- Before you begin editing, you can save a great deal of time in
the editing suite if you come properly prepared. Prior to
your editing session:
- Preview the tape(s) you are using as your source material
- Place the tape in any VCR that has an elapsed time counter
- Rewind the tape completely and reset the counter to 00:00:00
- Play the source tape and record the start and stop times for
each of the clips you want to use in your final product
- Keep a list of these clips, assigning each one a name
- Determine the order in which the clips will appear in your
final project
- Now you’re ready to head for the editing suite
- Equipment startup
- Turn on external hard drive (on back of Medea black box). Green
light appears.
- Turn on PC, computer monitors, video monitor and VCR
- Put source tape in VCR
- Software startup
- Double click Adobe Premiere 6.0
- At “Load Project Settings” window, if creating
a new project, click “OK” to confirm selection of “DV
(analog input)” default setting.
- If opening an existing file, click “open” and select
the location of your file. Click “OK.”
- Starting a new project
- Capture clips from video tape (pictures and/or sound)
- Click on File>Capture>Movie Capture to capture a clip
from video tape
- Default setting is to capture both audio and video
- click on the small blue icon in the lower left corner of
the Movie Capture window if you wish to cancel sound capture
(capture video only)
- click on the black & white icon in the lower left corner
of the Movie Capture window if you wish to cancel video capture
(capture sound only)
- Press play button on VCR and click “Record” at
bottom of the Movie Capture window to begin capturing a clip.
- Press the ESCape key on the keyboard, or
click the mouse to stop capturing.
- Assign your clip a name in the “File Name” window
and click “OK”.
- To capture additional clips, click on the Movie Capture window
and repeat steps iii through v, above.
- Capture from CD or cassette
- Place CD or cassette in player and cue up the sound you want
to use
- Click on File>Capture>Movie Capture
- click on the black & white icon in the lower left corner
of the Movie Capture window to cancel video feed
- Press play button on the player and click “Record” at
bottom of the Movie Capture window to begin capturing an audio
clip.
- Press the ESCape key on the keyboard to stop capturing.
- Assign your clip a name in the “File Name” window
and click “OK”.
- To capture additional clips, click on the Movie Capture window
and repeat steps iv through vi, above.
- To clean up a clip
- Click on the “Project” window
- Click on the picture associated with the file you wish to clean
up with your RIGHT mouse button
- Click “Open in Clip Window”
- At the bottom of the screen in the “Clip” window
are icons to go back frame-by-frame, go forward frame-by-frame,
stop, play, loop, and play in to out.
- In the lower right corner of the “Clip” window
are controls for mark in { and mark out }
- Begin playing the clip by clicking the play icon (advance or
rewind by frame using the appropriate icons)
- Mark the start of the clip by clicking on mark in {
- Mark the end of the clip by clicking on mark out }
- Click the Play in to Out icon to preview your selection
- When you’re satisfied, click the “X” in the
upper right-hand corner of the “Clip” Window
- Place clips on the timeline. (You can magnify or reduce
the view of the timeline by clicking the box in the lower left-hand
corner of the “Timeline” window and selecting a different
scale)
- Find the first clip you want to place in your project. You’ll
find it in the “Project” window
- Click the picture associated with the clip and drag that clip
into the “Timeline” window. Drop the clip into
the “Video 1A” slot. When you release the mouse
button, the video for the clip will drop into the “Video
1A” slot and the associated audio (if any) will drop into
the “Audio 1” slot. Clips that are audio only
should be dropped into an empty Audio track. If additional
Video or Audio tracks are needed, right click within the “Timeline” window
and choose “Add Video Track” or “Add Audio
Track,” as appropriate.
- Transitions between clips take two forms
- Cuts - immediate change in the image
- Other transitions - dissolves and other special effects when
the image changes
- To accomplish a cut to a new image,
click and drag the next image into the timeline window. Drop
it into the same video slot as the previous clip and butt it
up against the end of the previous clip
- To prepare for other transitions to
a new image, click and drag the next image into the “Video
1B” slot. Make sure the two images overlap on the
timeline. The amount of overlap will determine the speed
of your transition. A range of 2 to 8 seconds overlap is
suggested, depending on the effect you desire. To complete
your transition:
- From the top menu bar, click Window>Show Transitions
- Select the transition you wish to use in the “Transitions” window
(perhaps the most professional appearing transition is the “cross
dissolve”)
- Click and drag the desired transition to the “Timeline” window,
dropping it into the “Transition” line between
the two overlapping clips.
- After placing transitions, be sure to “Render” your
work -- From the top line menu, click Timeline>Render Work
Area
- To insert alternate video into a main shot (e.g.
crowd shots inserted into footage of a speech without disturbing
the audio)
- After dropping the main clip (including audio) into the “Video
1A” slot, click and drag the desired insert into the “Video
2” slot. Upon replay, the video will cut to and
from the inserted footage.
- To accomplish an insert of this type with transitions other
than a cut, follow the instructions above, then:
- click on the clip you just placed in the “Video 2” slot
to select it.
- copy the clip by clicking on Edit>Copy
- click on the “Video 1B” slot
- paste the clip into the “Video 1B” slot by
clicking Edit>Paste
- click on the clip you just pasted and move it into alignment
with the clip you copied in the “Video 2” slot
- Drag the desired transitions to both ends of the inserted
clip and place the transitions in the “Transition” slot.
- Click the start of the clip in Video 2 and drag it to the
end of the beginning transition.
- Similarly, click the end of the clip in Video 2 and drag
it to the start of the final transition. Then right
click on the final transition. Click “transition
settings.” In the lower right corner, click the
arrow to change the direction of the transition. Click “OK.”
- Changing audio; multiple audio inputs
- Click Window>Audio Mixer – audio channels in use will be
shown by input number
- Click the pencil icon for “Automation Write” for
each audio channel. The icon is highlighted yellow when
it is selected.
- In the “Timeline” window, move the cursor to the
area of your project where you want to start editing sound levels.
- Press the Play triangle to begin playback.
- As the playback continues, control audio input from the various
channels with the controls available:
- Slides control volume for each individual channel
- Mute button turns off the input from a channel
- Solo button selects input from the chosen channel only and
mutes all other channels
- Press the stop square button to finish sound editing.
- Adding titles to your project - put titles over video as it airs
- Create a title page for each title you want to display. From
the top line menu, File>New>Title
- Select the “T” text tool and create a text area
on your page.
- Create a title page as you would create a page with any paint
program
- When you’re finished creating your page, click File>Save. Assign
a name to your title and click “Save.”
- Place the title on the timeline by clicking and dragging it
to the location where you want it to appear.
- Change the duration of the title’s appearance by dragging
the start or end of the clip to the right or left.
- Render your work. Click Timeline>Render Work Area.
- Adding scrolling titles to your project
- Create a title page for each title you want to display. From
the top line menu, File>New>Title
- Select the rolling title tool (it looks like a capital T
surrounded by arrows pointing up, down, left and right) and
create a text area on your page.
- Create a title page as you would create a page with any paint
program or word processor.
- Click on Title>Rolling Title Options and select whether
you want the title to scroll up, down, left or right on your
screen.
- Click “OK”
- Place the title on the timeline by clicking and dragging it
to the location where you want it to appear.
- Change the duration of the title’s appearance by dragging
the start or end of the clip to the right or left.
- Render your work. Click Timeline>Render Work Area.
- Save your project on video tape
- Save your work -- File>Save
- Place a blank video tape in the VCR
- Push record on the VCR
- From the top menu bar, click Timeline>Preview
- When done click the stop button on the “Monitor” window,
and press stop on the VCR.
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