analysis of video editing software available for video production (premier pro tutorial cs6)

8/13/2019 Analysis of Video editing software available for video production (Premier Pro Tutorial CS6)

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Premier Pro Tutorial Notes


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Get Editing Quickly


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Primary Windows

Source monitor Program monitor

Time-lineProject Panel

2)Audio Meter

1

2

1)Tool icons


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Importing mediaDouble click on Project Panel to

browse folders to import. To import

media, click on required media and

press import


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Choosing Folder to view on Source

Monitor

Click on this to view browsed items on source monitor


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Editing video lengthsMark in (make video shorter from the start)

Mark out (make video shorter from the end)

Move yellow button required starting

point and end point and press mark

in or mark out respectively


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Inserting media1) Hold down function key and press the right

arrow to move red line(playhead) to the end of

video

2) Click Insert or Overwrite to insert video

displayed on source monitor

Insert Overwrite


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3 Point Edits and 4

Point Edits


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3 Point Edits (1)

1 2

3

Point Point

Point

Known as the 3 Point Edits these

points are referred to during editing


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3 Point Edits (2)

To mark In mark (point on time line where video on source monitor starts),

move the play head to required In mark and press i or green circled button.

Press Shift, Ctrl(Command), x to remove In mark or Out mark


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Insert the video and the video will start from the In mark previously

marked.


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3 Point Edits(3)To mark Out mark (Point on time line where video

on source monitor will end, move the play head to

required Out mark and click on red circled button.

Press Shift, Ctrl(Command), x to remove In mark or Out mark


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Place a Mark out point between 2 videos

3 Point Edits (4)


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Insert video or overwrite will make inserted video appear in between the 2 videos

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4 Point Edits

1 2

3 4

Known as the 4 Point Edits these

points are referred to during editing


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4 Point Edits (1)Mark In and Out point on timeline and Mark in

video on source monitor to required starting point


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continuedOverwrite video and the video will appear in the

marked in and out area on timeline accordingly

to the length of it.

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4 Point Edits (2)

When duration of video on source monitor is less than the duration

of the marked in and out portion on the timeline and you insert

video, a box will appear. Click on change clip speed and the

video will appear slower to fit time limit.

If the duration of the video on source monitor is more than the marked in and

out portion and change clip speed is clicked, the video will be faster.


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Trim a Video on

Timeline


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Trim a video on Timeline

Hover over the video on timeline until red arrow appears and move arrow to trim

video. After the video is trimmed, a gap will be left where the video was trimmed

Option 1) Red arrow option


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Hover over the video on timeline until red arrow appears then press ctrl, a yellow

arrow should appear(the yellow circled button in the tool box can also be clicked).

Move the yellow arrow to trim and once the video is trim, no gaps between the

videos will be present. If trimming from the start of the video, the whole video will

shift to the left (the starting time will be same before and after it is trimmed)

Option 2) Yellow arrow option


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Use the rolling edit tool(circled green) to trim video that is back to back. It adjusts the

timing of both videos at the same time and does not effect the duration of the whole

sequence(each video is adjusted by the same amount).

Last frame of

first video

First frame of

second video

Option 3) Rolling edit tool


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Rate stretch tool

Rate stretch tool(circled red) speeds up or slows down video

115.38%(percentage more than

100) suggest that the speed is

faster.


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Slip tool

Slip tool(Circled red) used to roll around content. Extending one end and shorteningthe other. The duration does not change

Thumbnail of previous clip First frame offollowing clip

First and Last frame of current clip


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Trimming monitor

To access the trimming monitor, click on Windows (circled in red) and Trim monitor

(circled in green)


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Trimming Monitor

The same edits can be made on the trimming monitor using the same tools; the screen

is just enlarged.

Trimming monitor


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Delete and Ripple Delete


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Using the Delete key

Select video on timeline that requires deleting and press delete key.

A gap will be present after deleting


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Selecting to delete many

Use the select cursor and move over the videos as if to draw a square

over the areas that required deleting. The area that requires deleting

should be highlighted.

