Speaking of learning. I'm using Premiere Pro 2.0, (only because my neighbor in California works for Adobe and I was able to purchase a copy at employees discount ($80) he he. Now my question is this. When I attached two avi videos onto the time line I'm not able to use the transition as I want. It seems to only attached to one avi or the other but will not splice the two together. Am I doing something wrong or is that just he way it is?
Thanks and a Merry Christmas to all Jerry Lames Sune Alexandersen wrote: > > Hi Jerry! > I'd like to give my insights as well. > Mike covered most (as he always does), but I have a few things to add. > > 1. Audio transitions - Cross fade the audio from edit to edit. This will > give a far smoother video, especially when working with music. > 2. Panning - You had a nice flow to your edit, but suddenly the pan on the > stage stopped. Try to edit ON movement, do not wait until the movement > stops. This will give a nice flow and a proper momentum. > 3. Audio audio audio audio -. NEVER underestimate audio. You will never > regret digging up the dough for a proper mic. And believe me, they really > don't cost that much, but do some research as they are quite different in > usage areas (i read in one of your replies that you've since invested. > Good > for you!) > 4. Inserts - As Mike mentioned, you do not have to always show the person > talking on-screen. Think of the voice as a guide, and you have the job to > show related pictures. Is he talking about a dudester playing the trumpet? > Show a dudester or dudettester (hehe..) playing the trumpet. Some research > have revealed that if you do not give your viewer a "hook" each seventh > seconds or so you will loose him/her. I do not know how scientific this > research was, but I try to abide to it. > 5. Text - Try not to give too much information with text, you are editing > video and not Powerpoint. Is the video to be presentet online? Maybe some > text on the webpage would could do it instead? This will also give your > product more depth. > > And last, but absolutely not least.. Editing is all about rythm. I gather > that you are into music. Think of it as instrumental music. "Now i > have let > the trumpet do this, now I have to balance it out with some hefty piano". > Now I've done this, so it would be natural to follow up with this... > The thing about editing, is that all technical stuff aside, you are only > down with balanced elements. And if these elements are not balanced, your > piece will seem "of". > I am no musician (which > http://www.suneworld.com/?pagename=sunesynger.phpwill > <http://www.suneworld.com/?pagename=sunesynger.phpwill> prove) but I > have a deep sense for rythm, so I see my edits over and > over again and think of them like a song.. > There is a documentary out called The Cutting Edge ( > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428441/ > <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428441/>) where you can see how world class > editors do it. The editor of Cold Mountain actually stands up and kinda > keeps the rythm with his jazzy foot, and edits thereafter.. Quite an > interesting documentary, recommended for all.. > > So, there you have my opinions. > > Oh, and before I forget, here are my positive thoughts (hehe): > 1. Nice audio on the narrator. Great voice as well. > 2. Looks like you have lots of good and varied footage. Great! > 3. Nice and mellow feel of the entire piece. Fits well in with the > style of > music > 4. Interesting comments from the people interviewed. Loved it! > 5. Nice player. What are you using? > > But bear in mind this is only ONE persons opinion. I do not represent the > industry in general. Hehe!! > > Kind regards and happy holidays > Sune Alexandersen > Dunderfilm Norway > > On Dec 21, 2007 11:45 AM, Paul Essenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:paul.essenfeld%40snet.net>> wrote: > > > Thank you, Jerry... > > > > I haven't put anything on YouTube yet... but I think I'll try this one. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jerry Lames > > To: [email protected] > <mailto:Adobe-Premiere%40yahoogroups.com> > <Adobe-Premiere%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 5:28 PM > > Subject: Re: [AP] A new video from a new videomaker for your comments, > > please... > > > > I am just a beginner trying to learn as much as possible. I've been > > "trying" to make short vids and put them on Youtube for fun and my > > family and friends back in the States. > > All that aside what I do now that I'm attempting to make personal > > video's is observe what's on TV more, especially news as it has (Fox > > news) some interesting lead in material. Making a long story short I > > think your video is nice but perhaps next time you might consider > > putting up the printing on the side instead of at the bottom. Now I've > > done the same, put printing at the bottom but watching the O'Reilly show > > I notice they put his spoken word in writing and it's off to the right > > side. To me it makes it easier to watch him while reading along. Being > > on the right side it doesn't take my eyes off of him whereas if on the > > bottom I'd have to look down and loose sight of the video material. > > > > Just an idea, far be it for me to tell a professional what to do and > > I've only been doing this for a little over a year. Great fun, lots to > > learn and I'll never learn it all for sure. > > Jerry Lames > > http://www.youtube.com/Islandjerry <http://www.youtube.com/Islandjerry> > > > > Mike Boom wrote: > > > > > > All in all an informative piece, and some nice use of multiple > > > screens showing a diversity of activities. > > > > > > Because the piece is all about music, though, it suffers a bit from > > > less-than-stellar audio quality. It sounds like it was miked with a > > > built-in camcorder mike far back from the subject, washing out the > > > players and speakers with a lot of room reverb. You might consider > > > getting some concert recordings with good quality (did they record > > > the concerts?) and using that to underlie the video. And if you can > > > get the jazz artists to re-record some of their comments straight > > > into a mike or with a lavalier mike of some kind for better quality, > > > you might use their comments to underlie video of some of the > > > different groups playing. > > > > > > The interviews with the musicians are interesting and add some good > > > points to what you're presenting. I don't think you need to keep the > > > talkers on screen, though, for the whole time they're talking. I > > > think you'll keep the viewer's attention more if you start them > > > talking, then cut to students or teachers in activities that point up > > > what they're talking about, all while the musician's talk continues > > > underneath, perhaps mixed in with the music played in the overlying > > clips. > > > > > > That's it for quick first impressions, and just one person's opinion. > > > Some nice work about an interesting subject. > > > > > > Mike Boom > > > > > > P.S. I like your white subtitles with the dark "glow" around them. > > > They work very well on any background. Is there a specific Premiere > > > tool you used to get them? > > > > > > At 06:56 PM 12/20/2007, pessenfeld wrote: > > > > www.hartfordjazzsociety.org <http://www.hartfordjazzsociety.org > <http://www.hartfordjazzsociety.org> > > > <http://www.hartfordjazzsociety.org > <http://www.hartfordjazzsociety.org>>> > > > >This is a promotional piece directed toward potential sponsors and > > > >donors. Please comment, correct, or criticize. Thank you > > > > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > -- > Sune Alexandersen > www.dunderfilm.no > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > Yahoo! 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