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Although I use a tripod when recording and I use the software to stabilize image, when I assemble a sequence I always notice an abrupt change from one clip to the next. The effect disappears when using transitions, but I feel that is visually tired to use them all the time. Why should I do to get a smooth change between clips without using transitions?
Final Cut Pro X
You could fade to black or white.
If you have the feeling of the hard cut being too obvious try adjusting the exposure of the image to match the clip being cut to. Also - pay attention to continuity that will "fool' the eye to soften the hard cut...
You could fade to black or white.
If you have the feeling of the hard cut being too obvious try adjusting the exposure of the image to match the clip being cut to. Also - pay attention to continuity that will "fool' the eye to soften the hard cut...
Is this abrupt change you describe something other than a straight cut?
AL
Right. That's what I'm trying to get: a straight cut. But it always looks the way I described, like a poor job of editing or something homemade.
There is no way to cut it well if you're cutting from the same one shot to the same shot. You need to shoot with a variety of angles and shot sizes.
Sounds like you are experiencing Jump Cuts as Tom refers to.
This is where the video jumps or cuts for no logical reason to the viewer.
Video editing is similar to a language, knowing some words does not create intelligible communication.
Time and study is required to grasp the flow.
Al
For a straight cut to be successful, it must change angle by at least 30 degrees on any axis. Either pan, zoom, dolly, but at least 30 degrees.
Dany Badillo wrote:
… Why should I do to get a smooth change between clips without using transitions?
You're looking for The Flow btw two shots.
To create the illusion of a continous movement from clipA to clipB, a few things have to be considered (and were mentioned before), on Recording AND on Editing:
• while recording, change position of cam - you can not 'cut' two shots from same place without 'jump'
• keep basics of film language in mind: establishing shot (=where, when), closer shot (=who, why); …
• record 'fillers' - audience, details, reactions (the infamous 'silent-nod-shots' from interviewers 😁)
• for the no-budget filmer: use a cheap still-cam to capture photos from same scenery; use stills to 'hide' jump cuts; on weddings, find some 11y-old assistent for this job - you'll be suprised, what photos will fill your harddrive.-
• in editing, never cut in the same scene (ok, this 'rule' was broken in Hongkong 50 years ago first, to create intentionally 'jump cuts' … if you do KungFu movies .....)
• 'hide' cuts in audio by placing one of your 'fillers' over it - for example: a long (…boring) speach; you record the speaker from one position (to catch audio); you have to cut (=shorten) - place a 'neutral' over it: a conter-shot of sleeping audience, a close-up of the hands of the speakers recorded after the speach, a pan around the flower-arrangement on stage recorded two days before .......
when you start to learn editing, an excellent exercise is
'ManThru Door' (could be a girl either …):
record from outside a person walking to a door, opening it, going through
record from inside a door gets opened, person entering the room
(keep Ben's advice in mind about the 30°-rule for the cam, but don't set the cam-positions 180° against each other, that creates a wrong over-the-axis-jump)
now, in editing, find the 'magic point' when the door moves continously/the person moves continously - that is Flow 😉. When you have found that Magic Point in clipA and clipB, the Trim-tool allows you to find the wanted 'cut' with a single move of the mouse .....
How can I get a smooth change between clips without using transitions?
