Advanced editing techni

1. Smoke IV
Advanced Editing

2. SmokeIV
Smoke 2012 Show Reel

3. Let’s Get Started
 Load your 420
lesson project
 Load up your Wildlife
sequence
 Switch to the
Timeline view if
necessary
 Change the view to
Source - Sequence

4. Getting Around Your
Sequence
 Sequence positioner
 You can drag the play
head back and forth to
see different parts of
your sequence
 Click on the timecode
below to snap the play
head to that spot in the
sequence.

5. Getting Around Your
Sequence
 Try it out
 Click on the play head
and drag back and
forth to see different
parts of your
sequence
 Click on the timecode
below to snap the play
head to that position.

6. Getting Around Your
Sequence
 Type it in
 If you know you need
to go to a particular
timecode you can type
it in
 Use the Add and Sub
to move the play head
forward or backward
by whatever number
you enter.

7. Getting Around Your
Sequence
 Try it out
 Check the current
timecode of your play
head position
 Click on the number to
bring up the calculator
 Add three seconds to
the current time and
press Enter
 In this case
10 00 10 00
or 10 00 10.

8. Getting Around Your
Sequence
 Try it out
 Use the Add button
 Click on the timecode
window again to bring up
the calculator
 Type 3 0 0 and press Add
 Play head moves forward
3 seconds
 Type 2 . and press Sub
 Play head moves back 2
seconds

9. Getting Around Your
Sequence
 Zooming in and out
on your sequence
 Command + and –
 Command & Option,
then drag the mouse
 Shift Z to fit the whole
sequence

10. Getting Around Your
Sequence
 Looking up and down
 Use the scroll bar on the
far right to look at upper
and lower tracks
 Changing track size
 Click on the scroll bar
and drag left and right to
vertically zoom on your
sequence changing the
height of your tracks

11. Getting Around Your
Sequence
 Try it out
 Try the Command +
and Command – to
zoom in and out
 Shift Z to fit the
sequence or use the
layout combo box
 Click and drag left and
right on the vertical
scroll bar

12. Getting Around Your
Sequence
 Change the track size
 Click on the bottom
part of the track and
drag
 Clip metadata
 Press the / key then
click on a clip to show
information about that
clip

13. Getting Around Your
Sequence
 Try it out
 Click on the bottom
edge of a track and
drag to change the
height of that track
 Shift Z if you want to
restore it
 Hold down the / key,
then click on a clip to
see clip information
 Move your cursor to
other clips while still
holding the / down

14. The Patch Panel
 Represents source
tracks and
destination tracks
 Green tabs on the left
are source tracks
 Dark gray tabs on the
right are destination
tracks

15. The Patch Panel
 Add some tracks
 Control click on the
empty space above
the video track and
select New > Video
track
 Control click on the
empty space below
the audio tracks and
select New > Mono
Audio Track

16. Patching Video Tracks
 Couple of ways
 First, select a video
clip in the Media
Browser
 Click on the P in the
patch panel
 Drag the focus point
(horizontal bar) up and
down on the play head

17. The Patch Panel
 Try it out
 Select a video clip in
the Media Browser
you haven’t used yet
and set a duration of
2-3 seconds
 Move the play head
where you would like
this new clip
 Change the patch
panel to your new
video track

18. The Patch Panel
 Try it out
 Perform an insert or
overwrite edit at this
location on your new
track
 Play your new
arrangement
 Pause, then try the up
and down arrows and
notice where the play
head now snaps to

19. Patching Audio Tracks
 This is a little strange
 First, select the audio clip
you wish to edit in the
Media Browser
 Mono sources can only
be edited to mono tracks
in the sequence
 Stereo sources can only
be edited to stereo tracks
on the sequence
 Then select the track you
wish to edit to, click and
drag right to select that
track

20. The Patch Panel
 Try it out
 In the Voiceovers
folders select the VO
022509-2 (should be
the 1st one)
 In the patch panel put
your cursor on the
mono patch and drag
right to select this
track

21. The Patch Panel
 3-point Edit the VO
 In the timeline move
the play head to the
beginning of the
sequence and press I
 Move the play head to
the end of your
sequence and press O
 Select the insert or
overwrite edit to drop
the VO to your
sequence

22. Fix the Mix
 Change the view
from Source-
Sequence to Player
 In the Options pop-
up menu select
Show Audio Desk

23. Fix the Mix
 Play your sequence
and adjust channels
1 & 2 lower so the
narration can be
heard
 Change the pan
setting on top of
channel 3 to hear
the narration on
both tracks

24. Patch Panel Controls
 Select / Deselect a
track
 Click on the source or
destination side of a
track to allow a source to
go to the selected track
 Click again to separate
the source – destination,
which will prevent the
source from being edited
to that track

