Important Things to Consider while Editing Music in Your Video

Music is the best way to give life to your scenes but what if the music doesn’t with the video or have jerks in audio? I am sure that you will not watch this type of video in the future. So, as a video editor that’s your responsibility to add the right music with perfectly edited. If you are a beginner and don’t have knowledge of using audio in videos then don’t worry. 

Today I will tell you some points that you should consider while editing music in the video.

Before that let's look at some applications in which you can edit audio:

• Adobe Audition: Adobe Audition is specifically audio editing software which formerly called cool edit pro. It is easy to use software.
• Audacity: Audacity is the open-source audio editor and recorder. This application can run in Windows, Mac or Linux.
• LogicPro X: This software is mainly for mac users. It was primarily launched in the 1990’s.
• Reaper: It is a digital audio editor in which you can edit audio with any format.
• Adobe Premiere Pro: You can edit audio in this an application like video.

Important things you should consider while audio editing

Use j and l cuts

J and L cuts are used to allow the viewers to see the context of the dialogue rather than audio itself. Using this cut one can combine his imagery with the dialogue. L cut means dialogue continues as the camera cuts to another image and J cut means the dialogue plays while we see contextual images.

• Importance of J and L cut: J and L cut are used to keep your audio inflow. If you don’t use this cut then the audience will understand the jerk.

Find songs with variations

Song selection should be good for an editor. Choose the right music which suits your visuals. If you use a variety of songs in your whole video then it makes interest to the viewers.

Show visual actions on the beat

It is very interesting to add beat on cut. Beats make the audio more powerful and no doubt, it creates a strong connection between the visual you are looking at and the audio you are listening. You can repeat the beat as well. It also gives a new effect to the audio.

Sudden music drops

Do you want to give amazement to your audience? If yes then, go for the sudden music drop. This is a very popular way to make your viewers into a moment. You should drop the music where the audience doesn't expect.

Visualize Playful elements

You can add playful elements to your audios to make it interesting like the cheerful or happy voice in the middle.

Organize your audio tracks

There are so many tracks to place audio. So, it is important to place every audio in the right manner. Don’t mess up all your audios together.

Controlling overall quality

Sometimes more than one video has many audios. You have to add different pieces of audio is one track. Then it is necessary to maintain the qualities of audios the same.

Mixing audio components

You can mix too many audios get together in the video. It looks like a mashup of the audios. But don’t put any type of audio in one track. Choose the audios which look pleasant while hearing.

Syncing your audio to your image

Your audio should match with your video otherwise, the viewers will distract and their flow will break.

Equalizing

Equalizing means your audios have an accurate level like background music should have less audio level than original music.

Now as a video editor, you should take all these things in mind while editing. I’m sure that when you will apply them all, they will definitely make difference in your editing.

No matter how hardworking you are, if you don’t work smartly then it will take more time with imperfections. So, if you want to work smartly then you should definitely join video editing courses from the leading training institutes like Video Editing Institute where you can attain classes on both classroom or online mode from industry training experts.

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What Makes Apple FCPX Different From Other Applications?

If we talk about video editing applications then yes! We have many applications to use like Adobe Premiere Pro, Sony vegas, Avid media composer, FCPX etc. Do you know FCPX has many specialities which shows that this software is different from others. Today we are going to discuss about the specialities of FCPX ( Final cut Pro ). Let's discuss one by one.

 

● System requirement

First of all talk about system requirements. If you want to work in Apple FCPX then you should Mac. Other software can be run in windows as well as mac but it can't be run in windows. Software requires 4gb of Ram to run. Only metal graphic card should be in the system, otherwise it will not work. At Least 3.8 GB of disk space is required.

