Lesson 1 - MediaLab
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1. Then click once on the video of Snapping button Linked Selection button Snapping button Linked Selection button vincent talking 2 recognition and hydrophones on video track V3 and press delete or do edit cut or command X apple X Before we look at sound levels here is one more piece of fine tuning In the main Timeline window double click on the clip valentina with dolphin pictures to make it open in the Viewer window Then working in the Viewer window Play the clip from the start and try to pause it just on the word do of What Add Motion Keyframe Add Marker we do about Mark Clip Mark In 01 40 49 13 Show Match Frame Mark Out Press the Add Marker button of the viewer window to make a marker there Now go back to looking at the timeline Check the snapping and linked selection buttons and make sure both are down on aT r k DO Snapping button To Linked Selection button at a A amp gee 2 00 20 00 m di Then drag the playhead so that it is at the end of the last occurrence of the clip dolphins camera clicks Now still in the timeline click and drag the clip valentina with dolphin pictures so that the marker lines up with the playhead and the end of the clip dolphins camera clicks like this Finally drag the playhead back to near the end of of boat water sound look at photo book then press spacebar to play and watc2. the sound is clear Tip The speaker s lips can form a valuable visual cue to locate when speech begins while rolling the clip backwards and forwards using the jog control Move the playhead to the start of My main focus avoiding Vincent s intake of breath before he speaks then mark this as the in point by either pressing I on the keyboard or clicking the Mark_In button in the viewer Add Motion Keyframe Add Marker Mark Clip Mark In Show Match Frame 5 Cy Pij y Mark Out Note that if you want to clear the in point and try again you can click the Mark Clip button or press keyboard shortcut X Add Motion Keyframe Add Marker Mark Clip Mark In Show Match Frame Mark Out see FCP manual p75 onwards You can check your in point by playing from your in point by pressing the play oe in to out button 1 Go to Next Edit Play Around Current Frame Go to Previous Edit _ iv Play In to Out Play When you are happy with your in point drag the scrub bar towards the end of the clip and locate the point at which Vincent stops speaking Mark this as your out point by either pressing O on the keyboard or clicking the Mark_Out button in the viewer window Now place this clip information on the Timeline by clicking and dragging from the Viewer to the Timeline track V1 Drag the clip so that the start of the clip is at the left hand side of the Timeline Note that canvas time in a new s
3. clicks again and press space to play in the canvas video window There are some things you might notice as you watch this The cut from boat clipboard and talking to boat water sound look at photo book is a sort of editing trick cutting to a object which largely fills the view in this case a folder and then moves to reveal different action Here it is used as a trick to take us from one part of a small space the boat to another The action at the end of dolphins spotting is weakened as the woman in shot points then pulls her arm back A better cut would be at the point at which her arm is fully extended We ll look at this again shortly We ll need to sort out the sound levels at one point the boat radio is particularly loud Fine tuning In the timeline drag the playhead so that it is sitting just at the point of maximum extension of the woman s hand in dolphins spotting In the canvas window on the right press the Add Marker button this will make a marker on the timeline itself Then in the timeline window click and drag the clip dolphins camera clicks to the position shown on track V3 Now drag the playhead back to the start of boat water sound look at photo book and press space to play in the canvas video window You should see a more convincing edit which conveys an impression of the woman pointing at the action dolphins swimming This is a tiny example of editing like the man and the plate of soup t
4. short sequence of dolphin action We still want to hear what Vincent is saying of course but seeing dolphins while he is talking about something related but slightly different makes for more a interesting video Add more cut aways Locate the clip dolphins large group double click on it and in the viewer window mark in and out points at 01 02 43 02 and 01 02 54 08 note you can type these timecode values directly into the viewer window if you wish drag from the viewer to V2 on the timeline dropping this clip so that its end falls at the start of the dolphins social clip you placed a minute ago Razor Blade All tool double click and out you can type viewer viewer to V2 its start falls social clip locate the clip dolphin social more on it and in the viewer window mark in points at 01 06 17 06 and 01 06 31 14 these timecode values directly into the window if you wish then drag from the on the timeline dropping this clip so that it begins at the end of the dolphins you placed a minute ago Razor Blade tool This has covered the video ok but now the audio is a bit muddled up Let s do something about that Click the toggle clip overlays button at the bottom of the timeline window Track Layout pop up menu Clip Keyframes control Clip Overlays Track Height control controls you Il now see a Set of lines overlayed on all the audio and video tracks of all the clips in the timeline In the
