6. Editing Media Clips in the Timeline
6.1 Selecting Clips for Editing
Click on a media clip in the timeline to select it. The Inspector panel will automatically display the parameters of the selected clip. You can also select multiple clips and edit them simultaneously. The Inspector will always show the parameter values of the last selected clip. If clips of different types are selected simultaneously, no parameters in the Inspector are editable.
6.2 Actor Clip Parameters
You can adjust your greenscreen recordings using the parameters of the actor clip.
The actor-clip parameters, displayed in the inspector.
6.2.1 Set In Out Range
You can set the start and end points of your video clip by moving the time slider to the desired starting point and clicking the "[" button to mark the start. Move the time slider to the desired endpoint and click the "]" button to mark the end. Click the small clock icon on the right to switch between frame time display and timecode.
6.2.2 Actor Setup
Body Size: Use this slider to adjust the body size of the virtual representation of your actor in the virtual studio. Accurate size representation requires precise alignment of your video recording with the virtual template.
6.2.3 Adjust Video
With these parameters, you adjust your video recording to the representation in the virtual studio.
Adjustment View: Use this button to toggle the template for aligning your video recording with the virtual actor on and off (see image above on the right). With the following parameters, you can adjust your video recording to the yellow template figure. Try to align your recording as closely as possible to the template.
Fit Scale: Use this slider to scale your video recording larger or smaller.
Fit Horizontal: With this slider, you can shift your video recording to the right or left.
Fit Vertical: Use this slider to move your video recording up or down.
The Adjustment View for aligning videos with the virtual actor
6.2.4 Remove Background
In this section, you'll use parameters to control the removal of the background in your greenscreen shots.
Mask View: Use this button to make the mask visible, which was calculated to remove the background. Black areas are removed, white areas are displayed.
In the default setting, with a clean shot, the green background should already be completely removed. However, adjustments might be necessary, and you can make them using the following parameters:
Key Color: Adjusts the hue of the background color to be removed.
Background: Determines how strongly the background should be removed. Increase the value if there are still parts of the green background visible; decrease it if parts of the foreground were removed.
Foreground: Adjusts how strongly the foreground (the person) is preserved. If there are green parts in the foreground, decrease the value. If the foreground has holes or eroded edges, increase the value.
Edge Softness: Determines the softness of the mask edge and can be used to make the edges of the foreground softer.
Spill Suppress: Adjusts how strongly excess green or green reflections from the foreground should be removed.
Crop Edges: Activate the "Open Crop Editor" button (preferably together with „Mask View") to potentially crop the image edges. Drag the orange border lines with the mouse to crop any unwanted parts of the image.
Mask View With Crop Edges
6.2.5 Enhance Image
With these parameters, you can adjust and enhance your video as needed:
Brightness: Increase or decrease the brightness of your image.
Contrast: Increase or decrease the contrast of your image.
Saturation: Increase or decrease the color saturation of your image.
Color Temperature: Increase or decrease the color temperature of your image.
Enhance Details: Enhance the representation of fine details to increase image sharpness.
6.3 Display Clip Parameters
Only Display Clips that include a video have editable parameters in the Inspector.
6.3.1 Set In Out Range
You can set the start and end points of your video clip. Move the timeslider to the desired start point and click the "[" button to mark the start point. Move the timeslider to the desired end point and click the "]" button to mark the end point.
Click the small clock symbol on the right to toggle the time display between frames or timecode.
6.4 Overlay Clip Parameters
With the following parameters, you can adjust your overlay clips.
Overlay Clip Parameters in the Inspector.
6.4.1 Set In Out Range
You can set the start and end points of your video clip. Move the timeslider to the desired start point and click the "[" button to mark the start point. Move the timeslider to the desired end point and click the "]" button to mark the end point.
Click the small clock symbol on the right to toggle the time display between frames or timecode.
6.4.2 Overlay Settings
Opacity: This controls the transparency of the overlay.
Use Luma Key: If you are using images and videos with a black background as overlays, you can use this option to remove the black background and display the overlay as transparent in those areas.
Remove Black: Adjust this slider to control how much of the black background is removed.