Chapter 10. Editing Video

In This Chapter:

Create a CineMagic Production

Launch VideoWave and Change the Production Settings

About the VideoWave Interface

Add Video Files and Photos to VideoWave

Position Video Clips and Photos Inside VideoWave

Trim or Split a Video Clip or Photo

Extract a Still Shot from a Video Clip

Insert a Color Panel into a Video Production

Add Transitions or a Transition Theme to a Video Production

Add Audio Files to a Video Production

Narrate a Video Production

Add Text to a Video Production

Change the Audio Volume of a Video Production

Export a Video Production to a Video File

Burn a Video Production to a Disc Using MyDVD Express

If you've never edited your video using a computer before, you might be a little reluctant to start. You might be afraid that editing video is an advanced skill that just isn't up your alley. Here is your big chance to give it a try! Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 includes a video-editing application called VideoWave that is simple to use and yet gives you many of the capabilities of some of the best professional video-editing applications.

Some of the features of VideoWave include the capability to add music, sound effects, and narration to your video; add text to your video; and even special effects, including using a chroma key, or green screen, to layer your video for a special effect.

A video production is one possible culmination of all the media projects within Easy Media Creator. Now you can take the audio you've imported and edited and the photos you've cleaned, cropped, and added text to and add them to your video clips to create a fantastic production you can enjoy for years to come.