5. the cursor changes RT 1 00 00 00 Mo gi 01 00 i Insert edit area upper third Afani a amp ikiii Overwrite edit area lower two thirds 1f you hover over the region in the top third of the track the cursor is an arrow pointing right and if you let go the clip will be inserted and existing content will be shifted right to make room for it but if you hover over the region in the bottom two thirds of the track the cursor is an arrow pointing down and if you let go the clip will be placed so that it overwrites existing content Place the new clip so that it falls on track V2 above V1 and overwrites dolphins camera clicks You should end up with something like this ask the tutor if you need a hand Drag the playhead back to the start of dolphins camera clicks and press space to play in the canvas video window Now you are going to add some more clips on track V2 following immediately after boat clipboard and talking These are Clip title in out boat water sound look at photo book 00 47 48 15 00 47 52 20 dolphins spotting 01 03 28 00 01 03 31 01 dolphins camera clicks again 00 29 39 24 00 29 43 10 note if you want to use a clip a second time with new in and out points open the clip from the File Browser then select the menu option Mark Clear In and Out place these so that you have a Le ec E encore eS ee ee ea Now drag the playhead back to the start of dolphins camera
6. the dolphin has just submerged Add a marker by pressing the Add Marker button Add Motion Keyframe Add Marker Mark Clip Mark In Show Match Frame Mark Out We can use this marker in various ways later on You can add lots of markers to a video clip if you wish they are a little like bookmarks and handy when editing to help you find places later without having to shuttle and jog through the clip again Quickly glance at the main timeline and ensure that the main timeline playhead is resting somewhere to the right of the clips you have already placed there Remember that the next thing you are going to do will add a clip at the playhead position Now drag from the viewer video window to the canvas video window this time drop the clip on the insert panel Look at the timeline and notice that the clip has been placed and that the marker you added to it is visible in the timeline as a small pink pointer In the timeline drag the playhead so that it snaps to the marker position and leave it there Next in the file browser find the clip called boat clipboard and talking double click to open it in the viewer window Set an in point at 00 35 05 11 and an out point at 00 35 09 04 Drag this clip from the viewer directly to the timeline and to the video track above V1 such that the start of the new clip snaps to the playhead which should be resting above the marker you made As you drag to the timeline you may notice that
7. then edit paste then move the new copy of the clip to track A2 beneath the original copy gt Ifyou are finished early ask the tutor about how to add a simple title DVD EXCERPT The Cutting Edge Invisible Editing 4 5m SHORT BREAK coffee DVD EXCERPT FCP DVD Introduction to the interface revision Editing Hands on 2 Editing a sequence This time we are going to isolate some speech put it to one side then build a a simple visual sequence to accompany the speech The idea in this instance is not to have images which show every spoken point in a Slavish way but to illustrate an associated activity in such a way that the pictures expand on what is said In FCP you will a Create a new blank sequence to work in b Locate and prepare required speech clips c Locate and edit clips for the illustrative sequence d Edit together speech and illustrative sequence In addition you will learn about an alternative another way of placing clips on the timeline sometimes called Three point editing a Create a new blank sequence to work in Continuing to work in the Training Resources project in the In FCP in the file browser panel top left right click or click while holding down the ctrl key if you don t have a mouse Choose new sequence from the menu displayed and name this sequence dolphin spotting Double click on the sequence you have just made to open it in the timeline window b Locate and prepa
8. timeline drag the pink audio level line track A3 of clip dolphins large group down to about 33dB then do the same for dolphins social about 33db and dolphin social more about 18dB Towards the end of the final clip dolphin social more the sound of the people in the boat talking is a little distracting so we re going to replace some of the sound from dolphin social more with something else Move the playhead in the timeline to the end of the final clip of Vincent talking Now you are going to unlink the video and audio channels so that you can edit the audio of dolphin social more without affecting the video To do this press the linked selection button at the top right of the timeline window Snapping button Linked Selection button Razor Blade All tool Then choose the razor blade tool on the tool palette then on the timeline click on channel A3 of dolphin social more You should see a cut made on the audio tracks but not the video Choose the selection tool arrowhead from the tool palette and click on the last piece of the audio and press the delete key to remove it Razor Blade tool In the Browser find the clip water sound and double click to view it This clip is an ambient sound recording made during the same shoot sometime material like this is called atmos atmosphere Mark an in point at 01 10 24 08 then drag from the viewer to track V3 ie an empty video track in the timeline
9. you made 3 choose Final Cut Pro System and looking at the scratch disks tab and checking click Set again if you need to that this is pointing to the folder where your project file is So before you carry on now 1 Close your temporary project File Close Project 2 Click on the desktop then open the folder called Training and double click on the project called Training Resources 3 The project will open in FCP Choose Final Cut Pro System and look at the scratch disks tab click Set and navigate into the desktop folder called Training where Training Resources is stored then click Choose EDITING HANDS ON 1 Example Editing an interview using a cut away continuity cutting Placing clips on the timeline insert overwrite and superimpose Setting in and out points buttons and hot keys I and O Splitting a clip with the razor blade tool Open the project training resources in the training folder In FCP s Browser double click on sequence 1 so that you see a new blank sequence in the Timeline In FCP s Browser open the bin folder called training vincent and find the clip called vincent talking 2 bottlenose1 double click on this to open it in the viewer window Watch and listen to the whole clip Working in the viewer window drag the scrub bar to the start of the clip and listen to the beginning again At the start of the clip there is sound of the crew talking but when Vincent begins saying My main focus
