Editing Lesson Blog

 We learned about the basics as for the camera type, a Canon and the tripod that aids in filming. The tripod can do tilt and pan shots. As for editing, there is a lot that goes into this detailed process. Once your logged into the computer, it is crucial to right click on the desktop and create a folder. This folder will hold all pictures and shots taken from the camera. To dump all footage into this folder, the SD card will be placed into an SD card reader that will be connected to the computer. The folder will have a DCIM tab where all footage from the SD card will be held. The clips each have a date and time from what the camera date and time is set to, so each should be checked on the camera beforehand. If footage cannot be found in the DCIM tab, then click the private ta, go to ADCHD and look for the word "stream". Here, the footage from your camera should be found, but resort to this option as second after checking the DCIM tab first.

 To make sure are clips are in the folder, highlight them all to securely place them in. Once this is completed the SD card can safely be removed. This process is called DUMPING, taking the cameras SD card into the computer. Once that is done, Pinnacle studios is the where the editing takes place and where the IMPORTING begins. Importing is taking footage from folder/computer desktop straight to Pinnacle. Click on import once entering Pinnacle, click desktop and then the plus sign, find folder, footage pops up and click on all footage you want imported. Your raw footage will be seen on the top of the screen and where you can begin dragging those shots onto AD Track 2 for film. Ad Track 1 is reserved for titling and AD Track 3 is for music. A clip can be cut so the scene moves smoothly, which can be found in the center of the screen labeled "cut". Make sure the exact part of the clip is selected before splitting the clip, but in any case, the redo button can reverse any mistake,

 For the scenes, right-clicking will allow you to slow, speed or reverse a scene. On opening the effects editor, you can change certain parts of a scene such as: the time of day by darkening or brightening scenes, add cool effects like flames or just enhance color overall. Transitions as well can be included like fade in, fade out, iris in and iris out. If doing a voice over, make sure to get sound waves out of a clip but do not mute the entire clip as it will remove ALL sounds. Just right click to detach the audio and click on the audio once detached and delete. To do the voice over, film the person speaking, add the clip into the editing but in this case just detach the film and keep the audio. For titling, click the "T" letter, begin typing, press "OK" and your option of motion, but make sure to move it around so it is not blocking a person or object. Once this is completed, save your movie and save it within your folder. EXPORT when you have rendered your film in full by clicking MPEG 4 in SD best quality. Start the export process, saving it under what the teacher says to title it as; this completes your editing process.