If you have a camcorder, of course, it will be very tempting to make your own film from individual videos, photos and demonstrate to friends. At first glance, this is not just just, but following the instructions, even a beginner video maker will cope with it. In addition to the camera, you will need special software. Consider several programs that will help make a slideshow, make cuts from multiple video, process photos.
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To work with photos and videos on your computer, you need to transfer them from the camera to the hard disk. Make sure the camera medium is read on the PC without additional devices. The camera can be equipped with a built-in HD disk, a large-volume Flash-card, mini-dv-cassette, DVD. An instruction is attached to the camera, find the section on connecting it to the computer.
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The easiest way is to use the Windows Movie Maker program for the manufacture of a video editing. It is part of the Windows operating system. With her wisdoms will cope and beginner, it is simply download from the official site and install. The program interface is quite "friendly", understandable intuitive. It works with many video formats, has a whole set of special effects that will come in hand to you for computer processing of the film: titles, transitions, headlines, etc. Its minus - the quality of the final clip deteriorates slightly, compared with the sources when writing to disk.
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Having mastered the simple program to create a video, you can go to more complex programs. For example, many lovers use Pinnacle Studio, Sony Vegas.. They do not belong to professional, but their capabilities are superior to Movie Maker: transitions and special effects are more interesting, there are audio effects, color filters, much more. Another "plus" - the video quality is very high, does not change when writing to disk and forwarding over the Internet. Here There are some useful utilities for cutting video. It is not difficult to master such programs, forces for novice users.
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To build at home dozens of gigabytes of amateur video, which takes a lot of space on disks and is not very often visible, start with creating a simple video from cutting separate fragments. Of course, it is not enough to download and install the selected program, you need to learn the assemblies of the installation. On the Internet you will find practical recommendations, video lessons, courses by video editing. After such training, you can create a bright, exciting family film. Working with a good program is not difficult, but fun and interesting.
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High skill is not immediately achieved, in the process of working on video, problems may arise, the questions with which it is difficult to cope. So register on sites and forums Video meters. In online forum users, they will answer questions, help the Council, and completely free. You can write in the search engine what exactly you did not work. Most likely, a similar topic was already discussed somewhere.
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Create the original history of your family will be easier, having acquainted with the works of more "advanced" video editor, which you will also find on the forums. Their experience will help you benefit, will help embody your own ideas. The finished video can not only show at home, but also lay out on the network, place on Facebook, YouTube.
Over time, your hobby can become a good way to make money. To do this, you need to go away from an amateur to a professional. Will help the quality of your films full course of video editing, just so you can know all the subtleties, nuances in creating a full-fledged video for yourself and for other people.