NOCTI: Audio-Visual Editing in Premiere

NOCTI: Audio-Visual Editing in Premiere


Open Adobe Premiere by click WINDOW (Lower Left Corner of Screen), typing in ADOBE PREMIERE and clicking the ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CC 2015 icon.

Click on "New Project..."

Name your Project and then click "OK"

1) Import the footage by going to FILE > IMPORT...

...and then selecting the clip.

2) Drag the imported file from the PROJECT FOLDER to your TIMELINE

3) To add SLATE or TITLE, click TITLE>NEW TITLE>DEFAULT STILL

4) Click on PROJECT FOLDER to find your TITLE and type your SLATE (Name, School, Date).



 

5) Drag your new TITLE clip to the TIMELINE (the TITLE clips should appear PURPLE on TIMELINE.

 

6) Use the RAZOR TOOL (HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE) to splice your video. Click the LOCK logo next to VIDEO or AUDIO track to separate VIDEO from AUDIO.

7) When finished editing, click FILE>EXPORT>MEDIA



8) Click FORMAT>QUICKTIME and then press EXPORT.

The file should export to the DESKTOP... you are done editing!

 



Color Thoery in Photography

Color in Photography: Color Theory

 

 

Color in Photography: Color Theory

Directions: Read the article on basic color theory as it applies to photography and answer the questions below in Word. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE 

 

1.       What are the three basic categories of color theory?

2.       What do color theories create?

3.       Who developed the first circular diagram of color?

 

4.       List the Primary Colors.

5.       How can you create the Secondary Colors?

6.       As a “visual experience”, define “Harmony”.

7.       Define “Analogous” color.

 

8.       Define “Complimentary” colors.

 

9.       Define “a color scheme based on nature”.

 

10.   Describe how “color context” and how it relates to the effectiveness of color.

Adjusting a Monitor - NOCTI Review

NOCTI Exam Review: Adjusting a Monitor

Part of the NOCTI performance assessment is connecting and adjusting a computer monitor. We will be using the monitors in our broadcast studio.

Below are the directions on how to connect a monitor to a computer and how to make adjustments to produce the most accurate image possible.

CLICK HERE to view a video on how to set up a computer monitor.

Follow the directions step-by-step to connect a monitor to the computer.

Step One: Locate the monitor cable  

Step Two: Locate the monitor port on the back of the computer

Step Three: Plug in and tighten the screws

Step Four: Connect the other end to the monitor

Follow the directions step-by-step to adjust the computer monitor.

You will be asked to adjust the following:

a.     Brightness

b.     Contrast

c.      Chroma (Color)

d.     Hue (Tint)

The adjustment buttons are located at the bottom, right-hand corner of the monitor.

To access the adjustment menu, push the “ok” button. 

When you push the button the adjustment menu appears.

Push the “OK” button to access Brightness. 

Click right or left arrows. Perform the same steps to adjust the Contrast.

To adjust the Color, click the Cancel button to access the start screen.

And navigate to Image Properties

Select Custom

Adjust Color

Using the Multimeter - NOCTI Review

NOCTI Exam Review: Using the Multimeter

Using a Multimeter

A portion of the NOCTI Performance assessment you will be asked to demonstrate how to check a cable for continuity and how to measure AC line voltage.

For both of these tasks, you will use a Multimeter.

CLICK HERE to view a view of how to use a Multimeter

Today we will discuss what is a Multimeter and then how to use it to perform these two broadcast engineering tasks.

What is a multimeter?

A multimeter is a devise used to measure voltage, resistance and current in electronics & electrical equipment.

Why is this tool important in broadcasting?

It’s a tool you would use if you were having trouble with a signal or power.

If you’re having trouble with the quality of a signal, the first thing you would check is if there is a problem with the cable.

A cable must have full continuity for the video signal to pass through with the best quality.

Using the multimeter to check a cable for continuity will tell you if the cable is problem free.

If a piece of equipment in the broadcast studio has no power going to it, you can use the multimeter to check as see if there is power (AC voltage) available.

How to check a cable for continuity.

What is Continuity?

The functionality of a cable to send a clean signal from connection to connection.

Turn on the Multimeter

Plug the black tester probe into the COM plug on the front of the Multimeter

Plug the red tester probe in the Volts plug

Set the dial to the Continuity setting

Touch the probes together to be sure the continuity function is working. You will hear a buzzing sound.

Using a cable, touch a probe at either end of the cable. If you hear the buzzing sound, that indicates continuity is good. If you donot hear the buzzing sound, or see no numbers in the digital readout, then the cable has no continuity and is a bad cable.

How to check for AC line voltage

What is AC line voltage?

AC Power…Alternating Current…power traveling to an outlet

Turn Multimeter on

Plug the black tester probe into the COM plug on the front of the Multimeter

Plug the red tester probe in the Volts plug

Set the dial Volts setting

Insert the probes into the AC source (power surge protector) to get your reading. You should be getting a reading in the 120's.

This indicates there is power to the unit.

These skills and techniques are used to troubleshoot problems.

Photography Lighting

Lighting

Using the Digital Photography text book provided, read pages 129-137 and answer the questions below. This information is vital in preparing you for learning lighting techniques used in the photo studio.

 

1.       List three ways light can change when taking photos outside and inside.

 

 

2.       List ways light can change the “feeling” of a photo.

 

 

3.       List the qualities of “Direct Light”.

 

 

4.       List the qualities of “Directional/Diffused” light.

 

 

5.       List the qualities of “Diffused Light”.

 

 

6.       Explain the type of lighting that you would use a high ISO setting.

 

 

7.       Describe the lighting conditions when you would use a tripod.

 

 

8.       What type of light is usually the most realistic and pleasing to use when taking photos?

 

 

9.       What part of lighting makes an image hard or soft?

 

 

10.   What light creates the strongest shadows?

 

 

11.   How powerful (watts) is the light bulb in a photo lamp used to light a subject in a photo studio?

 

 

12.   What two light sources produce similar light as a direct light bulb in a metal bowl-shaped reflector?

 

 

 

13.   Describe the light and shadows in “Frontlighting”.

 

 

 

14.   Describe the light and shadows in “High 45* Lighting”.

 

15.   Describe the light and shadows in “Side Lighting”.

 

 

 

16.   Describe the light and shadows in “Top Lighting”

 

 

 

17.   Describe the light and shadows in “Backlighting”.

 

 

 

18.   Describe the light and shadows in “Bottom Lighting”.

 

 

 

19.   How does adding a “Fill Light” affect the quality of the light of a photo?

 

 

20.   How many stops darker are the shadows from the bright areas in most portrait photos?

 

21.   What is the best light direction when taking a photo of a person outside on a sunny day?

 

 

22.   List the items you can use as “reflectors” when you want to create a “fill light”.