10. Part One a practical introduction to editing with Final Cut Pro Why are we beginning with editing DVD Clip from The Cutting Edge Start 6mins Editing is a creative process like carpentry But like any craft before you can become competent you need to find your way around the toolkit The toolkit we are going to use is an application called Final Cut Pro The Final Cut Pro FCP user interface FCP User Manual Volume p44 Viewer Used to preview and prepare source clips for editing as well as adjust filter and motion parameters to clips Browser This is where you organize the media in your project Canvas Allows you to view your edited sequence as well as perform a variety of editing functions Works in parallel with a aS i i a the Timeline pee OS g VOQO c A cr m i C OI e727 Audio meters These j floating meters let you Timeline This displays monitor audio levels sequences Tool palette This contains tools for selecting navigating performing edits and manipulating items Handwaving by the tutor What is Timecode How do you undo File Browser window Viewer window clip viewing Canvas window view the edited sequence Timeline where you do your edit Tool Palette editing tools some have multiple items The Standard layout Window Arrange Standard BUT Before we even begin editing If you are setting up for a new edit gt deriv
11. ed from web page http www maclife com article howtos ten_things_every_final_cut_pro_user_should_know Create a new folder where your project is going to be right click New Folder or File menu New Folder or shift command N shift apple N Start FCP use dock or double clik on Macintosh HD and navigate to Applications 1 Close any open projects 2 File New Project 3 File Save Project As put project into folder you made above giving ita helpful name 4 Final Cut Pro System settings look at Scratch Disks tab Check Video Capture Audio Capture Video Render Audio Render Click Set button navigate to same place as you just saved your new project click Choose Why did you just do this To make sure that any files FCP creates as you are editing will be placed in your own folder For the same reason you must take care that any other files you want to use in your project eg other video clips music still images are also placed somewhere within the same folder This way if you need to relocate backup or delete this whole project you can do so safely knowing that you have all the required parts together and if other editors have done the same no parts of somebody else s edit If you are resuming your work on a shared computer NB When you come to a Mac especially a shared Mac to resume working on a project always begin by 1 closing any open projects 2 Opening your project which should be in the folder
12. equence starts at timecode 01 00 00 00 by default Note that your drag operation has placed both sound A1 A2 and video V1 tracks and that if you click and drag again in the timeline this will make both audio and video move together for now they are linked OK let s carry on editing from there There is an ehm at about 26 seconds on the timeline through that we are going to remove Drag the playhead on the timeline to near 24 seconds and play note you can always use the spacebar to play and pause video in the active window Find the start of the ehm before the intake of breath and position the playhead there with playback paused Select the razor blade from the tool palette Razor Blade All tool then move over to where the playhead is over track V1 the timeline it will bold up as you mouse over it and AEA click on it Video and audio tracks are cut and you now have two separate clips on the timeline Note that this does not cut the original clip that is still safe and intact in the Browser Now use the play control and or the jog control of the Canvas window to find the end of the ehm just before Vincent says Why do these animals With the playhead paused at this point again where the playhead crosses track V1 click with the razorblade tool You now have three clips on the timeline Now get the selection tool back by clicking the arrow at the top of the tool
13. ght hand end of the last clip Then drag from the viewer video window to the canvas video window and drop the clip on the insert panel Clip 3 In the file browser find the clip called valentina and dolphin pictures wide double click to open it in the viewer window Set an in point at 01 40 48 23 and an out point at 01 40 53 18 Glance down at the timeline and make sure that the playhead is at the right hand end of the last clip Then as you did before drag from the viewer video window to the canvas video window and drop the clip on the insert panel That s the three clips of people talking we need Now you are going to build up a short illustrative sequence In the timeline drag the playhead several seconds to the right of the last of the three clips you have just edited For now you ll start placing clips to build the illustrative sequence here and then later you ll move the sequence to where it needs to be c locate and edit clips for the illustrative sequence In the file browser find the clip called dolphins camera clicks double click to open it in the viewer window Set an in point at 00 29 10 11 and an out point at 00 29 23 10 Still in the viewer window play this clip from the in point Notice that towards the out point nothing much is happening you re actually not going to use all of the video from this clip but you will use all of the sound Move the viewer playhead to timecode 00 29 17 08 this is where
