Video Editing

     Video editing equates to torture.  Editing can be a very big hassle and backing up everything and making sure that there are enough clips to be used in case of dropped shots and if something doesn't look quite right like audio issues or if lines are slurred.  I learned a lot about After Effects, Final Cut Pro, and Adobe Premiere.  After Effects and Premiere became my favorite editing software while Final Cut became sinister because I found out that the is a RAM program issue with it.  Especially transferring rendered large sequences from After Effects.  Final Cut Pro has a 10 MB RAM limit and most of the RAM is taken up be programming.  I stopped using Final Cut and got introduced to Premiere which is a very good application which I believe the COMMUNICATION department should start using more.  One thing I learned about After Effects is to make sure to click the audio button when rendering or audio will be lost.  Lesson learned.  Video editing becomes much easier to do with practice; however, it still takes a lot of time and there is a lot of possibilities for error so you need to be cautious.  I have learned how to edit pretty well but I know I could still learn a lot more, especially editing pictures, like editing the gamma rays. 

Greenscreening

     In my capstone, I wanted to utilize a green screen because a good green screen can increase the opportunities of a project.  While I was researching how to use a green screen and what are the important steps to make sure that a green screen can be used successfully, I learned quite a bit.  I learned that when you are working a green screen the most important things are lighting and the green screen itself.  A green screen needs to be well lit allowing little to know shadows and no wrinkles.  A clean tight green screen will allow editing to be easier and life will be less stressful.
     Onto the editing of a green screen.  Green screen editing is actually pretty easy after watching a few Youtube videos.  I really wanted to succeed with this green screen part of my capstone so I wanted to learn as much as I could through research.  The green screen I was using was not the best so the tips and tricks I learned to fix these issues were very important.  Using after effects, there are different effects like the lighting tools which tries to make the background all the same color making a more efficient way to put in layers for the green screen.  The learning how to use a green screen was very exciting for me and I would like to do more with this type of videoing editing.