Timeline Editing Style / Results

[Otohiko]

I either work with DVD footage via AVS (multiple files; I prefer to split things up as much as possible so it's easier for me to find footage when I'm actually working), or with non-DVD footage - it's usually just clips in (used to be) huffy or (nowadays) lagarith.

I almost always edit right along. For me the first benchmark in most videos is reaching the end of the timeline so I can render a 'full beta' and show it to people so they can suggest revisions and then I can zero in on problem areas or whatever.

There are exceptions to that though. Sometimes I edit by segments if there's very clear parts of the song/video that I have ideas for, and others that I don't so I skip them and edit what I know. This is rare.

The weirdest edit I did though was the intro for the Telephone Project. I actually edited it without any audio whatsoever, and then spent a while coming up with relevant music for it and sort of tossing the video around a little to match the music. That was odd and I'm not sure I could do it again

[EvaFan]

Recently I been trying something new on dance amvs. Every sequence on my timeline was being used to sync to something differently. I'd have 2 for every kind of sync just incase I needed layovers.

Sequence one-two would be Bass music or powerful sounds.
Sequence 3-4 would be for percussion music
Sequence 5-6 would be for electronic sounds used to enhance beats.
Sequence 7-8 for anything left if any.

It's made syncing easier as well as keeping stuff organized for me. I keep the sequences spaced apart on the timeline away from each other so I dont confuse my markers. Like for instance I place the song under sequence one and two and place the song under sequence 3-4 and the same for the rest. I mark only the bass sounds for 1-2 and only percussion for 3-4 etc. When I render I just move the sequences ontop of each other without losing alignment. It sounds confusing at first but if you think about it, it really helps sync organization. Afterall if you got 1000 markers all over the place, there's no way your going to know what marker is for what later. I usually lay out markers before laying out clips.

Like I said, its been pretty useful so far. I'm not sure if its eating up more ram doing it this way but we will see after I get further down the road.

[Purge]

i think i kinda do what eva-fan does. clip hunting can be boring and long so before hand i sometimes will just edit bits with randomly coloured image mattes and sync em to the music.