Chapter 8
Fixing It in Post: The Edit
IN THIS CHAPTER
Choosing editing software
Getting started
Editing and polishing your video
Adding music and sound effects
Exporting the final version of the video
Even the simplest modern editing tools are powerful applications. If you want to edit your own videos, expect to spend some time learning how to use your tool of choice. If you’ve ever worked with Word or PowerPoint, for example (from the Microsoft Office suite), you may recall that you spent some time learning how to use that program. Let’s be honest: Most people discover new features and new ways of doing things in these programs all the time.
To edit a video, you need to get familiar with the software and some foundational editing techniques. In this chapter, we describe both of these and how to turn your footage into a polished video.
Picking the Right Software Package
Editing programs are sophisticated tools for content creation with a lot of powerful features. The best way to ...
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