Creating cut-ins

Here, we will use the same clip to show how cut-ins work. We need to add a close-up of the groom signing the marriage certificate as a cut-in to help tell the story. We want to emphasize this part of the story, and getting closer will draw our audience’s attention to this key moment:

1. Move the playhead to the following timecode of the Timeline: 01:00:55:17.
2. Add a cut using the razor tool (the CMD + B key combination is the shortcut). This is the point where we will add our cut-in.
3. Now, let us mark up our cut-in on clip A001_04041647_C034.mov:
   1. Double-click on the clip in the Media Pool to load it in the Viewer.
   2. Move the playhead in the Viewer until 16:48:37:11, and mark an In point (I).
   3. Move the playhead in the Viewer until 16:48:40:11, and mark an Out point (O).
4. Drag the marked-up clip down from the Viewer onto Video Track 2 of the Timeline. Line up the start of our cut-in with the cut on Video Track 1 that we just made in step 2.
5. Play back...