Editing Practices

Editing Software
You are free to use any editing software you wish, as long as it has support for one or both of the following: Chroma Key, or equivalent action allowing you to utilize green and other color screens MOV Transparent Video Files

Project File Structure
As an editor, we will ask you to periodically upload your project to our team storage so that, in case you become inactive for an extended period with the project unfinished, another editor can complete the video. As such, you should keep all files related to the project in a single folder. Video clips, images, audio, everything used in the video editing project should be in a single folder per project. We will now be following this industry standard with regard to folder organization: 01 RAW FILES 02 PROJECT FILES 03 ASSETS 04 EXPORTS The video editing project folder MUST contain these four folders in particular. Each folder can also contain sub-folders for further organization. Raw Files This folder will contain either the unsubbed clips or the hardsubbed clips, or both. Project Files This folder will only contain project files for both video editing and motion graphics. For example, your .prproj Premiere project files and .aep After Effects files live in this folder. Should you pursue motion graphics for a project, it is recommended to place them in a GFX sub-folder within the 02 PROJECT FILES folder. Assets This folder will contain any additional files required for the project; images, music, sound effects, meme videos, etc. Due to the variety of possible media in this folder, it is recommended to split the content here into sub-folders. For example, the 03 ASSETS folder would be divided into these sub-folders: BGM SFX MEMES ILLUSTRATIONS Dividing into sub-folders can greatly help and the format for this is up to your discretion. Exports This folder will contain only exported files from your project files. It is recommended to use version numbers when naming your exports so that QC is aware of which export is which when referring to it in QC docs.

Working With Color Screened Subs
This page is meant for HoloResort Translations staff and will contain links to files that are only accessible to HoloResort Translations staff. Apologies for the inconvenience. When adding the intro and outro, use the files located here for the intro, and here for the outro. (Our new official intro and outro are not ready yet, so please use these intros and these outros for now). When possible, use the MOV versions of the intro and outro, as those have transparency in the video, and no chroma keying is required. Only use the greenscreen versions of the intro and outro when your editing software does not support MOV transparency. 2022 Update The new intro and outro now use base videos and mask videos. The base video is the video itself that will be seen in the final video, while the mask video will be used as a transition into the base video. Please look up guides on video masking or custom transitions for your video editor of choice or ask for help in the HoloResort TLs Discord. The files are available here .

Export Settings
Export in H.264 MP4 at 60fps. Bitrate settings should be Variable Bitrate (VBR) in the range of 24-25 mbps. If you have a weaker PC and rendering at that bitrate takes too long, then you can render draft videos at a lower bitrate for QA review, but if a QA member asks for a higher bitrate version for review, you must provide it or find another editor that can render it for you. And please, for the love of everything that is holy, DO NOT EXPORT AS INTERLACED VIDEO. I will personally hunt you down and strangle you if you do.