Filmora Efficient Editing

Filmora Efficient Editing

by Alexander Zacharias
Released January 2023
Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
ISBN: 9781801814201

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Book description

Unleash creativity in your next video editing project using Filmora, with key images printed in color to help you create videos of all genres

Key Features

  • Learn how to create an animated intro from scratch
  • Enhance videos with more than 800 stunning effects, animations, advanced filters, and much more
  • Use filters, transitions, and titles to make videos fun

Book Description

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.

What you will learn

  • Navigate Filmora’s interface with ease
  • Add and manipulate audio using audio tracks
  • Create high-quality professional videos with advanced features in Filmora
  • Use split screens and Chroma keys to create movie magic
  • Create a gaming video and add humor to it
  • Understand career prospects in the world of video editing

Who this book is for

This book is for novice video editors looking to create YouTube videos or promotional videos for products or events, or someone looking to use Filmora in a professional setup. This book majorly focuses on the Windows OS, however, key bindings for Mac are also provided as Filmora works the same for Android and iOS. To get started with this book, all you need is a computer and the Filmora software.

Table of contents

  1. Filmora Efficient Editing
  2. Contributors
  3. About the author
  4. About the reviewer
  5. Preface
    1. Who this book is for
    2. What this book covers
    3. To get the most out of this book
    4. Download the example code files
    5. Download the color images
    6. Conventions used
    7. Get in touch
    8. Share Your Thoughts
    9. Download a free PDF copy of this book
  6. Part 1: Your First Steps in Video Editing!
  7. Chapter 1: Introduction to Video Editing and Filmora
    1. Technical requirements
    2. Video editing in the modern world!
    3. Why use Filmora?
    4. Installing Filmora
    5. Summary
  8. Chapter 2: Navigating Filmora’s Interface
    1. Humble beginnings – creating a new project!
    2. What’s all this? – Navigating Filmora’s Interface
    3. Personalizing our project!
    4. Premium ingredients – an in-depth look at the media library
      1. The Media library
      2. The Audio library
      3. The Titles library
      4. The Transitions library
      5. The Effects library
      6. The Elements library
      7. The Split Screen library
    5. Summary
  9. Chapter 3: Adding Our Source Material, Using the Timeline, and Creating Our First Project
    1. Technical requirements
    2. What is the timeline and what tools does Filmora offer?
      1. No media selected
      2. Image selected
      3. Video selected
      4. Audio selected
    3. Adding our resources to the timeline and discovering the preview panel/viewport
    4. Splitting and trimming – giving our video a haircut
    5. Our dedicated preview panel
    6. Adding some cool effects using the Crop and Speed tools
    7. Exporting our video – look what we made!
    8. Summary
  10. Chapter 4: Audio – Changing Your Video’s Feel!
    1. Audio tracks and how to work with them in Filmora
      1. Best practices when working with audio tracks
    2. Making your voice heard – voiceovers
    3. Audio properties – creating high-quality audio the correct way and discovering equalizers
    4. What’s all that ruckus? Using the Denoise and Ducking effects to increase your audio’s quality
    5. Summary
  11. Part 2: Making Videos Engaging, Interesting, and FUN!
  12. Chapter 5: Making Videos FUN – Effects, Elements, Transitions, and Titles
    1. Recording our screen
    2. Effects – adding makeup to our video
    3. Transitions – changing clips seamlessly
    4. Titles – words are powerful
    5. Elements – visual effects to make our videos “pop”
    6. Summary
  13. Chapter 6: Cinematic Videos and Movie Magic – Split Screens, Chroma Keys, and More
    1. Technical requirements
    2. Split screens – too many screens
      1. Adding our split screen
      2. Customizing our split screen
    3. Chroma Key – where did my color go?
    4. Looking into motion tracking and color matching
      1. Motion Tracking
      2. Color Match
    5. Summary
  14. Chapter 7: Making Filmora Work for Us – Using AI
    1. Using Auto Normalization
    2. Using AI Portrait
    3. AR Stickers
    4. Auto Reframe
    5. Summary
  15. Chapter 8: Filmora Filmstock – A Treasure Chest of Assets
    1. Treasure – what is Filmstock?
    2. Using and navigating Filmstock
    3. Downloading and installing new Filmstock assets
    4. Summary
  16. Part 3: Advanced Step-by-Step Examples
  17. Chapter 9: Creating an Animated Intro from Scratch
    1. Technical requirements
    2. Planning ahead
    3. Adding the logo and preparing our video
    4. Adding our effects, animations, and filters
    5. Adding our audio and exporting
    6. Summary
  18. Chapter 10: Making a Gaming Video
    1. Planning our video
    2. Finding, splitting, and trimming
    3. Adding our animations, transitions, and effects
    4. Adding more media to make the clip more entertaining
    5. Summary
  19. Chapter 11: Creating a Promotional Video for an Event
    1. Technical requirements
    2. Preparing the plan
    3. Creating an eye-catching video
    4. Finalizing and exporting our promotional video
    5. Summary
  20. Chapter 12: Career Roles – What You Can Do with This Newfound Knowledge
    1. Content creator
      1. Entertainment content
      2. Educational content
    2. Film maker
      1. The gameplan
    3. Freelancer
    4. A few helpful tips
    5. Summary
  21. Appendix
    1. Final words
    2. Resources
    3. Motivation
    4. Further reading
  22. Index
    1. Why subscribe?
  23. Other Books You May Enjoy
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    2. Hi!
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Product information

  • Title: Filmora Efficient Editing
  • Author(s): Alexander Zacharias
  • Release date: January 2023
  • Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781801814201