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serrico asked: Do you use any tools, like clip notes or storyboards?

The short answer is: I use an outline, markers, markers with notes, sometimes title cards with notes, themed sequences, and a time-tracking spreadsheet.

I used to completely misunderstand the meaning of "storyboard"; I am not visual enough to use them.


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Things I learned about vidding in 2018

This should probably have gone in the previous post, but I forgot. Maybe I will update it just to have everything in one place.

Things I learned this year

• Premiere's new color match tool is amazing.
  
• Relatedly, color matching can smooth a jarring clip transition.
  
• You can use vignettes to subtly change the focus of a clip. This again can help to smooth jarring clip transitions.
  
• You can color code source and clips to track useful information.
  
• You can stack timelines vertically as well as tabbing through them horizontally.
  
• Sometimes video tutorials on video editing are helpful.