Hi guys, welcome back to another video in
our Game On series. Today we’re going to
be looking at some cool editing techniques
along with fun ways to add images to your
videos.
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Let’s say we have some standup footage that
is currently edited like this.
Cutting your clips at the right time can make
all the difference. One way to increase the
snappiness of your edit is to use what are
called J and L cuts.
It looks like two clips on the timeline next
to each other. You can create a J or L cut
by hovering your mouse over the edge of one
of the clips to get the bracket icon. Hold
down the Alt key, and drag either the video
or audio. Holding the Alt key means that only
one of these tracks will be edited.
The result is the audio of the second clip
starts playing while the first video is still
onscreen. Here’s what it looks like.
Cutting your clips at the right time can make
all the difference. One way to increase
Using J and L cuts allows you edit clips together
more seamlessly and makes for a much better
and less jarring viewing experience for your
audience.
We’ve got some awesome features inside HitFilm
Express that allow you to add 2D images onto
your videos. Using 2D tracking you can add
various cartoons or reaction heads onto your
face.
Here I have the clip I want to use on the
Editor timeline. In order to motion track,
we need to turn it into a composite shot.
You can make it easier for yourself if you
isolate just the few seconds that you want
to track. To do that, I’ll use the Slice
tool to make two cuts before and after I want
the reaction faces to appear. Now right click
the clip and make it into a Composite Shot.
Composite shots are where we do visual effects
in HitFilm.
Come over to New Layer and create a Point.
This point is going to hold the motion tracking
data. Highlight the video layer and come into
the Controls panel. Next to Tracks, click
the green plus to begin a new track.
You’ll be switched over to the Layer window,
and will see two boxes appear on screen. The
green box is the search area, and the red
box is the area you want to track. Because
I want to track the rotation of my face as
well, I’ll come over to where it says Type
and change that to Double Points. Place the
two tracking boxes over the areas of your
video you want to motion track. Now press
the play button to track forward.
Under Layer, select the Point we created earlier.
Checkmark Rotation, then hit Apply. Now come
back to the Viewer window. If you select the
Point layer, you should see it moving along
with the tracked area.
Import the image you want to use if you haven’t
already. PNG file types are able to have transparency,
so it’s best to use this type if you want
it to appear cutout. Bring the image in from
the Media panel onto the timeline, above the
video layer.
In the Controls panel for the PNG, resize
and position the image to be in the correct
spot. Then, parent that new image layer to
the Point Layer. It will follow the motion
of the Point, which in this case has been
tracked onto my face.
Thanks for joining us again today guys. If
you’ve missed any of the other videos in
series, they can be found up here. Next time
we’re going to be giving you some tips and
tricks about creating your own customized
motion graphics. Remember to subscribe and
I’ll see you then!
