digital video editing -adobe premiere elements

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Digital Media Production

Anselm Spoerri PhD (MIT)SC&I @ Rutgers University

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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 Contenthttp://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~aspoerri/Teaching/DMPOnline/Lectures.html#week8


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?


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


Create Clips

Video Editing – Basic Mechanics

[ ]Specify IN / OUT

Drag & Drop Clips onto Timeline


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


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


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


Sceneline & Timeline

A. Current-time indicator B. Time ruler C. Zoom control D. Video track E. Audio track


Monitor Panel

A. Mini Timeline B. Current time C. Playback controls D. Split clip E. Add text F. Freeze frame


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


Time Stretch Tool

Reverse Clip: Clip > Time Stretch and Stretch dialog box: Select Reverse Speed


Trimming Clips in Timeline


Add Clips to Timeline

Alt-drag insertion: second audio track unaffected.

Default insertion: all clips after insertion point shift


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.


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.


Transition Basics


Transitions View

Edit > Transitions

Drag & Drop Transition onto Clip in Timeline or between Clips in Sceneline


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


Titles


Setting Work Area to be rendered

Timeline > Render Work Area or Hit Enter

Creates Preview Files


Lecture 9 - Overview

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

Lectures – Week 9 Contenthttp://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~aspoerri/Teaching/DMPOnline/Lectures.html#week9


Pan & Zoom Tool


Audio


Adding Narration


Audio Mixer and Smart Mixer

As you make adjustments, keyframes are added to the track.


J-cut and L-cut

A Clip trimmed for J-cut B Clip trimmed for L-cut

Audio & Video need to be unlinked

LJ


Markers in Timeline

A. Timeline Marker B. Menu marker C. Markers menu D. Beat marker


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


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


Apply Effect


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