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How to Edit in PowerDirector - Basic Tips
Some videos flow flawlessly through diverse scenes while others are almost painful to watch in their attempts to create meaning with choppy, unorganized video clips.
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I'm here to show you the basics of Video Editing. For this demonstration I'll be using Power Director, the winner of our Gold Award. The first thing you want to do when editing a video is get the footage you want to edit onto your hard drive and more importantly, into the editing program you are using. You do this by using the 'capture' feature. Make sure your camera or device is properly hooked up to your computer and select it in the capture menu. You can capture as much or as little as you need. But make sure to keep in mind the amount of memory you have available on your hard drive because video takes up a lot of space. And make sure to leave room for your finished video. A good work around is using an external Hard Drive to be used for video editing purposes. Once you have your footage in the editing program you need to start trimming the fat, or cutting your footage. You do this by dragging the icon of the footage into the timeline. You can then move your cursor to the point in your footage where you want to clip. Then just press 'split' and you have two pieces of the footage. You can repeat this process as many times as you need; then you can delete the extraneous footage and rearrange the remaining clips you want to keep. You do this by just dragging each clip of footage to where you want it on your time line. Now it's time to add transitions; that's the wipe or dissolve you see between scenes. All editing programs come with a pre programmed palate of transitions to choose from. Just select the transition you want and place it between the two scenes in the timeline. You may want to leave a half of second of extra footage on either side of the scene because the transition will overlay whatever footage you have in the timeline. It's also a good idea while shooting to film lead ins and lead outs for a good, clean transition for editing. You can also add effects to your project. Just like transitions, each editing program has their own range of effects and abilities. Select the effect you want to use and drag it into place on the timeline with the accompanying clip you want to jazz up. You can also create titles and credits with the Title Designer and place them in the appropriate spot for your project. Once you've completed your edit, you will need to Render and Export your project. Rendering is the process of calculating the effects, transitions, and titles and prepares them for final video output. The last step is exporting your project, which is the final file of your project which can be used for web sharing, emailing, and DVD burning. There are a number of export options for you to choose from, just make sure you understand which file type is right for you. And that's the most basic functions of video editing. For side by side reviews and in-depth analysis of all the best video editing software visit http://video-editing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
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