For example using video inserts is a very basic editing task I think. We've probably all been there, you film a performance of a singer with 1 camera and change camera positions throughout the performance. After the performance you go around filming inserts of the venue, the audience, close ups of instruments etc.
When editing you put the master recording of the performance on your main video layer and cut out the bad parts and after that fill the gaps with the insert shots. Sounds easy and it usually is easy and straightforward.
However unless I missed something in PD this isn't very straightforward at all. Cutting out the bad parts in the main track is a problem as there can not be empty space on the video layer. I came up with this solution but I wonder how others do this.
1 Put the main recording on the video layer
2 split the audio
3 delete the main recording from the video layer
4 insert main recording on PIP layer
5 insert color board on video layer
6 stretch color board to main recording length
7 start cutting out the bad parts in the main recording using CTRL+T (why is there no multi trim on the PIP layer?)
8 fill the gaps on the PIP layer with insert shots
Now all that's left to do is resize all the PIP items but i found a workaround for that(see my previous post) Current projects: www.doornakkers.tv , www.markelbers.nl and www.onsnet.tv (all in Dutch)