Making / Editing a "wedding" video

[dUnKle]

My other half's mum was due to get married at the end of the month but obviously now not going ahead, but family and friends want a video making for them and I (cos I own an iPad and "do tech") have the job of putting it together

They will be sending me video clips and I have the task of "splicing" them together and making the video, possible with some background music and a little fading etc. between clips

I have ZERO idea how to do this

I have access to an iPad and a Mac mini with all the basic software and don't mind spending 10 or 20 quid if needed, but in no way want to be buying any major editing things

Any ideas / pointers ?

Cheers

 

[AZhappyjack]

iMovie on a Mac will do the job. Just create a project, import the clips and drag them to the timeline... you can rearrange the clips (drag/drop), add basic titles, do a musical score under the timeline... and the transitions... should be pretty straight-forward, and easily done, given you "do tech"

 

[Big Bad D]

If it is mainly splicing you will be doing, rather than editing clips, then I can recommend Fotomagico is an option. It is available on iPad, unfortunately by subscription, but currently on discount for limited time.

 

[dUnKle]

Thank you.
Silly question, do the clips need to be in any particular format ?
And can the finished project be shared just as any other file ?

sorry for dumb questions.

 

[BrianBaughn]

The format question is a good one but you didn't specify which software you're asking about.

In iMovie, be aware that the resolution of your project will be determined by the first clip you add. So if you have people sending you clips of various resolutions be sure to start with one that's the highest resolution…likely 1080p (1920x1080).

 

[AZhappyjack]

Thank you.
Silly question, do the clips need to be in any particular format ?
And can the finished project be shared just as any other file ?

sorry for dumb questions.

iMovie can process most types of clips - .mov, .m4v and .mp4 are the most common. It does NOT support .mkv. You can use a free app like VLC to convert most incompatible types... what devices will the video source clips be coming from?

 

[dUnKle]

iMovie can process most types of clips - .mov, .m4v and .mp4 are the most common. It does NOT support .mkv. You can use a free app like VLC to convert most incompatible types... what devices will the video source clips be coming from?

i would presume would all be from mobiles, possible mixture android and Apple. Would be nothing “professional”

i guess I’ll give iMovie a go as I have that

 

[dUnKle]

Managing to use iMovie to combine clips and photos and even add some music,
However, could I ask another question please?

How do I share it?
The finished product will likely be around 10 minutes long, with a music track as well, so guess a fairly good size file

We, as a family, usually use Facebook Messenger to share between each other, but not sure if that would work, and we would want to upload the finished video onto the recipients Facebook as well

Be welcome with any suggestions of how could be shared etc on the day

Thanks

 

[AZhappyjack]

Managing to use iMovie to combine clips and photos and even add some music,
However, could I ask another question please?

How do I share it?
The finished product will likely be around 10 minutes long, with a music track as well, so guess a fairly good size file

We, as a family, usually use Facebook Messenger to share between each other, but not sure if that would work, and we would want to upload the finished video onto the recipients Facebook as well

Be welcome with any suggestions of how could be shared etc on the day

Thanks

What resolution are you doing? A 10-minute video at even 720p can be a good size file - email and messaging will choke on it, resulting in an epic fail. My personal rule of thumb is for anything larger than about 30-40mb, I don't even try to share via email or messaging apps. Instead, I put the video in dropbox and share the link. Not sure if you can even load the video to FB... other options would be YouTube (as a private or unlisted video and share the link) or a free Vimeo account - again, post it as a private video and share as required.

 

[dUnKle]

What resolution are you doing? A 10-minute video at even 720p can be a good size file - email and messaging will choke on it, resulting in an epic fail. My personal rule of thumb is for anything larger than about 30-40mb, I don't even try to share via email or messaging apps. Instead, I put the video in dropbox and share the link. Not sure if you can even load the video to FB... other options would be YouTube (as a private or unlisted video and share the link) or a free Vimeo account - again, post it as a private video and share as required.

thanks. I have Dropbox and I have OneDrive via office 365
Can these be used for what I want ?
Can I upload the created video and then give the family a link to it ?

 

[AZhappyjack]

thanks. I have Dropbox and I have OneDrive via office 365
Can these be used for what I want ?
Can I upload the created video and then give the family a link to it ?

Yes... that's how I do it... any cloud based product will work - OneDrive, GoogleDrive, iCloud, Dropbox, Box, etc... just create the video, upload it to your cloud account and then share the link. Those with whom you share the link can watch the video in the cloud, or they can download it and watch it on their devices.

 

[Dave Braine]

Facebook and YouTube will probably pull your video because of copyright issues on your music tracks. Vimeo, however, have never pulled any of mine. Dropbox is probably your best solution.

 

[kohlson]

You may want to consider doing a final step: Handbrake (which requires VLC - both free). There's really nothing to learn. After installing, open HB and drag the video to it, rename the output file in the lower left (so it doesn't overwrite the original) and press Start. In a few minutes your video file size will be dramatically reduced, with no discernible loss of quality.

If you were uploading to YT or whatever it is that FB uses for these thing, this step isn't needed.