Guide to do "remix" using the Openshot Video Editor
This project has been funded with support from the European
Erasmus+ Project YIDOCM
“Youngsters I.Doc Makers”
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This project has been funded with support from the European
Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
The remix is a learning activity dedicated to promote the participation of young people in a workshop, where students between 14-18 years old can learn to edit video and audio using the open-source video editing software. A teacher specialised in audiovisual editing from YIDOCM´s team, has created this very effective tutorial to help teachers from other areas of high school and theirs students.
What is remix?
and theirs students.
But the remix of “The Climate Puppets” is something more, is an special media literacy activity focused on the climate change and the migration flows. The original audiovisual materials are created by the student’s participants in the Strategic Association "Youngters I.Doc. Makers".
Young people co-creating about the content produced by other youngsters.
Do you want to do a remix with us?
● A video editor is a program that allows us to make changes in one or more audiovisual recordings.
● We can trim the video and audio together or separately, add other
video & audio Editors (I)
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● We can trim the video and audio together or separately, add other audio, music and effects, insert more videos and mix them.
● You can also put graphics and subtitles. If we are interested we
could correct the brightness, color and sound level.
Adobe Premiere
video & audio Editors (II)
iMovie
video & audio Editors (III)
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Source: https://itunes.apple.com/es/app/imovie/id408981434?mt=12
video & audio Editors (IV)
Source: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/edit
DaVinci Resolve
video & audio Editors (V)
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Source: https://www.lwks.com/
Lightworks
video & audio Editors (VI)
Openshot: https://www.openshot.org
Free and Open-SourceOpenshot Video Editor (I)
Download the program
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and install it!!!
1 Media browser Openshot Video Editor (II)
We need to import every media: Video, photos, music…
Just drag it here
3 Preview
Here we’ll see our video according to the position at the Timeline2 Timeline
Tracks with the media.We place
everything here in order dragging it from the Media browser
4 Profile is mainly size, frame rate and aspect ratio
Openshot Video Editor (III)
11 We have to match the Profile to the media video files.
The Remix Video Files
(http://www.theclimatepuppets.eu/workspace/web/do_remix) are HD 1080p 25fps (1920x1080)
5 Split file Openshot Video Editor (IV)
When a video clip is too long, we can split it into shorter videos
6 Choose the
start and end point
Youtube video editorOpenshot Video Editor (V)
Split media file
7 Name the split video
You can split the video as many time as you need
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8 Drag the splitted clips to the
Timeline in the chosen order
Openshot Video Editor (VI)
9 You can add music
Sort your clips at the Timeline
Here
https://www.youtube.com/audi olibrary/music
you can download “free music for your project” as well as for your project” as well as sound effects (FX) here https://www.youtube.com/audi olibrary/soundeffects
If this symbol appears,
it means that you must name the author
10 Right click on a video and we can
transform many
parameters
Openshot Video Editor (VII)
Transform media files
11 The sound is very
important, so we can adjust the volume of any media file
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any media file
At this example the sound of the video file will be in background. We can put music in foreground
12 Many effects for video
correcting are available
Openshot Video Editor (VIII)
Transform media files
To apply an effect, we must drag it onto the video
By clicking with the right button By clicking with the right button on the effect icon in the video we can access and modify the properties of the effect
13 Transitions make the cut between two clips smoother
Openshot Video Editor (IX)
Transform media files
The most common transition is Fade
Overlapping two videos on the timeline creates a transition automatically
17 transition is Fade
We can vary the duration of the transition and other parameters.
15 The last step is usually to add text, in the form of a title or subtitle.
Openshot has title templates to make it easier
Openshot Video Editor (X)
Transform media files
14 Click here
to open the easier
Type your text here
and here
to open the
Title editor
Openshot Video Editor (XI)
Create your video
Type a name to your video
15 Export means create a media file of our project
Choose the
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of the original video
Upload your video to Youtube
16 Use the youtube channel of your gmail account or create a new
account
17 Drag the
video file here
Send us your video
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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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