14. h as the change you have just made plays through The sound of Valentina talking has been layered beneath the preceding video This kind of editing can e make for a more continuous transition to the next sequence in a new location in this case from the boat to the lab e raise the interest level a little by pushing the pace slightly and e leverage more information into less time
15. he woman is really pointing at something that happened at different place and a different time but the illusion works d Edit together speech and illustrative sequence Now you can edit the speech clips and the illustrative sequence together Working in the timeline begin by dragging Vincent talking 2 introduces field site and drop it on track V1 so that it ends at the start of the first occurrence of dolphins camera clicks ie ends at the start of the illustrative sequence Still in the timeline drag valentina with dolphin pictures and drop it on track V1 so that it starts at the end of the entire illustrative sequence You ll adjust this more in a minute Before positioning the third speech clip in the timeline you are going to turn off snapping so that you have fine control of positioning Do this by clicking the Snapping button once now still in the timeline drag vincent talking 2 recognition and hydrophones to this approximate position on track V3 This edit isn t quite finished yet drag the playhead on the timeline back to the start of the video and play the whole thing there are a few things which need to be done obviously we need to get rid of the shot of Vincent talking in vision in the middle of the sequence and sound levels need to be adjusted To remove the video of Vincent talking in the middle of the sequence but leave the audio alone click the Linked Selection button once
16. palette Selection tool In the timeline click on track V1 to select the short segment with the ehm then press the delete key Click and drag to pull the last part of clip so that there is no gap between it and the first it will snap into place Take the timeline playhead back to about 24 seconds again and play over the edit Don t worry if there is a slight pop on the sound as the cut goes through this is just a rough cut and we could fix that later by fine tuning the edit points More importantly of course there is a jump in the picture a Jump cut Cut aways Weare going to cover this up now by placing other material over some of the pictures of Vincent Shots used in this way are often called cut aways Were going to use a few clips from the Browser to cover Vincent When you get here ask the tutor about a quick way to get to a specific timecode location Locate the clip dolphins social double click on it and in the viewer window set in and out points at 01 05 01 04 and 01 05 05 20 then drag from the viewer to V2 on the timeline dropping this clip so that the end of the clip falls at the end of the first clip of Vincent talking This alone could cover the jump cut Drag the playhead back to about 18 seconds on the timeline then play over what you ve just done The audio levels might need sorting out but there is no longer a jump However let s keep going with more cut away shots to build up a
17. positioning this clip so that the start of it lines up with the end of the remaining audio of dolphin social more When you have done this click on clip water sound on track V3 to select the video only then press the delete key Then mouse to the end of the audio clip water sound and click and drag it back so that it falls at the same place as the end of the video of dolphin social more Take the playhead back to about 30 seconds and play the video to review what you have done Fleshing out the video with sound Finally we are going to colour the sequence some more with sound recordings of dolphin communication In the Browser locate the clip dolphinsample wav this is a sound file passed to the editor by Vincent from one of his own recordings This time drag directly from the clip s speaker icon in the Browser to the timeline dropping it on track A1 to the right of any other content If you then double click on the clip in the timeline you can edit it s properties in the Viewer window Do this and in the Viewer window mark in at 00 00 43 06 Back in the timeline drag to the clip so that it is placed just after the end of Vincent talking then click on the end of the clip and drag it so that it falls at the same place as the end of the video of clip dolphin social more Because dolphinsample wav was only a mono track it is only on one track of audio To make it be on both click once to select it then do edit copy
18. re required speech clips Clip 1 Still in the file browser find the clip called vincent talking 2 introduces field site double click to open it in the viewer window Set an in point at 01 16 23 03 and an out point at 01 16 30 17 You could drop this on the timeline by dragging it straight there but this time we are going to place it using an alternative FCP method Instead of dragging to the timeline drag to the canvas video window right of your screen You will see the Edit Overlay appear with a number of editing options Drag a clip to the image display area of the Canvas The Edit Overlay appears with its seven sections Ory g o oy ej The ones we are interested in are mainly insert and overwrite To use these panels you just drag the clip over the action you wish to take and let go Drag your clip from the left viewer video window to the right canvas window then over the area called insert then let go This will drop the clip into the timeline at the current position of the playhead Insert means that if there was any material to the right of the playhead it would be pushed further to the right to make room for the new clip Clip 2 In the file browser find the clip called vincent talking 2 recognition and hydrophones double click to open it in the viewer window Set an in point at 01 17 01 15 and an out point at 01 17 08 09 Glance down at the timeline and make sure that the playhead is at the ri
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