Introduction

• Understanding video editing essentials

• Understanding file formats and settings

• Different social video styles and editing techniques

Importing and organising

• Importing video, sound, images and timelapse footage

• How to organise your work

Basic rough cut edits

• Simple drag and drop edits

• Useful editing shortcuts

• How to create a narrative

• Working with the visual, narrative and emotional streams

Adding and adjusting sound

• Mixing music and voice

• Understanding that your video needs to work without sound

• Finding great free music and effect resources

Creating simple animations

• Using transitions to create simple animations

• Different types of transitions and when to use them

• Colouring your video - the technical and creative options

Resizing and animating video and images

• Resizing video and images

• Using the resize tools to animate movement

• Creating effects using animation

Working with Titles

• Adding text and shapes

• Using templates

Exporting for social media and GIF formats

• Export settings for different social media platforms

• Easy ways to make looping videos with GIF and HTML5 (no coding required)

Questions and answers