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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

Transitions – changing clips seamlessly

Transitions in Filmora 11, and in general, are mainly used to make the flow and transition of different video clips smoother. The reason it makes the flow smoother is that it adds an animation that subconsciously shows a certain kind of continuation, rather than a sudden cut from one clip to another. To access these transitions, we have to press the Transitions button at the top of the Media panel, just like before:

Figure 5.6: The Transitions library

Figure 5.6: The Transitions library

It is important to pick the correct transitions based on the content of the video clips in order to make them more believable and better received by the viewer. For example, if there is a romantic scene, you may want to use something like the Heart transition. This doesn’t always have to be the case, but it’s always something that your viewers will appreciate, even if it is subconsciously.

Unlike other assets, we do not place transitions on a...