Creating and Editing Videos
Once a new project is created or an older one started, you can begin work with the media files you have on your computer hard disk drive. Normally, the work with the videos is started with importing media files that you have on your computer or an optical disc into AVS Video Editor program. This can be done the following way:
- You can either import the media files – videos, audio and images – into the program;
- or will need to capture your video from a capture device of yours – a miniDV camcorder or something alike – and then these captured videos will be automatically imported into the program.
In either case after the files are added to the Files and Effects Area you need to place them to the Timeline/Storyboard Area to be able to edit them.
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Click the Main Video button to view what media files are already loaded into AVS Video Editor. If this is your first project, no videos or audio or image files will be loaded into the program. So you will need to import them. If you plan to create a movie from the video recorded by a miniDV camcorder of yours, you will need to capture the recorded video to the computer hard disk drive prior to working with them.
After the files are imported to the program, you can preview them, preedit them if needed and after that place them to the Timeline/Storyboard Area to create a movie.
After you place your video clips to the Timeline you can begin editing it, i.e. add transitions between video clips, add video effects to your video, text, video overlay effect or audio soundtrack.
You can also change the duration of the video clips on the Timeline using the Trim and MultiTrim options, correct the video image size using the Crop Scale option and split video into chapters so that you could create a DVD menu later.
AVS Video Editor Guides
Interface Program
* Main Menu
- File & Edit Menu Sections
- View & Preview Menu Sections
* Top Toolbar
* Menu Panes
* Files and Effects Area
* Preview Area
* Timeline/Storyboard Area
* Keyboard Shortcut
1. Working with Projects
* Starting a New Project
* Changing Settings
* Opening Existing Projects
* Saving Projects
2. Creating and Editing Videos
* Creating Video
* Editing Video
- Transitions
- Video Effects
- Text
- Video Overlay
- Audio
- Splitting Videos into Chapters
- Using Trim and Multiple Trim Options
- Using Crop Scale
3. Saving Videos
* Supported Formats
* Saving to File: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV
* Saving to Disc: DVDs, DivX/Xvid
* Saving to Devices: Mobile Players, Game Consoles, Mobile Phones, Others
* Saving for Web
button or use the File section of the Top Menu. The following window will be opened:
