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Creating a rough-cut version of the story for client review

Creating a rough-cut version of the story for client review - Premiere Pro Tutorial

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Creating a rough-cut version of the story for client review

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It's a good idea to let clients review sound bites and some of the natural sound clips you plan to use in their stories. You can send them transcripts, but seeing the clips is much more effective. Facial expressions are an important part of the story, and sometimes clients choose to drop some clips for that and other reasons. Presenting those sound bites is very easy. I make a rough cut in my video editing program, export it as a relatively low-resolution video file, and then either upload it to YouTube or if I'm sure my clients can view video files, I use an online file sharing program or my FTP site to get the video into their hands. Here's a quick run-through the process using Adobe Premiere Pro and YouTube. This is how I set things up before I create the file to send to my clients. I take the audio subclips and put them into a timeline, or sequence as it is called here in Premiere Pro. I give them head and tail frames. I give them more than just the sound bite. I give them things…

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