Hi guys, welcome back to another video on
creating the perfect YouTube gaming channel.
Once you’ve recorded your footage and made
the audio sound amazing you’re going to
want to edit it together. But what can you
add in post production to take that video
to the next level? Today, we’re taking a
look at some cool techniques you use to add
production value to your footage.
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First up, let’s take a look at picture-in-picture,
or PiP. This is a technique that goes hand
in hand with gaming videos and if you’re
watching a gaming channel it’ll be used
in at least some of the content they create.
To create the picture in picture effect, open
up HitFilm Express and start a new project.
There are a number of options to customize
your video settings, but we’ll just go with
a template of 1080p at 60 frames per second.
Click OK to create the project. This is the
main edit screen of HitFilm Express.
If this is your first time using the software,
we recommend you watch our video on editing
in HitFilm Express, which will take you through
some of the tools and basic workflow.
I’ll import a video of myself and a screen
capture of Fortnite gameplay. Drag the gameplay
into Video and Audio track 1. If you get a
message that the settings differ, it’s because
your footage is a different size or frame
rate to the template we selected earlier.
I’ll click No, because I know I want my
project to be 1080p, 60 FPS.
Right click in the track area, and add a new
track. Now drag your standup footage onto
Video 2. It’ll likely cover your gameplay,
because it’s above that layer. With the
standup footage selected, come over to the
Controls panel. The Transform section is where
you can make adjustments to the Position,
size of the video, Rotation, and other things.
I’ll decrease the Scale to make the video
smaller. Now I can see the gameplay under
it. You can use either the Position numbers
or the controls in the Viewer to move it around
and place it in the corner.
If you’re interested in an even easier way
to do this, the PiP effect can be found in
your effects panel as part of the Edit: Starter
Pack.
Simply drag the effect onto the footage layer
you want to make small and it’ll automatically
shrink it down and snap it to the bottom left
corner. There are several preset options in
the Position dropdown.
You can also make other adjustments such and
increasing or decreasing the Scale property
or the margin between the video and the edge
of your canvas.
Greenscreen
Next up, green screening. This is something
done by a lot of gamers in addition to the
picture in picture effect. It replaces the
need to block a whole corner of your screen
content, giving you just a little more space.
To pull this off, all I did was set up a chroma
green sheet behind where I was sitting, ensuring
that it’s properly lit and that no harsh
shadows are being cast on it.
Once you’ve got the recording, bring it
into HitFilm and set that footage where you
want it, perhaps using the PiP effect we mentioned
before. Use a freehand mask to remove any
objects that you don’t want to see in the
finished shot, like our microphone, and get
the edge closer to your subject. Reducing
the amount of greenscreen that needs removed
makes it easier to get an accurate key.
Now we’re going to add an effect to get
rid of the green.
There are two keying effects: the Hue & RGB
Key, and the Color Difference Key. Use whichever
effect works best for your footage. For green
or blue screens, Color Difference makes it
very simple to select the color of your background,
then increase the Min setting until the background
is gone, and decrease the Max setting to remove
any transparency in your subject.
For more information on green screening, including
some tips on how to get it right, check out
the tutorial on-screen.
Now, let’s take a look at some zooms. You’ll
often see different zooms utilized in gaming
content depending on the style of video you’re
watching. Content creators like PewDiePie
often use all sorts of zooms along with spins
and other basic animations.
Let’s take a look at zooming first, in the
example, we’ve taken inspiration from PewDiePie
so we’re going to see what we can do to
replicate that. PewDiePie zooms into his face-cam
footage as well as his game footage at different
times. Let’s take a look at just the facecam
footage in this example.
Select the clip you want to zoom into and
go into the Controls panel.
Move forward in your timeline to the point
you want to start the zoom. Clicking the grey
circle to the left of any property tells HitFilm
that you want to create a Keyframe so let’s
do that now on Scale, this will be the start
of the zoom, skip along to where the zoom
is going to be the biggest, adjust the scale
to something bigger, this tells HitFilm that
at that keyframe you want to Scale property
to be this new amount.
The video has zoomed in, but it’s in the
wrong spot. This is because the anchor point
is in the center by default. Adjust it so
that the control in the viewer is placed over
where you want the zoom to be. Put the same
values in the Position property to put the
video back into the right place.
If you want to adjust any other properties
use the exact same method mentioned here.
So adjusting the Position, Rotation, or even
a combination of all the properties at the
same time! To view your keyframes, click this
icon. You can checkmark Motion Blur in the
Clip Properties dropdown up top to automatically
apply blur based on the movement.
Thanks for watching guys, if you've missed
the other videos in the series, you can find
them up here. Join us again soon for the next
video in how to create the perfect YouTube
gaming channel.