25. Patch Panel Controls
 Track Visibility
 On/Off
 No slash = track can
be seen or heard
 Slash = track is
turned off
 Click to turn on/off
track visibility

26. Try it out
 Select a clip in the
Media Library,
select the top video
channel, but
disconnect the
patch
 If you try to make an
edit, you will not be
able to until you
patch the track again

27. Try it out
 Move the play head
over the new clip in
the top video track
 Click on the eye to
turn off track
visibility
 This track is now
invisible
 You can now see
below this track

28. Patch Panel Controls
 Track locks
 When locked, it
prevents any
modifications to that
track
 No moving,
trimming, editing

29. Patch Panel Controls
 Syncing tracks
 When two or more
tracks are synced, if
you insert a clip in one
track, a corresponding
gap will also appear on
each synced track
 This keeps the timing
consistent on all
tracks

30. Try it out
 Turn the visibility on
for both video tracks
 Make sure the top
video track is patched
 Turn the sync on for
both tracks
 Select poets from the
Media Browser and
set a duration of 3
seconds

31. Try it out
 Use the up/down
arrow to cue the play
head to the end of the
first clip on the top
video track
 Select the Insert edit
and watch what
happens
 Press Command Z to
undo

32. Patch Panel Controls
 P icon
 Highlighted P icon
indicates the selected
video track
 For audio, only the
green source icon will
indicated the selected
audio track

33. Forcing a Patch
 Forcing mismatched
sources into tracks
 Stereo source into a
mono track
 Mono source into a
stereo track
 Patching won’t work,
but you can drag and
drop the source into
the desired track &
force it into place

34. Moving Clips Around in
the Timeline
 How clips behave
when you move clips
around in the
timeline depends on
these three buttons
 Select/Slip/Slide button
 Ripple
 Snap

35. Moving Clips Around in
the Timeline
 Select tool
 Great tool to move a
clip from one place in
the timeline to another
 Like the arrow tool in
FCPX

36. Moving Clips Around in
the Timeline
 Ripple on
 When you move a clip
to a new location you
will perform an Insert
edit at the new location
 The gap where the clip
used to be will be
closed
 Duration of your
sequence will not
change

37. Moving Clips Around in
the Timeline
 Ripple off
 When you move a clip to
a new location you will
perform an Overwrite
edit at the new location
 The gap where the clip
used to be will remain
 Duration of your
sequence may change
depending where the clip
is placed (say at the end
of the sequence)

38. Try it out
 Make sure you have the
Select tool selected
 Turn off Ripple
 Turn on Snap (if
necessary
 Select a clip in the
sequence and drag to a
new location
 Notice the red indication
(overwrite)
 Notice how the clip wants
to snap to an edit point

39. Try it out
 Command Z to undo
the last edit
 Turn Ripple back on
 Drag the clip again to a
new location
 Notice the yellow
indication (insert)
 Notice the sequence
ripples to close the gap
where the clip was
 Sequence ripples again to
make room where you
release the clip

40. Splicing Clip
 Splicing
 For FCPX users, this is
the same as the blade
tool
 How’s it done?
 No menu or tool (?)
 Shortcut: Control V
 Kind of looks like
this is what it does

41. Try it out
 Move the play head
to a point in a clip
on the timeline
 Press Control V
 The clip is cut at the
play head position

42. Try it out
 Command Z to undo
the splice
 Now press Shift
Control V and notice
what happens
 All the tracks at the
play head position are
spiced at the play head
position
 Command Z to undo

43. Ripple Delete
 With Ripple turned
on
 Select the clip and
press the Delete key
 With Ripple turned
off
 Select the clip and
press Shift & Delete

44. Try it out
 Make sure Ripple is
on
 Select a clip and
press Delete
 Undo the delete
 Turn off Ripple
 Select the clip again
and press Shift &
Delete
 Undo the delete again

45. Lift Edit
 With Ripple turned
on
 Select the clip
 Control click and
select Lift
 With Ripple turned
off
 Select the clip and
press Delete

46. Try it out
 Make sure Ripple is
on
 Select a clip and
control click, then
select Lift
 Undo the delete
 Turn off Ripple
 Select the clip again
and Delete
 Undo the delete again

47. Trimming a Clip
 How you trim depends on
whether Ripple is turned on or
off
 Turned on
 Cursor = yellow
 Sequence expands to make
room for added content
 Closes the gap if content is
removed
 Turned off
 Cursor = red
 Clip will overwrite on adjacent
clip if content is added
 Gap left behind if content is
removed

