Picture Lock: Finalize Visuals and Pacing Fast (Full Transcript)

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: I'm going to teach you industry standard editing terms starting with picture lock. And this is the phase where I finalize all the visuals of my video. This is where I go through and add in all of my b-roll, graphics, titles, screen recordings, visual effects. If you can see it on screen, it gets refined and finalized here. I'll also want my pacing to be finalized in this phase. Now pacing can vary depending on what kind of video you're making, but generally you want to avoid slow pacing, which can make it a lot harder to sit through your video. And a great way to do that is to make sure all your cuts are seamless and quick. So I'll go into my timeline and remove all this little dead air before and after my cut. This may seem small, but it makes a world of difference to your pacing. Question that they feel like they need to stay and have answered. For example, maybe you got a wild story with a crazy twist ending. Question that they feel like they need to stay and have answered. For example, maybe you got a wild story with a crazy twist ending. And all right, now that our picture lock is finished, we have half of our video done. And now we can move on to our final mix.