Craig Howard
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I believe it is DVavi (un-recompressed / lossless).
You need to check the un recompress checkbox to achieve this.
Craig
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New Zealand(Premiere Pro 1.5 / Matrox TRX100 XTreme Pro)
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Is the truck moving ?
I probably would use a garbage matte but masking anything requires some image material to fill the “hole” with. (Restore material)
Easy in AE :but also easy enough in Prem if the truck has moved away a little from the mask area and leaves you with some clean bg image to restore into the matte.
Overlay the same clip over the top of the original clip and try the garbage matte. If the truck has moved on a bit, slide the clip a bit so that you can see through to the clear bg. ( or Use a still or even a blow up section)
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Extract and Lift require the setting of In and Out points in the timeline (or Program Monitor). Best suited to managing sections of a clip where you want the rest of the clip to remain with or without the gap.
Ripple Delete is obvious and is a Menu Option.
Clear and Cut seem to do the same thing ( maybe they are redundant) but they both work on whole clips – not sections of clips. ( Never used them myself). I assume if you use either – it remains in the clipboard as is the standard Windows function for these menu items.
All are options to suits different editors habits & preferences.
There are many ways “to skin the cat” in PremPro.
Craig
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New Zealand(Premiere Pro 1.5 / Matrox TRX100 XTreme Pro)
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Norman:
I have no idea what you mean by “numbers method” and this has nothing to do with the number of actions. This is about editing to a precise frame by watching the source clip play down. Editing to me is a visual and not a mechanical process.
I play the source clip to the start of the section I want, I set an in point, I play the clip to the end of the section I want and set and out point. I press a shortcut key and the exact section I want is on the timleline (Program Monitor). Gap free.
Helpfully, the source monitor tells me exactly the duration of the in to out I have set and leaves the source clip there for me to edit other material from should I wish to. I also do not need to delete or clear the excess head and tails from my timeline as I would if I had razored it. (And) I do not need to worry about unwanted gaps that this can create. These gaps, by the way are obvious if you preview the cut you just made. If you complete a project then discover the gaps… they should not come as a surprise.
I also determine if I want audio , video or both from the source monitor before I insert or overlay to the timeline. This saves time and keeps a tidy timeline.
What do you use the Source monitor for , if at all?
Good luck but mostly you should stick with editing the way you are most comfortable and familiar with. PremPro has more than one way to “skin the cat”.
Craig
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New Zealand(Premiere Pro 1.5 / Matrox TRX100 XTreme Pro)
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Tim , did you mean to tell him to double click in the project window? (I assume you intended that it loaded the clip to the source window)
You do not have to do that if the clip is still in the source monitor
If so, go back to the Source window you and enter new in and out points to any clip that you are already using part of in the timeline
Just make sure the clip is NOT selected in the timeline. That is why, as Tim says, you do not double click the clip in the timeline.
You will notice if you use different parts of the same source clip that little indicators appear on the “bar” under the source monitor.
Craig
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New Zealand(Premiere Pro 1.5 / Matrox TRX100 XTreme Pro)
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When I first got into NLE ( 1st version Premiere whatever that was called),my instinct was to razor the clip and I am not sure there was any other option/method.
My early “training” had been on flatbeds and pic synch machines (35mm film) and every edit was a physical cut. It seemed logical to “cut” and it took some time to come to grips with the “non destructive” nature of non linear editing. The new tools in subsequent versions of Premiere also permitted better and more techniques to achieve edit functions and so I adapted as they did.
When I had outside editors cut my work (AVIDS) I observed their techniques and learnt from them also. I was always envious of the features they had in their Avids , until PremPro came along. (I actually thought 6.5 was the turning point and it worked pretty well for me). Every time I edit I learn something new , usually by trying something I learnt by hanging around these forums.
For the record :I cut ( & shoot/direct also) maybe 50 tv commercials a year and some long form projects.
Hey Redgum – I also have shot Selleys ‘No more Gaps’ TVCs in the past.
Craig
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New Zealand(Premiere Pro 1.5 / Matrox TRX100 XTreme Pro)
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Not at all and far be it from me to say how anyone else should edit but if you are really interested, here goes with my opinion.
In my case I use the Razor tool for much less than 1% of my edit functions and I would disagree that Adobe or Total Training advise or demonstrate its use for this purpose. (It has a purpose in splitting a clip to define an area for an effect).
BTW – I did view Total Training by Jake Rosenburg ( the whole set of 7 DVDs)
It is definitely not as you say “….the prefered editing technique of the vast majority of PREMIERE PRO users
It certainly is not the fastest or most intuitive method of editing.
Prem Pro does not suggest “edit by numbers”.
Follow my workflow for example. ( I use many Keyboard shortcuts but will talk in mouse terms for this even tho’ the shortcuts are faster and more efficient again)
Drag a clip to the source monitor
Play/shuttle to In point (Spacebar or JKL or arrow keys or scrub)
Set In point (I)
Play/shuttle to out point (Spacebar or JKL or arrow keys or scrub)
Set out point (O)
Insert or Overlay to Timeline (“,” or “.”)
Play timeline (in Program monitor)Next edit…etc…
(I also use shortcuts to Play “in to out” and go to In or Out points so I can fine tune the edit before I insert or overlay to the timeline) The edit always snaps to the CTI and/or targeted tracks ( reason I never see unwanted gaps in the timeline)
The reason I edit this way is because it provides absolute frame precision edits ,un equalled by a razor cut in the timeline). although:To achieve precision for a razor cut in the timeline you can punch in the timecode number for the CTI position.
The timeline is not frame accurate and only represents the media.
I would suggest that most professional editors use the razor rarely and do something similar to what I have described.
BTW – editing in the timeline using CTR (& ALT) Drag of clips (or head and tails)is a fast way of trimming and tuning an edit.
Anyway – I am always interested to hear how others do things and I take on board good tips and techniques. You would never convince me to edit exclusively with the razor tool tho’ – Sorry
Craig
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New Zealand(Premiere Pro 1.5 / Matrox TRX100 XTreme Pro)
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That is probably why you end up with so many gaps.
Do you have a particular reason for using the Razor Tool ?
Craig
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New Zealand(Premiere Pro 1.5 / Matrox TRX100 XTreme Pro)
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Sorry – my post above I have misinformed you. Ignore my suggestions fo Q.1 and Q.2
Craig
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New Zealand(Premiere Pro 1.5 / Matrox TRX100 XTreme Pro)
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Q.1 Just target the track that you intend to ripple delete a clip from. No need to lock the others.
Q.2 Select the clip you want to delete (with the mouse) and delete or ripple delete it ( Why set in and out points unless it is part of a clip you are talking about)
Q.3 I do not think there is keyboard shortcut to do this. How would it know what clip in the case of multitracks.
Craig
Shooter Film Company
Auckland
New Zealand(Premiere Pro 1.5 / Matrox TRX100 XTreme Pro)