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VIDEO EDITING LIKE A ROCK STAR

Or VIDEO EDITING 101 IF YOU PREFER

Brian Deyo PCVL 2013Peace Corps Swaziland

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WHY EDIT?

Covering up mistakes

Removing unnecessary video

Adding music, animations, still images, b-roll

Creating subtitles, adding text, film credits

Preparation for sharing through different

mediums

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Before you edit

Editing is labor intensive!• Estimates are 60-90 minutes of editing to produce 1

minute of quality video

Video editing is computationally intensive! • Use the beefiest computer you can get your hands on.

Some programs can use your Graphics Card to help process! USE THE PEACE CORPS WORKSTATION!

Save your work early, and save your work often!• It is a good idea to keep your original material on a

completely separate drive, and only work from copies. This may save you a lot of grief.

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What can’t editing do?It is very difficult to compensate for a shaking camera.

Most newer editing programs have “stabilization” tools,

make use of them. These are not a magic bullet, so if you

are doing serious filming, use a tripod or stand.

Lighting can be adjusted a bit in post-production, but too

much really reduces the quality of the video. Try an

advanced tool if you really need to tweak lighting.

Poor audio quality is difficult to work with. If doing

serious filming use an external mic if you have one, and

don't rely on the one built into the camera.

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Common editor features

PREVIEW WINDOWS

TIMELINE

TRANSITIONS OR ANIMATIONS

TEXT, FILTERS, AND OTHER EFFECTS

TOOLS

PUBLISHING, RENDERING, SAVING

OPTIONS

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Windows Live Movie Maker

THE GOOD

• Useful Basic Editor

• Available Freely on any Windows PC

• Some effects are “chunky” and not smooth

• Very easy to use

• Frame by frame editing

THE BAD

• Only allows 1 additional audio track

• It’s very basic

• Available only on Windows

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PiTiVi

THE GOOD

• Freely available on Linux

• Mid-range editor

• In constant development, new features added often

• Multiple Audio tracks

• Dozens of video effects and filters

THE BAD

• Only available on Linux

• Second by Second editing

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THE BAD

• Daunting interface, not a usual layout

• ONLY available on Linux

• Inactive development community, updates are very uncommon

• A bit buggy with new video formats.

CinelerraTHE GOOD

• Very Advanced Editor

• Freely available on Linux

• Stable product, no new developments

• Frame-by-frame editing!

• Combination of Photoshop and a video editor!

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Not critical to edit like a

Hollywood pro.

Nollywood is up and

coming afterall.

Formal permission not

likely required

Have fun with it!

Part of your permanent

record

Apply Professionalism

liberally

Ask for permission from

everyone

Must Give Credit to

everyone involved!

Who is your audience?YOUR FRIENDS HERE,

AT HOME, HOST FAMILY

COUNTERPARTS, SWAZILAND, THE

INTERNET(e.g. all of humanity)

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navigate a timeline

“Time can change me, but I can’t change time” – David Bowie

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The Timeline(Time IS on your

side)

TIP: More advanced programs offer more granular control. If you can’t get it done in a simple editor, try

again in a better application.

The timeline is a display of the video that allows you to easily move around the video frame by frame, or segment by segment.

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I can change time!

SPLITS• Take one piece of media and split into two at the current spot. Produces two

CLIPS

TRIM• Removing the leading or trailing edge of a CLIP. Use START and END

points

ADDING STATIC IMAGES, OTHER VIDEO• This is B-Roll! Great for covering up bad video but keeping great audio. Add

as spice to boring interviews. Insert additional video as a CLIP

ADD MUSIC OR ADDITIONAL SOUND TRACKS• Useful for taking only audio when someone reads from a script

BASIC TIMELINE EDITING:Every movie editor. If you’re editor isn’t doing this, use something else.

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Time can change me

Separate audio and video into distinctly

editable timelines

Changing scene durations, video or audio

speed

Layered transitions, stacked animations,

multiple effects

Multiple audio tracks

Graphic Effects. You + CGI Lightsaber =

A BIT MORE ADVANCED STUFF: PiTiVi or Cinelerra

Epic.

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Transitions, animations

“It’s not just a spaceship, it’s a transformer!”-- Baarf

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Use these as way to move from

one distinct clip to another.

Consider your subject matter,

something serious should have

more subtle effects than

something that is just for fun.

Beware of overuse on

transitions and animations.

Sometimes less is more.

Transitions and Animations

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Text and subtitles

Sticks and Stones may break my bones – small child wtih a cast

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Filters allow you to manipulate an entire video clip.

All programs have different filters

and effects. Advanced

programs offer many more

effects.

Filters and Effects

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Keep additional text to

a minimum while

someone is talking

Method 1: Subtitles appear at

the same moment the words

come out of the speakers

mouth. Smooth but more work

Method 2: Subtitles display as

entire sentences, easier but not

doesn’t flow as well

Text, subtitles

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT SUBTITLES

Apply transitions and animations to fonts

Choose a font that is easy to readChoose a font that is easy to read

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Rendering and publishing

I’m totally famous on Youtube. – Everyone

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GENERAL TIPS & POLISH

Try to render and publish in the same Resolution

as the original video. If you recorded at 1080p,

leave it there if possible.

Don’t reduce the frame rate unless absolutely

necessary. The human eye can detect jitter at 23

frames-per-second.

Always re-watch your video before releasing. Ask

a second opinion. Ask a third. A few terrible frames

or a typo will really reduce your impact.

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Rendering refers to the

process of turning your

“movie project” file into

a format that can play on

a different device.

A “CODEC” is the file

on a computer

responsible for

encoding/decoding a

particular type of movie

format.

Rendering…. Fat?

Common examples are:• .MP4 (H.264 codec… ask

me about this later if you want to be bored to death)

• .M4A (high quality)• .DIVX (private company)• .Xvid (free version of

DIVX)• .wmv (Microsoft Windows

Motion Video)• DVD (plays everywhere if

you did it right)• .3GP (standard low-

quality phone video)

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Publishing

Publishing refers to making your content available

to other people.

You should think twice before you publish anything

that isn’t considered a finished product. The

Digerati are harsh in criticism.

Who your audience determines the majority of

publishing details

Verify your video is free from copyrighted material

that you don’t have permission to use!

Give credit! Include credits at the end of your

video.

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Things to know

Before you use just any image found on the

Internet, verify it is free to use.

You should check out

http://search.creativecommons.org as a quicker

way to find images, video, sound, and animation that

is all free to reuse and modify.

You should cite your sources in the credits if you

make use of other people’s material. The Digerati

may harrass you if you don’t.