Lifting and Extracting

A simple cut in the timeline means to delete a pert of your clip from the timeline.  When you cut, the other clips in the timeline stay where they were placed. A ripple edit is almost the same thing as cutting a clip, but instead of the clips staying where they are, they move over to join with the other clips.  You do this by right-clicking the clip, then selecting "ripple delete". When you ripple delete, the other clips to the right of the deleted clip move over. Lifting and extracting are two ways to cut the end of a clip and the beggining of another clip at one time. To do this, you set your in and out points in the control panel, and once you're happy with your points, lift them.Lifting is like taking a clip out while extracting is like replacing clips in terms of what happens to the other clips in the timeline.

This is an example of an lifting edit.  I decided to lift the two clips where I did because I felt it looked best for the clips I used.

The difference between an overlay and an insert edit is when you use overlay, the 1st clip will keep playing during the 2nd clip. When you insert the clip, the 1st clip will stop where it's at, and after the 2nd clip has ended, the 1st will pick up from where it left off. You would use an overlay when you're making interview-like videos, when it would look funny if you cut the clip off,while you’d use an insert edit when you need to stop the fist clip, like in a flashback (just some examples). In this case, the insert edit works better because you can follow the horse's path and know where it's going to be.

This is an example of an overlay edit. An overlay edit places a clip between another clip, and the first clip continues playing. To do this, you drag the second clip (using Premiere Pro.) into the timeline and drag it in between the first clip. I decided to place the 2nd clip where I did because I believe that's where it looked best during the 1st video.