1st Editing Lesson

We had our first editing lesson, in the lesson we went over the basics of Adobe Premier Pro.

The first thing we learned was the general layout of the program, there is the files to the left of the programs, they are called ‘bins’ because of the old fashioned way of hanging up film from the ceiling with bins around it. We then learned about the two frames, the most left one if for scrubbing on the unedited footage, and the right one for displaying the footage on the timeline. We learned about how you can trim the clip, without having to drag it onto the timeline. To do this we scrub until we get to the desired start point, and use “i” for in, and then scrub until we get to the end point and use “o” for out. After we have trimmed down the footage, can then drag the footage from the left window onto the the time line, were we can further cut the footage using the cutting tool, it looks like a razor blade. 

Above you can see the layout of the program, along with the setup, and timeline for our project.

On the right you can see the different tools, there is the selection too at the top, a cutting tool, a zoom tool, a moving tool, and many more advanced tools.

We learned about how the priority of the clips is managed, the higher the clip is, the higher the priority of the clip is, as you can see below.

Losing clips and shots is rare, but if it happens it can often ruin a production, to avoid this, we can bak up the work, and store it in more than one location. To do this we go to new bin, and then we can rename the bin, and drag in all of the raw files. The reason that we do this, is so that, if we delete the file in the editing bin, then we still can transfer the files from the backup bin.

When working on a project with more than one person editing it is very important to have a clear and organised file system, this can include renaming files and folders to include what it is inside, and to have a clear structure to your files, in a logical order. 

A very good way of playing and pausing footage is to use the space bar, this has more precision than using the mouse. To scrub by a few frames at a time we can use the left and right arrows, this allows us to cut in the precise frame.