eagle eye news reporter guide

last updated on December 28, 2007

finishing your story in the Digital Resource Lab (DRL)

for when you've finished compiling together your story in the Premiere Pro timeline

1. Export the timeline to a movie file. Select File > Export > Timeline from the Premiere menu. The default location should be in the "My Documents" folder for your AU User Name. In the properties, make sure that it says "Microsoft DV AVI" as the file type. Click "OK" and the editing computer will take a few minutes to export your story to a movie file.
2. Copy your story to a portable hard drive. Take the portable hard drive's USB cable and plug it into any of the editing computer's USB ports. The computer should recognize it after a few seconds. Open the folder where you exported the movie file for your story (i.e. "My Documents") and then copy and paste it to the portable hard drive.
3. Bring the story to the Eagle Eye studio. Unplug the portable hard drive from the machine and bring it to the Eagle Eye studio. Copy the completed story into your folder on the Reporter Drive.
4. Sign out your story on the board in the studio. Mark your story as completed on the story board.

Alternatively, you could burn your story to a CD and then copy it to one of the EEN studio computers. You then keep the CD and have a backup of your story. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BACKING UP YOUR OWN STORIES FOR YOUR RESUME TAPE.

finishing your story in the Eagle Eye News studio

for when you've finished compiling together your story in the Premiere Pro timeline

1. Export the timeline to a movie file. Select File > Export > Movie from the Premiere menu. Make sure you export your story to your folder on the Reporter Drive. In the properties, make sure that it says "Microsoft DV AVI" as the file type. Click "OK" and the editing computer will take a few minutes to export your story to a movie file.
2. Sign out your story on the board. Mark your story as completed on the story board.

putting a title graphic in your story

1. Download the title graphic template (lower_third_graphic.psd).
   Simply click on the link and select the "Save file as..." or "Save target as..." option. Save the file to the computer that you're editing on. If editing in the studio, save if to one of the "Captured Files" folders, if it is not already there. If editing the DRL, just use the "My Documents" folder.
2. Open the title graphic template in Adobe Photoshop CS.
   You can do this by locating title_graphic_fall05.psd and then double-clicking on it to open Adobe Photoshop CS. You can also open Adobe Photoshop CD first, and then select File > Open.
3. Change the text for your interview.
   When you open up the template, it should say "Interviewee's Name" and "Position or Title". What to change these to is self-exclaimatory. To make them editable, either double-click on the "T" icon for one of the them in the Layers pallete or select the Text Tool (the "T" icon in the toolbar) and highlight the text. All the attributes for malnipulating the text are along the top.
4. Save the template using a different name.
   I suggest using your AU username and then the name of interviewee. For example, "dixondm_johnsmith.psd". If editing in the studio, save the file to one of the "Captured Files" folders. If editing in the DRL, just use the "My Documents" folder.
5. Import the graphic into Adobe Premiere Pro.
   Inside of Adobe Premiere Pro, select File > Import and locate your title graphic. It will be imported into your Project Manager window. Drag it down the timeline and you're ready to go.

fixing audio that only comes out of one speaker

meaning that your audio is only on one channel and comes out of the left or right speaker, but not both

1. Click on the "Effects" tab. It is located in the same window as the Project Manager.
2. Expand the "Audio Effects" folder. Click on the blue arrow next to "Audio Effects" to display all the available options for manipulating audio.
3. If the audio is only coming out of the LEFT speaker, click-and-drag the "Fill Left" effect down to the timeline window and onto the audio track.
4. If the audio is only coming out of the RIGHT speaker, click-and-drag the "Fill Right " effect down to the timeline window and onto the audio track.

adjusting audio levels / normalizing audio

quick ways to automatically or manually adjust audio levels

1. Right click on the audio track.
2. Select "Audio Gain" from the options menu.
3. To attempt to automatically fix audio levels, click the "Normalize" button.
4. To adjust audio levels yourself, click on the "0.0" decimal level textox and type in a value. To increase the value, type a number between 1 and 10. To decrease the volume, try -1 to -10.

saving your completed story to CD

quick way to make a personal back up of your story

1. Select the Sequence that you want to export by either clicking on the timeline window or selecting the sequence in the Project Manager.
2. Select File > Export > Movie.
3. Make sure the file type is" Microsoft DV AVI" by looking at the Summary information window at the bottom of of "Export Movie" dialog box. If it is not, click the "Settings" button and select "Microsoft DV AVI" as the file type.
4. Click the "Save" button the file will export.
5. Burn the file to CD by locating the file in Windows Explorer, copying it and pasting it to the CD drive, and then using the Windows wizard to burn the CD.

archiving your project and files

fairly easy method to save your entire project file, footage, graphics, and audio files in one large swoop

1. Click on the Project Manager window.
2. From the top menu, select Project > Project Manager. This will open up the Project Manager window.
3. To trim down your project and archive it, leave the default settings. This will take all your footage and trim it to what is in the timeline. Adjust other options as your see fit. Consult the Premiere Pro help documentation for further assistance.
4. To archive all files, select the second option to 'copy project'. This will grab all your files from whereever they are placed on the harddrive and put them into one nice and neat folder for you. Adjust other options as your see fit. Consult the Premiere Pro help documentation for further assistance.
5. Burn your project files to a data DVD. Generally, you can get all the files for a story under the 4.7 Giagabyte mark. If not, try copying the project with the "include unused footage" option deselected.