Hi I'm Josh.
And I'm Kirstie.
Today we're going to be doing something a little bit different.
We're going to be answering some of the questions that you've been asking us on YouTube.
Imagamerpro 64 asks how do you add the black bars at the top and bottom of your footage?
In HitFilm this is actually pretty simple.
You can just go and find the Letterbox effect, drag it onto your footage and then select
235 or 16:9.
If you're using a product that doesn't have that effect, then go to Google, search for
a .png of 235 black bars.
That will then have the alpha channel so you can download that image and then just apply
it over the top of your footage to get those black bars that you want.
The buttery potato asks how do you make a video slow motion or sped up please help me.
There are a number of ways you can do this.
In Pro you have the rate stretch tool on the timeline which allow you to adjust the speed
of the footage by dragging on the ends of the clip.
Otherwise you can use the speed effect.
We have a forum post about how to use it here and we have that in Express and Pro.
You're going to find tools like these in pretty much any editor that you're using so just
look for rate stretch or for speed in the manuals that come with those products.
justokay107 asks (along with a bunch of other people) how do I import mov files into HitFilm
because it says 'file not support' and I can't import it into the editor.
This is a big one.
MOV files require QuickTime.
QuickTime is made by Apple so if you've got a Mac this is part of the operating system
and you don't need to worry.
If you have a PC, go to this link and download the installer for QuickTime.
Once you've installed you can restart your computer and you should be able to import
MOV files with ease.
Tabletop Minions asks I have a question from a YouTube producer's point of view.
Will it help if I go back and fix old video titles or is the damage already done?
Don't worry about any damage that you think you might have done to your channel if you
didn't have optimised videos to start off with.
YouTube actually encourages you to go back and continue to optimise old videos by changing
the description and things like the title and the thumbnails because it'll help with
your videos being found in search results and it'll help with bringing in new subscribers
too.
The video we've already made about the YouTube algorithm will show you how to optimise your
titles and descriptions.
NAS-Edits asks what camera is the best to start out with?I don't want to spend more
than $400 on a camera that I don't know how to use.
If you're interested in narrative filmmaking, a great place to start out is with a camera
like this.
This is a Canon rebel series camera and they do them at all sorts of price ranges.
If that doesn't really fit within your price budget, then you could actually look for a
refurbished camera or just go onto eBay.
If you want to shoot something more action based, GoPro will give you higher resolution
footage than the Canon and don't discount the awesome cameras that you probably have
in your mobile phone.
Mr_Annihilator asks I was wondering, in HitFilm Express am I able to make a video in reverse?
Yes you are.
In HitFilm Express and in HitFilm Pro we have the time reverse effect which you can basically
just plonk onto your timeline and it'll do all the work for you.
StoneBrickProductions asks I have a problem with the noise/grain on my camera.
Is there a way to reduce the noise and grain?
You really want to try to fix this in camera and we've made a video called How to film
better footage right here which could help you do that.
If not, inside HitFilm Pro we have a great denoise feature which will allow you to remove
a lot of that grain out of the background of your footage.
If you want to use other software, Neat Video is one of the best denoising plugins on the
market.
Zachs Lego videos and other people have been asking: where is the best place to get their
3D models?
There are loads of places that you can get really high quality 3D models.
We get a lot of our best from TurboSquid.com.
They can be quite expensive but they are really high quality models.
Other places you can get them from are Foundation3D or Scifi3D.com.
I really like the models over at VideoCopilot.
Andrew Kramer has some great packs there.
I love the military aircraft pack, it's really really awesome.
Star Does Gaming asks: How do I put a picture on a video so that the picture and the video
are on at the same time?
This technique is called picture in picture and it's really really simple to do in most
software.
In a product like HitFilm you'd have your background video already in place and then
drag another video in over the top.
This is just going to cover up that background video so then you need to find the scale controls
so you can make it smaller and the position controls so you can move it.
There's a tutorial here that will help you do that inside HitFilm but the technique is
going to be very similar in other products.
Joeyawsumness asks: Is your program free?
Like the whole software?
HitFilm actually has two products out at the moment.
HitFilm Express and HitFilm Pro.
HitFilm Express is completely free and allows you to do editing and VFX.
You can purchase additional addons or you can go the whole hog and invest in HitFilm
Pro.
HitFilm Express is made for indie filmmakers.
We didn't want to give you half the tools you needed so it's got tons of power, tons
of features, loads of effects.
It may be everything you ever need.
And it's free.
Maurice de Waha asks: what's better for video editing mac or Windows?
I used to be a Mac guy and now I spend half my time on the PC.
Kirstie, a PC person, now spends most of her time on the Mac.
Our friends at Corridor Digital for example used to use Macs but now they're completely
on PC.
If you take value for money right out of the proposition and just look at video editing,
this is incredibly hard to answer.
The only instance where this isn't true is if you're doing 3D work and you want to be
using industry standard software.
You may find you're forced to use a PC in this instance.
But when it comes to general video editing, it's really your choice.
We really hope you've enjoyed our first Q&A.
We're not going to do these too often but please keep asking questions below because
we love chatting with you all the time on Twitter and particularly in the comments on
YouTube.
And as always, don't forget to subscribe!
A-Man B asks: Can you guys make a tutorial on how to make a teleportation special effect?
And flying effects?
That'd be great.
If you guys have got any more ideas for awesome tutorials let us know because we'd love to
check them out.