If your video clips are on a video camera, you’ll either need to connect the video camera to your computer via a USB cable or plug the camera’s SD card into your computer. After that, you can select the camera or SD card in File Explorer, open the DCIM folder, and move the files onto your computer.
If your mouse doesn’t have a right-click button, click the right side of the mouse, or use two fingers to click the mouse. If your computer uses a trackpad instead of a mouse, use two fingers to tap the trackpad or press the bottom-right side of the trackpad.
Trim — Click Trim, then move the colored sliders at the bottom of the window to surround the area you want to keep. Anything to the left of the left slider or the right of the right slider will be cut. Click Done to save your changes. Resize — Click Resize, then click Remove black bars or Shrink to fit in the menu. Filters — Click Filters, select a filter on the right side of the window, and click Done. Title — Click Text, enter a title, and select formatting options below the title’s text. Click Done to save and apply your changes. Motion — Click Motion, select a motion option on the right side of the page, and click Done.
Skip this step if you don’t want to use a theme.
Skip this step if you don’t want to use a theme.
Skip this step if you don’t want to use a theme.
Click Music Select a preset song, or click the Your music tab and select a song by clicking Select a music file and navigating to the song you want to use. Click Done
Click Export or share Select a file size. Click Show in File Explorer when done.
If your video clips are on a video camera, you’ll either need to connect the video camera to your computer via a USB cable or plug the camera’s SD card into your computer. After that, you can select the camera or SD card in Finder, open the DCIM folder, and move the files onto your computer.
Click Audio at the top of iMovie. Find the song you want to use. Drag the song into the editing area below the video.
Click the Titles tab. Find a title format to use. Drag the title onto the editing area above your video. Change the text in the “TITLE TEXT HERE” box. Extend or shorten the text’s on-screen duration by dragging the end of its bar right or left.
Click the place where you want to begin the cut. Press ⌘ Command+B Click the place where you want to end the cut, then press ⌘ Command+B again. Right-click (or Control-click) the section you want to delete, then click Delete in the drop-down menu.
Select the clip by clicking it. Click and drag the left or right edge of the clip in toward the center of the clip. Stop dragging when the clip is at your desired length.
Make sure the settings in the pop-up window (e. g. , “Resolution”) are correct. Click Next. . . Enter a name in the “Save As” box. Select a save location from the “Where” drop-down box. Click Save
DaVinci Resolve — A new, free, and open-source video editing program. It may keep changing, but the price is enough to make it worth trying. Adobe Premier — One of the classics, Premier works well on Mac and PC. If you use other Adobe products, like Photoshop, you may find Premier easy and intuitive to get used to. Final Cut X Pro — This specific version of Final Cut was considered the industry standard for a long time, though it has gotten weaker with updates. Very popular for Mac computers. Avid — The standard of many professional film editors, Avid has all the functionality of its competitors and an interface made to work on the project with a large team. [1] X Research source
You’ll also want to consider the clip’s current strengths and weaknesses. Strengths should be highlighted, and weaknesses should be masked or cut outright.
If you’re only using one continuous camera feed, you can still mask over mistakes or slow moments with well-placed text or music. [2] X Research source
Never use the novelty cuts and transitions—they just take focus away from your clip.
Some video-recording hardware, such as smartphones, have a “Grid” option which places a three-by-three grid of squares over the camera interface.
Remember, you want people focused on content, not why the music is too loud. Just like video, audio needs to be faded in and out to sound natural.
Always shoot 5 seconds of nothing before and after shot (also known as “run-in” and “run-out” footage). This gives you crucial editing footage to splice with other shots. Take a few shots of “coverage,” or the setting around you, to which you can cut in order to hide any mistakes in the footage. Never skimp on audio; use a dedicated microphone instead of a camera microphone, and consider mastering the audio separately.
