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Filmora Efficient Editing

By : Alexander Zacharias
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Filmora Efficient Editing

By: Alexander Zacharias

Overview of this book

Whether you want to create short films, YouTube videos, music videos, or videos for any social event, Filmora is a powerful, innovative, and user-friendly video editing software that you can use for all this and much more! Filmora Efficient Editing is a comprehensive introduction for those who are new to video editing as well as those looking to transition to Filmora. The book starts by helping you develop an understanding of video editing and Filmora’s interface and gradually takes you through adding sources and exporting your first project. Next, you’ll learn how to make your videos engaging and fun using audio, personalization, the split-screen function, and Chroma keys. You’ll understand how to plan as well as create your videos using Filmora from scratch. With simplified concepts, steps, and real-world editing examples, this book covers applications such as YouTube, animated intros, professional marketing videos, and industry-standard tips. By the end of this video editing book, you’ll have learned how to use Filmora's powerful tools and functionality to create high-quality and professional videos from scratch.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Part 1: Your First Steps in Video Editing!
6
Part 2: Making Videos Engaging, Interesting, and FUN!
11
Part 3: Advanced Step-by-Step Examples

Creating an Animated Intro from Scratch

Welcome to the ninth chapter of this book, where you will learn how to create your very first professional complete project!

In this chapter of the book, we will learn how to create a professional-looking intro using some of the tools from Filmora 11 that we learned about throughout the book. This is a great project to test out a lot of the knowledge and skills that you’ve acquired so far. Before you see what tools you will be using throughout this chapter, I would like to mention that you are not obligated to follow everything I do perfectly; I encourage you to add your own creative spins to your intro video, as that will help expand your creative boundaries.

In this chapter, you will learn the following:

  • Planning ahead to avoid straying too far from the goal and stay within the scope of your project
  • Creating a logo quickly using an online resource
  • Making your effects pop and set the mood for your video
  • Adding...