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- Smoke IVAdvanced Editing
- SmokeIVSmoke 2012 Show Reel
- Lets Get Started Load your 420lesson project Load up your
Wildlifesequence Switch to theTimeline view ifnecessary Change the
view toSource - Sequence
- Getting Around YourSequence Sequence positioner You can drag
the playhead back and forth tosee different parts ofyour sequence
Click on the timecodebelow to snap the playhead to that spot in
thesequence.
- Getting Around YourSequence Try it out Click on the play
headand drag back andforth to see differentparts of yoursequence
Click on the timecodebelow to snap the playhead to that
position.
- Getting Around YourSequence Type it in If you know you needto
go to a particulartimecode you can typeit in Use the Add and Subto
move the play headforward or backwardby whatever numberyou
enter.
- Getting Around YourSequence Try it out Check the
currenttimecode of your playhead position Click on the number
tobring up the calculator Add three seconds tothe current time
andpress Enter In this case10 00 10 00or 10 00 10.
- Getting Around YourSequence Try it out Use the Add button Click
on the timecodewindow again to bring upthe calculator Type 3 0 0
and press Add Play head moves forward3 seconds Type 2 . and press
Sub Play head moves back 2seconds
- Getting Around YourSequence Zooming in and outon your sequence
Command + and Command & Option,then drag the mouse Shift Z to
fit the wholesequence
- Getting Around YourSequence Looking up and down Use the scroll
bar on thefar right to look at upperand lower tracks Changing track
size Click on the scroll barand drag left and right tovertically
zoom on yoursequence changing theheight of your tracks
- Getting Around YourSequence Try it out Try the Command +and
Command tozoom in and out Shift Z to fit thesequence or use
thelayout combo box Click and drag left andright on the
verticalscroll bar
- Getting Around YourSequence Change the track size Click on the
bottompart of the track anddrag Clip metadata Press the / key
thenclick on a clip to showinformation about thatclip
- Getting Around YourSequence Try it out Click on the bottomedge
of a track anddrag to change theheight of that track Shift Z if you
want torestore it Hold down the / key,then click on a clip tosee
clip information Move your cursor toother clips while stillholding
the / down
- The Patch Panel Represents sourcetracks anddestination tracks
Green tabs on the leftare source tracks Dark gray tabs on theright
are destinationtracks
- The Patch Panel Add some tracks Control click on theempty space
abovethe video track andselect New > Videotrack Control click on
theempty space belowthe audio tracks andselect New > MonoAudio
Track
- Patching Video Tracks Couple of ways First, select a videoclip
in the MediaBrowser Click on the P in thepatch panel Drag the focus
point(horizontal bar) up anddown on the play head
- The Patch Panel Try it out Select a video clip inthe Media
Browseryou havent used yetand set a duration of2-3 seconds Move the
play headwhere you would likethis new clip Change the patchpanel to
your newvideo track
- The Patch Panel Try it out Perform an insert oroverwrite edit
at thislocation on your newtrack Play your newarrangement Pause,
then try the upand down arrows andnotice where the playhead now
snaps to
- Patching Audio Tracks This is a little strange First, select
the audio clipyou wish to edit in theMedia Browser Mono sources can
onlybe edited to mono tracksin the sequence Stereo sources can
onlybe edited to stereo trackson the sequence Then select the track
youwish to edit to, click anddrag right to select thattrack
- The Patch Panel Try it out In the Voiceoversfolders select the
VO022509-2 (should bethe 1st one) In the patch panel putyour cursor
on themono patch and dragright to select thistrack
- The Patch Panel 3-point Edit the VO In the timeline movethe
play head to thebeginning of thesequence and press I Move the play
head tothe end of yoursequence and press O Select the insert
oroverwrite edit to dropthe VO to yoursequence
- Fix the Mix Change the viewfrom Source-Sequence to Player In
the Options pop-up menu selectShow Audio Desk
- Fix the Mix Play your sequenceand adjust channels1 & 2
lower so thenarration can beheard Change the pansetting on top
ofchannel 3 to hearthe narration onboth tracks
- Patch Panel Controls Select / Deselect atrack Click on the
