Image & Sound Optimization

Download the Media Bits

On the Class Blackboard, find the link to the Image and Sound Optimization Materials

Download the Media Bits

Open a clip by double-clicking. Click on the arrow to download each clip

Import the Media

• Open a new Premiere Project and import the 12 images and 2 sound files.

• We’re working with still images (they’re faster to download)

Assemble the Timeline

• Assemble the related clips on the timeline. I’m using Latimer first, Little second, Ahlfeldtthird, Tolland fourth, and the two sound files last.

Switch Workspace to Color Correction

• Let’s start with the first Latimer clip.

• Notice how the (blue) waveform depicts the brightness levels of the image.

• There are many ways to adjust brightness levels and color balance.

• I’m choosing to use Video Effects/Adjust/Auto Levels

• Drag that effect onto the first clip.

• Under Auto Levels, I adjusted the White Clip until I brought the skin tones in the bright part of the face to around 70 ire.

• Remember, levels are set to skin tones generally.

• I also go and add the Video Effects/Color Correction/Fast Color Corrector filter; the color looks a little too intense and hot.

• I’m interested only in nudging the color balance a teeny bit away from the yellow-green.

• More importantly, I turn down the Saturation a bit.

• Here’s the result.

• 100 ire

• 7 ire

• Usually, many shots from the same camera session will require the same filter correction.

• Once you figure out one, you can copy and paste the filters with their settings and apply them to the similar clips.