Smoke IIViewer Controls& Marking Clips

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Fix it in Post Autodesk Smoke Film

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

Viewer Tools What’s available

Audio Desk Overlays Video Scopes

Audio Desk Audio Desk

Allows you to monitor the clip’s audio channels and apply EQ and basic audio filters

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

Overlays Click on the Options

pop-up menu and select Show Overlays Overlay options

dialogue box displays next to your clip

Overlays Working Area

Temporarily hides areas of clip to help you place other elements CG overlays

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

Overlays Free Guide

Same idea as working area

You can add a free guide to working area

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

Overlays Letterbox

Allows you to simulate what your clip will look like at various letterbox (movie) settings

Overlays Click on the

Letterbox pop-up menu and select 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Turn off when done

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

Overlays Grid

Helps align content in composite compositions Several clips playing

together in one space

Foreground elements like CG placement

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

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

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

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

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

Scopes Scopes

Check the video levels Vector scope

Handy for color matching

Waveform monitor Check your

luminance values Broadcast safe?

Scopes Click on the

Options pop-up menu and select Vectorscope (or Waveform Monitor if there)

Change the viewer settings to Vectorscope Monochrome

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

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

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

Waveform Monitor Click on 1, then

click on a bright area on your clip and note the setting on the monitor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Marking Clips Tutorial

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Clip Timeline View After you set your In, Out and Marker,

notice how these changes appear on your clip in the timeline.

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

Auxiliary Playback Controls

Some navigational buttons are hiding, but worth using Clicking and

holding the play button gives you other options

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

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

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

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 folder.

Smoke IIViewer Controls& Marking Clips