Hello.
I am a cub reporter of sorts and have been busy the last month out in the field interviewing people about the coronavirus.
Now I have a maybe 100 videos that I took on my iPhone, and I don't know what to do with them as far as editing them so they are ready to publish online.
I would like to learn how to use software to edit my raw videos, but am not sure where to begin?! Furthermore, I don't want to have to invest tons of money and time to get going, because I have little of either. (I lost my job so money is tight.)
Here is a list of basic things that I am thinking I will need the software to do..
Must Have:
- Clip of beginner and end of videos, and clip out middle sections (e.g. stranger walks in front of interview)
- Adjust brightness and contrast - if that is even possible with a video
- Render the video so it will play in any web browser and on any mobile device.
- Change the video dimensions and file size to make it web and mobile friendly - assuming that is possible
Nice to Have:
- Some way to edit the audio
- Ability to change audio track volume levels - usually making them louder since an iPhone isn't the best microphone!
- Ability to edit out portions of audio - get rid of a barking dog, or someone swearing
- Ability to "zero out" of portion of the audio track (i.e. make silent) as a way to deal with distrctions like barking dog or swearing
- If there way a way to edit the audio in Audacity and then merge back with the video, that would be ideal!
- Ability to crop out portions of a video is that possible?
I am hoping that there is some software that i could get that is affordable, and good enough that it will allow me to publish my videos before they lose their timeliness and relevance.
If it is going to take me a month to learn video editing, then that is a problem right now. (Maybe if I get good at this, I can step up the software I use and take some classes to become a semi-professional, but for now I just want to make my videos "presentable" and helpto educate people.)
Is this attainable?
Oh, I have a few MacBook Pros, with the best one being a 13" Retina with 16GB of RAM. Not the best for video, but for what I am trying to do, hopefully good enough. Also, most of my videos of maybe 2-10 minutes long, so no majoy motion pictures to deal with!
Thanks.
I am a cub reporter of sorts and have been busy the last month out in the field interviewing people about the coronavirus.
Now I have a maybe 100 videos that I took on my iPhone, and I don't know what to do with them as far as editing them so they are ready to publish online.
I would like to learn how to use software to edit my raw videos, but am not sure where to begin?! Furthermore, I don't want to have to invest tons of money and time to get going, because I have little of either. (I lost my job so money is tight.)
Here is a list of basic things that I am thinking I will need the software to do..
Must Have:
- Clip of beginner and end of videos, and clip out middle sections (e.g. stranger walks in front of interview)
- Adjust brightness and contrast - if that is even possible with a video
- Render the video so it will play in any web browser and on any mobile device.
- Change the video dimensions and file size to make it web and mobile friendly - assuming that is possible
Nice to Have:
- Some way to edit the audio
- Ability to change audio track volume levels - usually making them louder since an iPhone isn't the best microphone!
- Ability to edit out portions of audio - get rid of a barking dog, or someone swearing
- Ability to "zero out" of portion of the audio track (i.e. make silent) as a way to deal with distrctions like barking dog or swearing
- If there way a way to edit the audio in Audacity and then merge back with the video, that would be ideal!
- Ability to crop out portions of a video is that possible?
I am hoping that there is some software that i could get that is affordable, and good enough that it will allow me to publish my videos before they lose their timeliness and relevance.
If it is going to take me a month to learn video editing, then that is a problem right now. (Maybe if I get good at this, I can step up the software I use and take some classes to become a semi-professional, but for now I just want to make my videos "presentable" and helpto educate people.)
Is this attainable?
Oh, I have a few MacBook Pros, with the best one being a 13" Retina with 16GB of RAM. Not the best for video, but for what I am trying to do, hopefully good enough. Also, most of my videos of maybe 2-10 minutes long, so no majoy motion pictures to deal with!
Thanks.