3. Viewer Controls
The Viewer is a great way to have a closer
look at your clips and decide what you wish
to use for your project.
4. Having a Look
Load your 420
lesson project
Switch to the
Timeline view
Select the Player
view
In the media library
select the immersed
clip
5. What’s Up?
What’s in your
Viewer?
The clip that is in your
Viewer is the one in
Media Library with the
Green triangle next to
it
The name is also on
the Green tab in the
Player view
6. Getting Around
Icon Controls
Go to In point
Go to beginning of clip
-1 frame
Play
+1 frame
Go to end of clip
Go to Out point
Mark at play head position
7. Getting Around
Shortcut controls
Space key – play / pause
J – play backwards
K – pause
L – play forwards
JJ/LL shuttle backwards / forwards
Arrow keys – nudge forward / backward
Up arrow / Down arrow – beginning / end of clip
8. Getting Around
Try out the play
control icons under
immersed to move
around in your clip
Try out the keyboard
shortcuts to do the
same thing
Note what KL and KJ
do!
10. Audio Desk
Audio Desk
Allows you to monitor the clip’s audio channels
and apply EQ and basic audio filters
11. Audio Desk
Choose Show Audio
Desk from the
Options pop-up menu
Select the Elysium
music clip from the
Music folder and play
the clip
Put your cursor over
the level sliders and
drag up and down
12. Overlays
Click on the Options
pop-up menu and
select Show
Overlays
Overlay options
dialogue box displays
next to your clip
13. Overlays
Working Area
Temporarily hides
areas of clip to help
you place other
elements
CG overlays
14. Overlays
Click on the Working
Area Guide pop-up
menu to turn on
Drag and Width and
Height settings to
change the overlay
Turn off when done
15. Overlays
Free Guide
Same idea as working
area
You can add a free
guide to working area
16. Overlays
Click on the Free
Guide pop-up menu
to turn on
Drag the guides out
to 200 pixels on each
side of the clip
Turn off when done
18. Overlays
Click on the
Letterbox pop-up
menu and select
2.35:1
Cinemascope
Turn off when done
19. Overlays
Click on the Safe
menu and choose
Action & Title
Action safe is on the
outside
Title safe is on the
inside
Title Safe
Guide to keep important
content viewable
20. Overlays
Grid
Helps align content in
composite
compositions
Several clips playing
together in one
space
Foreground
elements like CG
placement
21. Overlays
Click on the Grid pop-
up menu to turn on
Change the Width and
Height settings to 100
pixels
Change the Opacity
settings to see the
changes
Turn off when done
22. Overlays
Centre
Places a center mark
on your clip
Handy for
Applying foreground
elements that need
to be centered on
screen
Setting quadrants
for a four-clip
composite
23. Overlays
Click on the Centre
pop-up menu and
select Medium
Centre
Red plus appears at
center of clip
Can be nudged with X
and Y settings below
Turn off when done
24. Overlays
Image Border
Draws a line around
your clip
When your clip has
black or alpha
elements where it’s
hard to tell where
your clip ends and
the clip below
begins in a
composite
25. Overlays
Click on the Border
button to turn it on
You can change the
color of the border
(and any other
overlay) by clicking
on the color box
26. Scopes
Scopes
Check the video levels
Vector scope
Handy for color
matching
Waveform monitor
Check your
luminance values
Broadcast safe?
27. Scopes
Click on the
Options pop-up
menu and select
Vectorscope (or
Waveform Monitor if
there)
Change the viewer
settings to
Vectorscope
Monochrome
28. Vectorscope
Vectorscope
Six-sided overlay
representing the
additive/subtractive
primary colors that
make up a colorbars
signal
Green area shows the
amount of color in
these areas
29. Vectorscope
Change the viewer
settings to Colour
2D
Now you can see the
relative amount of
colors that make up
your clip based on
the
additive/subtractive
colors of your clip
30. Waveform Monitor
Change the viewer
settings to
Waveforms >
Luminance
Now you can see the
luminance value of
your clip
Anything over 100 iu
is FCC illegal
Click on 1, then click
on a bright area on
your clip and note the
setting on the monitor
31. Waveform Monitor
Click on 1, then
click on a bright
area on your clip
and note the setting
on the monitor
32. Finding / Organizing
Where’s my clip?
Can use the search
window to track down
a clip
Perhaps you need to
find and place
specific clips into
their own folder
33. Finding / Organizing
In the Media Library
back up to the top,
right click the library
and select New >
Folder
Name the Folder
Voiceovers
Move the window
slider to the bottom
so you can see your
new folder
34. Finding / Organizing
In the search
window in the
bottom of the Media
window type in aqe
A new list under
Search shows you all
the files that contain
the word AQE
35. Finding / Organizing
Hold down the
command key and
select all the AQE
Trailer clips
Drag the clips to the
new Voiceovers
folder
When done, click on
the X in the search
window to clear your
search
36. Getting Around
Icon Controls
Go to In point
Go to beginning of
clip
Nudge back 1 frame
Play / pause
Nudge forward 1
frame
Go to end of clip
Go to Out point
37. Getting Around
Shortcut keys
Space bar – play / pause
J – play backwards
K – pause
L – play forwards
JJ / LL – shuttle backwards /
forwards
Up/Down arrow – go to start
/ end of clip
- nudge back / forward
1 frame
Shift - jump back /
forward 10 frames
38. Getting Around
Select the Fur clip
in the media
browser and use
the icon controls to
navigate though
your clip
Try out the FCP
shortcuts you know
to do the same
thing
39. Getting Around
Other ways to get
around
Grab the scrubber bar
and pull the play head
back and forth
Place your cursor in
the lower third of the
clip to slomo / fastmo
though your clip
40. Getting Around
Click on the scrubber
bar to scrub though
your clip.
