Editing

          First, let me talk about how to operate the camera. It is delicate so you need to use it with care, there are many different parts that I am going to cover. Turning on the camera is easy, all you have to do is open the screen and it automatically turns on. If you’re looking for the and card, it’s in a slot once you open the camera screen. To put in a SD card just push it in, and to take out the se card you push it and it will pop out a little bit and then take it out. Push the silver button with a red line to start filming. Now, let’s talk about the equipment that will be used with the camera. First, the tripod. To set up the tripod, simply loosen the clamps and extend the legs of the tripod, and then tighten the clamps again when the legs are extended. If you want the camera to be higher you can turn the crank to elevate the camera higher. There is a handle that can be used to control where the camera is pointing, you can use it to film tilt shots. Charging the camera is as easy as plugging in the charger to the U shape home in the side of the camera. It takes a long time to charge, almost a full night, but after fully charged it doesn’t die for hours. Now I will talk about attaching the camera to the tripod. First, locate the screw on the top of the tripod and the bottom of the camera. Screw the camera into the tripod and twist the knob on the side until it is tight and the camera doesn’t move. We do this so the camera does t shake while on the tripod and doesn’t look like a handheld shot. Attach the “bouncy thing” and make sure u hear the click, this means you set up correctly and are ready to film. 

          Now, I will explain how to edit using Pinnacle Studios. First, you want to make sure you have your footage secure on a SD card. You can use the SD card reader to plug in the se card to the computer, or you can use the cable provided to directly plug in the camera. Once you do this, you want to “dump” all your footage. This means to move everything onto the computer, and the person who’s logged into the computer will have all the footage. You want to move everything from the SD card onto the desktop of the person logged in. Now when you come back later and log in, it will still be there. Importing means to get the footage from the desktop onto the editing software. You make a new movie, and then click where it says import. This should bring up a window with all your footage on it. You can select, or unselect what you want to use in your project. You drag the footage onto the track and now you can start editing it. If you want to add effects, open the effect window and choose what you want to do to the clip. You can decrease the brightness of the light areas, or even set someone on fire. If you want to do a voiceover, first you must detach the audio from the video you want to voiceover. You do this by right clicking and choosing detach audio. Now, delete the audio you just detached. Next what you want to do is film someone saying what you want the voiceover to be. Now, import the video and add it to the track. From here, detach the audio and delete the footage but keep the audio. Now put the audio underneath the video you want to voiceover and you’re done.