Showcase Guide to Editing Video
Guide to Editing Video
Use this guide to help you edit a video for submission to Showcase, either on a mobile phone or using a web application. Choose from the following:
1. Apple iMovie
- Open iMovie
- Tap the + then Movie
- Select the clips you want to import
- Tap Create Movie at the bottom of the screen
- Trim the clip:
- Tap on the clip
- Drag the yellow bars at either end of the clip to shorten it
- Title card:
- Press the + icon, then go to Backgrounds
- Choose the colour or pattern
- Tap the Text icon; if required, choose which animation you want
- Tap on Title Text Here and edit the text you want to see on your title card
- Drag the title card to the beginning of the video
- To export, tap Done in the top left corner
- Save the video to an album or share it
2. Android phone editing software: YouCut
- Open YouCut
- Tap the + icon at the bottom of the screen
- Select the clips you want to import, then tap the orange arrow
- Trim the clip:
- Tap on the clip
- Tap on the Trim icon
- Drag the orange bars at either end of the clip to shorten it
- Tap the orange tick when you are finished
- Rearrange clips:
- Tap and hold on a clip
- Clips turn into small squares
- Tap and hold squares to rearrange them
- Add text:
- Tap the Text icon
- Type what you want to say
- Change the colour by tapping the rainbow icon
- Resize and move the text by tapping on and using the arrow in the corner of the text box
- Add a background to the text by tapping the Label icon at the bottom of the screen
- To export, tap the orange Save icon in the top right of the screen:
- Select 1080p and High Quality, then tap Save
- Wait for it to convert
- Save the video to an album or share it
3. Microsoft Video Editor
- Select New video project
- Select press + (under the Project library)
- Add From this PC to import your clips
- Drag the clip into the storyboard section
- Trim the clip:
- Select the clip
- Click the Trim button
- Drag the blue sliders at either end of the clip to shorten it
- Click Done
- Title card:
- Click the Add title card button
- Select the title card
- Click Text
- Change the text, font and animation
- Drag the clips to suit your video
- To save and share, press Finish Video at the top right of the screen
- Select Video Quality High 1080px
- Click Export
- Choose a location on the drive to save the video to
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