Tools
How we make video, and why it behaves that way
Every control in the editor, the limits it actually enforces, and the production standard behind each one. The numbers on these pages are checked against the running code, not written from memory.
Transitions
Fifty-eight joins between scenes, with four on the shelf and the rest in a vault.
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Backdrops
A background image behind the programme, dimmed by measurement until the words on it are legible.
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Inserted scenes
A scene whose length you declare — a sponsor, a product shot, a title card — and everything after it moves.
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Captions and banners
Text over the picture, anchored to a scene so it travels with the shot it belongs to.
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Crop and speed
Reframe a shot to part of its source, and play it faster or slower, without touching the line over it.
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Motion on stills
A slow push or drift across a photograph, and nothing at all on footage that already moves.
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Music beds
One track under the whole programme, ducking under the speech by measurement.
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Shot framing
Who is in the frame — a single, a two-shot, or the whole cast.
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The assistant director
It proposes placements and cuts; you approve or deny each one on its own.
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History and rollback
Every edit is a version, and going back to one that was rendered brings its video with it.
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