Things I learned about vidding in 2018

[thuviaptarth]

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.
  

Comments

[sdwolfpup]

Ooh I haven't played with the color match tool yet. I'll have to try that!

[thuviaptarth]

I've tried to do manual color grading and ... I'm so bad at it! I mean, I don't need to do a lot of it, because usually I'm fine with all the work the source has done for me, but ugh, I never know what to try to get things to match.

[seekingferret]

I wanted to mention that 2) and 3) have been things it took me some time to figure out but they've made a big difference on a few recent projects for me, so thanks!

[thuviaptarth]

Thank you for letting me know! I'm glad it was useful.