Editing: Editing from Start to Finish, Part 2 of 4 (page 2)
The Order to Retreat
It's also critical to learn to see the big picture, even when you're working on the smallest edit. With the kind of precision control that modern software offers you, it's easy to get caught up in trimming a frame here or a frame there and forget to stand back and watch a complicated sequence in its entirety.
There's nothing more frustrating than working for an hour on a small sequence, tuning it up until it's nearly perfect, and then discovering that your video is too long. Then you have to face the realization that the best thing you can do for your video is to simply remove the entire section that you've just perfected. Be cruel and merciless and cut where yo…
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