 

● Application

❖ You can import, edit or share 360 degrees video from a wide variety of camera.
❖ It directly shows the most useful tools on the display.
❖ There is an option in it which is called range check to show the area of the image which is out of the color gamut.
❖ You can install the third party luts to use in FCPX.
❖ You can do background rendering using GPU & CPU.
❖ Preview can be seen in Full resolution of 2k, 4k, 5k, HD & larger size media.
❖ There is an option to customize the keyboard as per your preferences.

 

● Editing and Timeline

If we talk about it's timeline then there are so many things that you can see in it's timeline such as:
❖ There is a large browser for titles and generators.
❖ You can save the custom motion graphics with the library.
❖ There is an option to play different clips continuously.
❖ You can modify the clips by changing name or color of the clip.
❖ You can create different libraries for unique roles.
❖ There is an option to copy and paste of timecode.
❖ Multicam editing can be done in it.
❖ If you want to make groups of layers then there is an option to use of compound clips where you can edit the compound clips as well without affecting the main clip.
❖ You can make your video as customized frame size.
❖ In this software there is a good options for insert, overwrite, replace, append and connect the clips.
❖ You can extend edit to the simmer position.
❖ There is a double viewers to show the edited and raw footage.
❖ Snapping option to snap playhead, Skimmer, Playhead and markers.
❖ You can customize the project start time.
❖ You can export multiple projects to multiple formats by batch share.

 

● Trimming

Now come to the main task of this software i.e trimming the clips.
❖ You can apply the roll trim between two adjacent clips.
❖ There is an options for slide and slip the clip.
❖ Very easy blade option for trimming the clips.

 

● Effects

In FCPX there are lots of different effects that you should definitely use:
❖ There is a noise reduction effect use to reduce the grain & noise from the video.
❖ Lut effects are mostly in use.
❖ Flow transition which is used for smooth the jump cut.
❖ You can find fully customizable 3D transitions which is made by different materials and lightning.
❖ Amazing video and audio effects to use i your video.
❖ Every video editing software has croma cutting tools but n FCPX for colour sampling & edge adjustments.
❖ You can add a range to apply effects and transitions.
❖ Having an option for one - step - freeze to create a still image.
❖ Media browser have filters, music, sound effects to use in the video.
❖ The quality of transition is very high.
❖ 113 filters of blurs, keys and key colour.
❖ There are two masks i.e shape mask and color mask which controls every effect and blur.
❖ Ken bur is the tool that is only present in FCPX.

 

● Audio

Now let's talk about the specialty of audios:
❖ There is a voice over tool which automatically assigns.
❖ If you want to add audio filters or adjust the volume then you can use the compound paths.
❖ It supports audio level which is up to 192KHZ.

 

● Color correction

In other software you can do color correction bye one or two ways but in FCPX, you have four options of colour grading to use i.e:
❖ Color wheel
❖ Color curves
❖ Hue/saturation curves
❖ Color board
By these specifications, Fcpx is different from other software. It is actually smarter application then others. It's workflow is very good which is easy to understand. You can do editing easily. In my opinion if you have good command in shortcuts of Apple FCPX then this software is best for video editing.

 

Conclusion : 

You should definitely learn this software if you are interested to learn or can learn in advance level for industry level. If you are willing to learn FCPX then you can take final cut pro training classes from the best video editing training institute such as ADMEC Multimedia Institute, Rohini, Delhi - 10085. For more info you can contact them on: 9911782350

Differences Between PHP and JavaScript

Web designing and web development, both are different from each on one hand but are also connected with each other on the other hand. For an aspirant, who want to start his or her career in web, should learn both web designing and web development in a right way. The major languages that one should learn are HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, etc.

At the initial stage of learning, one has to be begun from HTML and CSS. But when it comes to JavaScript and PHP, most of the beginners got confused. So, to clear the confusion from your mind, this blog is going to present the differences between PHP and JavaScript. So, let’s get started.

What is PHP?

PHP is a server-side scripting language that is used by web developers to create a dynamic website. A dynamic website is a webpage that is being constructed by a server processing and server-side scripts. PHP controls this very well thus it is known as one of the popular server-side scripting languages.

