Dear all, welcome to this new tutorial on Wondershare Filmora X, one of the
most used video-editing software on the market to make your own videos with
professional and easy tools! This can be used for free with its trial
version but still applies a visible watermark on all your exported videos.
To remove it you will have to upgrade your license to either a subscription
Annual plan or a perpetual license with a Lifetime Plan.
When you open Filmora X you can directly start with a New Project setting
its aspect ratio or browse for an existing one with Open Project or the
list on the right.
Filmora X comes with a very simple interface, showing several panels on the
left side, the main Preview on the right and the project Timeline at the
bottom, which is the place where you are going to work. To add media on it
just drag and drop photos, videos and sound files from any open folder or
from the Media and Audio sections on top, through the sample files
and backgrounds list offered by Filmora. You can also use the Voiceover
button to start recording from your microphone.
All these imported files are shown as blocks called clips and are also
listed under Project Media, under the Media section. These clips also
show their file name, visual thumbnails and audio waveform for sound. You
can also zoom in and out on these by clicking and dragging on the timeline.
You have several Tracks on the Timeline, such as Video Tracks to collect
all visual content and Audio Tracks for all sound content. Videos with
audio are collected inside the Video Track only, unless you separate these
parts by right-clicking on these and using Detach Audio.
On the right the Video Preview shows the project content where the red
playhead is placed on the timeline. You can click on it to place it and
check any different frame or just drag it to check frames sequentially.
Whereas to playback all in real time with audio use the player buttons,
adjusting quality at the bottom.
On the extreme left you also have several options to manage the content
on each single Track. For example the Lock button blocks the whole Track,
preventing any possible modification on its clips. Whereas the second
button enables and disables the Track output, which means hiding visual
content on Video Tracks and muting all inside Audio Tracks. If you need to
add or remove tracks use the Manage tracks button on top.
Now let's see how to edit the clips inside the Timeline.
To move any clip in time just click and drag it. This can remain within
the same Track or be placed on another one. Just pay attention to the
Video Track position when multiple clips overlap in time. In this case the
clip inside the top Video Track is always shown above all visual content
placed at the bottom.
To cut, copy and paste any selected clip, just use the CTRL (or CMD) and X, C
and V. If you make any mistake you can always undo with CTRL (or CMD) and Z.
To adjust the clip length just click and drag from its edges. This action
also cuts part of its content in case there is either a video or an audio
file.
When you shorten any clip while Auto Ripple is ON you also cover the time
gaps between the edited clip and the following ones in time.
You can turn OFF this feature by disabling Auto Ripple on the left.
If you want to adjust the clip length without cutting content you can
use Speed to make its playback speed higher or lower. This way the clip
becomes shorter or longer in time being faster or slower.
To split any selected clip into pieces just place the red playhead on the
timeline and click on the scissor button. Whereas use the bin button on
the left to remove the clip.
In addition you can double-click on any clip to adjust its properties in
detail on top. Depending on the kind of clip selected, this panel shows
several sections such as Video/Image, Color and Animation for visual
content and Audio for sound content that you can enable and disable with
their checkbox. Let's see the most important ones on a video clip that
includes audio.
Under Video you can open Transform to rotate, flip, scale or move the clip
precisely. You can also use the preview to edit such clip, using its nodes
to scale and rotate and dragging it around to move. Whereas if you need
to crop the clip you have to use the Crop button at the bottom.
Under Composing you can add transparency with Opacity and set any Blending
Mode.
Motion Tracking is a new feature inside Filmora X, applying automatic
motion tracking in no time. First of all place and resize the Target Box
on the preview to set the part of the video to track and then place and
resize the second clip right where the Box is. When you click on Start
Tracking Filmora moves the Tracking Box automatically, following the video
content and moving the clip that you select.
Use Stabilization to remove any shaky movement from the video. Whereas
with Chroma Key you can apply green screen effects, removing the green
background and applying the one you like with the clip that stays behind
the current one.
With Lens Correction you can correct any lens distortion with several
useful templates. Whereas with Drop Shadow you can add external shadow,
especially if the clip is above another one like in this case.
Under Color you can set the colors of the visual clip, applying color
enhancement, Temperature and Tint filters and adjustments on contrast,
saturation and brightness levels. You can find other great color correction
tools inside Advanced Color Tools at the bottom.
Under Animation you can apply great motion effects to make your clip move.
On Preset double-click on any template to apply motion. This is
represented by two points on the clip, indicating the beginning and the
end of the animation. The time distance between these two sets the
duration and the speed of such motion. Moreover, under Customize, you can
set different inclination, scaling, position and opacity levels on each of
the animation points on the clip.
Under Audio you can adjust the audio volume and stereo panning, add smooth
volume (fade) transitions and set the audio pitch. You can also add any
equalizer filter, audio Denoise to remove noise and audio Ducking to
make your voiceover clearer.
Filmora X has loads of advanced features from Titles to Split Screen on
top. From Titles you can pick any ready template to import a new text
clip. This can be moved and edited just like the other clips with the
difference that you also get the Text properties section to adjust font,
style, size, color and distribution. On the preview you can type content
and interact with the text box if you need. Also in this case you can
use Animation to add motion to text.
Under Transition you can find several visual transitions you can add to
your clips. Just drag and drop one at the beginning or end of the clip or
between two clips, to go from the first clip to the second one in a cool
way. The same transition can be moved, extended and edited in properties
just like other clips.
With Effects you can drag and drop special effects on visual clips. These
get listed under Video or Image as Video Effects properties that you can
adjust while checking the preview.
You can also add special graphics and multiple media with Elements and
Split Screen! We won't see these in this beginner tutorial.
Finally let's see how to save and export your video! To save your project
use File, Save Project As. Filmora projects are saved as a .wfp files and
include your timeline content and all edited properties and modifications
to recover these any time.
Whereas if you want to render your project to export it, click on Export.
On top you can select between a wide range of templates that include
consoles, tablets, YouTube, Vimeo and DVD disc. Under Local you can set
your custom video properties including video format, resolution, frame
rate and audio sample rate.
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