Editing techniques
- 1. In this presentation I will show how I added in the various editing techniques/effects I applied to certain clips within my trailer. The effects I applied included: Fade out, Fade in, adding text, shortening the length of clips, fading sound out and adding voiceovers. I will start off in chronological order and show how to add the fade out effect.
- 2. As you can see above is one of the scenes from my trailer and I will show how to add the fade out effect to it. Firstly you have got to click on Video Transitions on the effects which is located on the left hand side. Following this you will drag the effect to the appropriate scene and place and then see whether it looks effective- it would be ideal to check each effect before making choose the best possible one. Video Transition Dip to black
- 3. Dip to black: I will now show how I used dip to black within my trailer As you can see the dip to black which is evident here Dip to black The above screenshot shows another transition which I have included within my trailer, this is very effective as it moves onto the next scene effectively, to do this is very simple, as you can see I have provided the option list, there is more than one choice I can choose, but ‘ dip to black’ was my preferred choice, from this stage simply you would drag it onto the scene where you think it looks appropriate, this then can be previewed to see the actual outcome.
- 4. Special effects I will now provide guidance regarding the special effects which I used within my trailer This is the tab which states the special effects which I have used for the text This is the text which I want to add special effects to By clicking on this tab an option list will appear, from this list you are able to click on which you find appropriate, this includes ‘displace’ and ‘textures’, personally I had chosen textures as it looked more appealing and attractive. Again you would simply click on the tab and drag it onto the scenes and then you
- 5. How to change the colour of the background I will now provide information regarding the background and how I change the background from white to any other colour I have changed the colour from white to green Other editing I have used is the changing colour of a clip. I did this to create diversity and vibrancy. I have used this editing technique in this clips As you can see the colour fill which appears here Then you are able to pick the appropriate colour
- 6. How to change the colour of the background I will now provide information regarding the background and how I change the background from white to any other colour I have changed the colour from white to green Other editing I have used is the changing colour of a clip. I did this to create diversity and vibrancy. I have used this editing technique in this clips As you can see the colour fill which appears here Then you are able to pick the appropriate colour