Benefits of Learning PHP

• The first feature is that it is really easy to learn. Don’t get afraid from its syntax in the beginning. It is really simple to understand, just it requires some practice.
• You’ll see a familiarity in its syntax when you start getting into it.
• It is a free of cost and open source language.
• Yes, it is user-friendly.
• It supports all of the leading databases like MySQL database.
• Once you start learnig PHP, it will give you more efficiency in performance as compare to other.
• If you stuck with an error, don’t worry since there is a helpful PHP community that will definitely help you to get out that.
• Last but not least, it will provide you a supreme control over your project.

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What is JavaScript?

JavaScript is a high-level, object-oriented, just-in-time compiled, programming language that works with the ECMAScript specification. This language is having dynamic typing, curly-bracket syntax, prototype-based object-orientation, first-class functions, closures, variables, and many more. The main purpose of JS is to add functionality into your website. It makes your site alive and expressive. So, you can’t just ignore this programming language.

Benefits of Learning JavaScript

• It has a simple syntax that makes it easy to understand for beginners.
• It is an easy to learn language which you can learn just after learning HTML and CSS.
• You can write snippets of code that are having power to add live into your static and dead site.
• It is a great option for extending the functionality of any site.
• You can add much more than a simple modal into your page be it an interactive photo gallery or a slideshow.

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So, we saw that how different are both the language from each other. This is really a crucial part that you must be knowing before start learning web design and development.

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Uses of Chroma Key in After Effects

 
Before we go and take a look at Chroma key, we need to understand what is keying?

Keying is a composition effect that takes a part of an image or a video and makes it transparent. This part of the image or video is chosen based of color blue or green.

There are different types of keying Adobe After Effects such as

• Color difference key
• Inner/outer Key
•  Linear color key
•  Keylight or Chroma Key

In Keylight or Chroma Key in Adobe After Effects, we take a composition of two images or two videos and compose them together in a single timeline.

As now we have understood what is Keylight or Chroma Key in Adobe After Effects now let's see how to make this happen.

For example, let's make news channel compositions.

First you would need a background.

The background can be an image but it would be suitable if it is a video related to news channel appropriate.

Add an anchor

Now we would need an anchor who is reading some headlines with blue or green background for this part you can download this an appropriate and suitable clip from the internet or shoot it yourself in front of a green or blue background.

You can shoot this clip otherwise standing or sitting; if sitting makes sure there is a desk you are sitting behind to give your composition a formal look. If you are downloading the clip from the internet make sure the anchor and the news, he or she is reading, complements the background. If the size of the anchor is cropped or zoomed-in in the clip make sure you resize it to the proper proportions. 

Add a Table

To make it more realistic add an image of table in front of the anchor to hide any cropped areas. Remember to resize the table according to the proportions too otherwise it may look out of proportion and unrealistic. 

Now you can start to make the news channel composition

First, we need to go to a new project to make a new composition, give any composition name as you desire then choose preset for the composition. You can choose any preset from the several presets provided in the drop-down menu or choose custom and give your own desired size. 

After that choose the Pixel Aspect Ratio, you can leave it at 'square pixels' or choose any other from the drop-down menu. 

Then choose the Frame rate again you can leave it at 29.97 frames per second or choose any other option from the drop-down menu. 

After that, you need to resolution in which you want to work on while composing your video. 

Then you need to enter the duration in which you decide how long you want the video to be. After that, we finally choose the Background color you want to work on.

Remember whatever background color you choose in the final render the background will be black. For any other background color, you need to take a solid layer in the composition and make that the background. 

After clicking on OK go to File click on import and bring all the files in the project panel then drag all the files in the timeline panel. 

Arrange the clips and images wherever they look appropriate. Then choose the anchor layer with a green or blue background and to Effect options from many bars. 

Choose Keying then Keylight (1.2) then take the eyedropper from the Screen color option and choose the background of the clip which is blue or green. 

