43 – Let’s Talk Video Editing
Video editing is where it all comes together.
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The role of video editing in 3D visualization
- The 4th step of 3D visualization
- It is possible to do a good enough render that no post-processing is necessary
- Usually you will want to do some video editing, however
- Gives you final control over your creation
- You can add titles, transitions, crop out, combine videos, speed up and slow down
- You can also sometimes fix errors caused by a bad render that would take a long time to re-render
Video Editing Products
- Adobe Premier is very common
- iMovie (sorry I called it Apple Movie Maker you Mac fans!) is mainstream but Final Cut is the high end version
- Corel Video Studios is supposed to be good
- I use Cyberlink Powerdirector
- Sony Movie Studio is popular but supposed to not be the best
- There are endless other video editing software packages you can purchase
- Professional software will cost hundreds if not thousands
- Almost all of us can get away with software that only costs $50-$100
Video Editing Tricks
- Always, ALWAYS save your video edit file as you will likely come back to it to make changes
- Watch and learn from the pros on what makes a video look professional
- Avoid using stock intros, music or silly transitions or 3D text
- Simple is almost always better- the fade or NONE transition are my personal favorites
- I’ve been messing with speeding up and slowing down and I like how the videos turn out (learned from People are Awesome)
- Always shoot for 1080 video but 720 is sometimes okay, especially for drafts
- Test different export formats to see how it affects file size and compatibility with software and websites
- When possible add your splash screen or watermark but make sure your client is okay with it