Chapter 2. Editing Clips to the Timeline

Lesson Files

Lesson 2 Project

Media

SeaWorld > Believe, Narration, Music, and Sound Effects folders

Time

This lesson takes approximately 90 minutes to complete.

Goals

Manage project elements

 

Make overwrite and insert edits

 

Manage Timeline tracks

 

Import clips

 

Edit audio clips

 

Move clips in the Timeline

 

Use drag-and-drop editing

 

Change volume of sequence clips

In the previous lesson, you screened and marked clips from the SeaWorld “Believe” documentary in the Viewer window. Now you will edit the marked selections to the Timeline to build a rough cut of the footage.

In the simplest terms, building a rough cut consists of marking clips and placing them into the sequence in a specific order. But rather than focus on ...

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