Smoke 3 basic editing
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This document provides instructions for basic editing in Smoke III, including how to insert, overwrite, and replace clips. It explains the three main edit buttons (yellow, red, blue), and how the blue button offers additional edit options by clicking the white triangle. Users are guided through examples of inserting, overwriting, aligning, appending, prepending, ripple replacing, and replacing media. The document also covers zooming and scrolling in the timeline, as well as storyboard editing by arranging clips as thumbnails and dragging them directly into the timeline. It concludes with assigning homework to take a snapshot of the completed timeline.
Smoke 3 basic editing
- 2. SmokeIII Behind the Scenes in ‘Fix it in Post’
- 3. Let’s Get Started Load your 420 lesson project Switch to the Timeline view if necessary Change the view to Source - Sequence
- 4. 3 Edit Buttons Yellow button Insert Edit Inserts the clip at the play head position Ripples the timeline to the right to make room for the new clip inserted into the timeline Shortcut F9 Laptop fn & F9
- 5. A Little Catch-up if Necessary If your timeline is empty select the Elysium or Pastel music clip and click the Insert button to add it to the timeline
- 6. A Little Catch-up if Necessary Move the play head to the start of the music clip. Select the fur subclip and insert that clip to the timeline
- 7. How About Another? Make sure the play head is at the end of the fur clip in the timeline Select the Fishing clip and set new In and Out points to this clip Press F9 or click the yellow button to insert this clip to the timeline
- 8. Viewing the Timeline Horizontal Scroll Bar Dragging the bar up and down changes the zoom level of your timeline Dragging the bar left and right allows you to see other parts of your timeline Yellow line within the scroll bar tells you where your play head is in relation to what you currently see
- 9. Have a Look Around Click on the scroll bar and drag up to zoom into your timeline. Click and drag left and right to look at different parts of your timeline Note where the yellow line is in relation to your current view
- 10. Have a Look Around Press Shift Z to snap your full to fit your entire timeline into the current view Need to see everything quickly? Press Shift Z
- 11. 3 Edit Buttons Red button Overwrite edit This will overwrite any content currently on the timeline at the point of the edit (where the play head is located) Shortcut F10 Laptop fn & F10
- 12. Perform an Overwrite Edit In the timeline, move the play head a second or so before its current Out point. Select the Going clip and set an In and Out point Click on the red edit button or press F10 to perform an overwrite edit
- 13. Once Again In the timeline, leave the play head at the Out point of the Going clip. Select the Wings clip and set an In point Set the out point 8 seconds after the In point Click on the red edit button or press F10 to perform an overwrite edit
- 14. Fix a Long Edit In the timeline, play the sequence and stop the play head about 3 seconds after Wings starts to play We will cover the rest of this clip with a new one
- 15. Fix a Long Edit Select the Test Skills clip and set an In point at 12:45:29:00 before the diver looks at the camera. Set an Out point at 12:45:33:15 after the jellyfish passes him
- 16. Fix a Long Edit Press the red edit button or press F10 to perform an overwrite edit over the Wings clip. Scrub back in your sequence and play your new arrangement.
- 17. 3 Edit Buttons Blue button Replace edit (default) Selected clip in the sequence is replaced with the selected clip in the media Library Media Library clip must be at least as long as the clip in the sequence
- 18. Replace a Clip In the timeline select the test skills clip In the media library select the began clip Click the replace edit button Note the clip is now began with the same duration
- 19. More Than Meets the Eye The blue button has several other types of edits available Click on the white triangle to see the other edit functions
- 20. More Than Meets the Eye Aligned Edit Like the overwrite edit, only backwards Uses the play head as the Edit Out point Overwrites any clips prior to the play head position to the duration set by the clip you edited
- 21. Try the Align Edit Position the play head somewhere within the began clip. Select the fishing clip Select the Align Edit Notice how it overwrites clips before the play head Undo the action (Command Z)
- 22. More Than Meets the Eye Append Edit Places the selected clip at the every end of the sequence Doesn’t matter whether the last clip is video or audio Doesn’t matter where the play head is
- 23. Try the Append Edit Position the play head somewhere within the began clip. Select the fishing clip Select the Append Edit Notice that it places the clip after the very last clip in the timeline (audio) Undo the action (Command Z)
- 24. More Than Meets the Eye Prepend Edit Places the selected clip at the every start of the sequence Doesn’t matter whether the first clip is video or audio Doesn’t matter where the play head is
