The basic process of video production is as follows

1: Prepare material files

Based on the specific video script and the provided or prepared material files, you can better Organize your video editing process.

Material files include: digital video AVI files captured through capture cards, AVI and MOV files generated by Adobe Premiere or other video editing software, audio data files in WAV format, animation FLC or FLI without accompanying sound format files, as well as still images in various formats, including BMP, JPG, PCX, TIF, and more.

The comprehensive program synthesized in the TV program is completed by operating and editing the basic material files.

Two: Cut the material

The original material fragments of various videos are called a clip. During video editing, you can select part or all of a clip as useful material and import it into the final video sequence to be generated.

Clip selections are defined by break-in and break-out points. The cut-in point refers to the first frame of the clip actually inserted into the final video sequence; the cut-out point is the last frame. That is to say, all frames between the cut-in and cut-out points are materials that need to be edited to minimize defects in the materials.

Three: Roughly edit the picture

Use various cutting and editing functions in the video editing software to edit, cut and other operations of each clip. Complete the overall editing task. The purpose is to design the flow of the picture more smoothly and reasonably, and the time expression form to be smoother.

Four: Add special effects to the video in the later stage

Add various transitional special effects to make the arrangement of the pictures and the effect of the pictures more in line with the observation rules of the human eye and further improve it.

Five: Add subtitles (text)

In some video clips for TV programs, news or interviews, subtitles must be added to express the content of the picture more clearly and make the characters Speech content is clearer.

Six: Processing sound effects

Edit the sound below the clip (on the channel line). You can adjust the left and right channels or adjust the pitch, fade-in, and fade-in of the sound. Fade out and other effects. This work can reduce the editor's burden and reduce the trouble of using other audio editing software, and the production effect is also quite good.

Seven: Generate video files

The final processing of the various clips and transition effects arranged in the production window is called compilation. Only after compilation can a final video be generated. file, and the final compiled video file can be automatically placed in an editing window for controlled playback.

The video file generated in this step can not only be played on the editing machine, but can also be operated and viewed on any machine equipped with a player. The generated video format is generally .avi.

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Commonly used video production software

1. Adobe Premiere

A non-linear editing device-based software launched by Adobe The video and audio editing software Premiere has achieved great success in the field of film and television production. It is widely used in television stations, advertising production, film editing and other fields, and has become the most widely used video editing software on PC and MAC platforms.

The latest version perfectly solves the problems of DV digital images and online editing, and provides new support for Windows platform and other cross-platform DV and all web images. At the same time, it can be tightly integrated with other Adobe software to form a complete video design solution. The new Edit Original command allows you to edit inserted graphics or images again.

In addition, in Premiere 6.0, the concept of keyframes is added for the first time. Users can add, move, delete and edit keyframes in the track, making it easy to control advanced two-dimensional animation.

Use Premiere 6.0 in conjunction with Adobe's Affter Effects 5 to maximize the functionality of both. After Effects 5.0 is a natural extension of Premiere, mainly used to push still images to a new realm of comprehensive editing of video and sound.

It integrates creation, editing, simulation, synthesis of animation, and video. It integrates image, sound, and video file formats. It can be said that if you master certain skills, you can do anything you imagine. accomplish.

2. EDIUS

EDIUS non-linear editing software is specially designed for broadcast and post-production environments, especially for journalists, tapeless video production and storage. EDIUS has a complete file-based workflow, providing real-time, multi-track, multi-format mixing, synthesis, chroma key, subtitles and timeline output functions.

In addition to the standard EDIUS series formats, it also supports Infinity? JPEG 2000, DVCPRO, P2, VariCam, Ikegami GigaFlash, MXF, XDCAM and XDCAM EX video materials. Supports all DV, HDV cameras and recorders at the same time.

3. Media Studio Pro

Premiere is a software commonly used by professionals, but for general web page or teaching and entertainment applications, Premiere is less friendly. Media Studio Pro is the best choice in this regard.

The main editing applications of Media Studio Pro include Video Editor (video editing software similar to Premiere), Audio Editor (sound effects editing), CG Infinity, Video Paint, covering video editing, film special effects, 2D Animation Production is a comprehensive and comprehensive video editing package software.

It is not much different from Premiere in terms of functions and concepts of Video Editor and Audio Editor. The main difference lies in CG Infinity and Video Paint, two programs in animation production and special effects drawing.

CG Infinity is a set of vector-based 2D animation production software. Its ability to draw objects and edit can be said to be small but complete, and it has the flavor of CorelDraw. But it is much more powerful than ordinary drawing software. For example, move path tool, object style panel, color characteristics, shadow characteristics, etc.

4. Video Studio

Although Media Studio Pro has high affinity and is easy to learn, it is still too much for ordinary office workers, students and other home entertainment fields. It's too professional and has many functions, but it's not very easy to use. ULEAD's other set of editing software, VideoStudio, is a simple video editing software designed for home entertainment and personal documentary production.

The operating interface of VideoStudio is completely different from that of Media Studio Pro. In terms of technology and functionality, VideoStudio has some special functions, such as dynamic electronic greeting cards, sending video emails, etc. Function.

VideoStudio uses the most popular "online operation guide" step-by-step guidance method to process various video and image materials. It is divided into start → capture → storyboard → effects → There are 8 major steps including overlay → title → audio → completion, and the operation method and related cooperation precautions are displayed in a help file called "VideoStudio Guide" to quickly learn the operation method of each process.