Please organize your footage before you edit.
I mean… you can do whatever you want but your life will be easier (especially if you’re collaborating on an edit) with a well-organized project.
If you’ve ever struggled to find the perfect take in an ocean of footage, or keep reviewing all the same clips over and over to find the one you want, then you’ll know the pitfalls of not organizing.
The solution is to create bins, use metadata, and sort your clips.
The bigger the project, the more important this becomes. And it’s easy to do on the Media page.
In this video from Casey Faris, you’ll learn about:
- Importing media
- Creating bins
- Editing metadata
- Finding slate info
- Organizing and sorting clips by scene
- Syncing audio
Gedaly is the Founder and Lead Educator of DVResolve.com and is Blackmagic Design Certified Master Trainer. He’s edited commercials for major brands and has done color & VFX for independent films. He consults on post-production workflow and creating online education. Gedaly is the co-founder of Working.Actor, a former marketing manager for large brands, and creates original film projects with his production company Razee.