Editing Workflow Examples

To solidify your understanding of Oraphim's Edit Workspace, here are two real-world workflow examples detailing how professional editors approach common projects.

Example 1: The Corporate Interview

Goal: Edit a 2-camera interview with A-Roll (the subject speaking) and B-Roll (footage covering the cuts).

  1. Organization: Create three bins in the Media Pool: A-Roll, B-Roll, and Audio. Import your footage accordingly.
  2. Syncing: Select the A-Roll footage and the master audio file, right-click, and select "Auto-Sync Audio Based on Waveform".
  3. Assembly: Open the synced A-Roll in the Source Monitor. Set In/Out points to extract the best answers, and drag them down to Video Track 1 (V1).
  4. Radio Edit: Don't worry about the visuals yet. Close your eyes and listen. Use the Blade Tool (B) and Ripple Delete (Shift + Backspace) to remove "umms", pauses, and bad takes until the dialogue flows perfectly.
  5. Covering Jump Cuts: Because you deleted the bad takes, the video on V1 will jump jarringly. To fix this, load your B-Roll into the Source Monitor, select interesting visuals, and drag them onto Video Track 2 (V2) directly above the jump cuts. Because V2 is above V1, the audience will hear the dialogue from V1 but see the B-Roll on V2.
  6. Polishing: Add a lower-third graphic from the Effects Library onto V3 to introduce the speaker's name.

Example 2: The Fast-Paced Music Video

Goal: Edit a stylized music video to the exact beat of a song.

  1. The Music Bed: Import the master song file and drag it onto Audio Track 1 (A1). Lock the track by clicking the padlock icon in the track header. This ensures you never accidentally move or cut the song.
  2. Beat Marking: Play the timeline. As you listen to the music, tap the M key rhythmically on the heavy snare hits or bass drops. This creates a series of Timeline Markers on the beat.
  3. Snapping: Ensure the Magnet icon (Snapping) is enabled.
  4. Rapid Assembly: Open your music video takes in the Source Monitor. Set an In point. Instead of dragging to the timeline, just press F9 (Insert). Because snapping is on, the clip will perfectly snap to the markers you laid out.
  5. Slip Edits: If a clip lands perfectly on the beat, but the lead singer's lipsync is slightly off, use the Trim Tool (T). Hover over the top half of the clip and perform a Slip Edit until the singer's mouth matches the audio, without altering the clip's precise placement on the beat markers.
  6. VFX Preparation: Select the most dynamic chorus shots, right-click, and select "New Composition". Switch to the Compositor Workspace to add particle effects and glows specifically to those shots.