this tutorial will show you how to edit your video clips into a movie you can be
proud of it will cover the basics of adding files
editing them and adding effects and sound to your videos before saving them
let's take a look at the program first the Home tab has everything you need to
put a movie together
the clips sequence and audio tabs contain some of the same tools as the
Home tab but are designed for more advanced users who need dedicated space
for the different steps of their moviemaking workflow for this tutorial
we will stay on the Home tab click the add file icon on the toolbar
browse to any video audio or image file select it and click open the file will
be added to the Associated bin there are bins for each type of clip or you can
create your own to help you stay organized to add your clips to the
sequence
select the clip and click the green arrow in the bin toolbar you can also
drag and drop your clips onto the sequence
be careful when you do this because placing one clip over another will
delete the portion of the clip that is covered to create a layering effect
add the new clip to a new track by dragging and dropping the clip in the
light gray area above the existing video track to create a new track
this is a useful trick to keep in mind when adding captions to your videos
you can adjust where clip starts and stops which is called setting the in and
out points
to do this select the clip and it's been so it appears in the clip preview pane
to the right of the bins you can play the file or drag the red cursor to the
point you want the file to start then click the red flag to set the end point
where you want the clip to start in the movie do the same to set the out . with
the blue flat
once you're in and out points are set click the green arrow to add the clip to
the sequence
when clips are on the sequence you can split them into pieces and move the
pieces around
to do this select a clip on the sequence place the red cursor at the split . but
dragging a marker on the time line above the tracks then click the scissors icon
under the sequence preview window to split the clip into now you can drag the
sections around independently from each other or delete them from the sequence
to add color effects or animated effects to your clips
select a clip and click the effects button in the toolbar
this opens the video effects window where you can select adjust and preview
the effects you add to your clips
select an effect from the drop menu at the top of the window then click Add to
add it to the applied effects list if the effect has parameters you can
control make adjustments and see the changes appear in the preview window at
the right when you're happy with the effects you have applied close the
window all your effects will be saved and you can come back and adjust them
later if needed to adjust the speed of your clip
select the clip in the sequence then right click it with your mouse select
change clip speed and the speed change dialog will appear to speed up the video
change the value of the speed percentage setting it at one hundred percent plays
the video at normal speed
slow it down to half speed by setting at fifty percent for double the speed by
setting it to two hundred percent and for fun
check the reverse checkbox to play your video backward
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to add text for captions title screens or credits
click the add text button on the toolbar this opens the new text clip window
enter a unique name for your text clip
this will be the title that appears in the clips been then enter the text that
you want to display into the larger text field click the Add button to create the
text click the text clip will be added to your images been by default and
you'll see it in the clip preview pane the clip preview pane is where you
change the text style
click the large t button to open the text attributes window
from here you can make changes to the font style color size alignment and set
a scrolling pattern any changes you make are shown in the clip preview pane click
apply when you're happy with how the textbooks
now all that remains is to place the text clip in the sequence you can drag
and drop it from the pin to the sequence or from the clip preview pane click the
green arrow button to move the clip into the sequence then position the clip on
the sequence
remember if you're adding a text caption you want to add the text to a different
track than the video you wanted to appear with
- select a transition between tracks
select the clip you want to transition out of and click the transition icon on
the toolbar
the most common transition types are shown in the first menu and more can be
found by hovering over the more transitions option select the desired
transition into the duration the transition should last and click OK
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there are several ways to add audio to your movie you can import songs and
create a sound track record narration or add sounds from the included sound
effect library
import songs the same way you import video clips
click the add files button browse to the music file and select it then from the
audio file spin drag and drop the music clip onto the grey space in the sequence
to create a new track for it to record narration
click the clip menu click record and select narrate this will open a window
containing all the clips you have added up to this point so that you can time
your narration along with the video to begin recording click the record button
and a quick stop the narration window will stay open for the recorded audio
will be added to the audio file bin
you can record and stop as many times as you need when you're finished
close the window to add sound from the sound effect library with the effects
menu click audio effects and select n CH sound library from the sound effects
window you can preview any sound
then click download to acquire the sound and to place it in the audio file in
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when you're finished with your editing session you have two options if you
still have work to do on the video you can save your project and all the file
paths that contains so you can come back to it later
do this by clicking on the file menu and select save project file as choose a
location to save your project in and click save your project will be saved as
the video pad file with the extension bpj this file isn't a movie file you can
do in a player just a collection of the work you've done up to this point when
you're ready to save your completed movie click the Save video button in the
toolbar the video output setup window that appears gives you several options
for saving your finalized movie start by selecting how you want to save your
movie if you want to burn a DVD
select the disk option if you want to upload your video to YouTube
select the upload option then select the appropriate save options associated with
the format and click create to save burn or upload your movie
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