Editing

          Today in class, we learned how to edit on the school computers. To start off, you need to use, the app called pinnacle to actually edit your videos you record. Once you have your videos on the app, you need to dump your footage. Once you have your footage dumped onto the computer, you have to import your footage to the website ( in this case, pinnacle). You have to edit your raw footage on the app. There are exactly 3 AV tracks you can use to edit. AV track 1 is used to add a title. AV track 2, is used to edit your videos, and AV track 3 is used to add audio or edit the audio. There are three things to indicate what you've already done. Pink= Reversed, Green= you edited the clip, and Caution= you sped up the tape or slowed it down.
               When adding a title to your video, you need to make sure that you place it over the video on top. You need to go to the title section, and start typing what you want. Whatever the color the background is, maybe don't make your title (or text) the same color. You can add tons of different fonts. You can even download fonts offline and import the fonts to the computer and add them to the title. You can also choose many different transitions for the actual text.You can have it roll into the video, or fade...it's really whatever you decide. You can also change the text size. A helpful tip I've always known is to never make the font size too small,and too bright of a color. Or else your audience will not be able to read or understand it.
         When you edit your videos, you can do a lot of things. You can add transitions. Adding transitions is very easy on this app. All you have to do is highlight what you want to add a transition to, right click and add what you like. Transitions such as, fade, swipe, etc. Transitions are a mandatory effect you have to have to get full credit. When it comes to adding audio it's a little different. You still have to highlight what you scene you want to change up. You can right click on your scene, and cut your audios, or you can completely remove it from existence.You can even add your own sounds if that's what you want. You can do voice-overs, or add music from different websites ( if that is called for)>