Barry U. JOU 300 Workshop 8: Processing Embedded Clips

	Last week, in addition to watching a contemporary documentary, we practiced adding transitions between clips, adding titles, and doing linear fades in the timeline. We also critiqued some of your embedded clips. Click here to view sample embeds, including text transcripts. On Friday Dick Maher gave us a presentation in Barry's David Brinkley studio on lighting subjects. He took us through white balancing, and different light "temperatures," measured in degrees Kelvin. Above is a sample raw clip, alongside a version processed using Adobe Premiere's video effects palette. In Adobe Premiere, with your project file open, go to Window > Show Video Effects. Choose the Video tab, and then choose the Adjust folder. Drag the effect you wish to apply into the relevant track on the timeline and drop it into the clip you wish to process. An effects controler will appear with sliding controls. You can apply multiple effects to a clip. The same principle applies to audio processing. Inspect the audio tab (Window > Show Audio Effects). You can toggle among the audio, video, and transitions tabs.

Note that in the processed clip above, the same font color shows up with various contrast levels depending on the background color in particular areas of the image. I added an initial letter in a contrasting color to improve the title's readability. In the effects controler illustrated here, three sets of parameters have been dragged onto the timeline: Levels, Brightness and Contrast, and Sharpen. Use your cursor to drag the triangular sliders left and right to change values. Changes will appear in the monitor window, but you must save your results before rendering. I have exported the timeline both as WMV for LAN (to post on this web) and as WMV for PDA (to view on a WAP web page).
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This clip of Vanessa was captured under neon tubes using the Sony TRV-17's onboard mic.	Try to process the file yourself using the effects palette in Adobe Premiere.