Press the Delete key and the selected areas should all disappear

Deleting so that following video


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Deleting so that following videomoves to connect previous

video

Select video(s) that require deleting

Hold down the shift key while pressing the Delete button and the

previous video will automatically connect to the next.


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Deleting parts of a video(i.e.:

audio)

To select parts of a video that requires deleting hold down the alt keyand select portion of the video that requires deleting

Press the Delete key and the portion will disappear.


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Deleting part of a video (length)

Select the razor tool (circled in red) and click on the required division

line between what needs to be deleted and what doesnt. The video

should split into 2 parts.

Part 1 Part 2

Delete the part required to be deleted and you have deleted part of a

video (length)

Deleting parts of many videos


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Deleting parts of many videosso that they end at the same

time

Press the razor tool and hold down the shift key. A double razor

should appear. Click on required division line to separate what has to be

deleted and what doesnt.

Select the portion that requires deleting and press the delete key. Thevideos should now end at the same time.


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Using ctrl and k instead of

razor tool

Move the play head to required division line between what has to be

deleted and what doesnt and press ctrl and k. The video should be split

up.


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Clear Select on video required deleting, right click on video andpress clear


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continued A gap should be present where video was deleted

Gap


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Ripple delete Select on video required deleting, rightclick on video and press Ripple Delete


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continued A gap should not be present where video wasdeleted. Instead, the following video should moveto fill in the gap.

No gap


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Add a Simple Title,

Some fades, and Music


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Fade inMove the play head to the point in which full opacity of the video is required. Next, to create a fade in, press the control

key or (ctrl) and move your mouse to the yellow line, in line with the play head, and click on that point. A white dot should

appear. Click on the yellow line again(this time at the beginning of the video).

Without pressing the select key, move the white dot at the beginning of the video towards the bottom . The lower the white

dot is, the more transparent the video will be. The effect this has now is that the video will fade in and become completely

opaque at the point where the play head is (2:18)


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DipTo create a dip is relatively similar to a fade in. Move the play to the time where the dip is required to start. Next,

press the control key and click on four points of the yellow line( The first point should be aligned with the play-head

and 2 points should be placed on each video)

POINT:1, 2,3, 4

Without holding down the control key, move the two points closest to the transition between the two video, (Point 2

and Point 3) towards the bottom of the video and at the transition between the video.(See red circle). The effect this

should now have is that the end of the first video will fade out and the fade in at the beginning of the second video.


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Fade outA fade out is similar to that of a play in. Move the play head to the end of a video that requires a fade-out . Press the control

key and click on two points on the yellow line; the point where the fade out should start and the point where the fade outshould end (the end of the video). Once clicked, 2 white dots should appear on the yellow line.

Next, without pressing the control key, move the white dot located at the end of the video towards the

bottom of the video (see red circle)


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Creating a title

To create a title, press Control (ctrl) and T and this box will appear. It is called a title

dialogue. Type in the name of the title and Press OK


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Creating a title

After the OK button is pressed, this window will appear. It is where the title can be

created and where edits can be made to the title. This is called the title tool


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Creating(editing) the title

7)Safe Title zone: This refersto the area in which the title

will not be cut off no matter

what thus being the safe

zone

1)TYPE TOOL: This

symbol T should beclicked on to create atext box to type a title

in.2) SIZE: This number

here represents the

size of the text. To

increase the size,hover over the

number and a black,

2 headed arrow willappear. Drag this

arrow towards the

right. Drag arrow

towards the left to

decrease size.

3) KERNING: This

number represents

the kerning number.

It is the distancebetween the letters of

the words in a title. To

increase/ decrease

the space, hover over

the number and a two

headed black arrow

will appear. Drag it to

the right to increase

the Kerning and dragit to the left to

decrease the kerning.

6)Styles of fonts that the text can be changed into. To

change the font, highlight the text required fontchanging and click on the font desired.

4) CENTER: This button is known as the center button.

When the title is selected, click on the center button andthe title will be aligned to the center,

C ti ( diti ) th titl


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Creating(editing) the title1)OUTER STROKE

Effect: A border will appear around each

letter of the text to make it stand out more.