Move your cursor to
the lower third of the
clip in the viewer,
then click and drag to
the left and right
Slowmo and fastmo
motion
41. Set Up For Editing
The best view
Using the Source –
Sequence view is a
great way to see your
clips while looking at
your timeline at the
same time
42. Set Up for Editing
Create a new Folder
from the Media
Library and title it
Sequences
While the folder is
still selected, right
click and choose New
> Sequence
A new dialogue comes
up to help you set up
your new sequence
43. Set Up For Editing
Sequence dialogue box
Name your new sequence
How many video tracks
Stereo = 3D stereoscopic
editing
Resolution and Aspect is based
on the settings you made when
you created your project
How many audio tracks
You can add more video and
audio tracks later
44. Set Up for Editing
Name your sequence
For now, keep the number
of video and audio tracks
to 1
Since our video does not
contain audio, leave the
video Stereo button off
Click the Create button
45. Set Up for Editing
Change your view to Source-Sequence
Select any clip from the Video folder and note
your new layout
Clip is on the left and your new sequence is on the
right
46. Getting Around in the
Source-Sequence View
All the navigational
features work the
same way
Try J,K,L
Up and down arrow
keys
and arrow keys
Drag the scrub bar left
and right
48. Marking a Clip
Markers
Allows you to mark
frames on a clip of
interest
Beat marks for music
Potential in/out points
How it works
Scrub to the desired
frame and press the
button or press M
49. Marking a Clip
Move the play head
to a neat frame in the
fur clip and press the
Mark button
Move the play head
someplace else and
press M
Notice that the marked
frames appear in all
views
50. Marking a Clip
Setting In and Out
points
Like you would
expect
Scrub to the
desired frame
Press the In button
to mark In or press I
Press the Out
button to mark Out
or press O
51. Marking a Clip
Scrub to a point in the fur clip that would
make a good in point and press the In button
or press I
Scrub to a point in the clip that would make a
good out point and press the Out button or
press O
52. Marking a Clip
What you see
when you set in
and out points
Viewer – [ and ] on
the scrubber bar
Timeline with clip
selected – in to out
points highlighted
53. Marking a Clip
Change In and Out
points on the fly
You can scrub to a
new frame and update
your in or out points
by clicking on the
button or pressing I
or O
Click and drag inside
the In, Out, and
Duration windows
54. Marking a Clip
Click inside the In
window and drag left
and right
Notice how your In
point indicator changes
position
Click inside the Out
or Dur window and do
the same thing
Notice now the Out
point indicator now
changes position
55. Start Over
Clear your In, Out
or both In and Out
points on a clip
If you need to clear
your marks and
start over, use the
Viewer Task menu
56. Start Over
While the Fur clip
is still
selected, choose
Mark > Clear In
and Out Marks
Shortcut is Option X
– same as FCP
Clear out your
markers, too
Choose Delete All
Markers
57. Clip Timeline View
Shows you what tracks make up your clip
How many audio tracks, for example
Shows you the markers and In & Out points
of your clip
58. Clip Timeline View
Click on the
Green Fur tab in
the Timeline to
show the clip as
a sequence in the
timeline
Notice that this
clip only has a
video track and no
audio tracks
59. Clip Timeline View
While the Fur clip is
still selected, find a
new In point and Out
point for your clip
Find the spot where
the bear grabs the
salmon and press M
to mark that spot
Move the play head
off the marker so
you can see it
60. Clip Timeline View
After you set your In, Out and Marker, notice
how these changes appear on your clip in
the timeline.
61. Clip Timeline View
Double-click inside
the Marker label and
type Salmon Grab
If you like you can click
on the blue box and
change the color of the
marker
If you have more than
one marker, click on the
triangle below the
marker in the timeline to
select it, then name it
62. Auxiliary Playback
Controls
Some navigational
buttons are
hiding, but worth
using
Clicking and
holding the play
button gives you
other options
63. Auxiliary Playback
Controls
While the Fur clips is still
selected with your In and
Out points, click and hold
the Play button and select
In to Out
Notice the play head backs
up 1 second before the In
point, plays, and stops 1
second past the Out point
Default view taking trim and
transition handles into
account
64. Making a Subclip
If you would like to
save the clip you
marked with the In
and Out point as
its own clip, you
can save it as a
subclip
Only the range you
marked becomes a
clip unto itself
65. Making a Subclip
Make sure your Fur
clip has an In and
Out point.
Choose Clip > Create
Subclip (command U)
Check out your
Media library and
note the fur subclip
right below the
original clip
66. Homework Assignment
Take a snapshot of
your interface that
includes:
Fur subclip in the Media
Library
Fur clip selected in the
Timeline with the In, Out
and Marker points
indicated
Post the image in the
Smoke 2 Dropbox