source ordestination side of atrack to allow a source togo to the
selected track Click again to separatethe source destination,which
will prevent thesource from being editedto that track
- Patch Panel Controls Track Visibility On/Off No slash = track
canbe seen or heard Slash = track isturned off Click to turn
on/offtrack visibility
- Try it out Select a clip in theMedia Library,select the top
videochannel, butdisconnect thepatch If you try to make anedit, you
will not beable to until youpatch the track again
- Try it out Move the play headover the new clip inthe top video
track Click on the eye toturn off trackvisibility This track is
nowinvisible You can now seebelow this track
- Patch Panel Controls Track locks When locked, itprevents
anymodifications to thattrack No moving,trimming, editing
- Patch Panel Controls Syncing tracks When two or moretracks are
synced, ifyou insert a clip in onetrack, a correspondinggap will
also appear oneach synced track This keeps the timingconsistent on
alltracks
- Try it out Turn the visibility onfor both video tracks Make
sure the topvideo track is patched Turn the sync on forboth tracks
Select poets from theMedia Browser andset a duration of
3seconds
- Try it out Use the up/downarrow to cue the playhead to the end
of thefirst clip on the topvideo track Select the Insert editand
watch whathappens Press Command Z toundo
- Patch Panel Controls P icon Highlighted P iconindicates the
selectedvideo track For audio, only thegreen source icon
willindicated the selectedaudio track
- Forcing a Patch Forcing mismatchedsources into tracks Stereo
source into amono track Mono source into astereo track Patching
wont work,but you can drag anddrop the source intothe desired track
&force it into place
- Moving Clips Around inthe Timeline How clips behavewhen you
move clipsaround in thetimeline depends onthese three buttons
Select/Slip/Slide button Ripple Snap
- Moving Clips Around inthe Timeline Select tool Great tool to
move aclip from one place inthe timeline to another Like the arrow
tool inFCPX
- Moving Clips Around inthe Timeline Ripple on When you move a
clipto a new location youwill perform an Insertedit at the new
location The gap where the clipused to be will beclosed Duration of
yoursequence will notchange
- Moving Clips Around inthe Timeline Ripple off When you move a
clip toa new location you willperform an Overwriteedit at the new
location The gap where the clipused to be will remain Duration of
yoursequence may changedepending where the clipis placed (say at
the endof the sequence)
- Try it out Make sure you have theSelect tool selected Turn off
Ripple Turn on Snap (ifnecessary Select a clip in thesequence and
drag to anew location Notice the red indication(overwrite) Notice
how the clip wantsto snap to an edit point
- Try it out Command Z to undothe last edit Turn Ripple back on
Drag the clip again to anew location Notice the yellowindication
(insert) Notice the sequenceripples to close the gapwhere the clip
was Sequence ripples again tomake room where yourelease the
clip
- Splicing Clip Splicing For FCPX users, this isthe same as the
bladetool Hows it done? No menu or tool (?) Shortcut: Control V
Kind of looks likethis is what it does
- Try it out Move the play headto a point in a clipon the
timeline Press Control V The clip is cut at theplay head
position
- Try it out Command Z to undothe splice Now press ShiftControl V
and noticewhat happens All the tracks at theplay head position
arespiced at the play headposition Command Z to undo
- Ripple Delete With Ripple turnedon Select the clip andpress the
Delete key With Ripple turnedoff Select the clip andpress Shift
& Delete
- Try it out Make sure Ripple ison Select a clip andpress Delete
Undo the delete Turn off Ripple Select the clip againand press
Shift &Delete Undo the delete again
- Lift Edit With Ripple turnedon Select the clip Control click
andselect Lift With Ripple turnedoff Select the clip andpress
Delete
- Try it out Make sure Ripple ison Select a clip andcontrol
click, thenselect Lift Undo the delete Turn off Ripple Select the
clip againand Delete Undo the delete again
- Trimming a Clip How you trim depends onwhether Ripple is turned
on oroff Turned on Cursor = yellow Sequence expands to makeroom for
added content Closes the gap if content isremoved Turned off Cursor
= red Clip will overwrite on adjacentclip if content is added Gap
