Adobe 38040165 - Visual Communicator - PC, User Manual

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110 Rehearsing and recording a show
The freestyle method might leave snippets of intermediate takes that extend a few frames
beyond the final insert. The following example shows such unwanted leftovers. Using trays as
end points avoids this problem.
Assembling a clip from several takes
Use existing action trays to flex record
Using action trays to bracket the start and stop points for positional recording allows you to
begin and end at precisely the same frames every time. You can also control rehearsing, so that
you can practice a segment knowing exactly what the timing is.
In some situations, you might want to start or stop recording at the beginning of the selected
transition, and other times you might want to start or stop recording a segment at the end of
the effect. For example, if the last media source in the segment is a camera, set recording to
continue through the end-point transition. Otherwise, that live video segment ends abruptly
the instant the final transition begins.
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To set an action tray as the point to begin recording a segment, right-click the action tray,
and then select either Start Recording Before This Action or Start Recording After This
Action.
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To set the end point, select Stop Recording Before This Action or Stop Recording After
This Action.
Keepers from Takes 1 & 4
Unused content from 1, 2, & 3
Leftover bits from 2 & 3