Questions tagged [editing]
Alteration after recording. Cutting, moving, or otherwise adjusting the various aspects of video.
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Make the playhead in DaVinci Resolve thinner
thank you for helping me! I'm currently learning the basics of DaVinci Resolve, coming from a way simpler program. But from that program, I'm used to a much thinner playhead. Is there a way to make ...
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Video editing script to create text with matching audio
I'm trying to write a script that can take a text document and turn it into a video. The task is pretty simple, when the audio plays, show the matching text on screen.
What I need to do:
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How do I change the speed when I play a video on Movavi?
I was editing a video using Movavi and I don't know exactly what happened, but now when I play the video (still in the softwere) it is being played faster and with no sound as if I changed its speed.
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Dark lines across video
I shot a studio interview and found out, that it has these strange horizontal lines all across the frame. They are visible throughout the whole clip.
Here's a closeup with enhanced contrast:
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How can I divide a single clip into multiple clips before assembling a new sequence in Premiere Pro?
Problem: Say I have one 3min video file or 'clip' that has multiple cuts. I want to separate each cut and have these displayed as individual clips with thumbnails in the project window for quick ...
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Time Reverse Clips
A general question on nomenclature:
Reverse time or temporal rewind shots (e.g. a diver returning from the water to the board) don't have a entry in the motion picture glossary perhaps as they are not ...
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Is there any program/subtittling program to add timestamps in a text file?
Hello everyone i'm currently editing a script for dubbing and I need to watch the video and create timestamps with the translated lines for the voice actors to voice.
I'm new at this so I'm wondering ...
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Weird colors when stacking videos
I want to "stack" two (or more) videos with the same background, such that it looks like there are two people moving at the same time (not sure if stacking is the right term for that?).
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Unable to reduce size in Adobe Premier Pro 2020
Today, I've used Adobe Premier Pro 2020 for reducing a video size.
I have a video of size 400 MB that I have imported into Adobe Premier to reduce its size.
Here the estimated file size is shown is : ...
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Techniques for merging two separate and moving camera shots
'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' (2015) contains a neat break-in scene that shows a special force team arriving and infiltrating an industry area. A few seconds of this scene really got me and I wonder how ...
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How to automatically sync captions to a voice over?
Basically, the desired result is to have text appear on the screen as I say it. But it is tedious to do every single word by hand so I'm hoping to find a program that can help with the process.
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Video elements are changing size when rendering and exporting in premiere?
Whenever I attempt to render or export this sequence. The video on it changes size and location. The video settings and the sequence settings match so i'm not seeing another reason for this issue.
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Is my MP4 file size too big?
I am working on a film, which I'm editing, and I rendered the one-hour long video to MP4, and the file size is 64,8 GB, and I think it's absurd, when google says the typical file size for MP4 is 700 ...
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CyberLink PowerDirector: Is it good for game footage?
I have downloaded a free version of CyberLink PowerDirector but is it good for editing video game footage especially from video files from multi emulators? I just want to some of my videos 720p for ...
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Any software to record camera, audio interface and screen and sync them all at the same time? [duplicate]
This would basically save us all from the need for editing and stuff
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how do get video down to reasonable size?
I have lots of livestreams downloaded most of which are 1 hour 2 hour long so 700mb to 1.1gb basically but im looking to shave off as much while preserving quality and sound
they are all piano covers ...
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How does scaling work in ffmpeg?
I am new to ffmpeg. I just want to know how I could keep the original scale of the video. The original size of the video is that its frame width is 1820 while its frame height is 720. The original ...
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How to losslessly replace a specific area in a range of frames
I have a short screen recording of an old video game (duration 1:38.72, 2468 frames, 25 fps, 320×200 px, 4 colours only, bgr24, CamStudio Lossless Codec, no sound, AVI).
The video contains an ...
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How to combine multiple audio tracks without sounding blasted?
Was going to make a combination of 9 covers of people singing the same song. I have it synced already and it is on sync, problem is its just sound like literal ear ache when played.
How to fix?
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Is there anyway to que voice to light effects in Sony Vegas Pro 17
I know the title is confusing, and that's because i'm not sure how to say it. I was thinking of in my videos having a little thing in the corner which lights up whenever me or one of my friends is ...
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Why is the quality of my video so bad? (bitrate Zoom versus OpenShot)
I recorded a zoom meeting (saved as .mp4) and made a few trivial changes with OpenShot (trimmed a few seconds from start and finish, and added image at the beginning). Then exported the video trying ...
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Audio/Video "Drift" on Mac (even when recording them using separate apps)
I have an older version of Screenflow (ver 6.x) and I find that it's getting so that my videos are falling out of sync with the audio (only noticed this lately, not sure if it is tied to newer ...
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Tattoo removal video effect
Is there a video editor that has a video effect where tattoos on human skin can be motion tracked and filtered out frame by frame, either by blurring them, or replacing the tattoos with surrounding ...
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What is the difference between .mts and .mp4 video files?
I know that .mts video files use MPEG-4 video compression. But why then don't they just have the .mp4 file name extension? Since they don't, this means they are not digitally nor conceptually ...
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a software program that allows me to draw on the screen while a video is playing and outputs a new video with the drawings on top of the old video?
As stated in the title, it is as simply as that. I need a piece of software that plays a video and then allows me to draw on top of the video and then the output will be a new video with the draws on ...
