And so Friday inductions finally returned this week, starting with a brief look at Adobe Premiere Pro. Pretty much a video editing software, there are however quite a few more things this program has to offer as compared to iMovie (A program that I have been using for all of my video edits thus far), and allows for more thorough editing. Our lecturer was kind enough to carefully run though with us on the features that would be of use to us in the future.
Two key factors to take into consideration before editing videos are the size and frame rate (Something we have already begun to familiarize ourselves with the first few animations we have worked on this semester), while the standard frame rate is 25 fps, there are other choices to considers such as 12 fps (What we have been using for our animations), and even 30 fps (The frame rate normally used in iMovie and in most american film productions. It was also interesting to hear that a frame rate of 48 fps was actually used for the Hobbit.
Much like Adobe Indesign, it is advised to keep all the files (Raw video footage, sound effects, still images, etc.) in one single folder, as moving them will cause a loss in that data inside the project (And you will have to go through the trouble of relocating where that file is once the software informs you of it going missing), it also makes things a lot neater and easier that way.
I was pretty taken back by the variety of presets that were available when we had first started, there were actually so many filming devices that could be used, and they were all separated quite neatly in the preset section, and even if you were to choose the wrong one, the software easily allows you to change to the right one once they detect that the format does not match your data.
And once you got the hang of it, the video effects available are pretty easy to use, you just need to get use to the layer arrangements and particularly the pen tool (That helps a lot for opacities and time adjustments for certain effects), it's the same thing as always though, the best way to familiarize yourself with a software is to use it more often.
I got rather excited hearing about the school's recording studios, I wasn't exactly sure what they were for when I had passed by them a couple of times (For some reason I kept thinking that there was a music course here and private lessons would take place there… doh), and as always they had some of the most advanced equipment available, even having the same mixing consoles that Pixar uses! (If I remembered right)
Humorously the most boring bit as stated by our lecturer is keeping our files organized, which is something I actually don't mind (I am use to arranging my laptop files nearly every week anyway), and I am really glad that he is so willing to help give some more pointers for this software along with the others (The mass editing of images in Photoshop using Actions (I believe?) especially got my attention), and has told us to seek him or Matt out whenever we have the time to.
It is just so hard not to love this school...
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