Post Editing of Videos

• Blending and Fading refers to the transition effect when a film/animation dissolves from one scene to another
• Fade to black is a common technique where a scene dissolves to a total blackness
• Fade to black helps to soften the transition between scenes rather than simply cut from one scene to the next
• A blend can be used to dissolve two scenes together without fading to black
• Blending is useful as it can be used to convey a passage of time or separate parts of the film/animation
• Zoom is similar to the term used in CAD software
• Zoom refers to enlarging or reducing the view of an object or scene
• Zoom can be used to focus on one particular part of the scene to draw the viewers attention to it
• Zooming out will reduce the size of view, allowing the viewer to see more of a scene
• The speed of a zoom influences the effect or mood
• A quick zoom in gives a dramatic and exciting effect
• A slow zoom creates a relaxed mood
• Transitions are used to combine scene and shots
• Fading and blending are examples of transitions
• Transition techniques include;

  • wipe
  • dissolve
  • cut
  • flip
  • pan
  • blending
  • fading
• PIP is when two or more videos share the same display at the same time
• PIP stands for Picture in Picture
• Text overlays is when static or moving written information is displayed on top of the video itself
• Image overlays are when an image is displayed on top of a video
• The different types of text are;

  • static
  • dynamic