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Can you critique my project workflow?
Hello again,
I have been using Vegas for nearly 4 years now and am starting to get quite a bit of work creating, documenting and editing content for my employer(a major performing arts centre). I am not convinced that my workflow is as efficient as it could be, and I would be most grateful if anyone could lend suggestions for improving it.
To use a recent example, I had to shoot an “antique open day” in which the general public could bring along their own antiques and get them valued by experts, among other things. My (very vague) brief was that I had to create a 2.5 minute promotional clip to advertise the next Antique Open Day that will be happening next month.
I shot the footage on a 7D, and recorded audio with a Zoom H4n. I got the coverage I needed. So I transferred the footage to my PC and sorted it into the following folders:
Establishing Shots
Interviews
Cutaways
Logo’s & Branding
Audio
MusicNow i open Vegas Pro 10.
As the 3 interviews I shot will form the backbone of my clip, I always put the audio for each interview(which I record separately), into trimmer, right click and go to “auto-save markers with clip” and then put markers into the audio which list each question, what to avoid and which parts are good. If I try this process with the video event in trimmer it always seems to lose the markers when the Vegas Project file is re-opened, hence using the audio file. I find it so much easier to work having markers on the events on the timeline. Then I:* drop the audio on the timeline,
* drop the corresponding video event on the timeline
* sync the audio with their camera audio. I would usually mute the camera audio then, but not delete it.
* I then Group the tracks on the timeline as not lose the sync.
* Finally I select all three tracks on the left hand track menu, right click and choose “group selected tracks” to shrink the audio synced and markered interview footage to a single clean track on the time line to reduce clutter.
* Name the interview track group so it is easily identifiable.
* I will then mute the track group, and repeat the process for the other two interviews.
* the three track groups won’t ever appear in the video, they are just used as bins to draw from when I need to.
* After I create my intro and titles, I will split the areas of the interviews that I need, and then Ctrl+drag them to a track above the interview groups which will be displayed in the video preview window.Ok, this post is already huge, so I will avoid going through the rest of my process for the time being! Part II will follow shortly!
Thank you
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3 Replies
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It seems pretty efficient to me. You might want to use SubClips in the Trimmer to mark the sections of video that you want to keep. Your only challenge will be to then marry the audio with it. Perhaps your method of marking the audio is just as efficient since at some point you need to sync the two anyway.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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Ok thanks, that is reassuring.
I have only recently starting figuring out trimmer, is there any resources out there that could further enlighten me on the ways this tool is used?
Thanks again -
[Ryan McRobb] “I have only recently starting figuring out trimmer, is there any resources out there that could further enlighten me on the ways this tool is used?”
There may be tutorials on the Sony web site. You just open your media in the trimmer and watch it. When you find a section that you want to keep you mark the in and out points (just a selection will do) and press the button to create a subclip and give it meaningful name. Then you can assemble your video later from all of the subclips by dragging them from the Project Media pool to the timeline.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
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