Adding cutaways with three-point editing

…The last element of editing that I'd like to cover before we move on to…other subjects in Smoke, is the concept of three point editing.…If you've worked in other editing applications,…it's likely you've come across this concept before.…The idea behind three point editing is rather than just simply picking ins and…outs in the source and bringing that clip to the timeline wherever the playhead is.…I can in fact pick my duration for…the clip and the location using ins and outs in the timeline.…And with three point editing, that in and…out in the timeline serve as two of my three points,…with either an in point or the playhead in the source serving as the third.…

I'm going to show you an example of a three point edit to add a cutaway.…It's one of the very common reasons we might use a three point edit.…I'm going to look at this clip called Opening Scene Master that I…have in the timeline from my previous lesson.…And at the beginning of this clip,…she is working on some controls which we'll add a special effects later on.…