Editing workshop

 For media we use an editing software called Adobe Premier Pro which is used by many professional editors to produce some incredible feature films. It is very user friendly and easy to use.

There are 4 different video sections all with their different key uses. The bottom left window is like Finder on apple and is where all of your video files are stored. The top left window is to show you what the file you are going to add is and how much of it you want to take. You can cut to a certain bit of the file by pressing 'I' from where you want the file to start playing from. The top right window is the preview window that shows the final piece of what you have edited so far. Finally the bottom right window is where you drop all of the files (the timeline) and where you edit them. You need to be careful when doing this tho as you can overwrite other audio or video files.

One main golden rule was to keep saving after making a change (Command S) so you don't lose any progress of your editing.

Footage is the original file on the memory card and then when it is put onto the computer into Premier Pro it is then put into the 'rushes' file this is the original files that should be kept into there so you always have a copy of them.

There are various tools within Premier Pro, one of them being the cutting tool which can split clips wherever you click. The shortcut key for this is 'C' and the shortcut key to go back the the pointer is 'V'.

Some other shortcuts are '+' and '-' these stretch and compress the view of the editing window. Command Z undoes unwanted or accidental changes.