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Does transcoding or compression occur when importing and editing .mts (.mp4) video files?
If a .mts video file is opened or imported to a project in a video editor like Adobe Premiere Pro, is transcoding going on? Video or audio compression? If so, why, instead of editing the raw file as ...
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Premiere CC: How to select/drag clip in program window?
Running Premiere Pro 2018 on Windows. Previously, I could animate the scale and position of the clip in the program window by clicking to select it and using handles to scale, or drag it around within ...
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How to get blinking play button on top of the video in Filmora or any other video editor?
I want to know how can I get blinking play button on top of the video in video editing using Filmora or any other editor?
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Add an image overlay in BACK of video using ffmpeg
I need to put a video in front of the image (or add a background image to the video)
I found this command:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -i image.png \
-filter_complex "[0:v][1:v] overlay=25:25:enable='...
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How do you edit videos to slide on and off the screen?
Hi I’m trying to edit a group of videos so that they continuously slide on and off the screen. I was wondering if there was a faster way to do this instead of individually adjusting the position key ...
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How can I Batch Replace and Export in Premiere Pro?
I have a clip that I need to replace with other clips. All other parts of my timeline remain the same. For example, clip_template will be replaced by clip_a and then exported, clip_b and then exported,...
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Transition / Cut Advice for Video Idea
I have an idea for a film project that I would like some advice on.
I want to use my GoPro with the handgrip attachment to "interview myself" on a ski chair lift.
Here is what I mean by that:...
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How do I make a trimmed video show the missing frames from a Zoom recording using ffmpeg?
I have a Zoom video that I "cut" into two videos:
ffmpeg -i 0131.mp4 -ss 55 -t 38:52 -codec copy 0131-1.mp4
ffmpeg -i 0131.mp4 -ss 40:00 -t 1:52 -codec copy 0131-2.mp4
I then merged into ...
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Wearable body gear that automatically evokes video effects during editing?
Consider an arm-cast device programmed to connect with, or be detected by, video editing software during post-production, for the application of video effects wherever the device appears in frame.
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How can I automate cutting a video along loud beep sounds?
I recorded videos (mp4) of participants in an experiment doing a task at a laptop. There are three tasks, at the beginning and end of which there is a loud beep sound.
I would like to automatically ...
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How does Premiere Pro keep markers on audio files even after export?
I opened a project with video and audio, and the audio had markers done in Premiere Pro (right-click on the playhead -> Add Marker).
Then I exported the audio to AIFF. And then I imported the AIFF ...
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Should I keep any of the auxiliary files associated with an .MTS file?
When recording on a video camera, it not only generates the video in .mts format, but also some auxiliary files in various other folders that seem to be bookmarking cues and thumbnails for the video ...
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Should color grading be performed on raw clips, or final sequence?
Camcorders that record in .mts (.mp4) files usually split recorded files according to some maximum time limit per clip. For example, after recording straight for 30 minutes, we might find the entire ...
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Is it true that pixelization can be reversed given enough frames?
I just read someone stating the following on a Kdenlive bug report:
I'd much rather have a single color than pixelization, since with
enough frames, pixelization can be reversed.
Simple question - ...
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What drive can I safely record and render videos to? Internal HDD? Internal SSD? External Drives?
Dumb question:
I have been making YT videos for a while now, as a hobby. I have always recorded my screen with the Nvidia screen recording software, with the save location set to a folder on my laptop'...
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How to work with desqueezed anamorphic footage in FCPX
I have footage from an Array Alexa Mini, shot with anamorphic lenses. The footage was desqueezed in camera, so the resulting video resolution is 2944x2160. The codec is Timecode, Apple ProRes 4444, ...
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How to reverse Ken burns effect?
If some videos created by other people have ken burns effect, is it possible for me to remove it and get static fullscreen view?
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What's the origin of using crossfade/dissolve to convey long passage of time?
Crossfade/dissolve seems to be the go-to transition when it comes convey long passage of time, like when someone has to wait for something for a long time.
What's the origin of this usage? In what ...
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Trying to locate services that do video transformation
I'm looking for a service that allows me to do the following:
programmatically concatenate several video files into one new video file
overlay an audio file onto the video file
overlay a watermark ...
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Crop HD (1920x1080) video ratio from the center in ffmpeg
I have an HD video (1920x1080). I am trying to crop the video from the center so the resolution is (960x1080) and looks like a portrait video. I have tried the following command with no luck:
ffmpeg -...
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ffmpeg: Placing an overlay over multiple images
I am trying to overlay a png image onto a series of images (a few hundred images), I will later take this series of images with the overlay and construct a movie out of the series of images. I don't ...
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How do you organise your timeline clips in Premier Pro [closed]
I would like your opinion or the way you organize your clips for this situation:
A few days ago I got raw footage around 6h in length, 1 camera. It was recording all the time without cutting files on ...
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I used ffmpeg to concatenate to videos and it got stuck and produced a huge file. Where is the mistake?
I have this short videoclips that i recorded either with my webcam or with my phone. The ones that come from my webcam are in Matroska container, and the ones from the phone in mp4. Each piece is ...
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remove wire on video
Can't see any other posts on this site about this which seems unusual so here goes.
I have a video in which a wire is used to pull an object from the scene. I did a test which worked well, but the ...
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Convert interlaced(?) video to progressive
I have a video with the following details:
Format : MPEG-TS
File size : 6.49 GiB
Duration : 1 h 35 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
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