- Hey, it's Justin Brown here from Primal Video.
Recently we did a video talking about
the best video editing apps on Android.
Now, video editing apps on Android
have come along incredibly fast
and you can now get some really good results right from
the devices that you typically might carry with you,
your phone or your tablet.
After testing a huge range of apps,
my recommendations were CyberLink PowerDirector
and KineMaster.
In this video, we're gonna dive deeper
into CyberLink PowerDirector on Android
and we're gonna run through exactly how to edit your videos
and get great results using the app.
Now, this video isn't a full review
and it's also not gonna run through every feature
and every tool that's available in the app.
We're gonna be running through a full editing process
end to end, covering everything you need to know
to get editing fast with great results
using your Android device.
We'll have a similar video coming up soon
for KineMaster on Android
and I'll put a link in the cards.
Okay before we jump in,
we're gonna be following through the Primal Video method,
which is the most efficient editing process
to eliminate any rework or wasted time
while you're editing your videos.
We did a video on this awhile back,
but if you haven't seen it, you can download the PDF here
to help you with your videos.
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Okay, so in PowerDirector the first thing to do
is to click the big button in the middle,
create a new project.
Then give your project a name.
So straight out, it takes you to the import video screen.
So we'll just hit the back button to get back out of that.
So this is the overall interface
for CyberLink PowerDirector.
We've obviously got our timeline at the bottom.
On the right-hand side, we've got our settings,
our share and our play button.
There's also the undo button there as well
and on the left we've got our main feature buttons.
So we've got our import audio and video button,
we've got our layers button,
which is where we can import audio, video, text
on a separate layer to our primary video layer,
and we've got some effects in there as well.
Okay so to start off, we'll import our main video footage.
So we'll select the import media button.
Make sure we've got video selected at the top
and navigate through to find the video files
that you want to import.
It's just a matter of selecting them
and hitting the plus to drop it down to your timeline.
Now at this point, we're only importing our primary footage,
not any additional graphics or B-roll footage.
We'll get to that in a minute.
Then you just need to back back out
back to the timeline, hitting the back button.
So now that our footage is down in the timeline,
the first step is to actually do a scan
or a first pass of your footage and remove anything
that you absolutely don't want to have in your end video.
So to remove all the extra footage at the start of our clip,
we just tap on the clip
and we get a green handle that pops up.
It's just a matter of clicking and dragging that handle
to the right so that our video file starts where we want it.
It's just a matter of moving it back and forth
to get it in the right spot.
And then we'll do exactly the same at the end of the clip.
We'll remove all the extra stuff
beyond where we want the video to finish.
So we just tap on the clip
and we slide that green handle or green marker
back to where we want the video to finish.
So while we're still in this first step
of refining all of this video footage
down to just the footage that we want in our end product,
then you may need to remove sections of your video
where you might have made a mistake.
So to do that you just find the area
that you want to remove, select the video clip
and then click on the little knife or the little blade
to cut the clip at that point.
So you can see there we've got two separate clips now.
So if we come across a bit further, we can add another cut.
Maybe we want the clip to start again
and we again select the clip,
click on the little knife or the little blade
and we split the clip at that point as well.
So now we've got three clips in our timeline.
So if you wanted to remove that section,
you can just select that center clip now
and then press the delete button, which is the trashcan.
We'll just undo that now.
The other thing you can do
is this clip is exactly the same as the others.
If we select it, you'll get the handles
appear on that as well.
So you can actually get full control over your video
and really refine your editing here
by sliding these handles in and out
in order to really refine your cuts in your video.
You also have the ability to pick up
and move the clips around in your timeline
to where you want them.
It's just a matter of tapping and holding on the clip
that you want to move and then moving it
either to the left or right and it will snap into place
before or after the clips as you move them around.
To navigate around the timeline,
you can just pinch to zoom on that timeline,
which will zoom in and out,
or you can just tap and slide left and right
and you'll slide left and right across your timeline.
Now if you've got any additional footage
or any B-roll that you want to add in,
you just come across and hit the layers button
on the left-hand side and select video.
From there, navigate through to the video file
that you want to add in as B-roll
and hit the plus button to drop it down to the timeline.
Then hit the back button a few times
to get back to the primary editing screen.
So you can see that the B-roll footage we've just added
has appeared on its own layer above our primary video layer
and it's actually in a smaller box
or a picture-in-picture effect
that we can just pick up and move around
and scale to how we want it to look,
which is really powerful.
We also have the ability as we do with normal video footage
to split the clips.
We get the handles that appear as well.
So we can really refine how much of the video clip
we're actually wanting to use.
We can pick up the clips by tapping on them
and sliding them left and right.
So really you get a lot of control
over your editing in this app.
The next step is to add in any audio.
So that could be music or sound effects into your edit.