left behind if content isremoved
- Try it out Make sure Ripple is on Make sure the Select toolis
selected Move your cursor to theIn point Notice the yellow icon
=ripple trim Drag left to add content Drag right removecontent
Notice how the sequenceadjusts to each trimadjustment
- Try it out Make sure Ripple is off Make sure the Select toolis
selected Move your cursor to theIn point Notice the red icon
=overwrite trim Drag left to overwriteprevious clip Drag right to
shorten clip Notice now that a gap isleft behind
- Rolling an Edit Moves the edit pointbetween two clips Duration
of thesequence does notchange With Ripple turned off Great tool
foraligning edits to amusic beat or sfx
- Try it out Make sure Ripple is off Make sure the Selecttool is
selected Put your cursor on anedit point Cursor should show
left& right arrows Drag left to move theedit sooner Drag right
to move theedit later
- Trim & Roll MultipleTracks Move the play headto the middle
of avideo clip Press Shift ControlV to splice the clip Command and
clickon the audio tracksyou would like toroll with the
videotrack
- Trim & Roll MultipleTracks Place your cursorback on the
videotrack and drag leftand right Notice now that theselected audio
trackwill also roll with thevideo
- Slipping a Clip Changes the contentyou see or hear in aclip
without movingor changing theduration of the clip Shortcut: S
- Try It Out Move the play headon a clip Press S to select
theSlip tool Drag left and right tochange the contentof the clip
Dragging left = latercontent Dragging right = earliercontent
- Slip on the Fly Press A to selectthe Selection tool Slip on the
fly Put the play head ona different clip andselect it Press S Use
the and keys to nudge slipthe clip left and right
- Sliding a Clip Moves the clip in thesequence left orright,
overwriting oneside of the edit whileextending the Inpoint of the
other clip Duration of the clipor sequence doesnot change Shortcut:
D
- Try It Out Press D to selectthe Slide tool Put the cursor overa
clip and drag leftand right
- Slide on the Fly Press A to selectthe Selection tool Slide on
the fly Put the play head ona different clip andselect it Press D
Use the and keys to nudge slidethe clip left and right
- Dissolves & Wipes Make sure no clipsare selected Move the
play headto an edit point Menu bar above thesequence will showthe
outgoing andincoming clip withtransition buttonenabled
- Dissolves & Wipes Click the transitionbutton Dissolve,
Wipe, Axis Default duration is 10frames
- Try It Out Click in a dark grayarea to deselect anyclips Press
the up ordown arrow tonavigate to an editpoint Click on
thetransition buttonand select Dissolve
- Dissolves Parameters Editor Close-up look at the dissolve with
several tools totweak the effect Centered, up to, from cut Changes
when the dissolve occurs In the middle, before the cut or after the
cut
- Dissolves Parameters Duration In hours:minutes:seconds:frames
Progressive, Interlaced How its scanned Additive, Non-additive, Inv
Non-additive Blend mode
- Dissolves Parameters Mix Sets how much of the transition occurs
at the playhead point To/From Colour Allows you to fade to and out
of a color during thetransition
- Try It Out Change the duration to 1second Change the blend
modeto Non-Add Press the key to renderthe effect Check out your
newdissolve
- Wipes Make sure no clips ortransitions areselected Unless you
want tochange your dissolveto a wipe Move the play headto an edit
point Click on theTransition button
- Wipes Lots of patterns tochoose from Click on the
Patternsbutton to select View as names or asthumbs
- Try It Out Click off the timelineto deselecteverything Use the
up and downarrows to move theplay head to a newedit point Click on
thetransition button andselect Wipe Change the durationto 1
second
- Try It Out Click on the patternbutton The pattern dialoguebox
comes up Not very revealingwhat kinds of wipesare available
yet
- Try It Out In the upper leftcorner click on theTitles box
andchange to Proxies Select a wipe pattern Adjust the
wipeparameters to suityour taste
- Try It Out Click off the timelineto deselecteverything Move the
play headto a new edit point Click the Transitionbutton and
selectWipe Click on the Patternbutton and select acircle wipe
- Try It Out Click on the EnterEditor button Click on the
bezierpoints to modify theshape of the circlewipe Press Exit
whendone.
- Smoke IVAdvanced Editing