What I learnt from my Editing Escapade!

[Chance1234]

firstly i dont check the e-mail account thats ilnked into my profile very often , but when i did there were a lot of e-mails from peeps form this board offering editing tips, thanks!


Anyway after tears and screams here is what i learnt from my editing escapade in Premiere.


1. Could of saved a lot of time if i realised you had the option to render out just the work area instead of the entire project.

2. Transitions are gay, rubber bands are cool.

3. There is a **** of a lot of difference made by moving a clip or sound FX a tiny bit that way or a tiny bit the othe way. though i dont have the flow thing which Editors have, i gues this bit takes yonks of practice.

4. Quicktime effects seem to crash a lot when redering.

5. Disk space is a golden commodity

6. You can shout as much as you like at the computer but it wont make any difference.

7. Music Makes the world go round and adds a lot to your work.

8. Knowing the Keyboard short cuts goes along way in premiere.

9, Premiere has way way way to many options which you dont need but its nice to know they are there.

10. Disk scape is a golden commodity.

11. Using Bins Is a god send.

12. Good and i mean a good pair of Earphones are essential when trying ot sort the sound out, also being in a room uninterupted.

13. Every so often watch everything , and detach yourself from the fact you made it.

14. If i was planning on doing more editing i would buikd up a very large sound FX libary.

15. Avoid 80's Pop Video Feeling when editing.

16. a 14 Inch monitor is probably best avoided , you need a big big big screen really.

17. The Help file in premiere is surprisingly good.

18. a Comfy Chair is a Must

19. Disk Space is a golden Commodity

20. When Exporting for the web, a random approach seems best, you will always get a version which is extremly good quality but to big, and a **** one which is below your target size, the in betweeen doesnt seem to exist.

21. see my post 16:9 by 1.778, dam dam dam useful

Chance.


Ps. 22. Get an Editor or a Miker

[eidde]

I agree.
Straight cuts and crossfades are all you need.
The other transitions in Premier are not very useful.
Music and sound effects are about 80% of the movie (in my opinion).
Good Luck

[twister!]

Just out of interest . Where do you get your sound effects from - do you go out with a mic, recreate them at home with props, download them, or have you got the BBC's Doctor Who sound FX CD?

[machead]

Its the 80% 20% rule

80% of users require 20% of the software package.

[ickle_jim]

you mention there that disk space is really important a few times. Just out of interest what is the reccomended amount of disk space?

So far ive been using computers at college but im gunna start editing at home, and ive got my harddrive split into 3 8.5 gig partitions, is one partition gunna be enough?

[miker]

there are no recommendations.

just get the biggest, fastest, hard-drives you can afford.

don't get a second-hand 650MB PIO mode 2 and expect to capture to it ...

i've just plopped my DC1000 into a 500MHz machine with 4 x 9GB SCSI drives in one big stripe. never drops a frame. keeps the room cool, too ... all those fans ... bit noisy though :-(

[sn-films]

ickle_jim -
Sadly, you will eat up 8.5 GB in no time. I'm sure others on the list will back me up in that you'll want to get one hard drive that you can dedicate to your video projects. I'm working on an 85-minute feature, and the final proof (including 5-minute outtake reel) takes up about 17 GB. Don't ask about the raw footage...

You mentioned that you're using the computers at college. Start poking around through the machines to see how much space you're using. You'll be surprised at how fast you can chew through a hard drive.

[Xendar]

For DV it is 3.5MB per second. 1GB will give you about 4mins 20secs capture time.

Getting the biggest hard drive your budget will allow is always the best option.