48. Try it out
 Make sure Ripple is on
 Make sure the Select tool
is selected
 Move your cursor to the
In point
 Notice the yellow icon =
ripple trim
 Drag left to add content
 Drag right remove
content
 Notice how the sequence
adjusts to each trim
adjustment

49. Try it out
 Make sure Ripple is off
 Make sure the Select tool
is selected
 Move your cursor to the
In point
 Notice the red icon =
overwrite trim
 Drag left to overwrite
previous clip
 Drag right to shorten clip
 Notice now that a gap is
left behind

50. Rolling an Edit
 Moves the edit point
between two clips
 Duration of the
sequence does not
change
 With Ripple turned off
 Great tool for
aligning edits to a
music beat or sfx

51. Try it out
 Make sure Ripple is off
 Make sure the Select
tool is selected
 Put your cursor on an
edit point
 Cursor should show left
& right arrows
 Drag left to move the
edit sooner
 Drag right to move the
edit later

52. Trim & Roll Multiple
Tracks
 Move the play head
to the middle of a
video clip
 Press Shift Control
V to splice the clip
 Command and click
on the audio tracks
you would like to
roll with the video
track

53. Trim & Roll Multiple
Tracks
 Place your cursor
back on the video
track and drag left
and right
 Notice now that the
selected audio track
will also roll with the
video

54. Slipping a Clip
 Changes the content
you see or hear in a
clip without moving
or changing the
duration of the clip
 Shortcut: S

55. Try It Out
 Move the play head
on a clip
 Press S to select the
Slip tool
 Drag left and right to
change the content
of the clip
 Dragging left = later
content
 Dragging right = earlier
content

56. Slip on the Fly
 Press A to select
the Selection tool
 Slip on the fly
 Put the play head on
a different clip and
select it
 Press S
 Use the  and 
keys to nudge slip
the clip left and right

57. Sliding a Clip
 Moves the clip in the
sequence left or
right, overwriting one
side of the edit while
extending the In
point of the other clip
 Duration of the clip
or sequence does
not change
 Shortcut: D

58. Try It Out
 Press D to select
the Slide tool
 Put the cursor over
a clip and drag left
and right

59. Slide on the Fly
 Press A to select
the Selection tool
 Slide on the fly
 Put the play head on
a different clip and
select it
 Press D
 Use the  and 
keys to nudge slide
the clip left and right

60. Dissolves & Wipes
 Make sure no clips
are selected
 Move the play head
to an edit point
 Menu bar above the
sequence will show
the outgoing and
incoming clip with
transition button
enabled

61. Dissolves & Wipes
 Click the transition
button
 Dissolve, Wipe, Axis
 Default duration is 10
frames

62. Try It Out
 Click in a dark gray
area to deselect any
clips
 Press the up or
down arrow to
navigate to an edit
point
 Click on the
transition button
and select Dissolve

63. Dissolves Parameters
 Editor
 Close-up look at the dissolve with several tools to
tweak the effect
 Centered, up to, from cut
 Changes when the dissolve occurs
 In the middle, before the cut or after the cut

64. Dissolves Parameters
 Duration
 In hours:minutes:seconds:frames
 Progressive, Interlaced
 How it’s scanned
 Additive, Non-additive, Inv Non-additive
 Blend mode

65. Dissolves Parameters
 Mix
 Sets how much of the transition occurs at the play
head point
 To/From Colour
 Allows you to fade to and out of a color during the
transition

66. Try It Out
 Change the duration to 1
second
 Change the blend mode
to Non-Add
 Press the key to render
the effect
 Check out your new
dissolve

67. Wipes
 Make sure no clips or
transitions are
selected
 Unless you want to
change your dissolve
to a wipe
 Move the play head
to an edit point
 Click on the
Transition button

68. Wipes
 Lots of patterns to
choose from
 Click on the Patterns
button to select
 View as names or as
thumbs

69. Try It Out
 Click off the timeline
to deselect
everything
 Use the up and down
arrows to move the
play head to a new
edit point
 Click on the
transition button and
select Wipe
 Change the duration
to 1 second

70. Try It Out
 Click on the pattern
button
 The pattern dialogue
box comes up
 Not very revealing
what kinds of wipes
are available yet

71. Try It Out
 In the upper left
corner click on the
Titles box and
change to Proxies
 Select a wipe pattern
 Adjust the wipe
parameters to suit
your taste

72. Try It Out
 Click off the timeline
to deselect
everything
 Move the play head
to a new edit point
 Click the Transition
button and select
Wipe
 Click on the Pattern
button and select a
circle wipe

73. Try It Out
 Click on the Enter
Editor button
 Click on the bezier
points to modify the
shape of the circle
wipe
 Press Exit when
done.

74. Smoke IV
Advanced Editing