Editing workshop write up

 On Tuesday, we had an editing workshop in which we learnt how to use Adobe Premier Pro. There are four different video sections. The first section, located on the bottom of left contains the rushes and bins. The top left is where you can play the clips from the rushes and bins. The top right section is where you watch the product and the bottom right is where you edit the clips. 

                                         

You should constantly save as you edit the footage to ensure you don't lose any changes you have made. A shortcut for this is pressing command, then s. 

Rushes is the term used to the original footage. In contrast dailies is the footage as it has been modified on that day. 

                                               

The cutting tool is used to cut down the clips to your chosen duration. The short cut for this is pressing command, then c. The arrow is used for selecting the clip you want to edit. The short cut for this is command and then v. The plus and minus keys are used to zoom in further and zoom out to adjust the footage and audio you are editing. The in and out points mark where the editor decides the clip should begin and end. You do this to modify a clip which leaves you with the desired section. To mark the in point you select a part of the footage where you want the clip to begin and press "i". To mark the out point you decide where the clip should end, and then press "O"

                                    

The plus and minus keys can be used to zoom in and out on the footage you are editing. To undo, the shortcut is pressing command, then z. This is used to erase any changes you have made that you no longer want. When placing the footage in the timeline, you must be careful in order to ensure that none of the footage overlaps with the other clips or audio, which would cause them to become cut. Therefore, leave gaps between each video and audio clip.