This will make the clip or image under this layer visible. 

 

Now readjust the layers above to make the composition look realistic. 

Add an adjustment layer to the composition to colorize the video and make it presentable. 

Now that we have seen how we can make a news video clip with the help of chroma key let's see where else chroma key is used. 

Chroma Key is used in movies as a visual effect (VFX), in whether showcase for news channels, in music videos or in any simple images with plain green background. 

Chroma key also has its pros and cons is a very simple and easy tool. 

Pros - With Croma key, we can make a different composition with the same image or video by just changing the background. 

Cons -But chroma key also has some of its difficulties after changing the background the edges of the foreground image have to adjusted so that it looks realistic.

Here we have seen how and where to use chroma key and compose a video, we have also seen some pros and cons of chroma key. And where it can be used.

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Exploring Features and Assets of Adobe XD

Adobe XD is an application which is vector based. It works on both macOS and Windows. XD also helps in creating website wireframing and prototypes. On the other hand, it also helps in creating user interfaces for mobile and web apps.  Earlier some features in XD were very hard to use. It also helps to create UI in different Break points like:- Extra small, small, medium, large, extra-large for different platforms . it provides UI kit to make our work easy. It is very easy to use. The professionals who use this software are UX designers, UI designers, web designers, web application designers, Mobile application designers etc. In adobe XD first, we design and second we do prototyping and then we share it.

1. Design: Design includes content, image and some dummy texts. It is an important part. After deciding the topic, some ideas come in our mind and by using those ideas we make our designs. Designing is the main element because in the absence of design we can’t prototype and share anything.

2. Prototyping: This is the second stage in adobe XD. After making wireframes or design we prototypes them. Prototyping refers to the linking between different artboards or pages. it is an important part. It gives life to our design.

3. Share: Adobe XD also allows to share our designs. We can create a public link and share it with the public. On the other hand, we can share it with the privacy and password. we can also save our file on computer.

Features of Adobe XD

There are many features in Adobe XD like:-

• plugins: Adobe XD feature plugins increase your design workflow. It Creates a deep connection with external tools and services. For example:- if you have a need to use any icon , maps and etc. , you can install and use it.

• Repeat grid: This feature gives this software an edge.  When you need to create same design multiple times you can use repeat grid. The repeat grid saves your time, and makes your design better.

• Prototypes and animation: After making wireframes and designs, it is the prototypes which gives life to our design. Good designs might look great on screen but prototypes generate the actual user experience. Prototypes creates a link between different artboards. Prototypes makes our work more attractive.

• Responsive resize: Since, people now a days use web on devices of different sizes so its important to have responsive design. It has basically become need of an hour. To ease our work now Responsive Resize feature comes to use. If we want to place same content on the other artboard, we can do it easily with the help of this feature of Adobe XD. It works magically and automatically resize the content such as images and text.

• Voice design: This is an interesting feature of Adobe XD. Users can Create designs with the voice commands. It works like a smart-assistants.

• Symbols: we can create our own symbols and logo or icons. And we can use them whenever we need. This is our one-time investment. After doing one time we can enjoy it lifetime.

Use of Assets in Adobe XD

Assets are very useful feature in Adobe XD. We can save many component like:- color, character styles, etc. we can do our work easily without wasting time. And it also creates a balance in our design. You can even add emoticons in XD along with labels. Reordering of assets can be done. It is done in the asset panel. Assets also helps in highlighting the missing fonts and displays it on the canvas. And you can also replace them with the similar fonts. Sometime XD automatically activates. It increases user experience.

Now, What if you want to Add or Remove Assets?

Lets have a look that,

How can we add colors to the asset panel :

Firstly select an object or can even select group of objects on the artboard. After this click + sign which is given along colors in the asset panel. Now for adding color to the selected object follow the steps that are given below :

• Fill the color using color asset panel by selecting color from it and then select Fill command

• To give the stroke to the object, select a color in the assets panel and right-click on it and select Apply as Border.

