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A practical guide to media editing

Video

Video

Thanks to video sharing platforms, it is easier than ever to share videos over the internet. But how do you actually create a video? We'll explore how to plan, create, and edit a video.

As video is a series of images displayed quickly, often with audio, our image and audio guides will also be useful when working with videos.

Our Video Editing 101 covers some of the key topics and ideas on how to get going with your own video:

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The process of creating and editing videos

Ther are a range of steps that might be involved in creating and editing videos. You can work through the video creation and video editing pages of this guide to get an overview of everything, or you can go to specific parts depending on what you're looking for.

Below you'll find the steps in a roughly chronological order (but bear in mind you probably won't be using all of these things).

Planning your video, storyboarding, scripts

Talking heads, action footage, animations, screen capture

Tips for capturing video, filming equipment, permissions, audio

Exporting PowerPoint content as video, making animated videos

Timeline, video preview, project media

Splitting, trimming, marking in/out, editing audio

YouTube, social media, sharing with specific people (including using Google Drive)

Resolution, aspect ratios, frame rate

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