Hello, welcome to this super short tutorial on Wondershare Filmora 11, one
of the best video editors you can use to make your own content! In just
10 minutes you will be able to handle all the features offered by
this software!
Filmora 11 is available for both Windows and MacOS and comes with a free
trial that adds a watermark everytime you export. To remove it, make sure
to get your own subscription or perpetual license.
When you open Filmora 11 you get several options to start. You can recover
any existing project; switch to Instant Mode to pick any ready template and
realize your video in no time or simply make your video step by step with
Create Project. Here you get several options such as Auto Reframe to crop
any video while tracking any subject; Auto Beat Sync to match your footage
with a music track and PC Screen to open Wondershare Screen Recorder and
record your desktop screen right away.
To see how to use Filmora let's start from a new empty project with New
Project, choosing the right aspect ratio above. The project opens in a
very simple interface showing several features on the left; the Video
Preview on the right and Project Timeline at the bottom, which is the
place where you edit and build your final video. At first this timeline is
completely empty, so add your videos, images and sound files by dragging
and dropping these on it. You can also download and import samples from the
Media, Stock Media and Audio sections on the left. If you want to
record with your microphone just click on the Voiceover button
on the right.
All these files are shown as blocks called clips, complete with their file
name, visual thumbnails and audio waveforms through time. They also get
listed under Media, Project Media.
The timeline is made by two kinds of tracks: Video Tracks collect images
and videos; Audio Tracks collect sound files so speech recordings or music.
You can zoom in and out by clicking and dragging on the timeline and scroll
in time by holding down the ALT (or the Shift) key and using your mouse
wheel.
The Video Preview shows your project in progress where the orange marker is
placed in time. Click anywhere on the timeline to check a particular frame
or simply drag the marker to smoothly move it in time. Whereas use the player
to playback the video in real time, going to Playback Quality to adjust
its quality, especially if this is not smooth.
Moreover go to Preview quality, Change Project Aspect Ratio to adjust
your project aspect ratio, video resolution and frame rate.
From the left side you can manage the content of each track: use the lock
button to prevent any modification and the eye or speaker button to
hide or mute an entire track. You can also right-click on any track to
add or remove selected tracks.
Now let's see how to edit the timeline clips. Click and drag any clip to
move it in time or in another track. If visual clips overlap in time, the
clip placed in the top Video Track is shown in front of all the others
placed in lower Tracks.
When moving any video clip with audio, both media will be moved together
unless you right-click on these and go to Audio, Detach Audio to make
these independent.
To cut, copy and paste any clip click on it to select it and use CTRL (or
CMD) and X, C and V. With the same cut operation you can remove any clip
in no time.
Pay attention to the Auto Ripple option: if this is ON and you cut any
clip, Filmora moves all the clips following in time in order to cover the
time gap. Turn it OFF if you do not want any gap compensation.
Always use CTRL (or CMD) and Z to undo any action if you make any mistake.
To adjust any clip length just click and drag its edges. This cuts part of
the video or audio content in time and reduces gaps in case Auto Ripple is
enabled.
Whereas to split any video or audio file place the marker and click on its
scissors button.
If you double-click on any clip its complete list of properties opens in
the top left corner. Its sections change depend on the kind of clip
selected, including Image, Video and Audio, each with specific options that
can be enabled and disabled with the checkbox and edited in value when
extended.
Under Video you can open Transform to rotate, flip, scale and move the
current clip. You can do the same by clicking once on the video preview
in order to move the clip or drag its nodes.
Moreover enable the Crop button to crop the selected clip in the same way
or switch to the Pan and Zoom feature to realize a motion effect from the
Start to the End rectangle. We won't see this feature in detail.
Open Compositing to set Blending Mode and add transparency with Opacity or
Motion Tracking to move any object by following any target. In this case
place the target box, run the analysis and then attach the media that must
follow the target box, placing it where you like.
Open Stabilization to remove shakiness from videos and enable Chroma Key to
remove any color picked with the eyedropper. This is very useful with green
screens since the selected color is totally removed and can be substituted
with another media to change subject or background.
With Drop Shadow you can add shadow that is visible when you
make any picture in picture effect, such as a clip over another.
Switch to Color to enhance the clip colors with Temperature and Tint and
make corrections on contrast, color intensity with Saturation and
brightness. For more in-depth adjustments open the Advanced Color Tools.
With Animation you can apply fade transitions to show or fade out the
current clip. Hover over any preset to get a preview and double-click on
it to apply it on the current clip. The animation is added as an arrow
between two keyframes that fix the moment where it begins and ends. You
can also move the keyframes to adjust where the animation must occur and
also its speed, which is set by the distance between the two keyframes.
You can switch to Customize to change the properties saved for the current
keyframe selected, in order to make your own animation on such clip.
With Speed you can change the speed rate of the clip: if you increase it
the clip speeds up and gets shorter in time; if you reduce it, the clip
plays slower and extends in time.
On audio clips adjust volume, stereo panning and add fade volume
transitions, correct the pitch or apply an equalizer filter. You can also
enable audio denoise and ducking to remove noise and enhance voiceovering.
Filmora includes several tools from Titles to Split Screen.
With Titles you can drag and import any template to import basic or composite
text as an independent clip that you can move, edit and adjust in
properties as seen. You can also select, move and edit any piece of text
within the preview and, with the Text section, adjust content, font family,
style, distribution, color and much more.
Inside Transitions you find visual transitions to drag and drop on any
clip edge or between two consecutive clips. You can move and customize
these in properties just like standard clips.
With Effects you can add special effects to visual clips. Their properties
can be edited under Video, Effect while checking the preview.
Filmora 11 comes with AI Portrait effects that remove the background
from any portrait with one click! Check these out!
With Elements you can add special graphics including particles, lights,
smiles and much more! Whereas with Split Screen you can build a split
screen effect by dragging and dropping media on it!
Now let's see how to save and export your project! Go to File, Save Project
As... to save your project with all its properties and clip options as a
Filmora .wfp file, in order to reopen it whenever you like.
Whereas click on Export above to render and upload your final video. Under
Local you can render this video in your computer by selecting the file
format and then setting file name, destination folder and proper video
resolution and frame rate. You can also switch to Device to pick ready
templates for smartphones and tablets or select YouTube or Vimeo to log in
and upload your video directly!
This is all you can do with Filmora 11! Do not forget to visit our YouTube
channel and our website to watch more free outstanding tutorials!!