First bit of editing!
So, having transferred my footage, it is time to put it together. This requires opening Adobe Premiere, as I have decided to use this instead of Avid. The main reason for this is that Adobe stuff all works together really well, so I will be able to utilise Photoshop and After Effects alongside Premiere whilst making my movie, and will also be able to use Audition for the sounds. A rather nice package, methinks! (Also, if I were to use AVID, I would pretty much be forced to do all my editing on campus. This is far from ideal. I enjoy Half Life 2 as much as the next man, but I don't need to be hearing people shooting each other in it whilst I am trying to work. Also, I would most likely be distracted enough to join them, and do little to no actual work whilst I was there!)
So, the first choice Premiere throws at me is what format I will be working in. Well, that's fairly obvious. We live in a country that uses PAL, so it is pointless to choose NTSC. PAL, which stands for Phase Alternating Line, is a broadcast standard that updates the screen 50 times a second, giving an output of 25 frames, whereas the National Television Systems Committee standard refreshes 60 times a second, giving an output of 30 frames. This may sound like NTSC is the superior standard, but the extra updates come at the loss of 100 lines of pixels. PAL has 625, NTSC has 525. This means that PAL has the edge when it comes to providing detail. Also, since the 10 second film festival site wants submissions to be at 25 frames per second, it makes sense to start out with this!
I chose PAL, naturally :
The next thing to do is to import the video I have captured :
(Sadly, it did not occur to me to screenshot that process, as I did it on campus at University.)
At this point, because I am the kind of guy who likes to keep on top of things, I will make my 'bins'. This is what most video-editing software calls the folders where you store the unedited clips. I shall make three. One for the video, one for the audio, and one for still images. To do this, I simply click on the folder icon at the bottom of the project window, and make my new bin :
Finally, I place Untitled Clip 01.avi into the Video bin, and then double-click on it to place it in the monitor, ready to edit :
With this, all preliminary work is complete, and it is time to start chopping stuff up to put into my movie!
So, the first choice Premiere throws at me is what format I will be working in. Well, that's fairly obvious. We live in a country that uses PAL, so it is pointless to choose NTSC. PAL, which stands for Phase Alternating Line, is a broadcast standard that updates the screen 50 times a second, giving an output of 25 frames, whereas the National Television Systems Committee standard refreshes 60 times a second, giving an output of 30 frames. This may sound like NTSC is the superior standard, but the extra updates come at the loss of 100 lines of pixels. PAL has 625, NTSC has 525. This means that PAL has the edge when it comes to providing detail. Also, since the 10 second film festival site wants submissions to be at 25 frames per second, it makes sense to start out with this!
I chose PAL, naturally :
The next thing to do is to import the video I have captured :
(Sadly, it did not occur to me to screenshot that process, as I did it on campus at University.)
At this point, because I am the kind of guy who likes to keep on top of things, I will make my 'bins'. This is what most video-editing software calls the folders where you store the unedited clips. I shall make three. One for the video, one for the audio, and one for still images. To do this, I simply click on the folder icon at the bottom of the project window, and make my new bin :
Finally, I place Untitled Clip 01.avi into the Video bin, and then double-click on it to place it in the monitor, ready to edit :
With this, all preliminary work is complete, and it is time to start chopping stuff up to put into my movie!
posted by CheekyLee at 5:04 PM
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