reached the end of the editing cycle, the 'final phase' such as colour grading and enhancements to highlights and shadows to make it like a ore standard profession style of clip.

Here are some final thoughts from learning editing and some final take-away's:

-Use the blue arrow to move along your timeline to keep an eye on your project window, it gives you the opportunity to preview what your final product will be

-The timeline is a vital tool for your success, it gives you the chance to layer images and other videos to create all manner of things including a split-screen

-Colours are a near essential tool in order to make sure that you get the right tone or message to the audience as the wrong type of message can give an entirely different tone to the production.

Hopefully this has given you some insight and maybe a different perspective into what is done during the production of TV/Film.