Click on the check box that reads outer

stroke when the text is high-lighted and anedge (border around letters) will appear.

This makes the texts stand out more. The

size (circled green) of the edge can also be

changed with similar methods to changing

the text size-hover over the number and atwo headed black arrow will appear. Drag it

to the right to increase the size and drag it to

the left to decrease the size

to make the edge thicker or thinner

2) SHADOWEffect: A shadow will appear around the

text after editing

Click on the check-box that reads

Shadow and a shadow will appear

around the text.

- Color: To change color of the

shadow, click on the black box and

choose desired color.

- Opacity: This changes how

transparent the shadow will be. The

number of opacity can be changedsimilar to that of the text size.

- Distance: Refers to how far the

shadow will be away from the text

- Size: Refers to how big the shadow

will be

- Spread: Refers to how the shadow

is distributed. Close and cluttered to

getter suggests a smaller spread

and like the text is now suggests a

large spread.

Tools in yellow font can have values increased/decreased by hovering over the number. A two

headed black arrow will appear. Drag it to the right to increase the value and drag it to the left todecrease the value,

Edits to the selected items, in this case the title, can be made in the title property bar.

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Creating the title(adding special

effects)

This is known as

the rectangle tool.

The rectangle tool

is used to draw

rectangles.

To add thisspecial effect,

draw a rectangle

that covers about

half of the text.



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effects)1)Selecting the rectangle, uncheck

the box that says Outer stroke thiswill make the black border around the

rectangle disappear

2) Change the fill type to Linear

Gradient by clicking on the tab and

choosing the Linear Gradient option

from the drop down menu.

3)Click on the first color

swatch(circled yellow) and change thecolor stop opacity to 0% by clicking on

the number and dragging it to the left

direction. This will make the rectangle

seem to fade away to blend in with the

media.

4) Click on the second color swatch

(circled red)and press the eye dropper

icon(circled green). Select a desired

color for the rectangle to be from

anywhere on the screen (in this

example, the color of the mans jacket

is used)

5)Drag the second colorswatch(circled red) to the left to move

the top of the rectangle closer to the

text. To move the rectangle farther

away, drag the second color swatch tothe right.



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effects)

To move the text in front of the rectangle, select the text, right click, click on arrange andBring to Front


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Creating the title

Close the title editing window and it should now appear in the projectpanel. Drag it onto the timeline where the play head is situated.

Like the video clips, the Title can also fade in and fade out. Simply press the

control key and click on 4 points on the yellow line. Adjust the first and last point

to the bottom of the title clip and the title will fade in and out.


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Creating the title

Click on Edit, Preferences, General; and this screen will appear. The Still image

default duration (circled red) can determine how long the title will appear for.


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Adjusting music volumeTo adjust the music

volume, right-click on

the music track and this

window (titled audio

gain) will appear. Clickon set gain and drag on

the arrow to

increase/decrease

volume. To decrease

the volume, drag the

arrow to the left and

this will give the volume

a negative value. To

increase the volume,drag the arrow to the

right and it will give the

volume a positive

value. The required

volume value can also

be typed in.

Like the video clips, the

music can also fade in.

Simply press the control

key and click on 2points

on the yellow line. Adjust

the first and last point to

the bottom of the audio

clip and the music will

fade in.


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Creating and editing

titles


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Creating Titles1)

2) There are multiple ways to get a new titledialogue or to create a title besides

pressing ctrl+ T. This is by

1) Clicking on the New item icon in the

project panel(circled red) and selecting

Title or

2) Clicking on File, New and Title.

By performing

these steps,

this box(title

dialogue should

appear

Creating Titles(new additional


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features)

Colors, fonts, strokes, fills and gradients

This B symbol

here is known

as the Bold

key. Click on itand it will make

your selected

text bold.

