Editing Blog

Camera and Attachments

Today we learned about our cameras and the things that come with them. If the camera is to die in order to charge it you must ensure that the camera is closed and that you plugged h the charger in correctly.We also learned why the more takes you have the better your shots will be in the end.SD cards are used to hold our film the SD card is inserted in the side of he camera and later on I’ll explain to you how to import information. Along with the camera there’s the tripod is used to hold the camera still but can also be used to turn the camera. With this you can perform pans by tilting it left to right or tilts by tilting it up or down. If you want to put the camera on the tripod you have to first take the plate off the tripod. Then screw the piece on to the camera until you hear a click. After you hear the click you need to tighten it by turning the circle to the right. Then put it back on the correct way and have the camera facing away from you if behind it. If you wish to remove then do the opposite of these actions. 

Editing

Our editing software is Pinnacle Studios. In order to start the process of editing first you must open Pinnacle Studios. When opened it may take time to load just wait but when it loads you’ll be at the main editing screen. This is where most of the magic happens. In order to put videos in the track/timeline drag and drop them. AVT 1 or Track one is used for titles and words Track 2 is used for the actual video and Track 3 is used for sound and audio. I’n order to cut a clip click on where you want to split the film and then click on the razor blade icon above this will split the clip. With the clip split you can now do as you please with certain parts of the clip.In order to add effects right click on the clip which will then allow you to select from a wide variety of transitions. But if you want to go deeper you can click on special effects edited which will allow you to edit better. To fade go to standard and chose fade. You can even change the speed of said clip.To add title click on the T icon and that will allow you to add text and edit color. And if your editing software ever crashes it auto saves but what may happen is that whatever your doing may not be saved.

Import and Export

In order to Import go to your SD card and look at DCIM folder which has the footage ordered by date and time. Once you find the folder click and there will be your footage. If you don’t find your footage then go to Private. There you will see a set of folders click on AVCHD. This will then lead you through a set of folders. At the end you will find all the footage recorded on that SD card. You will then have to sift through to find yours. To export click export and then make sure it’s saved as an MP4 and full side in order to make sure it’s best quality and a video.Now it must render which is where is minimized the film and makes it smooth. Then minimize Pinnacle and then go to the folder you saved it in and check if the film is smooth. If not then export again.This is all I learned