Editing Lesson Blog

   Today I learned a number of useful techniques as we start to ease into the filming process of our commercials. To start, every time when checking out a camera, we must take a paper from the front of the classroom. We will not receive a camera to film without it. All of the cameras are numbered and everyone should write where it says the item number so we know who is using which device. Another tip that I learned, is the camera takes a while to charge but it lasts a long time once fully charged. To turn the camera on all you have to do is flip the top open. If you are not using it and the battery is dead you must close the camera or else it will not work. To record press the red button. We talked about how to use our tripods as well and rules to follow. When we are carrying our tripods we must have them closed instead of open. Tripods are useful for when we use pan/tilt techniques in our scene.
   For editing, we will use the application known as Pinnacle Studio. Begin by inserting the SD card in the reader as well as the USB plug. Only one person should log in from your group each time you have to work. Create a folder and move it to your desktop to access all of your footage. DCIM should be the name of your project. You should always go to the bottom to look for yours initially. If you can’t find you group’s click on private and the name should be (AVCHE). To see everything on your SD card go into stream. Drag into folder by highlighting everything that you want to include. Put the SD card back into the camera/bag when you are done using it. This is known as “dump” and you do this to put your camera footage on a computer.
   We also learned how to import and export our information. You must go to Pinnacle Studio for this as well. Click on import, then my computer, and add to desktop. Find your folder on the desktop of your computer. Always import all of your footage while filming. Click start import on the bottom next and then click edit. Raw footage should be seen on the top left of the screen and you should make sure to build on AV Track 2. The title is held on the first line and on the bottom is the music/sound of your project. Drag raw footage and wait for the completion bar to be finished loading.  To cut something, move red line in front of what you want to cut with the razor blade or delete button. To transition, right click Fex Editor and then click Transition In. To export, go to your commercial folder and wait for export and give it a name. Export at the end of your film not every single time you are working.