This is where

the title style is

located. It

incorporates

Colors, fonts,

strokes, fills and

gradients. Youcan create your

new style by

pressing this

symbol(circled

green) and

clicking new

style



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features)

Drag the title, which will appear in the project panel, to the timeline. As mentioned earlier, titles can also fade in and out and the way

this is done is firstly by pressing the icon that looks like a play button to turn on video 2(circled red)

After the icon is clicked, the title clip will look like this and the fade in and fade out can

be applied (refer to slide 53)

End titles(credits)


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End titles(credits)Open up a program called Note

pad and type in the end credits. The

reason it is done on Notepad is so

that the text is easy to view and to

easily make sure the spacing is

equal.

Move the play head to wherethe end title should start and

press control and T, enter the

name of the title in the dialogue

box and press OK . The title

tool should appear. Press on the

icon (circled red) called the

Roll /Crawl option and this box

will appear. Select roll, start of

screen and End off screen

Once OK is clicked, you

should have a navigation scrollbar.


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End titles(credits)

1) Copy (ctrl

+c)contents from

the notepad and

paste(ctrl+v) it into

the text box after

the type tool

button is pressed.2) Align the end credits

to the center by

clicking on the

center button

(circled red)

3) If the title is not

visible because of

the media in the

background, give

the text an outer

stroke.

This button is known as the New title based on current title Any changes made to the title after this button is clicked

will be saved as a new title.


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End titles(credits)

Drag the end title that will appear in the project panel onto the timeline. To make

edits to it, simply double click on the clip and the title tool will appear so that

edits can be made.


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Cross dissolve

To cross dissolve,

move the play header

at the transition

between 2 video clips

and press ctrl+d. To

change the length ofthe transition, hover

over the ends of the

cross dissolve

area(circled red) until

the cursor changes

and drag the crossdissolve area to adjust

length. To delete the

cross dissolve, press

the alt key and click

on the cross dissolve

area and press delete.


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Handle

This part of the video is called the handle. It is the part of a film that is not needed


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Video transitions

Other video transitions(circled green) can also be found in the project panel under

effects(circled red). These effects can be dragged and dropped into the timeline.


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Effects controlThe effects control panel is where edits to the effects can be made.

This part here

represents the

handle

The cross dissolve

region can be

moved. Simply

drag it.

This white region is

the part of the video

that is going to be

used in the video

Check this box to view actual score so that effects editing can be easier


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Replacing a transition

To replace a transition, drag the transition from the project panel over the

unwanted transition. It will be the same duration as the previous one and appear

and end at the same time as the previous one.

Render video


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Since this line

here is red, it

suggests that the

video has poorplayback

performance.

Press the enter

key to render

video and this

box will appear.

This means that the video will

have a perfect playback

performance and the red line

will turn into a green line


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Green Screen

Adding the Green Screen


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Adding the Green Screen

shot

First, what must be done is that the green screen shot

must be taken as a separate video where the back

ground is a single color as seen in image. This video

should then be added alongside a video/image (asvideo 2) that you desire to be the background.

One color background

Once all videos are added, head to the project panel and click on the tab that says

Effects (Circled white). Type in the word Ultra in the search box (circled red)and the

Ultra key option should be listed below. Drag this option(circled blue) onto the timeline

and over the green shot video.


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Green Screen shot editing tools

Under the tab effect control edits can be made to thegreen screen shot. Some of the most significant are listed

below.

The transparency can be adjusted to make the figure in the green screen shot

more opaque thus more realistic. Simply, the higher the number, the moretransparent it is. Hover over the number and drag to the right to get a number of

increased value. This applies to all values

The Huecan be used to change the color of the object on the screen. Simply

hover over the number and drag to make the object in the green screen shot

change color.

Toolsto

editobjecton

green

screen

sot

No longer transparent


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Multi-cam


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Adding in-points on a project


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Adding in points on a project

panel using JKL

To allow the multi-cam video synchronize from the same part of the video(only

at different angles, the in point should be adjusted so that this can occur. Using

the screen from the previous enlarged project panel, simply click on a video;

press l to move the preview of the video forward, j to move it backwards and

k to stop. If you want to execute this in a more precise manner, hold down k

whilst pressing either l (to go forward by 1 frame) or j (to go back by 1

frame) Once the video preview is at the point of the desired inpoint, press I

and the in point will start from the point where I was pressed.

