Lesson 4. Building the Rough Cut
Time
This lesson takes approximately 90 minutes to complete.
Goals
Work with projects
Screen and mark clips
Use the append edit option
Arrange clips in the Timeline
Work with the Magnetic Timeline
Insert clips
Use drag-and-drop editing
Make changes to project clips
Connect clips to the primary storyline
Having imported your media and organized your Events, you are now ready to move into one of the most exciting parts of the editing workflow: building and crafting your story. Why “building” and not “telling?” Because a story needs a foundation, a primary thread—let’s call it a storyline—that will take you from beginning to end.
Once you craft the primary foundation or storyline, you can refine it by rearranging ...
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