Hiding the Cut – Making Our Edits Invisible
In this chapter, we will look at how to use cutaways and cut-ins on the Cut page to hide bad edits. Additionally, we will look at how to hide jarring cuts on the Edit page using a split edit. Finally, we will look at how to use the Smooth Cut Transition to make a cut invisible.
In this chapter, we are going to cover the following main topics:
- What cutaways and cut-ins are and how to use them
- Continuity editing
- Creating cut-ins
- Creating cutaways
- Using Smooth Cut to hide an edit
- Hiding cuts with a split edit
So far, we have only really covered the basics of editing, such as introducing basic cuts to trim our content down. However, editing is more than just cutting out unwanted video footage. It is also a way to help tell a story seamlessly.
Our task as an editor is to choose clips and put them together in a sequence that helps tell a story. To ensure our audience can connect with the story we...