- 25. Try the Prepend Edit Position the play head somewhere within the began clip. Select the fishing clip Select the Prepend Edit Notice that it places the clip at the very start of the timeline Undo the action (Command Z)
- 26. More Than Meets the Eye Ripple Replace Replaces the selected clip in the sequence with a clip from the Media Library Sequence adjusts to the replacing clip’s duration If shorter, the timeline clips ripple left If longer, the timeline clips ripple right
- 27. Try the Ripple Replace Edit Select the wings clip Select the fishing clip in the Media Library Select Ripple Replace Notice that fishing is now in the wings spot in the sequence and the clips to the right rippled left to close the gap Undo the action (Command Z)
- 28. More Than Meets the Eye Replace Media Replaces the selected clip in the sequence with a clip from the Media Library Duration of the replaced clip does not change Replacing clip needs to be at least as long as the clip it will replace Will ignore out points and use all media if necessary
- 29. Try the Replace Media Edit Select the wings clip again Select the fishing clip in the Media Library Select Media Replace Notice that fishing is now in the wings spot in the sequence, but the duration of the clip did not change Undo the action (Command Z)
- 30. More Than Meets the Eye Fit to fill Replaces the selected clip in the sequence with a clip from the Media Library Speed of the replacing clip will adjust to fill the space of the original clip in the sequence Shorter = slows down Longer = speeds up
- 31. Try the Fit to Fill Edit In the viewer, press Shift I to move the play head to the In point Press Shift 3 times to move the playhead forward 1 second (10 frames X3) Set an Out point so the total duration of this clip is 1 second
- 32. Try the Fit to Fill Edit In the timeline select the began clip This clip is nearly 4 seconds long Select the Fit to Fill edit Play the sequence and notice how the fishing clip is now a slomo Press Command Z to undo
- 33. Finish Off the Sequence Click in the empty space to the right of the last clip above the audio Creates a gap clip @2 ½ seconds long for now Select the sunset quest clip in the Media Library
- 34. Finish Off the Sequence Press Shift I to move the play head to the beginning of the clip Press I to set an In point Click on the Duration window and type 5 0 0 and press return to set a duration of 5 seconds
- 35. Finish Off the Sequence Press Shift I to move the play head to the beginning of the clip Press I to set an In point Click on the Duration window and type 5 0 0 and press return to set a duration of 5 seconds
- 36. Storyboard Editing Arrange your thumbnailed clips in the order you need them Thumbnail with the red outline is the sequence
- 37. Prepping for Storyboard Editing Change the view from Source- Sequence to Thumbnails
- 38. Storyboard Editing Thumbnail view is based on what is selected in the Media Library Where the Eye is at is what you see on the right
- 39. Prepping for Storyboard Editing In the Media Library make sure the eye is next to your Video folder Click on other folders to change the thumbnail view to other folders, but return the view to the Video folder
- 40. Organize your Clips Click on the Thumbnails Task menu Choose Arrange > Clean Up All Clips arranged five across, but not all the clips can be seen To see all the clips within a folder choose Fit All
- 41. Getting Around in Thumbnail View All the same player controls and markers still work in Thumbnail view Put your cursor on the clip you are interested in marking & use keyboard shortcuts to navigate and mark the clip
- 42. Getting Around in Thumbnail View All the markers looks the same, only much smaller In point Play head Marker Out point
- 43. Navigate a Thumb Simply place your cursor on the journey clip Press L to play the clip The clip becomes selected and begins playing from its current play head position Try J, K, L, Space bar, , Put the cursor in the lower third and drag back and forth
- 44. Mark a Thumb Put the cursor in the lower third of the thumbnail and scrub to 2:45:00 and mark an In point Scrub to 2:48:00 and mark an Out point
- 45. Create a New Sequence Right click the Sequence folder in the Media Library and select New > Sequence Name the new sequence Storyboard, then select Create in the bottom right
- 46. Do a Storyboard Edit Holding the Command key, click on Journey, then 3 or 4 other clips in the media browser that have In and Out points The order you select them will be the order of clips in the timeline
- 47. Do a Storyboard Edit While the clips are selected, drag the clips to the timeline over the video track in the timeline
- 48. Do a Storyboard Edit In the bottom right corner, click on Timeline Layout Combo box It should be set to home (Shift Z) and will zoom out to show you the complete sequence of all your clips
- 49. Do a Storyboard Edit Play your storyboard sequence Your viewer in thumbnail view is the clip with the red outline in the media browser
- 50. Homework Assignment: Take a snapshot of your timeline Should have video clips over the entire music track Save the image to the Smoke 3 Dropbox