This week I am starting work on the 5 hours of home video that I shot in 2005. Most of it was taken during the few times my girlfriend and I took weekend trips or on her trip to Texas. At work I use Adobe Premiere for professional seminar videos. But at home I like to use Microsoft Movie Maker. I frequently work on 5 hour videos with lots of edits and transitions. It usually take me a week to finish a 4 part seminar video. Most of those videos are shot with one camera which stays focused on the speaker. I'll have to break the home video into several small mini-videos and then make them selectable from a DVD menu. Here are a few tips for editing video on a computer:
- Don't work on too much video at a time.
- Think of your viewer and cutout boring parts.
- Use transitions other than dissolve sparingly.
- Place 5 second titles before each new segment.
- Adjust audio levels for all videos segments.
- Add music to enhance parts of your video.
- Test your work by burning it onto a RW DVD.
This made me think of adding a short promotional video to my homepage. I can show off my video editing skills and replace that pic of the old car getting pushed with something more interesting. One project always leads me to another. Happy editing!
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