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Music plays a vital role in our lives. For most people, different songs mean different things. We tend to associate certain songs with specific events or people. And even if you’re not the sentimental type, music has been known to stimulate creativity and set the mood for various situations.

In videos, music is just as essential. Watch any TV show or movie and you’ll know that. The songs, sound effects, and background music all contribute to the overall experience of any video. This is something you need to keep in mind when you’re editing your material. Do the songs you use help bring your message across?

Get some hint from famous shows and movies over at SoundtrackNet.

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One of the most basic things you can do using a video editing program is to add transitions in between clips. True to its name, transitions create a gradual change from one scene to the next, avoiding abrupt cuts in the video unless of course, the editor does that on purpose.

There are a number of video transitions that are very useful when creating videos for different reasons. The most common – and possibly the most popular – is the fade in/out transition. This is when a scene fades out to a color (usually black) or to another scene as though it’s slowly disappearing right before your eyes.

It’s just one of many though. If you want to learn more about the different types of video transitions and the ways you can use them, you can visit Media College.com

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By Aileen Banting

1. Keep what you need, rid of what you don’t need

Movie Maker provides you the chance to “manually capture” your video. This means you are given the decision of what parts of your tape you want to transfer digital video from your camcorder to your computer. This is helpful because it saves a lot of valuable hard drive space.

2. Split up!

Movie Makers gives you the option to “cut” your video clips in parts of halves. This process can clear away your chunks of junk films. Division of the two clips is done in two separate places within the program. Both in the preview monitor while working on the timeline. All you need to do is find the area you want to cut and click the “cut button” found under the preview monitor.

3. Get a trim

Ends of your clips can be trimmed in Movie Maker. This can set the precise “in and out” points of the video clip. By working the timeline, dragging the ends of each clip to exact points that you would like your video to start and stop is just that simple. And if you zoom in on each clip by using the magnifying glass, you can gain control of each clip and accomplish fine start and stop points to trim.