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Creating a multi-camera video

1)Select all the videos you want to create a multi-cam sequence

with by pressing the ctrl key and selecting the videos that you

need. The number of videos used can exceed 4; this is one of the

good things about Premier pro-CS6Next, press right click and

Create Multi-Camera Source Sequence(circled in red)

2)This dialogue box will

appear after create multi-camera source sequence

is clicked . It will give you

the option to synchronize

points from the in point,

outpoint or by a given

time code.In this case,

choose the In point

option , rename it to any

name required and press

okay.

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Once the Okay button is pressed, you will get a new multi-camera source

sequence.(circled red) Right click on it and click New sequence from clip (circled blue)

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After New Sequence from list is clicked, this screen should appear. Your time line should have the multi-

cam video that is with the named that you named it in the dialogue box previously. Since there will be twofiles with the same name, to avoid confusion, rename the current file.

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Enabling the source monitor to have

thee multi-camera monitor screen

Subsequently, go to Window (circled red)then Multi-camera monitor(circled

blue). This screen should then appear. Drag the tab on the top left corner of

the multi-camera monitor (circled green)and drop it into the source monitor

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This screen should now appear; the multi-cam monitor should be in the source

monitor. With the source monitor active (with a yellow box around it-to obtain this,

click on the source monitor) press the ~ button.

Recording and switching


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Recording and switching

between multi-cam videos

Once the ~ button is pressed, this screen should now appear. Press the record button (circled

red) and change the multi-cam videos(labelled) according to what you want it to be at a certain

elapsed time. To change the multi-cam video, simply click on the multi-cam video you wish to

change it to or press the corresponding number to the multi-cam video (1,2,3,4 etc)

Multi-cam videos


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Changing the audio

To change the audio, go the panel bar, right click on the video that did not have its name changed (remember there were 2 files

with the same not) and select open in timeline (circled in red). More audios should now appear on the timeline as seen above .

Select and delete the audios that you do not require and keep the ones you do.


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Working with audio

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For detail editing


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St t k


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Stereo tracks

It is obviously seen here that this is a stereo track as both audio tracks(audio

1 and 2) are brought in and put as a stereo track onto the first audio track

Audio 1Audio 2

Stereo to Mono tracks


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Stereo to Mono tracks

Supposing you want to edit the two audio files in a stereo track

separately(e.g.: supposing an interview is recorded with a camera

microphone and a microphone attached to the interviewee and you want to

edit each of them separately) you would have to change a stereo track to

mono track. Simply, right click on the stereo track, click modify then Audio

Channels

This box should

now appear.

Change the

preset to mono

and press OK


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Adding an audio cross fade


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Adding an audio cross-fade

To add a cross fade into the audio file is similar to that of adding a cross dissolve into a

video. First move the play-head to the audio transition between 2 video clips and press

shift, ctrl and d This should now appear (Circled red). If you go to the project panel

and click on the tab effects (circled blue) you will find a file called cross fade (circled

green). Click on it and you will find that you have a constant gain, constant power, andexponential fade option. For now, choose the constant power option. To edit this is

similar to editing a transition between two videos, to change the effect, you can drag

and drop the effect in replacement of the effect already applied;in fact, everything is

the same to editing a video transition- how you add, change and remove(highlight on

the effect and press delete) it.

Effect control (audio)


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Effect control (audio)

This icon shows

that the constant

power option will

boost the mid-

range volume as

the point ofintersection is

higher than the

linear.

Like a video, you can head up to the effect controls tab and edit the length and timing of it. To

change the timing, simply click on the transition effect and drag it to the placement you want it to

be.

Removing accidentally

clicked/highlighted objects on the


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clicked/highlighted objects on the

timeline

Assuming that you have clicked and selected/highlighted something on the timeline that you are not supposed to (li

this red line-circled blue), click on the blank grey space within the timeline and what you accidentally

selected/highlighted should disappear as seen below:

No more

red line

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