Smart Edit: the main ceremony

Do this

1. In Recent Edits, locate 20250315 — Last Mod: 2026-09-17 15:05.
2. Open that record and allow its saved project data to load.
3. Confirm the completed preprocessing status and populated chapter list before opening a chapter.

Check the result

• The chosen record is Last Modified: 2026-09-17 15:05.
• Both preprocessing phases were confirmed complete at 276 / 276. This home-screen capture identifies the record; the completion counts are a session observation.

Do this

1. Find Chapter7 — Ceremony in the chapter list. Check the displayed range 04:41:02–05:26:35 and the 6-clip count.
2. Double-click Chapter7 to open the gateway and confirm the project modification time.
3. Click Smart Edit, then wait for the editor to load.

Check the result

• The gateway shows Export, Smart Edit, Smart Scene, and Cancel.
• Smart Edit is the automatic multicamera workflow. Gateway Export is a separate route for the synchronized sequence.

Do this

1. Maximize the Smart Edit window and confirm Chapter7 and resolution 1920 × 1080 in the title.
2. Locate the preview area, colored event strip, frame ruler, and three stacked video rows.
3. Notice that the event strip is already divided into entrance, ceremony, and exit sections; inspect the existing arrangement before changing it.

Check the result

• The top row is the preferred main track, the second is the supporting track, and the third supplies an additional alternative.
• The ruler displays frame values, not seconds or HH:MM:SS timecode. The positions used here are approximate ruler locations.
• The preview area is initially empty until a position is chosen. Numerous timeline blocks can represent portions of the chapter’s six listed source clips.

Do this

1. Click the ruler near frame 35000 during the main ceremony.
2. Wait for the three previews and filenames to appear.
3. Compare PANA3163.MOV, P1366003.MOV, and PGH71019.MOV before deciding whether a change is needed.

Check the result

• Track 1 / top-left preview: PANA3163.MOV shows the bride from the front and the groom from behind. It is a useful primary angle.
• Track 2 / top-right preview: P1366003.MOV shows the groom from the front and the bride from behind. It is a useful reverse angle.
• Track 3 / lower-left preview: PGH71019.MOV points toward the ground at this instant.
• The existing first and second priorities are suitable at this position, so there is no reason to promote the ground-facing view.

Do this

1. Keep the ruler at the same ceremony moment near frame 35000.
2. Click Reverse Tracks once.
3. Compare the three preview positions and the complete row order.

Check the result

• The third row becomes the first, and the first becomes the third. With three tracks, the middle row remains in the middle.
• PGH71019.MOV is now preferred at this moment, while the useful PANA3163.MOV view moves to the lowest row.
• This intentionally illustrates an unsuitable priority choice. It is restored immediately afterward.

Do this

1. Click Reverse Tracks a second time.
2. At the same ruler position, check that PANA3163.MOV is back in the top row and top-left preview.
3. Confirm P1366003.MOV remains second and PGH71019.MOV is back on the third row.

Check the result

• The second reversal restores the original order in this three-track session.
• The final priority at this ceremony moment is PANA3163.MOV first, P1366003.MOV second, and PGH71019.MOV third.

Do this

1. Right-click the PGH71019.MOV section in the third row beneath the current ceremony position.
2. Locate Exclude in the context menu.
3. Confirm that the context menu belongs to the intended section before choosing Exclude.

Check the result

• The targeted section is part of the camera that currently points at the ground.
• The exercise applies to the selected timeline section, not to deletion of the original MOV file.

Do this

1. Choose Exclude and let the menu close.
2. Find the gray section with a large X on the third row.
3. Compare the marked section with the surrounding unchanged sections.

Check the result

• The surrounding timeline sections remain visible.
• The current preview can still show the camera image; the gray X is the participation indicator to check.

Do this

1. Right-click the same gray section marked with an X.
2. Notice that the context menu now offers Include.
3. Click Include to return the section to participation.

Check the result

• The menu label reflects the current state: an excluded section can be included again before processing.

Do this

1. Check that the gray fill and X have disappeared from the third-row section.
2. Confirm the section again uses its normal timeline appearance.
3. Keep the original three-track priority and continue to the settings review.

Check the result

• The temporary Reverse Tracks and Exclude exercises have both been restored.
• No Hold setting, clip-weight override, or split was added during these exercises.

Do this

1. Click Track Setting in the Section Settings panel.
2. Read Minimum seconds, Maximum seconds, and Rounds before next for all three rows.
3. Leave the values unchanged and click Cancel, as in this session.

Check the result

• Track-1 is the preferred angle. Its rounds field is disabled at 1.
• Track-2 normally uses shorter shots and 2 rounds before moving to the next lower-priority track. Track-3 has the shortest observed range.
• These preferences guide normal shot duration and rotation. They do not set audio volume or opacity.
• Cancel retained the original values. No weight changes were saved.

Do this

1. Click Legend in the Section Settings panel.
2. Match Ceremony Entrance to pink, Ceremony to blue, and Ceremony Exit to orange.
3. Compare those colors with the event strip behind the dialog, then close the legend with OK.

Check the result

• The event strip already marks an entrance section, a long central ceremony section, and an exit section.
• The legend explains other supported events as well, including speeches, dances, and reception segments.
• No event type was changed in this demonstration.

Do this

1. Click a position in the pink Ceremony Entrance region of the ruler.
2. Wait for the three available previews to refresh.
3. Compare the guests’ view, the groom’s position, and the alternate close view before moving on.

Check the result

• The top-left preview is PGH71019.MOV; the top-right is PANA3163.MOV; the lower-left is P1366003.MOV.
• PGH71019.MOV is useful here even though it pointed at the ground at the sampled ceremony moment.
• The change in row contents across event sections shows why a track priority is not a permanent camera assignment.

Do this

1. Click a position in the orange Ceremony Exit region near the end of the ruler.
2. Compare the two previews available at that position.
3. Confirm that the preferred view shows the couple walking toward the camera and that the supporting view supplies the reverse perspective.

Check the result

• The left preview / top row is PGH71019.MOV, showing the couple walking toward the camera.
• The right preview / second row is PANA3163.MOV, showing their backs through the guests.
• Only two previews are available here although the chapter contains three tracks. The third row has no clip at this point.
• The entrance, central ceremony, and exit have now all been sampled. The original event-based camera priorities are retained.

Do this

1. Click Process Video.
2. Read the Before processing reminder: camera switching modes should be set for shots you want to hold, and main footage should be on the top track.
3. Confirm that the original priorities are restored, the training exclusion has been included again, and the original track weights remain unchanged.
4. Click Proceed and wait for the automatic chapter request to finish. Use Cancel instead if any arrangement still needs correction.

Check the result

• The session finished with the original event-based track priorities.
• No Hold setting, exclusion, clip split, event edit, or weight change was retained from the demonstration.
• A long ceremony clip was not held merely to demonstrate a button. Hold remains an optional, range-sensitive instruction in the reference below.

Do this

1. When Select the folder to save the file opens after processing, navigate to Hootio-SmartEdit-Demo and its Ceremony-Chapter7 subfolder.
2. Check that the Folder field reads Ceremony-Chapter7.
3. Click Select Folder, then inspect the files actually written to that directory.

Check the result

• The application saved five nonempty files with the timestamp 2026-09-25_02-05-41.
• The output consists of two XML timelines, a matching color manifest, a Lua helper, and Resolve instructions.
• The file-level verification and any export issues are recorded below; no destination-editor import was performed.