Editing Lesson Blog

Almost everything that was taught to me today was brand new. Starting with the procedure for checking out everything from our classroom. The first thing to be done is by completing a agreement form. On this form things that will need be filled out are thing like our name, date, period, and members of the group. We will then bring the form to our teacher to receive a camera. After receiving the camera we will write the number of the camera and (if needed) tripod number & sd card number. Getting a pass and having our school ID’s to go out of the classroom but these rules are only for on campus filming. After this step we are almost to the end of this procedure. We will then put the agreement form in our class folder then go out for filming. When retiring our camera and anything else we checked out we will then do this procedure in reverse. Starting by getting out completed form then bringing it to our teacher to give back the camera and returning anything else needed. This procedure is in fact important and specific for multiple reasons. Such as there is a very limited amount of resources in the classroom and everything is to be organized. 

After you have recorded all of your footage you then begin the process of dumping it onto the computers provided for us. The software we will be using throughout the year is called Pinnacle Studios. By using an SD card and SD card reader you will dump all of your recordings. The recordings should usually be in a folder called DCIM but if not you will be able to go in a private folder and click on “Your Stream” which will show basically everything on that SD card. As suggested to us by our teacher, we will then bring all of our footage into a folder and save it there rather then it staying on the SD card. Doing this will allow others to use the SD card if needed. This will end the process of dumping and begin the process of importing/exporting. 

To begin importing on Pinnacle Studios you will click on the “Import” button in the right hand corner. Then you’ll look for your folder which should be under the “My Computer” tab. You should always import all of your footage just to be safe when it comes to losing media. You will then click start import when you have selected all of the footage you want to edit. After this step you will begin editing. 

You will start by dragging the footage onto the av track 2. While the footage is on the track you will wait for the yellow bar to turn fully green; this indicates that it is fully loaded. Navigating through Pinnacle Studios doesn’t seem very hard. For example, you can use the red bar to go through the video , if you want to add a title you click on the big letter T, and if you want to cut parts out you click on the razor blade icon. Furthermore, when you have completed all of your desire edits you will then move on to the exporting phase. You click “export” at the top right corner of the screen, then press start export then your all done.