Editing Lesson Blog

                 Today in class we did a lesson on editing our commercials. I learned many things, about the software we use to edit, how to use transitions and the camera process. In class we use pinnacle studios. Which is an editing software on the school laptops. I was nervous about the editing process because I didn’t know if the process would be difficult , but when we were showed the logistics of the software and how to operate it, I felt much better on that process. The biggest thing I learned from the lesson was how to import and export raw, edited footage. I didn’t know how to do this prior to the lesson, so learning this was eye opening. I also learned how to properly save footage on the computer and desktop. I didn’t know this before and was eager to know how to do so properly. This is because saving a piece of footage properly is essential to a completed commercial. And of course I want to have a successful commercial that has all necessary components.
                Our camera process is actually quite simple. Firstly, in order to get your footage off of your SD card on onto your computer you need a couple of things. A SD adapter, an SD card of course and a computer. This step is essential because if you don’t import you footage from an SD card onto your computer than you cannot edit it properly. Firstly you will need to slide the SD card out of the camera and into the SD card adapter. That then gets plugged into the computer where the USB port is . Then you will need to open pinnacle studios which is the editing software that the class uses. Select folder and click on your footage. You should be able to find this but if not you select private and then AVCHD. Then you import this footage into the software. This is called dumping. The footage will be dragged and dropped into the lane of the editing screen labeled AV track. From this point in you will sit and edit your clips.
                 The editing, camera and viewing process is essential to the commercial. These processes consists of how to view your raw and edited footage, film and handle the camera and editing raw footage to your liking. The editing process is when going into the app and editing the footage. Some ways of this are voiceovers, transitions and graphics. I’m order to create a voiceover you need to film a video of you speaking  and saying what you please for that scene. And then delete the visual aspect and keep the sound of that video. The camera process is very important because the cameras are school property and need to be handled with care. For example the cameras must be checked out each time they are used and everyone from the group must sign a form . So obviously the safety of the cameras are very important to the school. In order to view the movie you will need to save the clips to a folder with a full movie or a plain unedited. Then you will be able to open the movie through a folder created and left on my desktops. So These processes are important to the project and I can’t aait to successfully carry them out .