How to smooth out edits in clips?

[Darby Edelen]

[anandabrata] “1) When I have a clip and edit that clip i.e is cut the parts not required or insert another clip between the two clips the major problem is that since they are not continuous frames so the clip to clip transition are not smooth but very clearly visible that there has been a cut. Is there anyway that i can smooth the end and start frame of two different clips so that transition between them after the edit is not evident.”

Every edit is evident if you’re looking for them, the key is to editing in such a way that nobody notices them. It sounds to me like you’re just asking for a cross fade though, which is the easy way out 😉 If you’re trying to cut between two shots from the same camera setup then it is probably going to be a bit jarring, the way to get around this is to either cut the clip stylistically so that the cuts have a rhythm and a reason to them or insert a cut away to a pickup shot… What that shot is will depend entirely on the context of your narrative, it should be different enough from the previous shot to register as a new shot, but it should probably be related somehow by environment or context.

[anandabrata] “2) I have pre-composed two clips to make a new composition. Then i save the project and close AE. When I return to that project , I want to able to bring back the pre-composed composition to it’s earlier stage i.e simply undo the pre-compose. Is there a way to achieve that?”

You can copy the layers in the pre-composition and paste them into another composition. However, it should be a rare case when you actually want/need to do this, what are you trying to accomplish here?

Darby Edelen
DVD Menu Artist
Left Coast Digital
Aptos, CA