To add character styles as assets:

To apply the style to the text, select the text on the screen and apply any text style from the Property Inspector. Select the styled text and select + icon next to the Character Styles in the Assets Panel.

Conclusion :

I am sure you must have got some idea about features and assets in Adobe XD. I am pursuing Web Master Course from ADMEC Multimedia Institute. I have written this blog as a part of my project that I was given after the successful completion of the Adobe XD course.

Important Topics to be Covered in Adobe Premiere Pro Course

Adobe Premiere Pro is a video editing software in which we cut or
edit the footage or video and can give a final look. In this software we can add different effects and transitions and many more. The latest version of this software is Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019. There are many topics to learn and do experiments during the Premiere Pro Course, most of the common are given below.

1. Importing Media

The first and important thing to do whenever we start a project is to import media like images, videos, audios etc. It will be easy for us to import everything in the beginning and we will not messed up with our work.

• We have three methods to import media are:
• Select file > Import from the media browser
• Right - click the file in the media browser & select import

You can drag the file from the media browser into the project panel, or drag the file from the media browser into timeline.

2. Organizing assets into bin

Organizing things is a very good quality should be in every person. After importing our media we should create different bins for in which we can collect the same type of files together. It will work like a folder. We can also add sequence to it. Advantage of creating bin is we can add or delete the things from the bin or can delete bin completely as per our preference. We can also rename the assets. The method of creating assets is:

• We can directly create a bin by clicking the new bin button which is placed at the bottom of the project panel.

3. Editing or trimming video

Main part ot the raw footage is to edit the video or audio which is not necessary for us. When we record audio or video we take so much break or make mistakes. sO, for this premiere pro is quite useful. Editors use this software in interviews, News channels, Youtube, films etc to cut the video or audio.

Now, the simplest method of edit the clip is select clip then place playhead where you want to apply the cut and use the shortcut command i.e CTRL + K.

4. Using markers

Next topic is related to markers. Two types of markers we can use on the starting point of the footage and the second one we can use on the ending point of the footage. Which are named as mark in and mark out respectively. Use of marker is that we can use particular area from the whole footage to use. We can apply markers by select marker > add marker or press the M key.

5. Multi-Camera editing

Now come to the next topic which is multi camera. This is the most important topic that we should know if we are working in premiere pro. In multi camera editing we can edit the shots which are shot by more than one camera. Now the question is how to use multiple cameras. So,here are all the points that you can use to do multi camera editing.

• Create a project
• Import footage
• Create a multi-camera source sequence
• Create a multi-camera target sequence
• Enable multi-camera editing in the Program monitor
• Enable recording of multi-camera edits
• Edit the multi-camera sequence
• Adjust and refine edits
• Export the multi-camera sequence

6. Working with stills

It is not necessary to work only with footages, we can also do experiments with still images. We can create amazing slideshows in this software and can do colour grading also.

7. Adding effects and transitions

We can apply transitions in between two or more clips like fade in or fade out & many more to show a flow. In video if we apply effects it will give a different look like blur, crop, noise etc. There are a lot of plugins which we can download and use in our project.

8. Colour correction

In Adobe Premiere Pro we can do colour correction. By changing the hue, saturation, colours etc. We can do colour grading in slideshows, mashups etc.

9. Animation

In this software, we can animate titles and logos. Wedding animations are mainly created in this software. We can apply different transition & effects to the titles and give movement to it by adding keyframes.

10. Croma cutting

Croma cutting is also an important task that we can do. We can change the background of the video if it is on coloured screen. In news channels visual newsroom is created by removing the green screen.

All are very important topics that are listed above. If you genuinely wants to learn video editing in Premiere Pro then you can definitely learn these topics and keep experimenting. If you are willing to learn premiere pro in a very effective way then you can join Video Editing Institute, Rohini Delhi.