To do that, you just click on the import media button,
select music at the top and then find the music tracks
that you want to import.
So for us, we're gonna add in full_golden-skies.
So we select the track and hit the plus button
and just drop down into our timeline.
Once again, we hit the back button a couple of times
to get back to our main editing interface.
So you can see there that our music track
has been dropped in the timeline
right below our video footage.
Now just the same as with the other clips we've added,
you actually get the same amount of control
with your music or audio tracks as well.
Just by tapping on the music track,
you can see that straightaway we get the handles,
in this case they're purple,
and we can adjust the start and endpoints of the clip,
we can split the clip in two, we can pick up the clip
and we can move it around in our timeline.
You really get a great level of control in this app.
The next step is to add in any titles,
text or graphics into your videos.
So if we come back up to the start now,
we can add titles to our video
by pressing the layers button and then title.
Now, in here there's a heap of different templates
to choose from.
We're just gonna pick the default with fade.
So that's just a basic title that we can control and adjust,
but it's automatically got a fade built in.
So to edit the text, it's just a matter of tapping
on the text and replacing it with whatever you like.
To get more control over your titles
if you really want to tweak them and play around with them,
click the edit button and then click Title Designer.
In there, you can change things like color, the opacity,
you can change the font,
you can change whether your title is left, centered,
or right justified,
you can apply bold and italics filters.
This app allows you to get pretty creative with your titles.
You also have the ability to easily resize,
reposition and recolor, three R's, your titles.
So if you want to move your title around,
it's just a matter of clicking on it
and dragging it into the position you want.
So we're gonna add a second title here.
We'll call one Justin Brown
and the next one will be Primal Video.
So let's set it up as a normal, lower-third,
super title would be for a start of a video.
So now we'll go to our first title.
We're just gonna duplicate that
and you'll see that it appears next to our title.
We can then drag that down onto a second video layer,
which is underneath our first title.
To edit the text, we just tap on the text,
we'll type in Primal Video,
and we'll scale it down and move it into position.
So now that your video's close to being finished,
the next step is to color grade your video.
So just click on an individual clip,
hit the edit button and then pick Color Adjustment.
In there, you get three simple settings
for your color correction,
brightness, contrast, and saturation
and really between the three of these
you should be able to get some pretty good effects.
So it's just a matter of tweaking these
until you get the look that you're after.
I'll just show you a quick comparison of the clip before,
which is unedited,
and the one that we've just color corrected.
Now, as PowerDirector only lets you apply
color effects to individual clips, if you think
you're gonna do lots of cuts or edits in your video,
then it might be worth color correcting your videos
first up at the start of your editing in one hit
instead of at this point in the process.
This is something that I normally advise against
because it's gonna make your editing process slower
because every time you make any changes
then to your timeline, it's gonna have to rerender
and reprocess those color effects
that you've added to your timeline
and something else just to show you in here as well
is you do have the ability to add effects
to your video files as well.
So if you just select a video clip
and hit the effects button on the left
and there's a heap of little effects that you can add
or looks that you can add onto your video files.
Now you can think of these like filters
that you'd find in something like Instagram.
They're probably okay for anything consumer grade,
but if you want any professional looks,
then I would suggest sticking to the color tools,
which were the brightness, the saturation, and the contrast.
The next step is to adjust your audio levels.
So select settings and then Audio Mixing.
This screen lets you adjust all your volumes
from a track level.
You don't have to get in and edit the volume
of each individual clip.
You can actually do it on the entire track,
which is awesome.
So for example, by lowering the volume on the music tracks,
any music or songs that you've got that are on that track
they'll all be now set to this new volume level.
You also have the ability to adjust the volume levels
on a clip-by-clip basis as well.
So if you've only got one or two clips
that are two quiet or too loud
and you only want to adjust those,
then you can do that as well.
So it's just a matter of selecting the clip
that you want to adjust the volume for,
clicking the edit button and then selecting Volume.
So the other thing that you could probably do
with your videos is to fade your music track in
at the start of your video
and fade it out at the end of your video.
So to do that, you just select your music track,
press edit and then choose Volume
and then on this Audio Configuration page,
you've got the ability to enable the fade in and fade out
for that music track.
So now that we're finished editing our video,
you can press the export button in the top right corner.
It gives you two options.
You have the ability to save your project,
which I'd highly recommend that you do,
and then you can press it again and select Produce Video.
CyberLink PowerDirector gives you a heap of output options.
You can save it direct to your gallery or to your phone,
you can share it on Facebook, share on YouTube.
You can also save your project to the CyberLink Cloud,
which means if you're using CyberLink or PowerDirector
on your PC for video editing as well,
then you can send your project and share your projects
between your Android device and your Windows PC.
So that's pretty cool.
You also get more output options
if you want some more advanced control over your export
and that gives you the option to export in full HD, HD or SD
and save the file direct to your device.
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