This second lecture shows you how to mark clips so they are ready to edit to the timeline.

1. Smoke II
Viewer Controls
& Marking Clips

2. SmokeII
Fix it in Post Autodesk Smoke Film

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!

9. Viewer Tools
 What’s available
 Audio Desk
 Overlays
 Video Scopes

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

17. Overlays
 Letterbox
 Allows you to simulate
what your clip will look
like at various
letterbox (movie)
settings

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

47. MarkingClips
Marking Clips Tutorial

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

67. Smoke II
Viewer Controls
& Marking Clips