mj 4 ICT: 3eP-U2-Audiovisual

This course we are editing videos with OpenShot.

Learn about the program in:

Wikipedia - OpenShot

You cal also see its possibilities:

OpenShot - Features

And download it, but just for Linux:

http://www.openshot.org/download/

Some instructions about how to edit video:

Capture your video footage. In order to do this, you'll need to have some way of connecting your video camera to your computer (your editing station) and record or transfer the video footage from the camera to your hard drive.

Log footage. Watch all your footage through, jotting down what clips work. From this list you can put together a rough cut.

Open your editing software and create a new project. Again depending on your footage, you may have several options, but standard digital video will be either 640x480 or 720x480 at 29.97 frames per second. These settings are called NTSC standard and are what is used primarily in North America on non-HD systems.

Learn your editing software. There are three key areas you should look for:

The first is the timeline, storyboard viewer, or clip sequencer, which is where you place video clips to be played back in your final product.

The second element to look for is a preview window that lets you see your edited video and any effects applied to it. Preview windows usually appear as a large black box at first, before you have added any video to your timeline or sequencer.

The third and final item to look for is the library or collection window. This is where media files are stored after they are imported into your project. From here you can drag the various video clips, images, and backgrounds to your sequencer or timeline.

Start slicing. Use your software’s import function (it might be File > Import or a similar command) to get video from your hard drive and bring it into your project. After it’s been imported, drag a video clip to the sequencer or timeline.

Now here’s where timeline editing starts. When you drag a video clip to the timeline, it appears on a video track in its entirety, with any sound below it on an audio track. You can use the editor’s razor or slice tool to split the video clip into multiple segments at any point.

Move your sequences and put them in order. This is where non-linear video editing gets its name; once your clips have been split, you can click and drag them around and place them in any order you choose.

Get familiar and play around. With this basic overview you should at least be able to bring in a video, cut it up, and move your clips around to organize your shots for a basic indie film-making video. But this only scratches the surface of what’s possible in most editing programs.

You can make video clips semi-transparent and add multiple video and audio layers, add transitions and fades between clips, and place effects that alter the look of your video entirely

Tips:

If you don't know how to do something, look for a tutorial. Chances are you will find the tutorial you need from a Google search or on a site like YouTube.
If you get stuck make a movie file of your work and watch it on a different platform such as your TV or iphone and jot down on paper what you need to change.
Begin by playing around with the various tools. The best way to learn with something like this is to be hands on.
This is a slow process, stay patient.
Go into the community! More often than not people will help you on most forums, and more specifically the gaming or technology forums.
Save your movie often. Save it in multiple files, so that you can always go back to an older version.